Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

The usual gang prepares for a last stand against the Decepticon Justice Division - or DJD - along with a couple surprise guests who showed up last issue.   (This is for you, Jessica.  I'm hoping you plan to continue reading this series to this point, so I'm not spoiling this for you.)

In a way this went too fast.  I'm so convinced that Roberts has a plan for everything - based on the fact that innocuous seeming panels turn up later to have brutal consequences - that I'm willing to bet all this teaming up and switching sides is very, very important.   The problem is that it seemed to lack immediate consequences, and cut off before we could see those. 

Or maybe it's just stress from Monday playing with me.   This felt like a five star issue - so I'm giving it five stars - and yet the ennui that came along with Sins of the Wreckers hit me over the head with this particular series.   I just wasn't that into it, you see. 

It lacked the zing of some issues.   There were some funny parts and one liners, but not enough to make this laugh out loud.   Maybe I'm just greedy, because I want the next issue now instead of a month from now.   Or maybe it's a combination of that plus the stress winding down.  I didn't really have time to decompress yesterday so today I did what needed to be done, then took some time for me. 

That being said, I can see that Roberts is going somewhere with this.  I can see him winding up for his pitch.   I just have no clue where the ball is going at this point.   He's a master of misdirection, and twists that not only make sense, fit the continuity and feel of the universe he's built up, but also truly surprise me. 

I'm ready to find out where he's going.   So while my feels can dominate the rating, they didn't this time. I flew through this, then went back to reread a couple pages.  I enjoyed it, just didn't find it emotionally satisfying.   Technically it was brilliant and the plot engaged me, but I also felt oddly detached.   Usually that knocks the star rating down quite a bit.

This time, I didn't really care, I just knew this was going somewhere important and I was having too good a time reading it and watching pieces fit together to really care.  I do want to know what's up with the pet, though.   I feel like Tarn might be fucked for poo-pooing the pet. 

But, well, who knows with Roberts?   I don't, and that's a lot of the fun.