r/EnergonUniverse

He’s just bumblebee he cant fight back

Seeing a lot of people thrown off by her after issue 30. But by seeing how she saved her troop from swarms of Deception attack in issue 32, Kirkman started to make it pretty clear — he just wanted a war-hardened Autobot leader who feels different from Optimus. That's it. Not a villain origin story, not a slow corruption arc, just a different kind of leader forged by a different kind of war.

Honestly, now it makes sense why people were thrown off — Kirkman was trying SO hard to differentiate her from Optimus that it almost felt like he overcorrected and she came across as someone she wasn't. But it feels like he's finding his footing with her now and I'm genuinely glad because the character has a lot of potential.

Idk, knowing RK's intent made me appreciate her a lot more. Curious if anyone else felt the same or if you're still skeptical of her.

In this chapter, they nerfed bulkhead and brawn; bulkhead literally threw a combiner to the ground, but then breakdown and knockout defeated him,And Brawn is defeated by Blackarahnid with a single thrust, after resisting for quite some time.

I’ve been on the hunt for one of these for a while, bummed

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

>!Elita can't make the Matrix work and therefore tries to beat it into submission, like she did with Optimus. Violence is always her first answer, so that is consistent as of now.!<

>!The Matrix also doesn't light their darkest hour, as she asked. It transforms into a mock-Starsaber for her to wield. !<
>!The Matrix was never intended to be a weapon, never meant to be a form of destruction - in previous installments that sentiment always came from the Decepticons, trying to abuse the Matrix for nefarious means.!<
>!Now, for Elita, is fullfills the wish of the Decepticons, it IS a weapon now. It perfectly aligns with how the fanbase also views her as a corrupted character and unworthy of the Matrix.!<

>!In the second image, she says she can feel "the hunger for decepticon sparks" coming from the Matrix. That is so entirely out of character for the Matrix that you might as well be in the Shattered Glass Universe now!!<

>!All in all, the Matrix completely changes under Elita's rule, abandoning its healing and gentle nature, not protecting Cybertron anymore - instead it goes for destruction. For me, this shows that the wearer reflects on the Matrix abilities and that Elita is currently corrupting the Matrix with her boiling hatred and unchecked emotional temper tantrums. !<

>!My guess is that when push comes to shove, it will stop working all together, because it is not build for this purpose and Elitas corruption eventually breaks it. Physically even (since she tries to rip it open when it doesn't obey). And that another, true worthy heir of the Prime title will pick it up and heal it (possibly Rodimus). This renewal will be the perfect representation for its true nature. I also hope that Elita will eventually die trying to desperately making the Matrix work for her, to show that she was always on the wrong path.!<

>!I know that the Executive Editor wrote on the ending note that the writing team thinks or writes her as "worthy" of wielding the Matrix, but I actually believe that this is meant as a twist.!<

Now obviously he’s basically missing an arm and just an eye for a face, but think about when he will probably repair himself to normal. I’d find it cool if they could implement the armor the siege toy had and use as something shockwave would make in order to do more damage in case of future battles.

Hashtag - I feel like her inclusion and having her befriend Starscream could be a way to build off the epiphany he had the last time we saw him since we know he's coming back at some point.

Punch/Counterpunch - I think the idea of a transformers with MPD with one of there personalitys being an Autobot and the other being and Decepticon is just such an underutilized concept.

The Insecticons - This trio of Decepticons are just so iconic. I also had this idea where there the main antagonists of an arc and Bombshell takes over Megatron, Elita, and most of the other Autobots and Decepticons with Optimus and the remaining Autobots being forced to work with the remaining Decepticons in order to stop them once and for all.

Grimlock and The Dinobots - Dose this one really need an explanation.

Nova Storm - This one I picked because of her recent portrayal in Earthspark where she was Skywarp's twin sister and like Thundercracker she was questioning the Decepticon cause and even asked if it was to late to join the Autobot's. Now I don't want to just do another arc that's exactly the same as Thundercracker's. However my idea would be to have Megatron ask her and Skywarp to do something so horrible that Nova just straight up refuses and Skywarp just kills her to kind of show how far he's fallen and show how much worse he is than Megatron's previous right hand man. Maybe have Thundercracker learn about it and loose all hope for him.

Found this at my comic shop and had to pick it up!

I mean yeah, Optimus does admit to making a mistake here. Regardless it's such a stark contrast to Skybound Optimus interaction and great remorse in accidentally killing a deer.

That is my Question

So with Jason Howard becoming the new main artist on Transformers along with seeing Tom Reilly and Andrea Milana switching between Arcs over on GI JOE got me thinking

Should Kirkman get a 2nd artist on Transformers to switch between Arcs with Howad? If I picked probably go with ether E. J. Su who drew for IDW Transformers comics & currently draws the Skybound comic Series Blood & Thunder or Josh Adams son of legendary comic artist Neal Adams

Would be interesting to see who that be don't you?

So Lets brainstorm some candidates

Art by Jason Howard