Talk:Blastification

DO NOT DELETE THIS. It's the most awesome joke article we have! -Rotty 01:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• If you don't want to delete it...why put a deletion tag on the article? -- SFH 01:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it should go, awesome as it is. --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. -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. -Derik 02:37, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Er... but... you... wrote... it?--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.) -Derik 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. -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..--82.41.82.198 05:38, 21 April 2009 (EDT)

What could have been

• Outblast
• Bumbleblast
• Blaststreak

Be glad we never got any of those.--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. --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.83.199.119 (talk • contribs){{#if:22:57, 2 July 2009| 22:57, 2 July 2009|}}.

Starification

Is there a related phenomenon, Starification? Maybe it would take more than one example. - 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. --NCZ 11:42, 5 June 2010 (EDT)

Star Convoy, I suppose.--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. --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.--Jimsorenson 14:34, 5 June 2010 (EDT)

Streetstar sounds pretty random in English. Maybe it sounds better to the Japanese. - 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. --NCZ 14:52, 5 June 2010 (EDT)

We know it's not random because we know exactly why the name was chosen. --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. --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 Andrusi

If they make a new toy and have to call it Autobot Blast Master, it would make my whole year. -- Semysane 22:17, 31 July 2010 (EDT)