Talk:Blastification

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'''DO NOT DELETE THIS.''' It's the most awesome joke article we have! -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 01:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
*If you don't want to delete it...why put a deletion tag on the article? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

:I think it should go, awesome as it is. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:28, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

:I didn't put the tag on it. Derik inexplicably did after creating it himself, look at the history. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 01:38, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

::I have to agree with Walky, it's a little too unencyclopedia for my taste.
::The first half is meh-okay, in that it talks about a real 'thing,' (the noticeable proliferation of the word 'blast' and possible reasons for it) but the fake Bashō irked me- quote format should be for real quotes. Plus it asserts that the ontological 'school of thought' actually ''exists,'' I'd be more chill about it if it simply suggested the zen-archery thing as an abstract counter-argument, but it says fans actually believe this.
::Plus blastification isn't a real fandom term, and we're pretty strict about that. The article would have to move to like, "Proliferation of the word blast" or just "blast".
::It's parody not sarcasm, and outright parody articles making stuff up don't belong on the wiki, which is why I marked it for deletion in the first place. Unless the fandom starts spontaneously using the term blastification between now and whenever there's a final decision, I have to affirm my vote for deletion.

::However, since that's still pending... does anyone know where I could find a comic-book panel of a Transformer (preferably Galvatron) shouting '''"Blast!"'''? The article could use a visual. -<span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva; font-size: 15px;">[[User:Derik|Derik]]</span> 02:37, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
:::Er... but... you... wrote... it?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 03:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

::::And thus marking it for deletion was ''very responsible'' of me, don't you think?
::::(Art is only pleasing because it is transitory.) -<span style="font-family: Monotype Corsiva; font-size: 15px;">[[User:Derik|Derik]]</span> 03:57, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

:::::This article is awesome. I have saved it for posterity and intend to publish it in many scientific journals. Or maybe just post it to some newsgroup. -[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 17:49, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

...Was just watching Heavy Metal War on Youtube, and noticed that Wheeljack actually wields a weapon called the "Shockblast Cannon".

It may be redundant to mention that it blew up the first time he tried to fire it..--[[Special:Contributions/82.41.82.198|82.41.82.198]] 05:38, 21 April 2009 (EDT)

== What could have been ==

* [[Outback|Outblast]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumbleblast]]
* [[Bluestreak|Blaststreak]]

Be glad we never got any of those.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 14:53, 6 June 2009 (EDT)

Um... you -do- know that some explosives have blast charges in them? Just sayin, that's not really blastification...

....And damn I want to see a toy named Bumbleblast.

== Starification ==

Is there a related phenomenon, [[Streetwise (G1)|Starification]]? Maybe it would take more than one example. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:16, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
:The only Transformers I can think of named "Star" are Starscream, Star Saber, and Streetstar, and only the last is trademark-related. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 11:42, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
::Star Convoy, I suppose.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:56, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
:::I don't think "Star Convoy" was named such to avoid trademark issues, Jim. Furthermore, Streetwise didn't get "star" appended to his name randomly; it was the name of his Guard City redeco. This is not Blastification. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:08, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
::::Sorry if I was unclear. I wasn't really suggesting that it was part of a larger trend, just thinking of "Star" names.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:34, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
::::Streetstar sounds pretty random in English. Maybe it sounds better to the Japanese. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 14:41, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
:::::But if it's only happened once, then it's not a widespread phenomenon. And it's not ''that'' random. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 14:52, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
::::::We know it's not random because we know exactly why the name was chosen. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:41, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
::::::As a side note, I ''really'' hope this doesn't mean that whenever a name gets given a different suffix or prefix, Starfield is going to suggest an Xification page. For God's sake, it's just one damn name. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:42, 5 June 2010 (EDT)
: Actually, I wonder if one could make a case for "Masterfication" (stop giggling), as it seems like a hell of a lot of characters with names ending in "master" came out during the latter half of G1 (in addition to the use of that as a suffix for gimmicks). Or maybe I just want to make fun of how [[Blast Master]] has basically the universal Transformer name. --Logged-out [[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]]

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