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mii-tis I want to be wanted, is that so wrong? from You tell me (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#9651: Jun 10th 2025 at 11:32:56 PM

[up]i know, but the idea came after i noticed that a lot of the members are famous people (and Edmund Burton), so i thought "what if i made a OC thats a member of them?"

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000003199_8.png

Her names Ikari Yuriko. UOsaka student, aspiring writer, and Member of both the JCP (Japanese Communist party) and Order of the Witwiccans

[down]granted, She was a Member of them from the 1940s to the 1970s (when she died), so this image was possibly her University year photos

Edited by mii-tis on Jun 11th 2025 at 10:43:26 AM

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#9652: Jun 11th 2025 at 12:47:55 AM

that’s the opposite of how i’d expect a bayverse oc to look lol

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mii-tis I want to be wanted, is that so wrong? from You tell me (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#9653: Jun 14th 2025 at 8:42:13 AM

do you think cybertronians have equivalents of Artificial tanning

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ArcanGenth Since: Aug, 2009
#9654: Jun 14th 2025 at 9:11:13 AM

Sunstreaker is very proud of his 'paint', so I'm sure there's an analogue in there somewhere. Tinting windows? Getting a patina put on their base colors? Not sure what it would be, precisely, but I'm sure there's something that would work.

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#9655: Jun 14th 2025 at 9:14:02 AM

I'd expect a proper bayverse character to have some unfortunate racism attached if she's Japanese.

Though I suppose nothing you wrote prevents her from shouting DEEP WANG at the top of her lungs.

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#9656: Jun 14th 2025 at 9:28:41 AM

[up]don't worry, i decided to do the one thing Michael bays allergic to: basic Research.

he wouldnt even dare to make a Japanese character Communist.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#9657: Jun 14th 2025 at 10:48:58 AM

Then isn't much of a bayverse character is it

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#9658: Jun 14th 2025 at 12:31:44 PM

I assume that "bayverse OC" means "fan character who resides in the live-action movie continuity" rather than "character that Michael Bay would've created".

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#9660: Jun 14th 2025 at 6:44:10 PM

[up] Oof.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
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#9661: Jun 14th 2025 at 7:00:00 PM

Given its box office returns, completely unsurprising.

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#9662: Jun 14th 2025 at 7:23:13 PM

Damn... I was hoping to see a continuation of TF One's storyline in some way, but they just shot it down.

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#9663: Jun 14th 2025 at 7:24:21 PM

[up] Remember, only Paramount says that. Who knows, maybe Exact Words will come I play and someone else does it.

It's wishful thinking but never hurts to be optimistic.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#9664: Jun 14th 2025 at 9:29:57 PM

Seeing as they have the license and IP over the movie, this seems unlikely. "Only Paramount says that" but in this case Paramount are the one with the final authority on this. Not even Hasbro.

Even if the license expires in their hands and passes to someone else, you're more likely to see a new franchise than a sequel to One. Lets be realistic.

Edited by Ghilz on Jun 14th 2025 at 12:30:47 PM

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#9665: Jun 14th 2025 at 9:48:52 PM

At any given point they have about 2-3 different story continuities, each only lasting 3-4 years if lucky. Especially if something is pricey like Transformers One and doesn't perform, they would be more inclined to move on than hope they can build up a bigger audience.

Comics are just words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.
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#9666: Jun 14th 2025 at 10:13:55 PM

Ultimately, as long as Disney doesn't get the license and immediately add the Transformers to the MCU, I think we should be fine. In all seriousness, the franchise survived the patch of the 90's that killed many of the other big action figure lines of the late 80's (TMNT aside), so it'll probably survive Paramount's incredibly poor handling of Transformers One...

Edited by AlphaBrav0 on Jun 14th 2025 at 12:16:35 PM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#9667: Jun 14th 2025 at 11:24:29 PM

On the positive interpretation of this, One is a pretty complete story so at the very least we got a good movie that tells a complete story.

Plus even if it doesn't get a continuation it will most definitely influence future incarnations of the franchise. I'd say it probably has my favorite origin for the Autobots by making them explicit oppressed working class who rose up instead of that being attributed to the Cons.

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#9668: Jun 15th 2025 at 5:34:01 AM

Yeah, no use crying over spilled milk now.

I still need to do my Jazz fic dangit.

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HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#9669: Jun 15th 2025 at 6:31:08 AM

I wonder if they'd be open to something like a comic set in the One continuity.

At this point I feel like I'm waiting for whatever hypothetical show comes after Cyberworld.

Edited by HalfFaust on Jun 15th 2025 at 1:32:26 PM

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
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#9670: Jun 15th 2025 at 7:15:39 AM

I think if they were to do a continuation to Transformers One, a comic would be the most likely. It's not as costly as a film or a show.

But I don't think Hasbro has done a comic continuation to a non-comic work before, since they're mostly about making a new series and continuity to work with, rather than following up older series. The closet I can think of is maybe Transformers: Wings of Honor which was kind of a continuation of the original G1 cartoon, but not really.

Basically, I'm saying the best shot at a sequel is fanfic. tongue

Edited by chasemaddigan on Jun 15th 2025 at 10:15:55 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#9671: Jun 15th 2025 at 8:31:06 AM

Plus even if it doesn't get a continuation it will most definitely influence future incarnations of the franchise. I'd say it probably has my favorite origin for the Autobots by making them explicit oppressed working class who rose up instead of that being attributed to the Cons.

That's a good point. I'm all for anything that brings an end to Autobots are the corrupt nobility.

They should have always been the oppressed working class.

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#9672: Jun 15th 2025 at 9:49:15 AM

At this point, I'm more curious about the upcoming Hasbro game by Saber Interactive. It's either this or GI Joe cause I could never see anyone make a serious MLP war game unless your a fanfic writer lol.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#9673: Jun 15th 2025 at 9:51:21 AM

[up] I believe a Snake-Eyes game is in development.

[up][up] It's a classic 2000s idea of making a conflict greyer. The Cons are given a more sympathetic origin while the Bots are made to be a bit unsympathetic.

This intended to add conflict as it was a common way to do at the time.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#9674: Jun 15th 2025 at 10:02:29 AM

It was, and I can see why.

But I'm more or less done with it.

I think it existed because of a combination of Darker and Edgier, Good Is Boring, and a belief that the Autobots had Protagonist-Centered Morality on their side, some of which might have been true.

But man, I'm glad it's done. You can add nuance to the heroes and villains without forgetting who's who, or making both sides unsympathetic.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#9675: Jun 15th 2025 at 10:07:08 AM

Pretty much yeah, we've already reached the nadir of it in the IDW universe which applied significant levels of adaptational villainy to multiple Autobots including Optimus himself.

It got to the point where at times it felt the Cons were getting sympathized more despite being remoreless killers while the Bots flaws were being endlessly magnified.

Edited by slimcoder on Jun 15th 2025 at 10:07:50 AM

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