Why I Don't Like MTMTE Tailgate

Why I don't like MTMTE Tailgate

At first I liked his character arc due to its fridge horror. See, a young bot with a freshly ignited spark, ready to hop on a big adventure and see the world with wide-open eyes... and he just trips, and he falls, and he wakes up to find himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin into a fossil who missed all of the world-shuttering events. History is made, the world is now full of heroes of all sorts: Optimus, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, even Whirl's made a name for himself. And in this realm of heroes Tailgate is nobody. Senior Shit Manager.

James Roberts dangled the carrot with the "Tailgate learning about the factions" plot, I was so ready for him to learn about the complexity of war, its causes and effects. And what I got? Autobots good, Decepticons bad, my ass. And even this gets thrown outta the window when it's Megatron's time to be the good guy. Yeah, it's just a minor plot in the complex narrative, I wouldn't complain if Tailgate himself was likeable.

He's not. Tailgate lacks qualities that I personally find endearing or charismatic, both in real and fictional personalities. He's just annoying, his naivety ends up merged into narrow-mindedness.

And holy shit, how MANIPULATIVE he is. He shamelessly manipulates Cyclonus into a romantic relationship with him. Cyclonus, whose traumatic experience includes being mind-controlled and made to, by his own words, hurt Cybertron. Keep in mind, Cyclonus is the biggest patriot their civilization has ever know, I can't imagine how much pain it caused him, all because of being manipulated. 

Tailgate causes an enormous clusterfuck of problems by letting himself be drawn into Getaway's scheme. Because of what? Because Cyclonus refused to date him and share his innermost energon! And what happens after Getaways's mutiny when Tailgate somehow gets away (lol)? Cyclonus shares his innermost energon so the damned fool can get his fill and STOP screwing it up. And what does Tailgate do? He wears it like a fucking bibelot and BRAGS about Cyclonus now being his boyfriend like it's his thesis defense in pickupology and nothing more. That's gross, man.

Yeah, Cyclonus may have a neglected case of emotional constipation and a fear of intimacy. So what? Does it mean he must be forced to open up and be dragged into an exclusive relationship when he's not ready? He clearly has a thing for Tailgate, he's in love, but what Tailgate does is abuse it. 

James Roberts, too, loves Tailgate. He gives him new superpowers, some spotlights even though what I found interesting to explore about Tailgate is lost. Characters that I find more likeable got killed off, their arcs aborted, and this "fandom marshmallow" stays to annoy me. Thank you very much.

I can't deny how important Tailgate is for Cyclonus, both story and character wise. Cyclonus loves him more than anything, and he gets better through this love. It's Cyclonus' side that works a miracle, so I don't find Cygate a complete waste of comic book ink, even though it makes me cringe. So, outside of the comic, Cygate is my NOTP, I prefer to avoid it in my reading and, since I write, my writing. It's a little sad how much fan content is not for me because of it, but there's still plenty that amuses and pleases me.

I was thinking about Whirl cuckolding Tailgate by getting it on with Cyclonus, but since I hate Tailgate it feels best for me to just take it as a starting point that Cygate just didn't work as a relationship. (Un)fortunately, it just happens. So it could be a cure for a broken heart that Whirl's proposing. Just a good casual, buddy-on-buddy fuck. What an excuse for him to shove his long ridged spike in the sad old goth. His goose neck is just made for him to stretch and twist it to peak on what's going on down there. Cyclonus makes quite a picture with his red optics flashing dimly, his plating bristling with the intensity of Whirl spiking him. Whirl may start some smug line, something about a hole being able to take more damage than a fragile spark, but Cyclonus quickly shuts him up by clawing on his frame and thrusting his hips upward HARD. Bonus if Cyclonus squirts, which has not happened for a long time, probably since Galvatron last layed his touch on him.

If i'm being real there is so little egg laying or pregnancy starscream content. At least I don't see that much

I very well remember at least two good fics with Starscream laying eggs. Funny, they're both TFP Megastar and I don't even read on this ship much. Shorter one. Longer one. About the second, check the rest of this author's works. They really provide pregnant Starscream stuff in production quantities.

Rodimags or Rodimims please? I dont have any specific kinks, just them, but may be something with discipline and punishment?

I've started writing down a Rodimus x Minimus piece and got wordy again. Will post separately later. For now, a little headcanon for you. I don't think Magnus Armor ever had interface equipment, so to have a fucktime with him you have to love and cherish a fun-sized, handsome moustached bot.

Honestly, my hate for Tailgate is just nothing compared with my mind-numbing, wall-crushing, ground-shaking, church-burning, child-eating loathing towards MTMTE Megatron. Hating fictional characters is not my style, so I wasn't prepared for how this abomination of Marty Sue-ing ALL my favorite tropes will make me want him off dead, so I can get back to my weird space opera without it being focused on his crocodile tears and lame "second chances" bullshit.

I'm cool with IDW's dark and detailed take on him, even MTMTE sometimes made sense (for ex, I really love the issue with the LL's crew visiting the Necroworld and Megs facing the reflexion of his atrocities, even though it's questionably romanticized). If done better, there was a chance I would love Megs' portrayal. 

But god, it was so awful, it's just outrageous. And you know what pisses me the worst? This dirty bastard is sexy as hell, I don't know what to do with my hate-boner, which in this case HAS something to do with an actual boner. (And I still see the effort in his characterization, and I'm a sucker for effort.)

I'm still up for some sorts of sexy content with him. Not any, it's a matter of perspective, timeline, and utilized tropes. 

(There should be a term for getting off hypocritically.)

Sweet heaven, send me your purest guardian angel and your dirtiest Transformer porn ideas right into my ask box. I need some inspiration until I'm ready to take my own drafted ideas on. What do I mean by "inspiration"? I can't promise I'll do anything, but if it sparks something in me (pun intended), I'll enlarge on your idea with my best and kinkiest. A lil bit about stuff I'm into. I'm quite good with G1, IDW, TF:P and Cyberverse. C'mon, let's find a good use for my perennial devotion to the accidental voyeurism trope. Or my robot piss kink.