James Roberts does seem like an awesome guy. He spoke highly of fanfiction, saying that he started out as a fanfiction writer himself and so he encouraged fans to write their own stories with their favourite characters. and he introduced the concept of Conjunx Endura (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Conjunx_Endura), which by human standards is basically canon gay marriage in Transformers.
Although, I have to disagree with his personal opinion on joy... While many lines and exchanges in his comics ARE awesome, I find that there is often an extremely depressing foundation. Terrible, terrible things happen to beloved characters. It's heartbreaking, and it's the thing that has kept me from reading MTMTE despite the objective high quality of the stories. I want a happy ending, and I'm definitely getting the impression that the series won't get one :(
Speaking of, Transformers continuities in general do tend to end crappily. The original G1 cartoon brutally killed off 90% of the cast for no other reason than "NEW TOYS!!!". The original marvel comics left it vague whether their timeline would follow the extremely depressing events of the TF animated movie. The Regeneration comics killed off most of the characters, and even though technically the last page was supposed to be one of rebirth it still completely skipped over whatever happy things may have happened to the survivors in the meanwhile. The Transformers + GIJoe comics always kill off most of the characters. Goddamnit.
Anyway, that exchange with Megatron and Ravage was extremely interesting, but also pretty uncomfortable. Technically, Megatron IS a monster. He has committed genocides. Plural. If you only count Transformers the victims are over 4 billions, but he has destroyed whole worlds, exterminating countless sentient beings. It's awkward >_>
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Although, I have to disagree with his personal opinion on joy... While many lines and exchanges in his comics ARE awesome, I find that there is often an extremely depressing foundation. Terrible, terrible things happen to beloved characters. It's heartbreaking, and it's the thing that has kept me from reading MTMTE despite the objective high quality of the stories. I want a happy ending, and I'm definitely getting the impression that the series won't get one :(
Speaking of, Transformers continuities in general do tend to end crappily. The original G1 cartoon brutally killed off 90% of the cast for no other reason than "NEW TOYS!!!". The original marvel comics left it vague whether their timeline would follow the extremely depressing events of the TF animated movie. The Regeneration comics killed off most of the characters, and even though technically the last page was supposed to be one of rebirth it still completely skipped over whatever happy things may have happened to the survivors in the meanwhile. The Transformers + GIJoe comics always kill off most of the characters. Goddamnit.
Anyway, that exchange with Megatron and Ravage was extremely interesting, but also pretty uncomfortable. Technically, Megatron IS a monster. He has committed genocides. Plural. If you only count Transformers the victims are over 4 billions, but he has destroyed whole worlds, exterminating countless sentient beings. It's awkward >_>