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** [[spoiler: Parodied: Whirl asks if they're cool, and Cyclonus pushes him into the smelting pool where he dies horribly, only to have been all an ImageSpot of one of Cyclonus's fantasies. While Cyclonus still loathes Whirl, he now knows that the Ex-Wrecker isn't all bad and has his reasons. Since Whirl helped Cyclonus think of how to save Tailgate, it's unlikely Cyclonus will try to kill him.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler:The portal goes to]]]]
* [[spoiler:Either Nova Prime and the Deadverse, or to Cybertron and Shockwave]].
** [[spoiler: The reason why it would go to Nova Prime would be because the portal is made out of parts of Dead Titans]].
** [[spoiler: Seems to be Jossed. It definitely didn't go to Nova Prime, or to Cybertron, and didn't appear to be part of the Dead Universe.]]

[[WMG:The backstory for [[spoiler:Skids]] is not accurate.]]
* Because the explanation we got does not seem nearly disturbing enough for [[spoiler:Chromedome to have noped out of Skids' head]] the way he did.
* Also, we still don't know the significance of the Empyrean Suite.
* Whatever disturbing thing happened to him hasn't even been touched on yet. Chromedome tells Skids that what happened to destroy his recent memories gave the traumatized part of his mind a chance to repress whatever traumatized him, which doesn't contradict what we've been told about the nudge gun.

[[WMG: Brainstorm, Time-Travel and Whirl]]

* Second, Chromedome mentions that two heavies ambush him and Roller "about a year from now," but there are three mechs that Whirl leaps to attack. Upon learning that the Functionists and not the Senate are responsible for his mutilation, he kills one in his frustration, and rips off the original hands of the others. And that makes two. If Whirl hadn't done that, Chromedome and Roller would have been attacked by ''three'' mechs in the future with their original hands, and would have been overwhelmed.

* Third, Whirl meets Optimus twice. Optimus comments that he had last seen Whirl in prison, when he had warned Optimus about a bomb. He had insisted at that time it was about revenge. If Optimus hadn't met him, he might not have trusted the team when they turned up at Luna 2.

** Apophenia is a word defined as the experience of seeing connections in meaningless or random data... by this point in the time travel, anything goes...

* Whirl is Asexual.
** Yeah, I know they're robots, but there are several pairings and general suggestions that some kind of sex can exist for Cybertronians. In #53 he has a conversation with Cyclonus - while he says that he doesn't do relationships, and his world begins and ends with him, he immediately goes on to express more interest in Cyclonus' relationship with Tailgate, which shows an interest in 'relationships' in general, if not for himself. It's a very asexual thing.

[[WMG: The person who sent the message to the past is Red Alert]]
* After all, he's focused on all the bad things, and he says "Don't look in the basement", not "Don't let Red Alert look in the basement".
** ''Possibly'' jossed, considering that issue 9 ends with Rodimus, Pipes, and Drift finding Red Alert's decapitated corpse.
** Officially jossed by issue #38 - it was a combination of people during their Time Travel Shenanigans, starting with Tailgate.

[[WMG: The message from the future in the first issue was sent by Megatron.]]
* Now that the coffin has finally appeared, all the events the future ''Lost Light'' crew were trying to warn their (at the time) present selves about to prevent them from leaving Cybertron in the first place have come to pass (except of course for the last, most important one which got cut off). Notably, the sender of the original message was never made clear, as his name was obscured by static when he tried to say it. That's because the message was sent by Megatron after he assumed command of the ''Lost Light'' and thus to reveal him as the sender of the message would have been spoileriffic as hell. Most of what the message warned about did happen before Megatron joined the crew, but it could be assumed the future version of him who sent the message had been filled in on what had happened in the first season of the comic (and why doing any of those things would turn out to be bad).
** Jossed. [[spoiler: Issue 38 reveals the message was sent by a combination of Tailgate, Rodimus, Rung, Chromedome and Riptide.]]

* By the end of Dying of the Light, it's revealed that Getaway wasn't actually in collusion with the Decepticon Justice Division, but instead [[spoiler: the Galactic Council, who felt that a Megatron who was now actively defending organics instead of killing them made the Council look bad, and wanted him removed.]] The DJD being on Necroworld was an unplanned coincidence and Getaway didn't realize that the Council was using [[spoiler: Overlord]] as an agent as well. That explains why the rest of the crew was okay with dumping Rodimus and the entire central cast on Necroworld; [[spoiler: the Council]] would take Megatron into custody, and Rodimus and his crew would be left behind, probably to try and find some way to limp back to Cybertron so Getaway and the ''Lost Light'' could focus on finding the Knights. They may be mutineers, but they're still ''Autobots'', and leaving their own to die horrific deaths at the hands of Decepticon extremists ''probably'' wouldn't sit right with most of them, especially since most of the non-Rodimus crew left on Necroworld were shown to be chummy with some of the mutineers (Jackpot sincerely, if drunkenly congratulating Tailgate, Perceptor's respect for Brainstorm, Rung reaching out to Hoist after Trailcutter's death...). Once the Council doublecrossed Getaway, and the reveal that the DJD, and [[spoiler: Overlord]] were now involved becomes known, the mutiny is probably going to start to fracture; there will be those amongst the crew, like Mainframe (who was shown to have some reservations about the whole thing), who will want to turn back and try to rescue the crew (because they did not sign on to get otherwise good Autobots killed), and most likely Getaway and some loyalists like Atomizer who decide that it's unfortunate things turned out the way they did, but it's too late to do anything for them now, might as well press on. This will help soften the blow of the crew's betrayal, and even help redeem Getaway somewhat, who will probably privately be tormented with guilt as well (he may be a snake, but he is a hardcore believer in the Autobot cause and even he probably admits that no one besides Megatron deserved to die). This is why we see Getaway privately viewing the celebration in Swerve's when the time portals re-open, doing precisely what Megatron was saying you'd do in such a situation, pay silent tribute to the dead. He actually hates that he (thinks) he got Rodimus and his team killed, but can't afford to openly show that regret after he's come so far. The reason the ''Lost Light'' doesn't respond to hails after the events on Necroworld when Optimus tries to raise them might be because the feud between the people who want to turn back and try to help and Getaway's loyalists has turned so bad the ship has been put on complete lockdown while they try to resolve the issue (if it hasn't come to outright combat by then).

[[WMG: [[spoiler:The third gunshot heard at the end of issue 54 was one of Tarn's comrades killing him.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Either Nickel and Vos sniping him in revenge for what he did to Kaon, or Deathsaurus killing him for getting his men slaughtered.]]

[[folder:Jossed]]

[[WMG: Chromedome used to be called "Stylor".]]
When telling his part of the shared story in Post Hoc, he begins to say his name was different in the pre-War era, but Rewind cuts him off and says to stick to Chromedome, otherwise it gets too confusing, and in the flashbacks with Prowl, he's never directly referred to by name. Given the more G1-esque version of his body in the flashbacks, I'm going with the idea that Chromedome was originally known as "Stylor", the name of his Nebulan Headmaster partner in the cartoons as part of a MythologyGag.
* {{Jossed}}. His real name was revealed in 14 to be [[spoiler:Tumbler]].

[[WMG: The final instruction from the future that was cut off was "Do Not Resuscitate Rung".]]
...Because he will [[CameBackWrong come back wrong]], get a severe case of BreakTheCutie, and cross the MoralEventHorizon, because isn't that just the sort of horrible, horrible thing that James Roberts would do? Considering what he's been through-being held hostage and abused by Fort Max, being shot in the head by Swerve on Rodimus' orders ''even though Max was already disabled''-will, I don't know, colour his perception of the Autobots a little? [[spoiler: And hey, the DJD's on their way to collect Overlord, so, you know, there's an opportunity...and we also know that 18 months from now, more or less, quite a few members of the ''Lost Light'' are going to be dead, but Rung ain't one of them.]]
* Seems to be {{Jossed}} - he's been resuscitated, and appears just fine.

[[WMG:The message from the future was from someone trying to lead the crew astray.]]
What it says not to do is exactly what's supposed to be done. "Don't go to Delphi"? Going there exposed Pharma and brought First Aid and some others onboard. "Don't look in the basement"? If no-one looked, Overlord would still be there and nobody would know about it (outside of the conspiracy). Et cetera.
* Also, by opening the coffin, [[spoiler:Rodimus is made fully aware of a possible death scenario, and will try to avoid it.]]
** Jossed. They were trying to stop bad things from happening, but everything they said had a net positive outcome.

[[WMG:[[spoiler: The Point One Percenter spark Brainstorm found...]]]]
* ...Is going to become the IDW version of [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quickswitch_(G1) Quickswitch]].
** Jossed, it's Megatron's spark because Shenanigans.

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[[folder:DJD Guesses]]

[[WMG: Skids is Agent 113, and member of the DJD.]]

Based on [[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=290150#290150 this convo]] from the IDW forums.

The bonus story in the LSOTW called bullets, say that Agent 113 was the Autobot's inside man in the DJD.
* Lots of people think that it was Punch/Counterpunch, the Autobot Double-spy, because he's one of the few Autobot spies there is, also he's the most iconic (IDW might have been talking about giving him a mini-series). I, however, think that it's [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warmonger Warmonger]]. He's just the obscure kind of guy that Roberts would include.
* Based on what we know so far, I'm guessing Skids is Agent 113, and his binary gun was used to fire messages to the Autobots. He was discovered, however, by Tarn (hence the whole music thing and shutting out a whole year of his life), and imprisoned. He escaped, and showed up in issue 2.
* Jossed; [[spoiler:Agent 113 is actually Dominus Ambus, AKA the Pet]]

[[WMG: Tarn is actually [[spoiler: Dominus, Rewind's missing friend]]]]
* ...and [[spoiler:Chromedome]] had a hand in who he became which is the secret he was revealed to have attacked [[spoiler:Prowl]] to hide in issue 14.
** [[spoiler: It appeared to have been Jossed in Issue 17, but it turns out it was Minimus Ambus, Dominus' younger brother]].
** [[spoiler:And with the revelation that Minimus is a 1 percenter, it's possible that Dominus is wearing the ''Tarn'' armor, since it is known that ''Tarn'' is also a LegacyCharacter.]]
** [[spoiler: there is also the fact that both have an affinity for The Empyrian Suite, and Tarn wont allow to get his cog fixed, possibly because he doesnt want others to figure out he's just a tiny robot inside a PoweredArmor]].
*** Unlikely. Tarn burns through T-cogs with some regularity, and replacing them presumably involves surgery.
*** His armor probably also incorporates attention deflectors, like the [[spoiler:Ultra Magnus armor]], so even if he gets surgery, they wont figure out whom he really is.
** It is also possible that [[spoiler: Dominus was originally Agent 113, until [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he lost it]] and [[BecomingTheMask becomes the mask]].]]
** Tarn's extreme loyalty to Decepticon doctrine might make sense for Dominus: he was in a relationship with Rewind, who was a member of the Disposable class, and Dominus campaigned for them to receive equal rights. Since the original purpose of the Decepticons was to oppose Functionism and the Senate, it's not impossible that Ambus fell in with them.
** Rewind was also the only bot spared on the Alternate Lost Light. The given explanation is that the DJD wanted him to record their atrocities, and then he ran and hid. But the DJD is incredibly thorough, it seems unlikely they wouldn't find him if they wanted to (the Pet could probably sniff him out if nothing else). Perhaps Tarn recognized him and made up an excuse to let him live.
** Also the idea of Tarn, the ultimate Decepticon lawman, being the brother of Ultra Magnus, the ultimate Autobot lawman, has a certain amount of delicious irony to it.
** Rewind says he doesn't know how the DJD knew about Chromedome and him. He guesses that maybe he cried out Domey's name, but that could easily be a RedHerring. More likely, Tarn already knew because he's someone from Rewind and Chromedome's past.
* Jossed: [[spoiler:Agent 113 is Dominus Ambus, AKA the Pet]]

[[WMG: One of the current members of the Decepticon Justice Division is Agent 113.]]
With the two most likely candidates being Kaon and Vos.
* Vos transformers into a Sniper Rifle, which would allow him the excuse to shoot a special bullet at the autobot insignia. He also speaks only in Old Cybertronian to avoid detection, and oh yeah... he has a spare Autobot face.
** His habit of asking Tarn questions and the description that Rodimus and Atomizer gave of a ''very'' different Vos seem to suggest that ''this'' Vos hasn't held the title very long...
* Kaon seems to have the least lethal alternate form of all the [=DJD=], he is also their communication office and the person in charge of maintaining the [=DJD=] hit list.
* Confirmed: [[spoiler:It's the pet]]

[[WMG: Agent 113 is Kaon's pet sparkeater.]]
He's the one member of the DJD who is beneath suspicion, the DJD view him as a pet and therefore speak freely in front of him.
He's an Autobot with a beast mode who has been designed so any sparks he "eats" are in fact safely stored away inside of him to await pickup from the Autobots. This allows him to engage in apparently savage actions in front of the DJD while maintaining his own moral code.
As for the data slugs disguised as bullets he uses to contact the Autobots, either he discretely transforms during battles and fires while the rest of the DJD are distracted, or alternatively he has retractable guns in beast mode we haven't seen yet.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed. Agent 113 ''is'' the Pet, but the DJD are well aware of this because they're the ones who mutilated and lobotomized Agent 113 into becoming the Pet after they discovered he was a mole.]]

[[WMG: Agent 113, the Autobot mole in the DJD, was the previous Vos.]]
* As in, the big guy with hooks for his hands and feet and not the Primal Vernacular-speaking sadist with the removable face who currently holds the title. For whatever reason, Agent 113 was removed from the team shortly before the start of the series (maybe he died, or maybe his cover was blown, which probably amounts to the same thing), but either way, Agent 113 is no longer in play and the DJD as it stands now are full of true believers. First Aid has never mentioned in any way his role in relaying Agent 113's information to Autobot High Command, Prowl hasn't either over in RID, and given that the DJD is still active, he'd probably want status updates on what they're doing. The description of the previous Vos as a big scary hook-guy was to call attention to him so that he could actually be revealed as a noble, courageous Autobot mole. [[spoiler:I also find it difficult to believe any true Autobot would have willingly partaken in the slaughter of his comrades the way the DJD slaughtered the alternate ''Lost Light'' crew just so they could get at Overlord, especially considering how the crew would have been full of Autobot heavyweights like Ultra Magnus, Ratchet, and Rodimus.]]
** Maybe Agent 113 ''is'' amongst the current DJD roster, but has a shell program that kicks into action once he enters situations where Autobot fatalities are unavoidable. (Sounds like something Prowl would do, don't you think?) Like G1 Punch, he's suffering a SplitPersonalityTakeover, possibly as a result of [[SanitySlippage his job's effect on his mental health]]. Or (and this is admittedly reaching) Agent 113 recognized the signs of [[spoiler:a quantum generator accident and was banking on there being at least one more ''Lost Light'' out there.]]
** [[spoiler: Sort of confirmed. Whilst he wasn't "hook guy", Agent 113 was indeed a previous holder of the Vos codename.]]
*** [[spoiler: and is ''technically'' still a member of the DJD, granted not by choice, or in a state to make reports.]]

[[WMG:The DJD is collecting the Ununtrium from the Phase Sixers they destroy.]]
* It's been established as an incredibly rare and finite substance. Money says acquiring for the Autobots it is Agent 113's primary objective.

[[WMG:Tarn's faceplate will be broken, and it will be spoileriffic as all hell.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}. When Tarn's faceplate is finally removed, it's not treated as a big deal, nor is his real identity. We actually barely get to see his face before Megatron's anti-matter blows him up.]]

[[WMG: Roller [[spoiler:will eventually become ''Tarn'']]...]]
As seen and hinted at in issue #36, there are little hints that suggest that Roller (whether it was destined, or was altered by Rodimus' crew's actions) will one day [[spoiler:become ''Tarn'']].
* [[spoiler:Both are incredibly strong, as both are Point-One Percenters.]]
* [[spoiler:Both are large, having similar looking bodies and alt. modes, and have the circular panels on either side of their heads.]]
* [[spoiler:Roller feels inadequate in comparison to the Outliers, who have amazing abilities. All he has is his strength, and he feels that strength is not enough. Could that be a StartOfDarkness to prove himself to Orion and himself?]]
* [[spoiler:Just as ''Tarn'' is addicted to transforming (requiring a large supply of T.Cogs), Roller is addicted to circuit speeders in his pursuit to keep-up with the Outliers. Could one addiction lead to another?]]
* [[spoiler:Rewind speculates that the floating ship hovering over the hot spot was the Senate's attempt to creating Outliers of their own. If that is true, then it is possible to affect a spark to gain newer abilities. Roller is last seen getting injured during the fight, with [[NeverFoundTheBody he body never found]]. Could that be where ''Tarn'' would get his signature voice of death?]]
* [[spoiler:Just before the battle, Orion suggests to Roller to read-up on Megatron's work, claiming that it was powerful stuff. It could explain why ''Tarn'' is so utterly devoted to the Decepticon cause if he is Roller.]]
* [[spoiler:During the fight, his left eye is cracked. Guess which eye shows damage in Tarn's closeup on the over?]]
* It is very well possible that it will not go down that route, but these little points of evidence are just too noticeable to ignore.
* With issue #55, this WMG is finally [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}. Tarn was never Roller, he was actually ''Glitch''.]]


[[WMG: Roller [[spoiler:is not only ''Tarn'' but also Agent 113]]...]]
* Given the unlikelihood of [[spoiler: TWO autobots being part of the DJD then Roller being ''Tarn'' and Roller being Agent 113 seems quite possible.]]
** Not to mention that [[spoiler: Agent 113 always aims at the left eye of the Autobot badge, the same eye Roller got damaged during the fight?]]
** It's also possible that [[spoiler:Roller got a bad case of BecomingTheMask, where after a while he just gave up on being Roller and fully became Tarn.]]
** [[spoiler: All the way {{Jossed}}. Agent 113 is confirmed not to be Tarn in issue 53 and issue 55 puts the kibosh on the Roller is Tarn theory.]]

[[WMG: The current members of the D.J.D. are [[spoiler: characters who have "vanished" as part of their backstories.]]]]
* [[spoiler: Between Dominus Ambus, Roller and Damus/Glitch...]]
** Confirmed for [[spoiler:Dominus Ambus. And Glitch. {{Jossed}} for Tesaurus, Helex, and Vos, who are confirmed to be new characters. No answer for Kaon given he was already dead by then, but odds are good he was a nobody too.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Rodimus and crew's time travel shenanigans are creating the DJD]]]]
* Think about it. [[spoiler: Unless it's a RedHerring (which is entirely possible with Roberts), #36 is ''lousy'' with hints and foreshadowing that Roller became Tarn (see above). In #37, Whirl uses one of Brainstorm's strange, experimental guns to kill some no-name goon, but the blast enters through his chest and exits ''out his eyes''. And who's the one shown to kill the alternate-timeline Whirl a few issues ago? Kaon. Who has holes for eyes. Hammer and Anvil are gigantic, easily the same size as Helex and Tesarus. While not directly related to the time travel, in Shadowplay, we saw Orion drive ''through'' either Hammer or Anvil, creating a giant hole which could have become Tesarus' grinder. And they were only there because Chromedome told Whirl to let them live. No hints yet as to where Helex and Vos fit in, but if things continue playing out in this way, it seems entirely possible that the Lost Light just ''made'' some of the worst Decepticons to ever live.]]

[[WMG:Agent 113 [[spoiler:really ''is'' the current Vos]]]]
* Think about it. Magnus thinks Agent 113 is dead because [[spoiler:he mentioned his cover being compromised in his datalog which he shot into Swerve a long time ago]]. However, we know that Agent 113 was still active five years ago, as a message from him led the Wreckers to Garrus-9. Given the fact that the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy, as well as the fact that the DJD are pretty much incommunicado from the main Decepticon forces, it's unlikely they could have recruited a new member out of the blue. This leads to one of two implications
** Vos' cover was blown at some point between Last Stand of The Wreckers and MTMTE. However, instead of killing him, Tarn had him brainwashed, turning him into the removable-faced Old Cybertronian speaking torturer that we all know and love.
** Or, quite alternately, he [[BecomingTheMask became the mask]] and was actually a DoubleAgent. He only sent the information about Garrus-9 so the Autobots could "soften up" Overlord, meaning that the DJD could kill him easier.
** [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}.]]

[[WMG:There is no Agent 113]]
* It IS ridiculous that's the only place where the bullet would be. In the future, somebody time travels back to Kimia and shoots the message bullet at Swerve. From the future events, they know where to look for the bullet later. They are effectively Agent 113, but they didn't exist until the bullet was found.
** [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}. Issue 53 clearly establishes Agent 113's secret identity.]]

[[WMG: The DJD exists not to kill Decepticons but to fuel Tarn's addiction]]
* Oh come on, we all know addictions are... well... addictive. We don't know how it feels to transform, but it's possible that there's a buzz involved. The DJD is a great enabler to get hold of minimally damaged T-Cogs. Look at what happened at Delphi! Tarn supports the cause, but not the methods, but it's too late; he's addicted, and he can't exactly tell Megs "Okay, I want to disband the DJD now because it's evil, but I still want T-Cogs." And Megatron, of course, trained and supplied the DJD.

[[WMG: Tarn is Terminus]]
* Classic NeverFoundTheBody, we see a flashback of Tarn basically being rebuilt (or at least heavily modified) into his current body, and it would be just like Roberts to throw in all those hints about Roller as red herrings.
** It was mentioned that Tarn is a Point-One-Percenter. While we can't be sure Terminus wasn't one, it seems unlikely. The discovery of such a spark was a momentous enough event that it made Momus alt-mode exempt, so why would such a valuable asset be a lowly miner and condemned to die when he got injured on the job? Granted, Megatron is a percenter ''too'', and he's a miner, but he's something of a special case; his body was Constructed Cold, and he would have had a regular blue spark if not for time travel shenanigans. It's likely his employers don't realize he's special.
** [[spoiler: {{Jossed}}.]]

[[WMG: The climax of the fight between the DJD and Megatron, and the reveal, are supposed to be anti-climatic.]]
* While James Roberts fed us a bunch of fauxshadowing regarding Roller and Tarn; the misdirection, and, ultimately, the anti-climatic reveal of Tarn being actually [[spoiler:Glitch]] was entirely intentional. The original emotional investment readers had on Roller and Tarn is rendered moot with the actual reveal, the reader feels nothing for the reveal has no emotional weight and ultimately makes you stop caring for the DJD. Megatron strips them of any meaning as he kills them, James Roberts strips them of any emotional weight the reader might have towards them, making us not care about the DJD -- it's the ultimate meta insult to an ignominious death.

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[[folder:Miscellaneous]]

[[WMG: After the events of Prime Wars, Rodimus will become Rodimus Prime]]
* At least for a [[StatusQuoIsGod little while]]. After all hail Optimus and Prime Wars, Optimus and Sentinel will be dead, leaving the position open. The obvious choice for the next Prime is Rodimus.

[[WMG: Whirl will hook up with Velocity]]
* Whirl was given the task of being Velocity's bodyguard, just in case of danger. It was a trick to get Whirl off the ship and onto the Rod Pod, but everybody seemed to buy it. And in a few panels Whirl is drawn standing fairly close to Velocity. Not to mention in the Holiday Special Velocity was nice to Whirl about the Scraplet event... So Whirl will take this task fairly seriously and act as Velocity's bodyguard and they will eventually hook up... Hey, it's WMG!

[[WMG: Overlord's mysterious benefactors are the Quintessons]]
* Who also may or may not be the Knights of Cybertron.

[[WMG: Overlord's mysterious benefactor is the original Rewind]]
* Because why the hell not?

[[WMG: Did Tyrest accidentally shadowplay himself?]]
* We learned in issue #15 that trainee mnemosurgeons practiced technique with finger-drills before they received the signature finger-needles.
* We learned in issue #19 that Tyrest had taken to self-mutilating himself with finger-drills out of guilt, but he only had his divine revelation after drilling into his own forehead.
* It seems there's a number of ways a mnemosurgeon can access a brain module; common practice is via the back of the neck, but Chromedome has a self-avowed preference for going through the eye sockets.
* Finger drills + forehead drilling = accidental mnemosurgery and 180 degree turnaround in personality?
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* Third, Whirl meets Optimus twice. Optimus comments that he had last seen Whirl in prison, when he had warned Optimus about a bomb. He had insisted at that time it was about revenge. This second time Future Whirl helps Optimus defend unformed Sparklings. Because Optimus met Whirl ''twice'' on good circumstances, ''this'' is why he was deep-down convinced of Whirl's deep-seated goodness and made Whirl an Autobot rather than letting him be recruited by the 'cons.
** which was then erased from Optimus' mind, as it was wiped from the mind of everyone that wasn't timetraveling, save Roller, who was also forgotten.

** Yeah, I know they're robots, but there are several pairings and general suggestions that some kind of sex can exist for Cybertronians. In #53 he has a conversation with Cyclonus - while he says that he doesn't do relationships, and his world begins and ends with him, he immiediately goes on to express more interest in Cyclonus' relationship with Tailgate, which shows an interest in 'relationships' in general, if not for himself. It's a very asexual thing.

** [[spoiler: Partially {{Jossed}}. Agent 113 is confirmed not to be Tarn in issue 53. Jury's still out on the whole Roller thing, though.]]

** Confirmed for [[spoiler:Dominus Ambus]]

* Due to the somewhat...[[TheyJustDidntCare inconsistent nature of Combiner Wars' writing]], Rook (a new character who's toy takes the place of Groove as a limb in the recently released Protectobots) suddenly appeared standing with the rest of the Protectobots ''just'' when Starscream needed to turn a bunch of robots into a combiner, despite not being referenced or even seen with the Protectobots before then (though a crowd shot did have him running from Menasor on Caminus). Therefore, MTMTE is going to have fun with this when First Aid and his team get back from Cybertron, with Hot Spot and his crew now being forced to drag along an unwilling Camien who just happened to be wandering by when the leader of Cybertron forced him to become a limb in a combiner, and because of this, now has to join a bunch of weirdos on a trip through the cosmos that he never actually wanted to go on. HilarityEnsues.

[[WMG: [[spoiler:The third gunshot heard at the end of issue 54 was one of Tarn's comrades killing him]]
* [[spoiler:Either Nickel and Vos sniping him in revengefor what he did to Kaon, or Deathsaurus killing him for getting his men slaughtered]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Overlord]] isn't dead.]]
He's survived worse. [[spoiler: But it would damage him enough to allow the DJD to swoop in and collect him, and their leader is a Phase Sixer himself...]]

*** [[spoiler: and is "technically" still a member of the DJD, granted not by choice, or in a state to make reports.]]

*** [[spoiler: and is TECHNICALLY still a member of the DJD, granted not by choice, or in a state to make reports.]]

[[WMG: Disappearing objects theories]]
* So far, some nucleon rods, the number "8," the letters "E-U-N," an engex vat, the Pyrobots, the medibay door, and part of the hull have disappeared. Trailcutter's drunken observations and the disappearance of the letters from the "Fuel Furnace" sign under super-observant Nightbeat's nose suggest the objects are teleporting away. What gives?
** Someone with unusually discreet teleportation powers is stealing materials to build something (likely a ship, given the missing fuel door, and part of the hull).
** Megatron's malfunctioning space bridge is opening up tiny space bridge portals all over the ship. Something (possibly whatever pulled [[spoiler:Pharma]]'s corpse through the portal on Luna-1) is using the portals to steal objects.
** Maybe someone is just trying to make Megatron look like an idiot who can't keep his ship in line. [[MundaneUtility Using awesome super-stealthy teleportation powers.]]
* Jossed. It's something else, taking everything by how long it's been on the ship.

[[WMG: The wrecked Lost Light isn't from the future.]]
* It's from a parallel reality, which is why things are slightly different; why instead of Swerve's bar, there's a performance space for Crosscut's plays. Why [[spoiler: Drift was still onboard with his Autobot insignia intact. Why Overlord was still in his cell, and thus, why Rewind was still alive. It's not ''our'' Rewind, since if Overlord never escaped, Rewind never had to sacrifice himself to jettison the slow cell.]] It's also why there was no sign of Megatron or any of the other Rodpod new arrivals [[spoiler: amidst the corpses]]; this is from an alternate reality where none of them joined the crew. If you go back to the old Marvel UK stories, upon which the creative team for MTMTE read, specifically the much-loved ''Target: 2006'' storyline, you'll remember that whenever someone time travels from the future like Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge, Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr did, an equal number of people from the present (or past depending on when you are) have to be displaced to make room for them. The same thing apparently happens here in regards to cross-dimensional travel; that's why everyone who was onboard the ''Lost Light'' when it took off vanished except for Megatron and the other new arrivals. Megatron and the others had no duplicates on the other ''Lost Light'' and as a result, they had no need to be displaced when it fully appeared in "our" reality. It's also why our ''Lost Light'' was disappearing a bit at a time. The wrecked counterpart took time to fully be displaced, so for every part of it that arrived, the corresponding piece of our ''Lost Light'' was displaced. The ''reason'' this is happening has to do with the extremely weak fabric of reality in this section of space which was only exacerbated when [[spoiler: Other!Brainstorm's briefcase was opened and all that quantum foam being exposed to space which Nautica expressly said should ''never'' happen while the Other!DJD were busy happily tearing the ship apart.]] That combination of events caused the two ''Lost Lights'' to basically exchange places dimensionally-speaking.
** Jossed.

[[WMG:Drift is about to make a return.]]
* If [[spoiler:the original ''Lost Light'' crew are being teleported to parts unknown]], he too is about to be plucked from wherever he currently is by the forces responsible. Quite possibly Red Alert, Cosmos, Fizzle, and other departed crew members too.

[[WMG:First Aid and co. will find a way to save [[spoiler:Trailcutter.]]]]
Because seriously, that character arc was wasted otherwise.
* Unfortunately Jossed. [[spoiler:'''TWICE.''']]

* Issue 47 reveals that he was working for [[spoiler:Getaway and Atomizer, although the fact that Getaway was in the Diplomatic Corps under Prowl suggests that Prowl may still be running the show]].

[[WMG: Rung's Alt Mode]]
* He's not an ornament, nor is he a rung of a ladder, he's a ''lever''. Obviously useless on its own, but if you find what he's a part of things could get interesting.

[[WMG: Whirl and Velocity, sittin' in a tree...]]
* Mainframe puts Velocity up to taking along a body-guard on their visit to the planet of the Necrobot, just in case. He gets her to take Whirl. Whirl is going to defend Velocity from harm a few times and Roberts is gonna pair up Whirl and Velocity in a gradual kind of way.

* In #37, PAST Nightbeat is spotted talking to an old friend outside Maccaddams. He mentions that an ex-Primal Vanguard with integrated weapons ran into a Relinquishment Clinic and shot up the place. Clinics were fronts for The Institute, run by the Senate, and Whirl hated the Senate. He also fits the description of Ex-Primal Vanguard, integrated weaponry and lunatic. Later he enters the comic, but doesn't say where he's been. FUTURE Whirl shot up the Clinic, unwittingly stirring up resentment over things like integrated weaponry and soldiers made to order.

[[WMG: Overlord's mysterious benefactors are the Quintessons

[[WMG: Overlord's mysterious benefactor is the original Rewind

[[WMG: The Galactic Council functions as TheManBehindTheMan for [[spoiler:Tyrest.]]]]
[[spoiler: Tyrest himself is actually BrainwashedAndCrazy by the Council, thus explaining the condition of his body, so they can use an actual Cybertronian to push their anti-Cybertronian agenda by getting Tyrest to destroy his own race for them. The Council has occupied a vaguely antagonistic position since they were introduced, and much like Tyrest himself has been hanging around the edges of the series for awhile now, most prominently in the Annual. Most of the rest of the galaxy seem prejudiced against Cybertronians too due to their incessant infighting and pre-war imperialism under Nova Prime, and now the Galactic Council has decided to remove them permanently in an effort to save the galaxy from "the mechanical threat". But in order to maintain the appearance of neutrality, they brainwashed or manipulated Tyrest, the one Cybertronian who was actually still on good terms with their organization, to handle the actual dirty work for them. Thus, it would appear to be an internal matter or just "Cybertronians being Cybertronians" and the Council would appear innocent. The only real evidence I have to support this is the fact that Tyrest is riddled with bullets (from when the Council initially captured him) and when he appears before Rodimus in his base on Luna-2, when he silences Rodimus protests with "Shut up or be held in contempt. You're in no position to demand anything of anyone, least of all me." Then he pauses and goes "Hm?" before reiterating "Least of all me." Almost like he was hearing something, like a voice in his head telling him what to do. Also note that Tyrest is sitting on a whole moon of one million potential Cybertronians waiting to be born, which is exactly the sort of thing the Council would not be in favour of, which is why Tyrest is making sure they don't get made into little Autobots and Decepticons.]]
** [[spoiler: Jossed. The Galactic Council doesn't have anything to do with what Tyrest is doing.]]

[[WMG: The reason...]]
* [[spoiler:why Star Saber attacked Skids is because Skids is, whether by accident or on purpose, responsible for the fall of Crystal City. There is also the chance that Skids, Star Saber or both were former agents of Tyrest]].
** [[spoiler: Star Saber being Tyrest's agent is confirmed in issue 19. Also partially confirmed that Skids is responsible for something, something big and something bad, we just haven't been told what.]]
** [[spoiler: Skids is not one of Tyrest's agents and does not work for Tyrest.]]

[[WMG: There's a second set of moles about the Lost Light]]
* [[spoiler:Sorta confirmed: It turns out that Rodimus was also in the Overlord conspiracy, after he was goaded by Prowl]].
** Not only that. Turns out that [[spoiler:Brainstorm is a Deception mole.]]

* Jossed. [[spoiler:They're in cahoots.]]