The Last Days of Optimus Prime - Revision history

Sabrblade at 06:09, 26 September 2023

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	*[[Swoop (G1)\|The Veteran]] (1)		*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|The Veteran]] (1)
	*[[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] (2)		*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (2)
	*''[[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'' (3)		*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]]'' (3)
	*''[[Jazz (G1)\|Jazz]]'' (4)		*''[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]]'' (4)
	*''[[Grimlock (G1)\|Grimlock]]'' (5)		*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'' (5)
	*''[[Prowl (G1)\|Prowl]]'' (6)		*''[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]]'' (6)

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	*[[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]] (7)		*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]] (7)
	*''[[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]]'' (9)		*''[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]'' (9)

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	*[[Unicron]] (8)		*[[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] (8)
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	More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.		More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.

			==Notes==
			===Continuity notes===
			*The story is set during the transitional period of time between the age of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, and the age of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]].
			*While this story was published a year before "[[Alignment]]", it must instead be set after it due to Optimus reaching the final end of his life in this story, while he is still alive (albeit, in a near-death state) in "Alignment". And the fact that the Maximals and Predacons have both come about by this story's time, while they haven't yet come about during "Alignment".
			*[[Swoop (G1)\|Swoop]] is said to now be known simply as "the Veteran". This is a confirmation of the character's identity from his unnamed appearances in the [[BotCon]]-exclusive storyline ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'' (which was also penned by Furman).
			*Optimus says that his fellow Autobots, "are long gone, ensconced now in the pantheon of myth," which matches up with how both the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' treated such things as the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', [[Vector Sigma]] and its [[Key to Vector Sigma\|Key]], and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] all as mere legends whose actual existences were left in doubt by the general populace of the Maximal/Predacon-ruled Cybertron.
			*Optimus flashes back to three events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics]]:
			**One of his battles with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]].
			**His imprisonment by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]], who kept him as just a head, from [[The New Order\|Issue #5]] to [[Prime Time!\|Issue #12]].
			**His unleashing the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] in [[On the Edge of Extinction!\|Issue #75]].
			*Optimus ends the story by entering [[J'nwan]], the [[Silicon Valhalla\|Valhalla]]-type location first introduced, by Furman, in ''Reaching the Omega Point''.
			*Megatron appears to greet Optimus upon the latter's entering J'nwan. He appears in his original Generation 1 body rather than as either [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] or his ''Generation 2'' tank body (just like how he looked when he emerged from J'nwan in the [[BotCon 2000]] comic story "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]"), suggesting he somehow reverted to his original form either prior to or upon his own arrival in J'nwan.

			===Transformers references===
			*Swoop is said to have "changed his name and appearance many times, adapting to the evolving landscape of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]". The former is a reference to the fact that Swoop was, in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], originally named "Divebomb" before a [[Divebomb (G1)\|Decepticon]] had stolen the name from him (which was the subject of the two UK stories "[[What's in a Name?]]" and "[[Grudge Match!]]"), while the latter is in reference to the [[Great Upgrade]] first mentioned in the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon episode "[[Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search]]" (which had only just premiered in [[Canada]] one month before this story's release).
			*Optimus rattles off a list of elements commonly associated with Maximals and Predacons: "Energy-consciousness and downsizing" (which were originally associated with [[Micromaster]]s, and which Furman first connected to the Maximals and Predacons—and specifically the Veteran—in the [[BotCon 1999]] story "[[Schism (story)\|Schism]]") and "alliances and councils" (the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon introduced such entities as the [[Predacon Alliance]], the [[Maximal High Council]], and the [[Tripredacus Council]]).
			*Megatron's dialogue bubbles are rendered in the same "daggered" style that [[Comicraft]] previously used for the Decepticons in the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'' comics, and for the Predacons in the [[BotCon 1997]] comic story "[[Ground Zero]]".

			===Other trivia===
			*Optimus is drawn in a deliberately vague body design meant to differ from his previous bodies, which further represents the fact that this is the very end of Optimus's natural life.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	'''"The Last Days of Optimus Prime"''' is an unofficial two-page comic strip written by [[Simon Furman]] and illustrated by [[Jeff Anderson]] for [[Unofficial conventions\|Transforce 2000]]. Much like Furman's later Transforce work, "[[Alignment]]", the strip was produced without the approval of [[Hasbro]] and as such is considered non-[[canon]], but is included on this wiki for the [[~~Pseudocanon\|pseudocanonical~~]] insights it offers into other pieces of work by Furman from around the same time period.		'''"The Last Days of Optimus Prime"''' is an unofficial two-page comic strip written by [[Simon Furman]] and illustrated by [[Jeff Anderson]] for [[Unofficial conventions\|Transforce 2000]]. Much like Furman's later Transforce work, "[[Alignment]]", the strip was produced without the approval of [[Hasbro]] and as such is considered non-[[canon]], but is included on this wiki for the [[pseudocanon]]ical insights it offers into other pieces of work by Furman from around the same time period.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[~~http~~://~~thetransformers~~.tumblr.com/post/~~107594734066~~/~~cmo-of-doom-~~the-last-days-of-optimus-prime "The Last Days of Optimus Prime" hosted on Tumblr]		*[https://teal-mafioso.tumblr.com/post/107589618993/the-last-days-of-optimus-prime-unofficially "The Last Days of Optimus Prime" hosted on Tumblr]

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://~~frobman~~.tumblr.com/post/~~107595908471~~/cmo-of-doom-the-last-days-of-optimus-prime "The Last Days of Optimus Prime" hosted on Tumblr]		*[http://thetransformers.tumblr.com/post/107594734066/cmo-of-doom-the-last-days-of-optimus-prime "The Last Days of Optimus Prime" hosted on Tumblr]

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+{{Comicstory
 '''"The Last Days of Optimus Prime"''' is an unofficial two-page comic strip written by [[Simon Furman]] and illustrated by [[Jeff Anderson]] for [[Unofficial conventions|Transforce 2000]]. Much like Furman's later Transforce work, "[[Alignment]]", the strip was produced without the approval of [[Hasbro]] and as such is considered non-[[canon]], but is included on this wiki for the [[Pseudocanon|pseudocanonical]] insights it offers into other pieces of work by Furman from around the same time period.
 ==Plot==
 On a post-[[Great Upgrade]] [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a weary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] feels adrift and alone in a world so greatly changed from the one he once knew. As the being known as [[Swoop (G1)|"the Veteran"]], an old ally of Prime's, flies by overhead, Prime realizes how some have been able to grow and change in this new world, but how he can find no place for himself. In the final days of his life, desiring only to join his old friends in the world beyond, Prime seeks out the mysterious [[J'nwan]]. Reflecting on the triumphs and tragedies of his long life as he goes, Prime suddenly finds himself in the J'nwan, where he is warmly greeted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Inquiring if this is truly the end, Prime is met only with laughter, a handshake, and the assurance that... [[Furmanism|it never ends]].
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	==Relation to other works==		==Relation to other works==
	The J'nwan was introduced the previous year, in [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[~~Herald, Covenant,~~ Schism, Paradox~~\|chapter~~]] of "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]". While [[BotCon 2000]]'s "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]" featured Optimus Prime and Megatron as inhabitants of this realm, it was "Last Days" which first established this fact, released as it was three months before BotCon's story. The story takes something of a more intriguing, metaphysical approach to the J'nwan—where the BotCon story regards it as simply a physical, scientifically-defined place that one travels to, "Last Days" describes it as being "a stilled heartbeat away," and has Prime arrive without even realizing it, almost making it seem as if he quietly slips away into death before he finds himself there.		The J'nwan was introduced the previous year, in [[BotCon 1999]]'s "[[Schism (story)\|Schism]]" and "[[Paradox]]" chapters of ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]''. While [[BotCon 2000]]'s "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]" featured Optimus Prime and Megatron as inhabitants of this realm, it was "Last Days" which first established this fact, released as it was three months before BotCon's story. The story takes something of a more intriguing, metaphysical approach to the J'nwan—where the BotCon story regards it as simply a physical, scientifically-defined place that one travels to, "Last Days" describes it as being "a stilled heartbeat away," and has Prime arrive without even realizing it, almost making it seem as if he quietly slips away into death before he finds himself there.

	More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.		More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	[http://~~web~~.~~archive~~.~~org~~/~~web~~/~~20070704093902~~/~~http://www.transforce.org.uk/The_last_days_of_Optimus_Prime.swf Transforce.org.uk link~~]		[http://frobman.tumblr.com/post/107595908471/cmo-of-doom-the-last-days-of-optimus-prime "The Last Days of Optimus Prime" hosted on Tumblr]

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Primestar3 at 17:08, 9 September 2016

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	More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.		More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.

			==External Links==
			[http://web.archive.org/web/20070704093902/http://www.transforce.org.uk/The_last_days_of_Optimus_Prime.swf Transforce.org.uk link]

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S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 03:23, 3 August 2016

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	==Relation to other works==		==Relation to other works==
	The J'nwan was introduced the previous year, in [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox\|chapter]] of "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]". While [[BotCon 2000]]'s "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]" featured Optimus Prime and Megatron as inhabitants of this realm, it was "Last Days" which first established this fact, released as it was three months before BotCon's story. The story takes something of a more intriguing, metaphysical approach to the J'~~nwan - where~~ the BotCon story regards it as simply a physical, scientifically-defined place that one travels to, "Last Days" describes it as being "a stilled heartbeat away," and has Prime arrive without even realizing it, almost making it seem as if he quietly slips away into death before he finds himself there.		The J'nwan was introduced the previous year, in [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox\|chapter]] of "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]". While [[BotCon 2000]]'s "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]" featured Optimus Prime and Megatron as inhabitants of this realm, it was "Last Days" which first established this fact, released as it was three months before BotCon's story. The story takes something of a more intriguing, metaphysical approach to the J'nwan—where the BotCon story regards it as simply a physical, scientifically-defined place that one travels to, "Last Days" describes it as being "a stilled heartbeat away," and has Prime arrive without even realizing it, almost making it seem as if he quietly slips away into death before he finds himself there.

	More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.		More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.


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	*[[Swoop (G1)\|The Veteran]] (1)		*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|The Veteran]] (1)
	*[[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] (2)		*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Optimus Prime]] (2)
	*''[[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]'' (3)		*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Bumblebee]]'' (3)
	*''[[Jazz (G1)\|Jazz]]'' (4)		*''[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Jazz]]'' (4)
	*''[[Grimlock (G1)\|Grimlock]]'' (5)		*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Grimlock]]'' (5)
	*''[[Prowl (G1)\|Prowl]]'' (6)		*''[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Prowl]]'' (6)

	\|c2=		\|c2=
	*[[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]] (7)		*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]] (7)
	*''[[Shockwave (G1)\|Shockwave]]'' (9)		*''[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]]'' (9)

	\|c4=		\|c4=
	*[[Unicron]] (8)		*[[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] (8)
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	More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.		More significantly (and less metaphorically), "Last Days" was the only piece of fiction to explicitly establish that "the Veteran," introduced in the BotCon 1999 story, was an evolved Swoop.

			==Notes==
			===Continuity notes===
			*The story is set during the transitional period of time between the age of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, and the age of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]].
			*While this story was published a year before "[[Alignment]]", it must instead be set after it due to Optimus reaching the final end of his life in this story, while he is still alive (albeit, in a near-death state) in "Alignment". And the fact that the Maximals and Predacons have both come about by this story's time, while they haven't yet come about during "Alignment".
			*[[Swoop (G1)\|Swoop]] is said to now be known simply as "the Veteran". This is a confirmation of the character's identity from his unnamed appearances in the [[BotCon]]-exclusive storyline ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'' (which was also penned by Furman).
			*Optimus says that his fellow Autobots, "are long gone, ensconced now in the pantheon of myth," which matches up with how both the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Machines]]'' treated such things as the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', [[Vector Sigma]] and its [[Key to Vector Sigma\|Key]], and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] all as mere legends whose actual existences were left in doubt by the general populace of the Maximal/Predacon-ruled Cybertron.
			*Optimus flashes back to three events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)\|Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics]]:
			**One of his battles with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]].
			**His imprisonment by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Shockwave]], who kept him as just a head, from [[The New Order\|Issue #5]] to [[Prime Time!\|Issue #12]].
			**His unleashing the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Creation Matrix]] to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] in [[On the Edge of Extinction!\|Issue #75]].
			*Optimus ends the story by entering [[J'nwan]], the [[Silicon Valhalla\|Valhalla]]-type location first introduced, by Furman, in ''Reaching the Omega Point''.
			*Megatron appears to greet Optimus upon the latter's entering J'nwan. He appears in his original Generation 1 body rather than as either [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]] or his ''Generation 2'' tank body (just like how he looked when he emerged from J'nwan in the [[BotCon 2000]] comic story "[[Terminus (issue)\|Terminus]]"), suggesting he somehow reverted to his original form either prior to or upon his own arrival in J'nwan.

			===Transformers references===
			*Swoop is said to have "changed his name and appearance many times, adapting to the evolving landscape of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]". The former is a reference to the fact that Swoop was, in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], originally named "Divebomb" before a [[Divebomb (G1)\|Decepticon]] had stolen the name from him (which was the subject of the two UK stories "[[What's in a Name?]]" and "[[Grudge Match!]]"), while the latter is in reference to the [[Great Upgrade]] first mentioned in the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon episode "[[Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search]]" (which had only just premiered in [[Canada]] one month before this story's release).
			*Optimus rattles off a list of elements commonly associated with Maximals and Predacons: "Energy-consciousness and downsizing" (which were originally associated with [[Micromaster]]s, and which Furman first connected to the Maximals and Predacons—and specifically the Veteran—in the [[BotCon 1999]] story "[[Schism (story)\|Schism]]") and "alliances and councils" (the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon introduced such entities as the [[Predacon Alliance]], the [[Maximal High Council]], and the [[Tripredacus Council]]).
			*Megatron's dialogue bubbles are rendered in the same "daggered" style that [[Comicraft]] previously used for the Decepticons in the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)\|Generation 2]]'' comics, and for the Predacons in the [[BotCon 1997]] comic story "[[Ground Zero]]".

			===Other trivia===
			*Optimus is drawn in a deliberately vague body design meant to differ from his previous bodies, which further represents the fact that this is the very end of Optimus's natural life.

	==External Links==		==External Links==