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laughing_tree ([personal profile] laughing_tree) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2014-10-05 06:12 pm

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #32 - "Slaughterhouse"



"First and foremost, MTMTE is supposed to be fun. ‘Fun’ doesn’t mean it has to be lighthearted all the time, and it doesn’t mean we can’t have moments of real horror. We can, at times, be bleak and shocking and terrifying. But underpinning it all – and acting as a sort of narrative rocket fuel – is a sense of adventure and – dare I say it, in these grim-dark times? – joy." -- James Roberts






















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[personal profile] icon_uk 2014-10-05 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I only have to look at what happened to Rewind to sort of see your point, but it's the fun and adventurous side that gives the darker times their impact. It doesn't focus on any one particular approach, it incorporates many, and the fun seems to come out on top.

The Rewind/Chromedome relationship was beautifully depicted and Rewind's farewell to his Conjunx Endura was perhaps the most beautiful, emotional sequence I can recall seeing in any Transformers comic. The tragedy only worked because of the joy, I believed in the emotions of these characters in multiple situations.

Agreed on the Megatron bit though, but it does seem to be being addressed in story.