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F!S Friending Meme VI

Name:
Age:
Location:
Fandoms:
What in fandom interests me:
What in fandom does NOT interest me:
Major Non-fandom Interests:
My LJ Contains Mostly:
Other:

Everything's optional, of course.

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<b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Fandoms:</b> <b>What in fandom interests me:</b> <b>What in fandom does NOT interest me:</b> <b>Major Non-fandom Interests:</b> <b>My LJ Contains Mostly:</b> <b>Other:</b>

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Comments

[stormbringer986.livejournal.com]

One weird reason that Shockwave appealed to me is his voice. I don't really know why. But I watched a few G1 eps on Youtube and I was just like "...Wtf is that guy with no face? And he has an accent? Oh wait, I know. He's awesome." So then I ran out and found a bunch of the comics, like the IDW Spotlight and stuff. And the comics are the place to be if you're a fan of Shockwave, because he's just so awesome in them. And you're right. It's totally logical to like such an awesome character.

Oh man the TF Wiki has saved my butt with fandom stuff so many times. Especially when I was first getting into it, there were so many times I would be sitting there thinking "Ok, I'm reading this and I have no idea who 90% of these characters are. Time to go figure this out."

Yesss! That was a big selling point for me. And not just robots like C-3PO in Star Wars either. Pretty much all of the Culture's machines are sentient, from the suitcase-size drones all the way up to the giant ships and Orbital human habitats. I have to say, the mechanical characters are some of the best in the whole series. And the ships in particular have the coolest bunch of names.

[virescens.livejournal.com]

Haha, why did I laugh so hard? But yes, his voice is half of his awesome. I dunno, I especially love the no face thing. I'm fond of the mechs that have visors or mouthplates, but Shockwave just takes it to a different level. And I love his G1 altmode. 40 foot space gun? Yes please. Darn it, I think I have to go reread that spotlight again now.

I'm the kind of person that needs to do the research ahead of time. When I was first poking around I decided to watch the 1984 cartoon and had the hardest time telling who everyone was. They all looked the same. Wikis are lifesavers. Now I don't even have to squint at the comic panels. Haha.

Dude. I have three original characters who are sentient drones. It is so good to know that there are actual authors putting that in fiction finally. The culture an AI group would invent is entirely fascinating to me.

[stormbringer986.livejournal.com]

Yeah I really like the no face, gun arm thing too. And the giant space gun is also a major plus in my book.

I had the same problem when I started reading the comics/watching the cartoon. I could remember a few of the major characters, but everybody else just kind of blurred together and I couldn't remember who was who for the life of me.

:D You should definitely check out the Culture novels then. I think you'd really enjoy them. Some of the ones I've read haven't had a lot to do with the machine characters, but the three I listed before are good ones.