Flames of Yesterday
| This article is about the Wings of Honor story. For the Beast Machines episode, see Fires of the Past. |
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| "Flames of Yesterday" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Transformers Collectors' Club (online exclusive) | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 24, 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Illustrations by | Andrew Griffith and Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Wings of Honor | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 44pp | ||||||||||||
A mission babysitting archaeologists turns into a showdown with Cybertron's past.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"Wow, if even Brawl doesn’t want to stand and fight, you know that running’s the better option!"
- —Dion does Furmanisms wrong.
Metalhawk: "L-Lancer! T-The... fuzzy... The fuzzy p-petro-rabbits taste like... yellow..."
Lancer: "That... That's not good, is it?"
Dion: "They had some kind of chemical weapon that knocked him out cold. He's having a little problem rebooting."
[a few moments later]
Metalhawk: "Grishy boushy makes vroom..." *passes out again*
Magnum: "You really expect me to believe all this? Gods, dragons... and here it says that you all died!"
Metalhawk: "Well, I may have taken a few liberties..."
Onslaught: "Perhaps you should read my report, it's probably more... accurate."
Magnum: "Hmm, Median, monsters and Metrotitan. It's all there. Minus the artistic license, of course. Well, at least it's better than Ironfist's single sentence, or Swindle's report that read like romance holo-pulp. With him being the hero and love-interest, of course."
- —The Elite Guard engages in Rashomon Style mission reporting.
Notes
Errors
- Many, many, many proofreading errors.
- Aquablast is quite clearly killed by Lancer at one point, yet is still mentioned as being alive afterwards (presumably there was some sort of mixup with Hydradread...)
Transformer references
- Several characters are name-dropped or described in the story, but never seen; Thunderblast, Leonicus, Scorpius, Thunder Clash, Landshark, Traachon, and Falcon. The members of the Covenant are depicted as constellations, and a legend of Leonicus fighting an Ice Demon is referred to.
- Both versions of G2 Drench are made into the same character here, as the Decepticon ends up defecting to the Elite Guard with a retrofit and a new paint job.
External links
- Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive fiction (must be a logged-in member to access)
