Talk:Ruination (FOC)

Should it really be disambiguiated as Prime? He's from the Generations line, which is all WFC/FOC designs... --Detour 01:50, 14 July 2012 (EDT)

Several of his components are already disambiguated as Prime due to being mentioned by Wheeljack. I just figured I'd follow that trend.--Rosicrucian^Talk 02:00, 14 July 2012 (EDT)

And for that matter, we have no indication that he's in the game so it'd be weird to give him that parenthetical after not appearing in the game.--Rosicrucian^Talk 02:04, 14 July 2012 (EDT)

Intro

It's not explicitly spelled out, but the standard has always been to talk about characters as though they're alive in their intros. G1wise, this is because characters may be dead or not at any given time in any given version of G1 continuity, but it should be extended to others for consistency. There are a few exceptions (Sentinel Prime's intro says he "was Optimus Prime's predecessor", but a) there's nothing else to say about him cross-franchise and b) "is Prime's predecessor" is a little odd) but even guys who first appeared as corpses (Hardcase, Playback) or who died immediately in their only appearances (Padlock, Fusion) subscribe to this. (The laundry list of dead G-named Autobots from TWW seems to be a notable exception.) -LV 16:19, 14 July 2012 (EDT)