#not gonna immediately start making a long comic lmaoo

[watery-melon-baller]

i keep having fuckin Ideas

[candychameleon]

post of all my thoughts on the Skybound Transformers comic, where i actually go into WHY i like it

NOT SPOILER-FREE I wanna ramble freely abt this!!

i mean tbh all i have so far is praise but i just wanna ramble about specifically WHY i like it ykno

ok so first off the brutality…I've seen ppl complain abt that but honestly i LOVE it. I like this story establishing the tone and stakes RIGHT away. I was like OH okay it's going to be THIS kind of comic (in a good way). the comics being darker is smth i've always liked.

what's more I feel like it establishes the gravity of the decepticons being there. like...I don't think, in ANY TF thing, I have ever really felt FEAR for the human characters. so...starscream squishing a guy into GOO on-panel was a big OH moment. the danger feels tangible

which brings me into my thoughts on the decepticons and like...listen, i am the FIRST in line for stories about sympathetic decepticons and morally grey autobots. but i am absolutely LOVING how delightfully sadistic starscream is. it's about time he was an actual threat again

as much as i enjoy the misunderstood/underdog decepticon stories…they are the villains. that has always been their purpose in TF as an entire concept (besides SG i guess). so letting them BE villains and be just WHOLLY awful people like ooh i can get into this 👌

they're awful in a realistic way too, at least to me. like i enjoy how cartoonishly ~evil~ the decepticons are in like, the og g1 cartoon, but i'd never describe g1 starscream as "sadistic". but HERE?? in this comic?? absolutely would describe him that way. and it's amazing

which like…I am also glad for a story that doesn't pull its punches and give "important" characters plot armor. like i was FULLY shocked at not only the characters that (supposedly) died, but how brutally they died as well. again, great way to establish stakes

energy/resources scarcity is also something i'm glad is touched upon by this story right out the gate, you can FEEL the desperation from BOTH sides. it's something that's baked into the concept since g1, but i feel like g1 doesn't FULLY explore that yknow

the amount of horror i felt watching soundwave and starscream rip skywarp apart out of sheer desperation? yeah that SHOOK me, and i LOVE when stories can do that. that was horrific and really went a long way in showing just how desperate cybertronians have become and what lines the cons are willing to cross. rip though god, was hoping skywarp was finally gonna get to do something LMAOO 💀💀

but also on the other hand…wow a continuity where CLIFFJUMPER gets to do something and doesn't die immediately?? revolutionary, good for him

and i have seen a lot of people praising this specifically and i have to agree that i LOVE how this optimus prime is written. he's so kind and gentle, with an absolute WONDER for the beauty of organic life and willingness to protect creatures he JUST met. i love that so much??

i've been so jaded abt OP for a while and only recently started liking him bc i have issues with how he's written in…a LOT of continuities lol. but this is such good OP characterization. not my FAVE, like honestly my fave OP is more like Tired Annoyed Dad, but this is SO good

uhh I think that's all my thoughts. tl;dr i am LOVING this comic so so much so far, the fact that i can ramble THIS much about it when there are only 4 issues out is a great thing imo, i am so excited to see where this story goes!

(and I'm hoping maybe someday I can work on them myself ahdlfsjh i am gonna try my hardest to make that happen)

[jincherie]

🌱- OH MY GOSH THE BENDER PLACEMENT I LOVE IT OMG. Good thing I started a few different versions of it now I can use that as a point of a new start if not just altering what’s written. Will say describing them bending the elements is so fucking awkward like how to you explain sitting on a whirling ball of wind to propel yourself around the room without it being too comical lmao omg thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anonymous said to rbuns:🌱- also! The fics are coming along great! I just keep having ideas so I partially start new ones so I don’t forget them lol the bender one i first started has gotten farther then the others and a few hybrid ones I started have also gotten farther hopefully I’ll be able to post some non multiple part ones soon

Anonymous said to rbuns:🌱- OMG so about Jin not being a bender. Instantly thought of how he has horrible jokes = sokka and he cooks too????? Like I can imagine jin being some fighter but all he does is complain about his bending friends not knowing how talented he really is for always cooking for them. Like as he’s making a meal he’s just complaining and making noises and cutting the food with his sharp ass weapon. He’s too cute

omg there are so many different stories in my inbox i’m going to separate them instead of having them in one long ask omg thank you for always blowing up my inbox el-anon!! kjfn I’m glad you liked the bender placement!!! i saw it and immediately thought of u hehehehehe 💝💝💝 im honestly so ready whenever you churn that out omg aaaaaa!!!! But yes omg it would be pretty difficult to describe half the shit they do lmaoojfkjsd IM HONESTLY READY FOR ANYTHING U DROP CAUSE THEY’RE ALL GONNA BE SO GOOD!!! 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

and omg I DIDN’T EVEN MAKE THAT CONNECTION TILL U SAID THIS IM SCREAMING OMG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SOKKA IT’S PERFECT I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE I LOVE HIM OMG