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sunrise

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affirmations

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07/24/2025

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Sizzlin' 🌡️🔥💦

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Question you've probably had dozens of times, but are the IDW Transformers comics actually worth reading? I've only ever heard that they're the greatest comics ever written in the history of the universe or the worst comics ever written in a similar history. Nobody ever has a reasonable, nuanced opinion on them; but what do you think? I trust your opinion on comics.

I definitely think they're worth reading, especially if you have any fondness for Transformers already.

More Than Meets the Eye/Lost Light is my favorite comic series ever. It has its detractors, both for more legitimate criticisms and simply because James Roberts made all the robots gay, but this is my post so I get to say I think it kicks ass and that its supposed "decline in quality" over its run is massively overblown and colored by people who were super deep in the weeds of The Discourse as it was coming out. It's at least worth reading.

The rest of the comics in the continuity range from great to kinda mediocre to complete and utter dogshit. Despite being an IDW TF fan overall I won't pretend it's all good, if you choose to read everything from the start. The Furman stuff meanders, and it took years to undo the damage he did with Spotlight Arcee. Megatron Origin sucks ass. The 2009 ongoing is often a slog, made worse when it uses Bayverse-inspired designs. The later stuff keeps getting interrupted by big dumb crossover events. But I think there's more good than bad, especially from 2012 onwards, and there are some real hidden gems in those overlooked early years. At the very least it's one of the most interesting spins on Transformers, as a sprawling continuity written to be a new and different take for adults from the start, and the bad elements tend to serve as the building blocks for better stories later.

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Special flowers 🐐🐑🌻

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PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: oh no, it’s due tomorrow! what’ll i do…

KAZUMA KIRYU: mm? what’s wrong, kid?

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: we’re learning about the ocean in class. i was supposed to write a report on the benthic zone, but… i fell behind.

KAZUMA KIRYU: (the benthic zone, huh? …lotta people interested in that, lately.)

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: please, mister… could you help?

KAZUMA KIRYU: (not good for a bright young kid to fall behind in his studies… school’s the stepping stone for success in life.)

KAZUMA KIRYU: sure, kid. what do you need?

PLUCKY YOUNGSTER: you will? great! if you could just go down there and tell me what it’s like, that would be a great help!

KAZUMA KIRYU: ah.

KAZUMA KIRYU: (well, a promise is a promise.)

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punky panda 🎸

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doodle

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shlap shlap shlap shlap (sound of my titties hitting the bars in my minecraft jail )  let me out! let me outtttt!

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that giraffe

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i love that halo can die from the broken steam pipes at the start of the first game... uh oh earth is really in trouble now, halo went out broccoli style

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there are many bunefits to being a marine biologist

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Make sure you say "I wonder what they're doing right now..." about your comic relief friends every now and then so the episode can cut to their B plot

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Mindy commission for Anonymous~

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07/22/2025