Transformers Prime Ep 18 - This is not a squee post

[dragovianknight]

So, they took June in exactly the direction I was hoping to avoid for a change...but they addressed it instead of leaving it the munky elephant in the room, and hopefully June will get to be as awesome as I know she can be. (I may have squeaked a little when she called Ratchet "Doctor". Also, when they mentioned Optimus wasn't there and June said, "Oh, and I wore heels and everything," I swear Ratchet looked jealous.) And I did like the fact that they acknowledged adding a new person to a small group like that WILL change the dynamics throughout.

And of course, Airachnid is totally my new girlfriend, no joke. But she's going to have to find a new button to push on Arcee, I think she's worn the partner one out.

On the other hand, I cringed through half the episode. I mean, they did the whole "characters LITERALLY stuck with each other" trope better than most, and I appreciated that Bulkhead and Arcee found ways to make it work for them, but I could have happily given this trope a pass.

Overall, I think it was a wash, with maybe a couple more pluses than minuses. A few times I laughed when I was supposed to, a few times I flinched instead, but nobody became a Maximal against their will and by the end the characters who are supposed to be grown ass adults acted like grown ass adults. Which is frankly more than I've learned to expect from shows aimed at actual adults.

Short form: Didn't LOVE it, but didn't hate it; still watching.