We (and a bunch of characters) outright saw Metrotitan proclaim Starscream a great Cybertronian, so no, I don't think that's what they're insuating. Starscream's likely afraid that Optimus's summoning up Metrotitan is going to make him be seen as a sacred figure by more than just the Camiens.

 

Doesn't Trailbreaker's shield tech (the one Brainstorm built) react to the users "panic" and "fear"?
I don't think he is cowering guys... He is just maintaining a bubble to buy time on planning (and he is totally tinkering with that destroyed cannon).

 

For cybertronians and humans alike potentially.

The president is clearly wtf just happened on American soil?!

 

I like all of those, but probably exRID's the most. The exRiD space chase is nice and the Titan twist has potential.

The Tailcutter shield makes sense, Megs connected with him more than most, though agreed mixed-feelings on the guilt gun, even if it's foreshadowed. That said, the Galactic Council? That explains why Getaway thought he could get away with a deal- he thought he was dealing with organics who really don't care much about Rodimus, not the DJD or even Overlord (and yikes, the GC using Overlord!).

And the Sentinel stuff is interesting, "Yea, he was totally horrible, but he fought against Megatron so he gets more credit than he deserves."

Two things. One, he's still practicing and improving, and two, *not rushed*.

Ramondelli is *so* much better when he can take his time. He's technically capable of cranking out pages fast, but really shouldn't (see: Combiner Wars).

 

I like Overlord just snarking and walking off. It's in character and keeps him out of harms way. What's that now? The other 'cons upping sticks and fucking off too, yeah we'll have that as well. Do they stick with Deathsaurus? What's happening there, outside of the guy being pushed to a logical conclusion a tad quicker, how will this play out?

Anyway, the story is gravitating toward leaving Megatron to the mercy of his worst. Or is it the other way round..? I so genuinely want the cheesiest, most visceral fist pumping comeback I have ever seen. I want bare hand armageddon, I want 80's action flick carnage and I want it now.

 

Everything's seems to be going in that direction, and i can't wait for the full issue next week!

The pieces are falling into place; Megatron's unbreakable soldier walks off in disappointment, Deathsaurus pulls back the troops, and four winded remaining DJD members are left to deal with Megatron. Megatron's no Trailcutter, so I doubt the shield's going to last long, and Megatron's fully repaired since his bout with Tarn in #52. With millions of years worth of combat, can the former leader of the Decepticons utilize CQC at its very best and finish the fight?

Next time on Dragon Ball D!

 

I smell retcon!

 

Did anyone else get the sense that Megatron is just buying a bit of time while everyone abandons Tarn? Leaving just he and Tarn to go at it?

I think this may be the end of the DJD leader.

 

I'm not crazy about most IDW Transformers art, but then I checked out those previews for Micronauts, ROM, and Star Trek. So yeah, things could definitely be worse for Transformers. Star Trek maybe being the absolute worst. Every single convention I've ever been to, I see hundreds of kids lined up to have their portfolios reviewed. I flat out refuse to believe better artists can't be found than the ones IDW employs on so many of their licensed books. It's outlandish.

 

Out of boredom or disappointment? I know that's why I feel like packing up and leaving.  

I agree. Deathsaurus makes sense. Is stake in this has always been questionable, and now that he's sacrificed so many of his force, I can see him backing off (with or without the effects of the "guilt ray" or whatever).

We've already seen the effects of the guilt effect on Megatron, so maybe Megs is being affected by that again right now. And Nickel too, obviously... but she doesn't seem overwhelmed with regret so much as just generally disillusioned. Wasn't her primary motivation in all this just to punish organics?

But Overlord just being like "ho hum... I'm leaving"... that feels incredibly pointless. Like sure, his vengeance/daddy complex would feel like kind of a hollow resolution now, but to just give up at THIS moment, literally seconds after he was happy to shoot Megatron in the face?

Once again, this feels like capricious plot mechanics and stage-managing with nary any concession to hiding it. AND it really raises the question... WHY even bring Overlord back into this scenario at all?? Just so Chromedome could punch him? With Deathsaurus and the DJD, Overlord's presence feels just a bit redundant, especially if it's not really coming to anything, and he's bugging out before the conclusion.  

Man, MTMTE definitely feels like it's going out with a whimper.  

zmog

 

Whereas ex-RiD is going out with a wisp of flatulence.

 

There is a lot about MTMTE's story that makes very little sense. I'm hopeful S3 can get its focus back.

 

I could dig that he was a Headmaster. Especially since Galvatron thought he wiped them all out. I think it would be neat for the Headmasters to make an actual comeback, and it tick of Galvatron. Kind of like the Combiners did.

Perhaps the whole "load master" thing that Minimus Ambus is with the Ultra Magnus armor is the precursor to Powermasters.

I hope Superion isn't really done for. I already had to see him die in the Dreamwave comics. And he got punked out by Devastator.......

 

Hopefully it's a little more grounded than what Tarantulas was doing in Sins....

 

Oh, yeah. I can't even with that series. I don't even -want- to like it anymore.  

zmog

 

I don't get the look of fear and cowering. Megatron doesn't need a weapon. Look at him in Megatron origins, he was bad-ass! when he battled prime waaaay back and roller blasted his cannon he ripped it off him arm and went on to batter Prime. I like his change of heart but did he have to hang up his spine as well?

 

I still think its either a ruse to get Tarn and him alone(more than likely), or the signal Rewind did has a wide area of effect, but I might be wrong on that part.

 

I think another thing to bear in mind re: Megatron's mood at this point is that, a few issues ago, he renounced violence. He decided it wouldn't get him what he was after.

He is persuaded to go back on his words after talking to Ratchet / seeing Ravag get seriously injured. So he straps the fusion cannon back on...


...and it doesn't help. He vaporizes some generics, but it very quickly turns out he was absolutely right about violence being pointless for him.

So he'd be pretty angry with himself by that point.

That said, he palmed and used the panic bubble generator so he's still thinking and reacting. Hoping he has formulated a plan by the time it pops. Ratchet's speech about control laid the groundwork for *maybe* starting to use violence again without losing his soul...

 

Yeah, I don't think he's actually 'cowering in fear' so much as overwhelmed by self-loathing. We know Megatron doesn't really get 'scared'.

I also suspect there's a plan here, not just another breakdown.

And as painfully convenient and contrived as it is, Deathsaurus and Overlord have just been eliminated as threats without him needing to do anything, so already the battle is tipping in his favour.

zmog

 

Shipping characters on his Tumblr blog, obviously.

The bit of text I turned orange is the part I disagree with.
The bit of text I bolded is the part that I agree with.
I agree up to a point. Overlord wanted to fight Megatron at his best. He wanted to beat him knowing Megs gave his everything. Overlord doesn't want to just shoot Megatron and be done with it. He wants to humiliate him, he can't humiliate Megs if he's sitting in a pile of his own energon-urine. Personally, I think Overlord just randomly showing up in the first place is all sorts of nonsense, even accounting for the organic aliens (forget their name) pointing him in the right direction.

Tarn, on the other hand, doesn't care. "The cause" is more important than the individual.