This week, no preamble as I'm recovering from a bug, so it's right into my look at the shocking More Than Meets the Eye issue 3!
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Post Mordor
29/10/2023 09:06:18 pm
Definitely a fitting issue to read while Halloween sets in! I think Roberts' style with character interactions and dialogue really settles in with this one. Each exchange between the cast felt pretty natural imo. The biggest standout character though has to be Rodimus, it's clear he's the main focus for this story as throughout the time he's depicted as this reckless, self-absorbed leader; which I think contributes a lot to what makes MTMTE so iconic. Sure, it doesn't align with the original self-doubting humble leader from G1, nor with Furman's previous characterization of him within the same continuity as you mentioned, but there's a lot more to this portrayal than what's being lead on as we'll see while progressing through the series.
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Stuart
29/10/2023 09:37:19 pm
One fun thing is that the Sparkeater isn't planned setup, the notebooks show the process of working that connection out backwards from Elegant Chaos.
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Post Mordor
29/10/2023 09:46:01 pm
Ooh that's fascinating. From an outsider's perspective you'd be easily fooled into thinking Roberts had a LOT planned out from the beginning as I did in my first re-read of the series, but those notebooks really proved otherwise huh? I was very surprised when I learned Chromedome and Rewind weren't originally planned to be a couple, the same for Cyclonus/Tailgate. Really need to get my hands on those notebooks some day.
God, I wish Roberts had kept to his original plan for Cyclonus and Tailgate...
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Llama God
9/11/2023 01:27:39 pm
To continue the Halloween-y theme for this issue I'm commenting on this a horrifying two weeks late. Another thing that was definitely planned, and not retroactively justified...
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