Moonracer

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[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

“ᴵ’ᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ ‘ᴮᵒᵗ ⁱⁿ ˢᵉᵛᵉⁿᵗʸ ʸᵉᵃʳˢ ᵗᵒ ᵉᵛᵉⁿ ʳᵃᶜᵉ ᵒᵘᵗˢⁱᵈᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜⁱᵗʸ”

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: Me. Making an IDW Galvatron Account. Discuss?

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: Once again I am reminding you that ✨Her✨

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: Follow my 80’s Supervillain character!!

[𝔻𝕣. Scratchix @80sSuperVillain]

“ɪ'ᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴀᴅ ᴛʏᴘᴇ,

ᴛɪᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋꜱ ᴛʏᴘᴇ,

ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀxᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇ,

ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴍʏ ᴍᴜꜱᴛᴀᴄʜᴇ ᴡᴀxᴇᴅ ᴛʏᴘᴇ,

ɪ'ᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴅ ɢᴜʏ,

ʙᴏᴏ!”

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: I saw that! I’m also looking hard at the upcoming Monocrat Megatank, Bumblebee Movie styled Megatron.

But the official comes with the flail hand and… OOF that’s a big drawcard there.

[S O U N D W A V E @MostLoyalCon]

//3P should have you covered there. There is a 3P Megatron based on his appearance as a gladiator in the Dreamwave comics and he turns into like a funky mining vehicle and tank hybrid.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: I adore that Megs but…
Y’know I’ve never been a huge fan of the gun alt mode?
Right place and time for a homage but…

I need an MP of that quality that turns into a tank.

[S O U N D W A V E @MostLoyalCon]

//That Megatron is so good that it almost makes me forgive the fact that two of his accessories arrived broken... ALMOST.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: OHHHHH that Megatron 👌👌👌👌 Almost a whole 84 cast there!

[S O U N D W A V E @MostLoyalCon]

//With the exception of Grimlock, Optimus and Arcee, these are all my MP figures so far!
Might get that new Starscream next.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: MP is definitely where my interests are sliding for official figures! Who you got so far?

Right now I’m focusing on Kingdom toys for a complete Beast Wars S1 cast!

[S O U N D W A V E @MostLoyalCon]

//I wish I had more access to 3P figures. Right now I'm just slowly building up a collection of whatever looks good to me, which just happens to be mostly official MP figures.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: Combiners always look good on display!!

I’m thinking for the “big names” though, it’s time to just go 3P MP scale….

[S O U N D W A V E @MostLoyalCon]

//I really need to get my hands on a Combiner some time.
Still need to get the essentials together though, like a decent Starscrean and Optimus.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: Yeah that’s true. That’s pretty true. Some things do stick, usually justified stuff (racism = bad for example.) but media is a fickle thing that tends to shift from one end of the spectrum to the other.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: IMAGE AND IDW ARE STILL OKAY RIGHT?!

RIGHT?!!

—————————
Jokes aside, this shit doesn’t bother me MASSIVELY? (or rather, I try not to let it) It just makes me sigh.

It’s one of those things that… isn’t going away.
Which is disappointing.
But what can you do?

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: Really?

— well that’s disappointing.
That officially marks the entire media industry I think.

————— ….. I was SURE that comics were out here just writing characters of all genders and ethnicity as they liked without regard for either side.

Well. Balls.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: Theres probably some point about platforms for everybody growing more rapidly than the industry can respond to them but….

Nah, we won’t touch that worm can.

Y’know where this shit isn’t a problem?
Comic books.
Comic books avoid this shit.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: I… Don’t like the seige/toyline designs for IDW 2.0?

I like those designs in the cartoon. In the toyline. But I’m used to the comics having more unique, original designs from IDW2005.

Idk. I just… Prefer the designs from IDW 2005.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙::— characters on a pedestal, they’re not allowed to be anything less than perfect, without attracting the wrath of Twitter-Youth

But write them any other way and attract the wrath of YouTube-Boys.

I hate BOTH of these screeching groups.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: Preaching to the converted, man!(Hahaha— CONVERT). Unfortunately only male characters are allowed to be flawed.

And only white, straight male characters. Otherwise it’s “perpetuating a negative view on X”

Because people want to put POC, Non-straight, Non Male—

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound —🚙:: “well. It worked for HIM.”

Then of course a bunch of angry YouTube boys make videos saying the writers and directors are “woke poisoned”.

Net result: less female characters. It’s impossible to “win” with them because the Internet always goes to war over it.

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

@TyrantBound 🚙:: You might not. But they do tend to preform well critically.

Also; the current climate means that mobs on the Internet will review Bomb and public hate any director or writer who creates a non “perfect” female character.

So they see their male characters and think—

[Moonracer @TiedtotheSpeed]

🚙:: Megatron used to be really fluid. Every series have him a new design, a new face even. Optimus was always “red truck with faceplate” but Megatron ran the gauntlet.

Armada Megs, and the Unicron Trilogy Megatron in general REALLY embody that.

[Ava @SpecialOpsAva]

//Does anyone else love Armada Megatron's design? Because I think he looks badass af. 👀❤️