I was going to say, surely he knows some Beast Wars fans, but, uhh, I guess the main cast is like 18-19. I’m sure some saw it, but it’s not going to be most of them, he might have better luck with one of the other series.
Beast Wars was cancelled in 1999, so we’ve already hit the point where Ethan can’t possibly remember watching it on TV, it wouldn’t even have been in syndication. His first exposure to Transformers that he can remember would’ve been Transformers Animated or reruns of Transformers Armada.
On the plus side, in a few years of floating timeline magic, Ethan would’ve been able to watch Beast Wars as a kid on YouTube.
Think of the perks though: two incomes means more money past food/shelter needs and you get just as much access to their existing collection. (…and always having someone you can talk to about said comics, I guess.)
Trust me, both my parents were comic geeks before they met, and the resulting hoard was more than worth the sharing.
That was my take – you’re not marrying someone you have to share your comics with, you’re marrying someone who will share their comics with you.
Of course, it could get messy in a divorce.
Lin
Trust: IT DOES. Neither my ex nor I were huge comic people, but we both read and purchased books, movies, and TV box sets LIKE MAD. We de-duplicated our libraries about 18 months before breaking up (5 months in) and splitting stuff up was more annoying than actually ending the relationship.
No see, the dream is to find another nerd whose interests are completely different from yours, so you can talk at each other in turns without devolving into dumb fandom arguments. Or at least, it’s working out well for me anyway
They do, from both of us, but we also end up learning a good bit about each other’s hobbies–to the point where I’m conversationally fluent in waaaay more popular video games than I’ve ever played. Hmm, now I’m curious what he’s picked up from me.
Inahc
yeah – I know way too much about LoL, and birding, and stuff. my husband… well, I taught him a bunch about git? fuck, I don’t even remember my own hobbies I’ve been sick so long 😛
My boyfriend and I have many common fandoms (D&D, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, etc.) and then we have fandoms we’ve gotten each other into (Redwall, Steven Universe, Prison Break, Descendants, Ever After High, etc.) and then we also have things we’re into but the other isn’t (like 90% of the books I read, I like looking up different degrees and courses, he’s into gaming, etc.)
I got lucky with my wife, while she didn’t share any of my interests, she tolerated and accepted them, and was willing to look into them with an open mind. I did manage to partially convert her to my love of cartoons and quirky movies, and she will watch some of my anime. I did manage to convert both kids however, so the nerd lives on into another generation.
I’m sure this has been pointed out already this week, but it’s funny: thanks to the sliding timescale, Amber and Ethan’s most likely first exposure to Transformers is the Michael Bay movies, the first of which came out when they were 7.
Ethan has an attachment to the Beast Wars franchise, but the animated series concluded ten years before he was born.
Oh right, my bad. So it ended right before Ethan and Amber were born, then. And if I remember right, it wasn’t really getting reruns anymore by the time Ethan and Amber were old enough to watch cartoons. I guess they could have had a DVD or something.
All Ethan has to do if he wants a boyfriend is to silently hang out with the rest of the main cast constantly until one of their childhood friends who has under gone a sexual awakening shows up. I mean it worked for Dina.
For Ethan it is find someone who has a moderate to passing your interest in transformers(relative to Ethan’s level of intrest) and will listen to him debate the merits of why soundwave was a better leader then starscream though is still not as good as Megatron.
Side note I thought a some point soundwave was briefly the leader of the decepticons. I dont know correct me if I am wrong.
So, clearly I am not a part of the cool kids group. But take pity on the outsider and help me understand who or what a ‘tailgate’ and ‘getaway’ are.
Last tailgate I spoke of was at a college football game. Last getaway I was involved in, well, the statute of limitations has not yet expired so I’ll just keep that to myself for a few more months…
the one that ilicits hatred is More Than Meets The Eye/Lost Light/Robots In Disguise, the current comic continuity, which also has ties to the “Combiner Wars”, “Titans Return” and “Power of the Primes” toylines and cartoons.
112 thoughts on “Transformers 101”
Ana Chronistic
“You won’t be alone! You’ll have Dinobot!”
cesium133
Even if it is just a movie monster!
MM
I dunno, that $5 offer is out there…
Hoodiecrow
Loneliness awaits the man who sells his friends
Lokitsu
Damn that’s deep. +1
Dean
With money you can buy many friends!
Knuf Wons
Each more worthless than the last, but more expensive.
Friendship really is a diminishing return game.
Rhee
This sounds like the wisdom of Faz
AnvilPro
Dina and Danny are best friends forever
Harvest Time
Ah, Ethan. It’s sad when no one shares your nerddom in a specific topic.
timemonkey
It’s okay, Ethan, you can teach others to appreciate Beast Wars.
miados
don’t worry about it danny. just enjoy your life and have fun with your boy until you find someone you can be serious about.
or should i say can be serious about you?
Yumi
Or find someone who just appreciates the way you attach value to those trade-marked intellectual properties.
DailyBrad
I was going to say, surely he knows some Beast Wars fans, but, uhh, I guess the main cast is like 18-19. I’m sure some saw it, but it’s not going to be most of them, he might have better luck with one of the other series.
ESM
Beast Wars was cancelled in 1999, so we’ve already hit the point where Ethan can’t possibly remember watching it on TV, it wouldn’t even have been in syndication. His first exposure to Transformers that he can remember would’ve been Transformers Animated or reruns of Transformers Armada.
On the plus side, in a few years of floating timeline magic, Ethan would’ve been able to watch Beast Wars as a kid on YouTube.
Stellar
Sod that, I am not marrying anyone I have to share my comics with…
SgtWadeyWilson
Think of the perks though: two incomes means more money past food/shelter needs and you get just as much access to their existing collection. (…and always having someone you can talk to about said comics, I guess.)
Trust me, both my parents were comic geeks before they met, and the resulting hoard was more than worth the sharing.
thejeff
That was my take – you’re not marrying someone you have to share your comics with, you’re marrying someone who will share their comics with you.
Of course, it could get messy in a divorce.
Lin
Trust: IT DOES. Neither my ex nor I were huge comic people, but we both read and purchased books, movies, and TV box sets LIKE MAD. We de-duplicated our libraries about 18 months before breaking up (5 months in) and splitting stuff up was more annoying than actually ending the relationship.
Ivy
Yes Ethan, you are the only person with your interests
Shiro
No see, the dream is to find another nerd whose interests are completely different from yours, so you can talk at each other in turns without devolving into dumb fandom arguments. Or at least, it’s working out well for me anyway
Deathjavu
I’m imaging these conversations involving a lot of polite nodding and generally vague statements of agreement
Shiro
They do, from both of us, but we also end up learning a good bit about each other’s hobbies–to the point where I’m conversationally fluent in waaaay more popular video games than I’ve ever played. Hmm, now I’m curious what he’s picked up from me.
Inahc
yeah – I know way too much about LoL, and birding, and stuff. my husband… well, I taught him a bunch about git? fuck, I don’t even remember my own hobbies I’ve been sick so long 😛
BBCC
My boyfriend and I have many common fandoms (D&D, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, etc.) and then we have fandoms we’ve gotten each other into (Redwall, Steven Universe, Prison Break, Descendants, Ever After High, etc.) and then we also have things we’re into but the other isn’t (like 90% of the books I read, I like looking up different degrees and courses, he’s into gaming, etc.)
So far it’s working.
Roborat
I got lucky with my wife, while she didn’t share any of my interests, she tolerated and accepted them, and was willing to look into them with an open mind. I did manage to partially convert her to my love of cartoons and quirky movies, and she will watch some of my anime. I did manage to convert both kids however, so the nerd lives on into another generation.
Thores
I’m sure this has been pointed out already this week, but it’s funny: thanks to the sliding timescale, Amber and Ethan’s most likely first exposure to Transformers is the Michael Bay movies, the first of which came out when they were 7.
Ethan has an attachment to the Beast Wars franchise, but the animated series concluded ten years before he was born.
Tan
Beast Wars ended in 1999 (or 2000 if you count Beast Machines), not 1989/1990.
Thores
Oh right, my bad. So it ended right before Ethan and Amber were born, then. And if I remember right, it wasn’t really getting reruns anymore by the time Ethan and Amber were old enough to watch cartoons. I guess they could have had a DVD or something.
tyranidswarm
All Ethan has to do if he wants a boyfriend is to silently hang out with the rest of the main cast constantly until one of their childhood friends who has under gone a sexual awakening shows up. I mean it worked for Dina.
Jon Rich
“…who has under-gone a sexual awakening shows up.”
That describes Danny, so, mission accomplished?
Lokitsu
Not quite yet, but many of us are hoping. 🙂
Dean
‘Ethan, this is my childhood friend Buckets of Blood Guy, who has recently undergone a sexual awakening.’
Schpoonman
Ethan’s the best.
Kernanator
No Dina, if he does that, the relationship will dissolve due to proscribing different values to that intellectual property.
Passchendaele
whoop, Ethan won the dork war
Deanatay
Dying alone is, apparently, the prize.
Inahc
perfect opening for Danny to say something nice.
…will he dan it up? 😉
ShinyNeen
Aww, c’mon, he’s a whole New Danny!
He can New-Dan it up, and in new and exciting ways!
DeepThought42
Panel six ” I am gonna die alone”
For Ethan it is find someone who has a moderate to passing your interest in transformers(relative to Ethan’s level of intrest) and will listen to him debate the merits of why soundwave was a better leader then starscream though is still not as good as Megatron.
Side note I thought a some point soundwave was briefly the leader of the decepticons. I dont know correct me if I am wrong.
brionl
So, what’s so special about Tailgate and Getaway? Amber writing more slashfic about them or something?
AutobotDen
Basically, Getaway in the current run is a bag of dicks topped with asshole salsa.
Shiro
…”asshole salsa” is a terrible, terrible turn of phrase
Needfuldoer
Sounds like the end result of a Taco Bell run…
Kavonde
Seriously. I’m with Amber. Fuck Getaway, the sociopathic rat bastard.
Lokitsu
Only if you’re Jeffrey Daumer.
Andrusi
Tailgate, meanwhile, is small and cute.
Oberon
So, clearly I am not a part of the cool kids group. But take pity on the outsider and help me understand who or what a ‘tailgate’ and ‘getaway’ are.
Last tailgate I spoke of was at a college football game. Last getaway I was involved in, well, the statute of limitations has not yet expired so I’ll just keep that to myself for a few more months…
David M Willis
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tailgate_(G1)#IDW_Generation_1_continuity
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Getaway#IDW_Generation_1_continuity
Amanda McMillin
I just want you to know that I was super happy to see a ref to the comics, and yes, TAILGATE IS THE BEST.
AutobotDen
Tailgate (Captial T) and Getaway (Capital G) are Transformers characters.
Bagge
Sure, why not? After all, Dina found another dofus who attached value to dinosaurs.
Tacos
No but seriously, fuck Getaway.
Furie
Like seriously!
AutobotDen
there is not a suitable level of suffering for him.
mrj
Oh, man—I remember Chris Mcfeely for his Digimon Encyclopedia from waaaay back when. (Oh good, now I’ve made myself feel old.)
HMRC4EVR
Don’t feel bad; I’m right there with you.
Lilyliv
Dina in the last panel is just the sweetest.
Keulen
The solution to this is to get other people interested in your nerdy interests.
FLUFFYWOLF
NOBODY LIKES YOU GETAWAY
Reltzik
Don’t listen Getaway! Rev likes you!
….. wait, which continuity is this?
AutobotDen
the one that ilicits hatred is More Than Meets The Eye/Lost Light/Robots In Disguise, the current comic continuity, which also has ties to the “Combiner Wars”, “Titans Return” and “Power of the Primes” toylines and cartoons.
Dave Van Domelen
So, given the relative timeline speeds, McFeely puts out one Basics episode every ten minutes in the Dumbiverse?
dralou
Nope. It just happens that, for some reason, the newest one changes its title between every take it’s talked about by the comic’s characters.
Andrusi
In the Dumbiverse, The Basics isn’t a series, it’s just a twelve-hour recording of Chris McFeely rambling.
newllend(henryvolt)
CliffJumper is a stupid ass name by the way just saying.
Tacos
It’s definitely no Murderking AKA Killmaster anyways.
Ghostforge
so who else read the alt text and thought of the postman from Mr Rogers rather than some other dude?
Icalasari
Aww, I want to hug Ethan now
…And maybe eventually become a slipshine with him
Larkle
There’s nothing wrong with dying alone. Often times the only alternative is dying with company that annoys you.
newllend(henryvolt)