2.) Not sure about it, but perhaps it's indeed a cultural thing. 5.) Still feels odd, but I won't argue. 7.) Gotcha. Critique humbly withdrawn. ;) 8.) Well, Elita and co. "died" just before the Ark and Nemesis took off. So unless they were thought of as dead before that time even (why I wouldn't know... at least Elita would seem to me the kind of enemy soldier/leader you'd try to keep track on and not presume dead until you've seen the corpse), no one but Optimus and co. should know they were dead, as they were there when it supposedly happened and immediately took off thereafter (far as I can deduce from the retcon). So, anyone not present in Iacon should have no clue but few basic facts about what happened, and thus the disappearance of Elita's group should not be something to be noticed immediately. 9.) Not sure... they did refer to her as an "it" before she was revealed and I would find it odd the Decepticons would bother about human notions and opinions. Still, not an impossible interpretation. 10.) Again, why would he do that? What's in his, in Cybertronian culture that justifies his thought process to come up with the idea that nobody underestimates females if that's indeed something not done? I get the comparision to human culture, but that's because we indeed do underestimate certain groups of people based on prejudices. If Cybertronians don't and never have done, then it logically shouldn't be a thing for them to mention, unless comparing to another culture. 11.) In theory, there's nothing wrong with that, but I've never liked it when the message takes over the story. Perhaps you know of that fic that is anti-racism and has a human go white power on Blaster and Jazz? Perfect example of why soapbox =/= fanfic. As for the fandom... heh, I've been here shorter than you, but I've been already ticked off often enough to... stop caring what today's idiocy/shallowness is. I really miss people's own visions on characters and events, rather than that most fanartists are stuck in what the others do. You say "bitchy, clingy, overemotional and oversexed" was meant to counter the fandom stereotype, but I would take this more as adding to it than countering it. 13.) Then I won't suggest.
Ahum, do tell when I'm overstepping my boundaries and need to shut up and back off. ^^*
Sexism, homophobia, transphobia: it's alike in that it all comes from that fucked up bullshit that is the gender binary. But yeah, I get your analogy to homo/transphobia now (hence 7). I still find the soapbox thing a shame, but that might be just my taste.
...The heck do you mean you've "never heard of the Throttlebots (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Throttlebot)"?
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Date: 2009-02-16 09:56 am (UTC)5.) Still feels odd, but I won't argue.
7.) Gotcha. Critique humbly withdrawn. ;)
8.) Well, Elita and co. "died" just before the Ark and Nemesis took off. So unless they were thought of as dead before that time even (why I wouldn't know... at least Elita would seem to me the kind of enemy soldier/leader you'd try to keep track on and not presume dead until you've seen the corpse), no one but Optimus and co. should know they were dead, as they were there when it supposedly happened and immediately took off thereafter (far as I can deduce from the retcon). So, anyone not present in Iacon should have no clue but few basic facts about what happened, and thus the disappearance of Elita's group should not be something to be noticed immediately.
9.) Not sure... they did refer to her as an "it" before she was revealed and I would find it odd the Decepticons would bother about human notions and opinions. Still, not an impossible interpretation.
10.) Again, why would he do that? What's in his, in Cybertronian culture that justifies his thought process to come up with the idea that nobody underestimates females if that's indeed something not done? I get the comparision to human culture, but that's because we indeed do underestimate certain groups of people based on prejudices. If Cybertronians don't and never have done, then it logically shouldn't be a thing for them to mention, unless comparing to another culture.
11.) In theory, there's nothing wrong with that, but I've never liked it when the message takes over the story. Perhaps you know of that fic that is anti-racism and has a human go white power on Blaster and Jazz? Perfect example of why soapbox =/= fanfic. As for the fandom... heh, I've been here shorter than you, but I've been already ticked off often enough to... stop caring what today's idiocy/shallowness is. I really miss people's own visions on characters and events, rather than that most fanartists are stuck in what the others do. You say "bitchy, clingy, overemotional and oversexed" was meant to counter the fandom stereotype, but I would take this more as adding to it than countering it.
13.) Then I won't suggest.
Ahum, do tell when I'm overstepping my boundaries and need to shut up and back off. ^^*
Sexism, homophobia, transphobia: it's alike in that it all comes from that fucked up bullshit that is the gender binary. But yeah, I get your analogy to homo/transphobia now (hence 7). I still find the soapbox thing a shame, but that might be just my taste.
...The heck do you mean you've "never heard of the Throttlebots (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Throttlebot)"?