The thing of it is, Transformers is kind of inherently supposed to be 'interactive' fiction. I would almost argue that TF fanfiction is more "acceptable" than something like Star Trek or Harry Potter fanfic--because everybody makes up their own storylines as a kid playing with toys. That's what they're meant to do. And these kind of retroactive bits 'add' to that whole rather than subtract from it.
Yes and no. Even the toys came with some back story in the form of box profiles and blurbs. And, this is about defining era of the hobby, (toys/comics/cartoons/whatever), more than play patterns.
Why reduce either character though?(I've always kind of retroactively liked to pretend that was Megaplex.)
And worked with dangerous chemical weapons.Fact of it is, we see Acid Storm (or the guy who would become Acid Storm) doing stuff. He exists and he can be fleshed out. Maybe he never does anything else important besides that one episode. The rest of the time he just shoots at cardboard cutout Female Autobot characters.
Aw damn. Sorry.It's funny because I legitimately bring up Hitler up there.
Fleshmasters!I always thought they should just use his Japanese name...Streak.
Drift actually started in comics. And, I maintain that if McCarthy had the right cult of personality brand, (like Furman or Roche), he totally could have gotten away with bringing in a new character.Ha haaaa! Drift.
Ah, but they are different. 616 is older, even post OMD. "Ultimate" is younger and more modern in terms of sensibility and pacing.It's when you start doing meta-existential crap like that that I always step away. I mean, Chrissake. It's like arguing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man are supposed to be fundamentally different characters. They're still fucking Spider-Man!
The Golden Age Batman died long before "Crisis on Infinite Earths" nullified him. It was a really badly written comic of the sort that resembled a little kid saying "what if Batman died?!?!?!?!?!". But, they were shown to be two different characters. "Infinite Crisis" brought the point home even more when the original Superman commented that the original Batman was never overcome with gloom and doom.
I count them as RiD, based on the packaging. But, there is basis to count them as "Universe" as well.What about those late RID toys, like Dreadwing/Smokejumper, and Urbanation?
That is one of the more similar toys though. What about Mirage? The robot modes are very different between G1, G2, RiD and "Classics". Sunstreaker is another example. The arms and legs are meaningfully different on "Classics" toy when compared to the G1 toy. I am not disputing the consistency of the characters. But, the control art is meaningfully different.Likewise, Sideswipe is clearly supposed to be Sideswipe no matter what minor differences there are--he's still a red Lambourghini with the back of the car turning into his legs and the hood becoming his chest, and the doors are hanging off his arms.
For purposes of context yes. But, what about breaking it down by series. How then would the different iterations of G1, (many being contemporary to others during the 80s), be counted? What about blatant revisions, like the '09 "Star Trek" movie or the IDW G1 comics?That's pretty much my thought process. Star Trek and it's subsequent shows are set in the same timeline continuity essentially being part of the same story. I tend to regard G1, BW and BM the same way.
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-is pretty sure "Harry Potter" is responsible for more bad fanfic than any other story. Ever.
