Coalescence
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 I hope you like this, you had to wait five years for it! | |||||||||||||
| "Coalescence" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Transformers Collectors' Club (online exclusive) | ||||||||||||
| First published | December 28, 2016 | ||||||||||||
| By | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Illustrations | Josh Perez | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Luke Thompson | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Shattered Glass | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 84pp | ||||||||||||
Worlds collide when the Underbase and its attendants threaten Earth.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Decepticons | Autobots | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
“Stuck? No, no, no. You misunderstand. He can go back to any positive universe he wants. But that is exactly what he doesn’t want. You see there is balance in those universes, in the form of his brothers and sisters. He is alone here though since they’re reluctant to come this far… And he wants to go even further. You see he theorizes that there are more negative universes. And, well, I do believe he wants them.”
- — Beta Maxx
"The ultimate truth, the real truth is… that there is no truth. None whatsoever. Our existence is merely to have our names added to the historical ledgers. And as Optronix, my name wasn’t even a footnote. But as Optimus Prime, ruler of the Autobots and conqueror of worlds, I think I’ve done better.”
- —Optimus Prime
“Why does this universe hate me so?”
- — Doesn't matter what universe he's in, the universe will always hate Waspinator.
Notes
- Having spent years in the pipeline, this story follows up on the plot threads of "Transhuman". It's even set in the same year as that story!
- The main story, first epilogue, and second epilogue take place some time between "Reunification: Part 6" and "Invasion". The third epilogue takes place some time after "The Future Buried...".
- Readers who followed the previous Shattered Glass stories may notice Jetstorm is suddenly a teeny bit more, ah, "effusive" that he used to be, acting much more like his Beast Machines counterpart, which goes without explanation or comment.
Continuity notes
- Cyclonus betrayed them all in "Reunification: Part 4" but is later seen back with Galvatron, his toy bio saying he realised his mistakes while in jail. This story fills in the blanks as the chronologically first story after he was let out. Galvatron has pardoned him of all crimes, to everyone's distaste.
Transformers references
- Highwire was actually called Haywire, a more obvious villainous name, but his voice being muffled means he handily has to have a Street Action Team name.
- Sephie accidentally crippling a foe and their being mechanically fixed harkens back to Circuit Breaker's own origin.
- Jetstorm, Demolishor, Hotshot, Windblade, Strongarm and Side Burn are in fact sentient droids made out of Transformium. Beta Maxx follows up on that by grumbling about Joshua Joyce, the man who gave the substance its unoriginal name in Age of Extinction.
- In a cheeky nod to how he originally had control over fire, The Fallen has semi-control over ice in a negative universe, incidentally answering a question long posed on the multiversal singularity page.
- Demolishor lands in Crystal City shortly before it being attacked by a female Devastator, additionally spotting Doc.
- Two of the hostages are from planet Beast, with one being that universe version of White Leo, who in turn is that universe version of Daburu.
Real-world references
- Sephie refers to the recent development of touchscreens.
- Ravage talks about the TV show Stranger Things but see below.
- The game Windblade created for Strongarm is based on Pokémon Go.
- Hanzo, McCree, Zenyatta, and Genji all hail from the popular first-person shooter Overwatch.
Errors
- Stranger Things came out in 2016 and evidently Ravage forgot his story is still set in 2011.
References
External links
- "Coalescence" at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club
