Covenant of Primus discussion
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:34 am
Lewis has a preview of the upcoming "Covenant of Primus" that includes 2 (partial?) chapters.
The whole thing is a sourcebook written in character voice (Alpha Trion). If you think of the "in-character voice" profiles from Dreamwave's old "More than Meets the Eye" sourcebook, you will not be far wrong. It is easy to make that sort of gimmick work for a page or two. But, over the course of a book, it can become tiresome for both the reader and the writer. I read the first chapter, but only skimmed the second. (This should be taken more as a reflection of how much time I had for idle reading more than anything else.)
The first chapter is a "and then there was light" type thing. Hasbro makes clear that there was something that existed before Primus. (In other words, Primus is not "G_D". But, he is clearly a god of some kind.) It describes Primus and Unicron as being literally two halves of the same whole, which arguably sets up the binary nature of 90-odd percent of TF content ("good guys v/s bad guys"). This largely draws (if only thematically) on Furman and the UT. It is probably the best treatment of Unicron that one could reasonably expect.
Several of the original 13 Primes are described in detail, while several others are mentioned in passing.
Given that the final book is going to cost something in the neighborhood of $100, this had better not be the final/complete listing. (Seriously, Hasbro needs to put up or shut up regarding the first 13 Primes.)
LIege Maximo is decribed as being a skilled orator, which is the sort of idea that the second generation Cybertronians of the old comic could arguably be a debased form of.
There is also Quintesson Prime that represents the ideals of life and curiosity, both of which could be argued as being debased in the "later" Quintessons).
The Fallen was created to provide necessary tension and variety, and that ultimately led him to betray Primus. (Nothing particularly new here, at least nothing beyond the Fallen being another debased ideal.)
Those are the only three that made an impression on me.
The price tag ($???.??) is enough to make any sensible person wary. The only people I can see buying this are the hard-core collectors/fans. Most other people will either not care or will happy enough with discussions and summaries of the actual book. (I might buy a copy, money allowing. But, I am not going to commit to that at the moment.)
-Dom
The whole thing is a sourcebook written in character voice (Alpha Trion). If you think of the "in-character voice" profiles from Dreamwave's old "More than Meets the Eye" sourcebook, you will not be far wrong. It is easy to make that sort of gimmick work for a page or two. But, over the course of a book, it can become tiresome for both the reader and the writer. I read the first chapter, but only skimmed the second. (This should be taken more as a reflection of how much time I had for idle reading more than anything else.)
The first chapter is a "and then there was light" type thing. Hasbro makes clear that there was something that existed before Primus. (In other words, Primus is not "G_D". But, he is clearly a god of some kind.) It describes Primus and Unicron as being literally two halves of the same whole, which arguably sets up the binary nature of 90-odd percent of TF content ("good guys v/s bad guys"). This largely draws (if only thematically) on Furman and the UT. It is probably the best treatment of Unicron that one could reasonably expect.
Several of the original 13 Primes are described in detail, while several others are mentioned in passing.
Given that the final book is going to cost something in the neighborhood of $100, this had better not be the final/complete listing. (Seriously, Hasbro needs to put up or shut up regarding the first 13 Primes.)
LIege Maximo is decribed as being a skilled orator, which is the sort of idea that the second generation Cybertronians of the old comic could arguably be a debased form of.
There is also Quintesson Prime that represents the ideals of life and curiosity, both of which could be argued as being debased in the "later" Quintessons).
The Fallen was created to provide necessary tension and variety, and that ultimately led him to betray Primus. (Nothing particularly new here, at least nothing beyond the Fallen being another debased ideal.)
Those are the only three that made an impression on me.
The price tag ($???.??) is enough to make any sensible person wary. The only people I can see buying this are the hard-core collectors/fans. Most other people will either not care or will happy enough with discussions and summaries of the actual book. (I might buy a copy, money allowing. But, I am not going to commit to that at the moment.)
-Dom