Quote Originally Posted by Sworc View Post
Thanks for the responses Cat.

Looking forward to seeing what Starscream's real motivation is. At times he has almost convinced me he is sincere, but I just can't buy it. Perhaps he is just positioning himself to take over the government if a new leader is required. Maybe help push Bumblebee over the edge. Easier to do from the inside.

Speaking of Bumblebee, he strikes me as being one crisis away from cracking completely under the pressure of leadership. Doesn't seem to be handling it well at all. Having jumped into the IDW series here, I've got no idea how he ended up in charge. Was everyone else away that day?

Prowl could easily pass as a Con they way he is scheming. Again having not read IDW this is kinda new for me. Certainly doesn't match my childhood impressions of Prowl. Did he actually mean to destroy the bots that left with Rodimus or just send them hurtling through space as was the end result? Either way, that is just cold.

So so many preconceptions I need to change!
Bumblebee was actually elected leader after Prime quit. This was in the early issues of the last ongoing, and his own miniseries at the same time.

It does ignore the rigid command structure from IDW's initial run, but there are ways to handwave that, really.

Prowl, when written well, is easily one of the highlights of IDW's run. Yes, I'm biased as he's my favourite character, but he's been having great periods of development (mixed in with a modicum of mediocrity, depending on the writer).

Prowl is not afraid to scheme, if he thinks it's for the greater good. Regarding the ship in MTMTE, well, I think there's more to find out on that one, but I don't believe he meant for THAT to happen. That's just my opinion though, and I could well be wrong.

Glad you're enjoying the comics. Now is really a great time, with two high-quality ongoing series, and the Marvel continuation coming up too.