Why?

11:57 am 9 October 2016

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (2011-) #57 - James Roberts, Priscilla Tramontano

It's all over. I didn't have the willpower to wait until December and now I have no more More Than Meets the Eye that is new to me.

Why, world, why?

I wanted to write a totally legit review that pointed out that I usually hate the 'this whole thing never happened and you wasted two years of emotional investment on this... SUCKER!' twists, but Roberts actually did it in a way that made it fit into the world he's built and made it emotionally resonant with me.

I'm still unsettled: I feel like he had stories left to tell and that Revolution - which I now may hate even though I bought the Humble Bundle, once for me and once for a friend - fucked that up royally for him. Then again, it's hard to tell with Roberts: I feel like he might have a clear ending planned and would still plant seeds for further stories. I think that kind of foreshadowing is just part of his writing style.

So, just imagine me blubbering, or clutching pearls - while blubbering, or flailing or running around like a chicken with it's head cut off, while also, y'know, blubbering. Because I think really the fact that this series hit all the right emotional and intellectual spots that I am heartbroken over it ending? That says it all. That and this: