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A couple years ago, I'd started drawing an image of the fallen TFs from TF:TM; and I never finished it. Just a little bit ago, I ran across it again in my image files and thought to try and redo it. Some of the aspects of the original, I kept, but for the most part this is something different.
I tried to play on the raw emotions for this, seeing as how everyone in the image has no more reason to hide whatever they hid before. Ironhide has given in to hysteria, Prowl is irremovably lost and thoughtless, Windcharger is devistated beyond consolation, Brawn is shocked at his inability, Huffer is totally speechless, and Ratchet has completely broken. Which leaves Wheeljack; he was purposely protrayed the way he is in the image to show that while he's taken the impact of his own death, he's still always what he was: a soul for others to share. He's never cared much for his own well-being, and always strived, at his own risk, to protect others. Personally, I always imagined that 'Jack was the net that caught Ratchet when he fell, so I concentrated 'Jack on him. A person can have many friends, but does not often have many best friends.
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I had hoped that the lineart would have turned out less muddled and confusing, and there were quite a few things that I rushed on, or left unfinished. However, with the help of *dyemooch , who beautifully coloured the image for me shortly after it's completion, I've gained an amount of pride for this and a sense of accomplishment. Thank you, Bumbles. <3
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Gosh, thank you so much for such a wonderful comment. : )
I'm really so gracious for the comments I've received from folks over the years for this image. It's a very personal drawing for me, and posting it here has shown me that the basis for it was a very personal issue for many others as well. Mostly, I really love how you've worded 'Jack's situation in all this, and I feel exactly the same about him.
Actually, there is something I've noticed over the years too; I've noticed that folks who're long time TF fans, like from back when G1 was on TV and back when the movie came out, that a good number a' those people have grown into very level headed, humble, good valued, folks. I've seen a lot of that in the comments here. I mean, Optimus was practically a second Dad for most of us, I think. X D But when the movie came about, and we had to watch character who were heroes to us, die, well...that puts things in perspective for you at a very young age, I think. Teaches you a lot about your own "invincibility"; shame that that wasn't even close to the reason they had those characters killed, but I guess you gotta find some kinda silver lining to stuff like that. S'far as I'm concerned, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Prowl and the others'll never really die. : )
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How do you know that sparks were kept in that flying mausoleum? My english isn't as good as understand every lines in the episodes, and many eps I have missed but I don't remember any idea of sparks mentioned there.
Otherwise, Prime himself was flying to an exploding sun (or else), all crushed and dented, half arm missing in da ep, and - geez - he was found intact on his ship later, ready to be revived.
I have seen the movie much later than its place on the timeline, so I've got accustomed to Roddy and Co. before I learned the cruel deaths of my beloveds (in 1990).
I couldn't imagine how the producers allowed that brutal scene in a movie addressed to 4-5 yrs children. I was 21 and shocked!
All the show has darkened and had more sense after the movie, but yeah, still nobody died! They have turned to zombie, fallen apart, been shot many times, got madness and viruses but not dead! All recovered! I just can't get along with the movie.
Second thought: G1 characters are the most favorable, and I think more Prowls are sold than any other toy figures after him. If they wanted to make room for other toys instead of him, they failed. Killing the crew wasn't very wise.
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I'm very moved. I have read all the comments too, just to see my feelings written here by others who love TFs as much as me. Maybe it's a bit late to comment more than 2 years after posted but I'm here now and I just must express how I feel. So thanks for you both for drawing and coloring - and thanks for rising so much meaningful comments. I love to be among soul friends.
And yah, TFs are playing great part of my life too.
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: ) Thank you for your comment. I really appreciate it; especially to hear that this image managed to evoke such powerful feelings from other folks who feel the same about these bots as I do. : ) Even though they're just cartoons, a lot of these characters have very complex personalities that give them life. I know many people, like myself, who grew up being inspired by some of these characters. Ratchet was always a big inspiration to me while growing up, and he still is now, as I'm working now as an EMT and shooting for my Paramedic certification. : )
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That's great! You're lucky you could follow your dreams. With this determination of yours, you'll be propably one of the best!
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I remember one of my younger relatives when I was home on leave from the military and he crying over some movie cartoon. And I mean, he was absolutely bawling--over a cartoon? Not a clue. It wasn't until years later back in the states that I started watching cartoons again (we were a bunch of mechs on late shifts and watched VCR tapes during lunch or down time). Of course, we all liked Ratchet and Prowl (we had a load of military cops that'd watch with us) because we could identify and grew quite attatched to them (as adults would in a dignified manner). Then, the movie came out on VHS, too, and I learned why my cousin was crying. Most senseless deaths ever concieved in both commercial reasoning, and continuity of the series. This was a horribly brutal way to end some child's hero. And it was so utterly inconsistant with the cartoon. After all the punishment they took in the series--one shot and they're dead? Had more crap thrown at that television in response than rice at a wedding. Everyone was so pissed, they asked me to 'fix it' (I was a technical writer at the time)--was my first fic.
At any rate, this pic was a painful memory, well rendered and agonizingly precise. You did a very good job of drawing what their thoughts about their own deaths might have been. They deserved that much at least. Thanks.
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Gosh, thank you so much for this comment; I really appreciate it, and I agree with you SO much. Even though the characters were killed in order to push a new toy line, they could have at least gone out a bit better than that. I understand that it's possible that the producers WANTED them to die needlessly and quick, to prove a point about war or to make it feel more realistic, but...we've already got giant transforming robots from a cybernetic planet [that is ALSO a robot], flying around earth in spaceships...I think it's fair to say that realism took the last train outta' town somewhere back there around "giant transforming robots". That said...they could've designed more honorable and meaningful deaths for these characters since they just had to kill them. : \
Especially considering who these bots were. I mean, Prowl? Ratchet? Ironhide?? Ya...these characters are sort of like, heroes to a lot of kids. You know they KNEW that, I mean...come on. But, what's done is done, unfortunatly. Just a grand shame is all. At least we still get to see these guys, alive, in comic books though.
Thanks so much for this comment though. It's nice to run across other people who have a strong opinion about this subject. I mean, sure it's about a bunch of cartoon robots, but it's also about a bunch of little kids' heroes, and that's a big deal I think. Kids need people to look up to, and a lot of times, their heroes can greatly effect their lives. Ratchet was, and still is, onea' my heroes, and today, I'm an EMT. In a year, I can apply for Paramedic school. : D Real person or not, you can still find admirable qualities in somebody and be inspired by them. : )
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Congrats on the EMT--I had my training on that years ago when I was in Germany. It isn't an easy profession, and you don't get a lot of props for it, though you should. It amazes me how much inspiration people can get out of good chars, even if they're cartoons. I think, for as grumpy as Ratchet can be about things (I can completely relate--I've had patients who were both bio and mechanical) I think his spirit would be pleased that it spured on such positive results. Nothing is in vain.
Take that, blasted, money grubbing blood sucking corporate vampires...
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Amen to that! X D
Ratchet is a pretty crotchety dude, but I'm willing to bet he'd maybe find it kinda neat that he could've been an inspiration to somebody; though I'm possitive he'd never come out and say it or anything, haha. X D I've known a couple other people who've taken inspiration from TFs; namely Prime and Prowl.
Thanks too! I think most of the stigma that EMTs are usually on the receiving end of is from the fact that people don't really understand what they do. In fact, most of my family was convinced that all I do is transport old folks to kidney centers for dialysis. They were really surprised to hear that I handle trauma patients and that I've attended a CISD meeting before. It's true that the company I work for is just a 911 back-up, but I get my share of multiple casualty incidents and overdoses. I mean, the only real difference between an EMT and a Paramedic is about a 1000 hours of school and the fact that Paramedics can administer a whole bunch of medications and use more manually operated equipment. I can't wait to be a Paramedic though; there are just so many more laws and regulations that come with being an EMT, haha. X D
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I had originally taken EMT as a supplement to my field training because before I'd joined the military, I'd worked in hospitals as an aid, and earlier as a volunteer. I was sadly unable to make an extensive foray into paramedics. A 1000 hours is a LOT of work, no joke. And your desire to pursue it speaks well of you. Its funny--you're right about perception. I remember when I told my parents I had to be certified to give oxygen--they couldn't quite understand why. It was funny in a way.
And yes, there's an entire generation of adults who were inspired by the TFs, I've found. I think I had a recruiter tell me that if he could use Optimus Prime as a spokesperson, he'd make his quota for the next ten years--and this was before the movie coming out in July. Fortunately, there were about as many adults MY (I.E--who became fans when we were adults) age who would lynch him for it. You just DON'T muck with someone's heroes. And that coming from a Cyclonus fan (yeah, he's my second fav--which is the only reason I can stomack the movie from which he was spawned).
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I love this picture so much, you have no idea. The details are amazingly done, and the colors are fantastic. The desc. you put up describes it so well! Amazing! Keep this up!
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: D Thank you so much!!
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I already faved this a while back but I feel the need to comment again. This is so great!!!!
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: D aw, thank you. I'm glad you like it.
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I look at that picture and just feel it. You know what I mean? Their expressions just say it. Wow. I recently watched TF:TM and was NOT expecting to see all those characters killed before the title scene. That just shocked me for more than half of the movie. They really don't do things like that in kids series nowadays.
Amazing picture.
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Thank you so much for your comment, I appreciate the words; I also agree with you, on how modern day kids' shows never wander into the same zones that older shows [like TF] would. We live in too safe an age, really. A lot of the things that my generation [early 80's] grew up with are now censored up to point of destruction, and anything else comming out, with some exceptions, is severly watered down in order to pass censor regulations. '
I also agree with you on the shock thing. When I first watched TF:TM, I was like 7 or 8 years old, and Ratchet has always been my favorite character - so seeing him get shot like 6 times in the chest was...hm, I think "horrifying" is a good word for it. X D Hell, even when I watch it now, at 21, seeing that scene kinda gives me chills. To think that all those guys died that way becuase of something as stupid as a new toy line-up is pretty crummy. : (
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Yeah, I remember first watching some dubbed japanese cartoons on Fox such a long time ago and then actually watching the real thing. It was like watching a whole different show (almost) if you saw all the things that were chopped up, moved around and reused. I wonder why shows are getting so...I dunno the word but 'attempting to be child safe like an overly more so paranoid Red Alert'
A new toy line? They got trashed because of that? *overly disgruntled* I really have no words for that. But I was wondering about a previous comment you made about the dead autobot's sparks being placed in the mausoleum? Really?
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Oh ya, definatly; it's like all the shows are wearing full body pads and helmets now; way overprotective. I think even Red would agree that they're too safe. X D
And yup...they were cut down to make room for the new toy line, as sad and rediculous as that sounds. I mean...I understand, being a toy company, that you need to create new characters and figures...but why couldn't the old guys still stick around through it, ya know? Ratch was knocked off to make room for First Aid [a total, faceless, psycho who talks to street lamps], Ultra Magnus kinda took up Ironhide's place as the right hand of Rodimus who was enacting as the new Prime, so they had to get ridda' him, Prowl went down to make way for Streetwise [who nobody ever really even knew or cared about anyways, so that was a big waste], and so on so on.
As for that last comment; ya. The Autobots who died in the movie had their sparks placed into a wandering space mausolium; had their names carved into headstones and the whole works. There was an episode where Spike and a couple other TFs boarded it and Spike reads off most of the names of the TFs there. The idea of the tomb was mostly to give respects to the guys that died, a' course, but Autobots also had them inturned there with the hopes that they could all one day be revived and have their sparks input to new bodies. Before that's able to happen though, the mausolium is cast into a sun and destroyed, along with all the sparks inside; so all those guys are really gone for good [as far as the animated series was concerned, anyways] :' (
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I was reading through an RiD site (b/c RiD was what re-introduced me to Transformers a couple years ago) and so much was changed b/c there were buildings being destroyed and such. I guess it sorta makes sense b/c it was right after 9/11 but...it really wasn't much. *sighs*
G1 seasons 1 and 2 are definitely the ones that people hear/talk most about. In fact, those are the only two I actually know about. And from what I hear, Optimus Prime, when he came back, wasn't as on top of it as he used to be.
They put the sparks in a giant mausolium and cast it out into space. *head-desk* Well that's a heck of a way to make sure all of their sparks are kept nice and safe. Wooo for them! Excuse my sarcasm. I just wish that they actually addressed those autobot's death. I mean, the only part of the movie that has them in it is the beginning, there's not even something at the end that mentions their passing. Just whohoo for unicron being blown up and Roddy's Prime! I kept on thinking: But what about them?!...and then the ending credits began to scroll and I just sat there, hoping for some weird little ending scene that one get's in some movies every now and then after the credits...but it didn't happen.
le sigh
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I'm sorry, Daniel was the one who boarded the tomb. 
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As far as Im concerned if they didnt turn grey, they didn't die. Their Lasercores were put into stasis until one day in the future when new bodies could be mde
Windcharger could bee seen running in the background behind Kup in "Call of the Primitives" and Wheeljack surfaced in the post-movie Japnese shows.
Nice picture though.
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Ya, they had their sparks interned on a cruiser refitted as a roaming moselieum out in space, but it was unfortunatly cast into a sun and destroyed, along with all their sparks. In the image, I went ahead and included only TFs who had visable headstones on the ship; including Huffer, whom we never actually saw bite it. [A deleted scene - which you can find the storyboards for nowadays - had originally shown the death of Red Alert. However, he never had a visable headstone on the moselieum, and the scene was deleted for whatever reason, so who knows...maybe he's still alive somewhere.]
Scenes in later episodes in which the "dead" characters can be caught wandering around, were most likely foul-ups. Just another case of cell recycling in order to create background noise; it was probably just a simple mistake that somebody grabbed a few old action cells with 'Charger on em'. Mistakes like that happened often - sorta' like when characters would be coloured entirely wrong or magically be standing on a seperate plane than others from a wrong cell placement, etc.
So who knows, really. A lot of the details from the cartoons were always really sketchy since mistakes always flew under the radar as the teams rushed to get episodes made and aired on deadline. In general, I always had a tendancy to prefer comics over animation anyways; being that they're usually more maturely writen and information-consistant. : )
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That would've been a cool Season 3/4 episode...I love the portrayal of the broken characters after the movie
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A micron of energon flows from the optics of those who had to bear witness to their demise.
Such as many others, I found Prowl's death particularly graphic. Aside from the fact that he was among one of my favorites, it was the fact that it was the equivalent of being shot in the heart...all the fire and smoke spewing forth from his lifeless mouth may as well have been blood. Brawn's was pretty bad too, but for anyone who used to watch G1 and 2 of Transformers, he was always getting his ass kicked, so it was no surprise. I think I was most sad to see WheelJack and Ratchet die though...I mean, they've endured through the whole series without so much as a scratch, and then they die right off the bat...and Wheeljack was anyones guess how he died. As you stated above, he most likely died in the line of fire defending someone else.
But seeing all of their dead bodies arises an interesting question...if they could revive UltraMagnus, wouldn't it be logical to take the Junkians back to Autobot City and revive the fallen Autobots as well? Or maybe I'm just thinking too much, XD
Anyhow, A beautiful, marvelous drawing. Who knew so much emotion could come from robots, precieved to have no feeling at all. +fav
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NICE pic. I decided to search for windcharger pics (one of my faves) and I found yours. I love it! I also have some transformers art (including deadies like windcharger and prowl). Check it out if you get a chance!
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Why thank ya' kindly, ryuzo! Windcharger is my favorite minibot. : D
I'll definatly take a lookit your stuff; always love to see new TF fanart. Take Care!
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Thanks for visiting my site. Oh another thing I'd like to say about Shatter Sensorium -- the pic really sums up my feelings about the movie. I mean, fine, Prime died, Hot Rod was cool, Galvatron was the perfect successor to Megatron, Unicron blew my mind when he transformed...but the thing that really lingered was the autobot deaths on the shuttle and in autobot city. Weird in a way, but seeing your picture was a nice kinda closure to those feelings, seeing them all dead in the same place (is Huffer in your picture because of his tombstone read by Daniel? I don't remember his death being shown in the movie...). Anyway...for more info on autobot deaths in the battle and other cut scenes, visit:
[link] 
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Wow, thank you! : D Weird or not weird, that's a nice thing to say; I appreciate it. On the subject of Huffer - he was never shown actually dying or dead in the movie, but ya, his tombstone was read off Daniel, and seeing as how we never see him again, it was only assumed that he died at Autobot City as well. Another thing that I reccently read though, said that there were other scenes that were cut out; one such including the death of Red Alert? I'll have to read up on that. [Just went to that link, by the way, and noticed that there were in fact storyboards showing Red Alert, supposedly, dead; along with Trailbreaker, and Smokescreen. I didn't know about them. Thanks for the link!]
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Awsome! I remember Prowl, Brawn, Ironhide & Ratchet dying. But I never know how Wheeljack, Huffer & Windcharger Die. Either way, fantastic
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: D Thank you! You only get to see Wheeljack and Windcharger once real quick. It's the scene with Arcee and Springer when they're trying to turn that rocket launcher around. Before Springer calls her over to help, she's dragging two bodies together, the camera flips to them real snappy like, and you see 'Jack and Charger all shredded up and their optics blacked out; it's depressing. : < Huffer is another story though. He's just assumed dead, really, cuz you kinda never see him again after the movie, and in an episode way later on it shows the funeral barge that the dead are placed in, and all the entombed have plaques with their names on em'; Huffer is listed amoung them. Thanks again!
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Thankyou! Finally all those wonderful mechs who died in TF:TM have a memorial. I love how you portrayed Wheeljack, and it is so true. I love it.
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: > Thank you muchly! I always felt that way about 'Jack myself. He's always been so carefree about his own safety, but the moment others got involved, it was like he was walking on tightropes trying to defend them. Ratchet is my favorite TF; it was sad to see em' go that way. : < Fortunatly, they get a much better send off in the comics, if you've ever read the old ones from the late 80's-early 90's.
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Wonderous, this kinda makes me sad when I saw Prowl bite the dust in TF:TM.
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Prowl's death in the movie was so direct. I'm surprised it didn't scare more children than it did, actually. He's such a popular character; Sad to know that they were all killed off so quickly just so that they could make room for a new toy line. : \
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With smoke coming out of his mouth and his eyes turning black? Holy Primus, I was wondering if they tried to show that now, the FCC would probably give them an R or just force them to cut it out of the film (the FCC can be a tad weird on things, because after Columbine and the more recent tradegies, I remember seeing some shows such as Batman Beyond and noting that they wouldn't say "died" or "killed" when refering to death; since when did "death" become a bad word?). It seems like animated films from at least twenty years ago got away with a lot of stuff that actually makes them more interesting enough to watch now as an adult.
But then again, killing off a popular character often gives weight to a series: note that Dinobot was a popular character on Beast Wars and then he died! He was one of my favorite characters besides Silverbolt and Blackarachinia and later, Nightscream.
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Wow simply amazing the emotions in this pic really move me! great job!
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Thats....That's just amazing. Everyone always thinks of Prime's death as the saddest part of that film, but it was watching Prowl hit the deck that did it for me. *loves Prowl*
What a wonderful picture, you And bumblebee should work together more often!
Hope you don't mind if i 
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The deaths of these characters detroyed the show after the movie. Frankly, I stopped watching the show after the devastation.
I mean, what's a 7 year old transfan from 1986 think when everyone of HER favorite characters die in the movie and yet NOT ONE GI Joe character bites the dust in their crappy movie?!!!
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Oh man...agreed!! I mean, first off [involving your final comment], while I love GI Joe, the movie was REDICULOUS. It's a total alternate-universe, they made that obvious enough, so why couldn't they bare to let Duke just freakin' die? I mean, it's not like he'd really be gone or anything, seeing as how the whole plot and basis for the movie was way bizzare and completly changed every aspect of the original story. On a side note ,however, the opening animation for that film was gorgeous; easily some of the best I've ever seen. If nothing else, the Joe movie can be praised for it's beautifull opening sequence. Secondly, I feel your pain; Ratchet is my favorite TF, but I loved everyone on that ship just as well. To be a child and view them all getting killed in the way that they did [it took all of, what, 27 seconds??], that's just hurtful. I kept up with the show afterwards, but it was never the same for me, really. : <
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OK I'll give you that. The GI Joe movie's opening was pretty cool. It was the only good part of the movie.
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awwww! 
Our fave Autobots may be gone but never forgotten! 
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Thank you very much. : >
I don't consider myself very good at drawing Transformers, as much as I love them, but I really tried hard on this one and in the end, I'm very happy with it.
You're absolutly correct! The movie, and the release of a new toy line, may have forced them and early passing, but we'll never forget those lovable scoundrels! <3
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dood, this made me depressed for a full 30 minutes. That means you did your job as an artist.
Win.
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o.o woah! Well...eee, I'm sorry that I depressed you for such a drawn out period of time, but....YES >w< Achieved!!
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Megatron's finally proved how malicious her was in T:TM, I mean he wiped these guys out before the opening credits were done. Great job!
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Excellent collaboration; the way the emotions are captured is simply incredible.
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Dude... That's simply breath taking! It's an incredible piece of work you two did! I love it!
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Dog damn...that's incredible... The emotions, the colors... You and dyemooch are such the artistic team!
...and I shouldn't even have to mention how much this hits home for me as an old school Transfan....
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