First look at TFSS characters in comic action!

destrongerlupus · 09-06-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

This is too true. The whole thing is so cliche and dull. You're exactly right, too, this is the beginning of nearly every badly thought out D&D campaign.

Glad it's not just me

Thundershot · 09-06-2012, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by destrongerlupus

Warning, voice of dissent:

Really? Your solution to dealing with a cross-line set of toys was to say, "Screw it, we'll just start it like a D&D module."

You and your fellow party members are playing cards in the local tavern, it's been a few months since you last went on an adventure, but the down time is nice.

The quiet hum of the bar patrons is suddenly hushed as two figures in dark cloaks slip into the bar and begin stalking towards your table. As you and your companions look up, the figures whip off their cloaks revealing that they are elite warriors of the ruling government.

"The Universe needs saving" one snarls. "And while you're a mismatched set of bastards, we think you're the only ones with the skills to get the job done."

Armada's poke-plot tried more adventurous stuff than this....

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

This is too true. The whole thing is so cliche and dull. You're exactly right, too, this is the beginning of nearly every badly thought out D&D campaign.

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Originally Posted by destrongerlupus

Glad it's not just me

Now see, I think that's awesome, using the D&D approach. Sure it's cliche, but it's still fun.

Lumpy · 09-06-2012, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dj_convoy II

Am I alone in my antipathy for the Shattered Glass stuff?

no, i was excited when the Botcon comic appeared to be the end of that idea. it was a fun idea, but driven into the ground... and now it appears that even though the universe is gone, it still exists in the past and can be reached via time travel. just not sure i care about that. it seems like this idea could still exist in the main universe, or WoH universe, but oh well. guess we'll see how it plays out. i mostly just care about getting fun toys, the fiction is secondary for me.

Starscream Gaga · 09-06-2012, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Thundershot

Now see, I think that's awesome, using the D&D approach. Sure it's cliche, but it's still fun.

It depends how it goes from here, really. If it plays out as a D&D parody, then that's fun, if it's just lazy writing to make a quick beginning, that's bad.

StayingInTheBox · 09-06-2012, 11:35 AM

I really wish there was a Trade or something of the TFCC comics ... I never have any idea of what's going on.

I guess I'll dig out my copies of the club magazine and BotCon comics to catch up ...

Lumpy · 09-06-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by StayingInTheBox

I really wish there was a Trade or something of the TFCC comics ... I never have any idea of what's going on.

I guess I'll dig out my copies of the club magazine and BotCon comics to catch up ...

dude, i agree... they did the first year as a trade, then stopped. they need to get on that again, cuz i'd be interested in checking it all out from the beginning again.

StayingInTheBox · 09-06-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

dude, i agree... they did the first year as a trade, then stopped. they need to get on that again, cuz i'd be interested in checking it all out from the beginning again.

Absolutely. The Club fiction isn't bad at all IMO ... but it's hard to follow when I only read it once every 2 months or so!

Girl Pants · 09-06-2012, 11:58 AM

For everyone who dislikes the way this adventure begins, I think that while it is a bit cliche, it's not something that makes or breaks the story as a whole.

Also add me to the group who would like Slipstream and company to be regulars, not just a cameo.

Also, just a bit of a continuity thing: G2: Redux is in the "Classicsverse" right? Or is it the Wings Universe? Or are they all the same? Either way, I'm just wondering if this Breakdown is the same one as in G2:Redux or not. Maybe they could have the two meet even. Could be a fun gag moment.

Thundershot · 09-06-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

It depends how it goes from here, really. If it plays out as a D&D parody, then that's fun, if it's just lazy writing to make a quick beginning, that's bad.

When you have such limited space for your stories, quick and dirty is often best.

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Originally Posted by Girl Pants

For everyone who dislikes the way this adventure begins, I think that while it is a bit cliche, it's not something that makes or breaks the story as a whole.

Also add me to the group who would like Slipstream and company to be regulars, not just a cameo.

Also, just a bit of a continuity thing: G2: Redux is in the "Classicsverse" right? Or is it the Wings Universe? Or are they all the same? Either way, I'm just wondering if this Breakdown is the same one as in G2:Redux or not. Maybe they could have the two meet even. Could be a fun gag moment.

FP has two main universes now.

Wings of Honor, which is "sort of" in the G1 US cartoon continuity, but still its' own thing.

Shattered Glass, which also comprises the "Classicsverse" Earth as, presumably, a "counter earth" in the Shattered Universe.

Then they have Transtech, which ties all the universes together like D&D's old Planescape setting (another D&Dism!).

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