Talk:The Return of the Transformers

I had forgotten how much I loved this story. It's quite possibly the most adult Transformers fiction ever published - it's on a whole different level from basically everything else. -LV 03:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes. And it's subtle too, it affects you when you're reading it (I found it disquieting) but the reasons why are hard to pin down-- at least until you're writing a summary and you realize that everything is tying together so beautifully. Optimus Prime is at his absolute asshoiliest here (and in the UK, that's saying a lot) to the point that Jetfire ALMOST calls him on it. The failings of almost every character involved it what makes the story works. We never have the anagnorisis moment- because it's about the characters reaching for the possibility of learning, change and growth... and failing to achieve it- and mostly knowing they've failed-- except when not knowing makes it worse. Like Prime, big an ass as he was here, if he's learned of the Aerialbots problems, he probably would have done something to force them to grow, instead his ignorance leaves them struggling together in the dark, bumping into things and wondering why it hurts.

It's a great story. Bleak though. -Derik 04:58, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Is this story online?

Breaking only partially from our emo-kid lovefest-- is this story online anywhere? As it's unlikely to ever be collected, I'd like to link to it. -Derik 05:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, interrobang has deleted the keywords section.

I think is serves a useful purpose- it tells you what articles on the wiki have material directly relating to this story. In this case that quite different from the 'major characters' list. In some cases (though not this one) this section has included links to terms from the story to inconsequential to stop the synopses to mention. (Cybertronian units et al.)

Is such a section useful, or should it go? -Derik 21:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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