Also, interesting fact: The title is pronounced "Meh-Ta-stuh-sis", instead of "Meta-stasis". Probably some people don't know this, so... yeah.

 

I don\'t know why but until I saw the Matrix that size, it never occurred to me how much like Unicron it looked.

 

Huh. I never thought of that either. On a side note, just imagine the look on Unicorn's face when he sees Rodimus running around carrying this!

 

Cyclonus, smiling? I have a weird feeling.

 

When we last left Rodimus\' crew, the ship was shrinking and they were about to die, go through an experience or something.

The absence of speech bubbles or sound effects on the 1st page is deliberate, it\'s done all the time in film and tv and is meant to highlight a moment, in this case giant matrix.

 

There was a news thing about LL going to 25. There’s no updated news about there being a line-wide reboot or not. IDW hasn’t said anything. Hasbro reps stated reboot is coming at end of year when current storylines wrap.

 

Cyclonus shouldn't smile seeing a giant Matrix. I think this is a customized vision and Cyc must've seen Tailgate flying towards him?

Enlighten me to better translate this, thank you. A quick lookup gives a medical term, isn't that what it is meant to be here?

 

I'm just gonna throw this out here: One possible reason Cyclonus might be smiling is because he believes he is dead. I mean, he is quite the religious type, so if he is indeed seeing the giant floating Matrix in the sky, he might think it is an afterlife of sorts. And for the smiling, the possibility of seeing Tailgate again in death?

 

Yeah, I was talking about the medical term. I was reading the news article and thought “I bet a lot of people are mispronouncing this as ‘Meta-stasis’”, so I decided to make an informative post.

 

Google tells me the word "metastasis" means "the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer."

I wonder if we can deduce any clues as to what the title means to our heroes in these first 3 pages (or obligatory 6 pages)...

 

Considering the solicit for the following issue, I'm guessing they're in a sort of afterlife and Cyclonus is seeing something different to Rodimus.

Obviously there's going to be more to it than that. It could be a powerful alien force at work, tricking them into thinking they're dead, but we'll see what happens.

 

Not that there's a lot of content here, but here's the bigger images, both linked and uploaded:

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So Magnus also sees the matrix, so i'm feeling less like it's a 'they all see what they want' situation and more that pious, heartbroken Cyclonus is just stoked to be dead in a way that Rodimus is not

 

I was puzzled about your post and stopped for a moment, because I pronounced it the way it should be and it took me a long time to come up with an idea why I should have misread it as Meta-stasis. Took me probably too long.

 

Yeah, Cancer cells reaching the bloodstream or Lymphatic system that then are transported elsewhere and take up residence in that new area are said to be "Metastasized". As for implications for the story, I can't think of a single thing as to what it could mean other than the crew are spread apart and separated from each other. Probably not, but it's all I got.

I think it would be cool if it was the Vok that did this. Random thought, I know.

  Sorry about that.

 

Every time i open this thread and see you talking about how to pronounce it i get Naked Raygun's Metastasis stuck in my head

which, if you don't know the song, is real fun cus he pronounces it kinda odd and now by the time the issue gets here that's all i'm gonna be able to think of

 

<3 Naked Raygun!

 

@RodimusSupreme The Voltron! Yaaaasss, it would be brilliant to see them again.

 

I assume you meant Vok. And yes it would be awesome! Another nod to Beast Wars other than the characters themselves! And a good way to really flesh out this race.

 

Yes, I did. Bloody phone auto-correct XD although, Voltron rocking up would be awesome.

I always felt the Vok were an underused race in TF lore which is a shame since you have a race conducting science experiments on a planet wide scale. That's a cool sci-fi idea!