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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LBD &quot;Nytetrayn&quot;" data-source="post: 199488" data-attributes="member: 20">[ATTACH=full]35777[/ATTACH]This weekend, "Waves of Guilt," the 27th episode of Transformers: Cyberworld, hit YouTube.The description given on YouTube is as follows:Check it out for yourself here:[MEDIA=youtube]e9b-YwbDB4c[/MEDIA]As for my (late, admittedly; it's been a busy weekend) thoughts and opinions...[spoiler]Our cold open starts off hot as Elita-1 makes her way through the water portion of an obstacle course, converting between boat and robot mode as needed.She checks in with the others, who are working together to race down the winding obstacle-filled roads above as a giant wall of red... energy? Well, red something chases them. I guess it's basically the "game over" wall, like in Fortnite.Bumblebee and Optimus are in their original forms. That's nice, giving kids incentive to go back and buy the old versions. Or, alternatively, make the kids who got those and can't afford the bigger, newer, and more expensive forms feel better about theirs still being valid. Trust me, that's a good thing.Wheeljack comes up behind them, somehow, and tells them they need to move faster and calls Bumblebee "Spring Pin" again. What the hell is a "spring pin," anyway? Let's see...[ATTACH=full]35778[/ATTACH]Uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh.Yeah, I still don't get it. I guess maybe it's just his way of calling Bumblebee "kid" in one of those cute "hey, did you notice they're robots?" sorts of ways. Like "kicking tailgate" and stuff like that.Anyway...Bumblebee hops off of Optimus's truck bed and after some quick platforming, Wheeljack takes his place and asks about any side effects, but Optimus says there's still nothing of note. Wheeljack hasn't experienced anything, either, but he remains wary. Optimus then asks him what he saw back in the tunnel (fine time for it, as you're being chased by the death wall. But sure, you gotta do something to pass the time, I guess), and Wheeljack says "Cybertron," and that it was hazy, and there was a button.Prime's been seeing it, too, and believes it was linked to "the blast," and that he should have stopped it. Maybe I need to rewatch, but... that's kinda new, isn't it? If not, it's a good refresher, at least.Bumblebee hits an oil slick and spins off the elevated roadway, but Wheeljack uses his whip and his drone to save him, but his faulty arm then puts him in peril. Fortunately, Elita-1 not only makes a good boat/surfboard, but a good life saver, too! Together, they pass through a ring, which stunts the wall's progress briefly.At this point, it's mostly action and banter as Wheeljack rejoins OP and Bee and they drive through a tunnel with passages only big enough for one of them to fit through at a time, and Elita has to hit a button to open a door for them. Man, how screwed would they be if they didn't have an aquatic member for some of these games? Anyway, Wheeljack's drone blasts some crates for some power-ups: a turbo-boost for Elita and a jetpack for Wheeljack (much to Bee's chagrin).Bumblebee bumbles as they near the finish line, and Optimus stops to go back for him, turning to robot mode and chucking his favorite scout over the finish line. He makes a run for it, but isn't fast enough on foot and doesn't have time to transform (and roll out) before the death wall catches up to him.It takes away the ground from beneath his feet, and his friends can only look on in horror and scream his name as he falls to his... er, mild inconvenience of knee-deep water he has to wade through to reach the finish.Still, he lost, so everyone else gains XP, and Optimus loses some of his. Bumblebee tells him he didn't have to do that, but of course Optimus is like "Of course I did, I'm Optimus Prime," but without the second part. Bee reiterates he didn't, this time adding that he's a good friend and a great leader. I'm not sure if that's better than being a great friend and a good leader, but hey, if it makes OP happy...The game field disappears, and Bumblebee suggests chilling out a bit, but that idea is quickly kiboshed as they find themselves (back?) in a city.As they sneak around, Prime laments his possible role in sending them all to Cyberworld, but Bee is having none of that, though Wheeljack thinks it's a possibility.Lore drop! Or world building! Something, anyway, as Bumblebee tells Wheeljack not to treat him like a "neo forge." A quick Googling of "transformers neo forge" brings up lots of results, but few pairing the phrase with Hasbro's franchise of the name. So I guess that's something new we can add to the ol' lexibot. Or lexicon, if you prefer.Anyway, Bee thinks that since OP is so great, maybe Wheeljack is trying to cover his own aft. Elita calms the boys and says that there's probably a reasonable explanation for whatever happened, but OP makes the sad eyes that show he's not so confident she's right.[ATTACH=full]35779[/ATTACH] Feel free to use this one whenever Hasbro does something that disappoints you. Just try not to wear it out, okay?As they make their way back out to the swamp, Optimus tries to convince Wheeljack that they need to stay on Cyberworld until they can figure out what's going on. He mentions a third bot, and asks Wheeljack if he's sure he doesn't remember anything else. He flashes back to a murky place with laser fire around him and some sort of... yelling? Some kind of sound, but tells Optimus that no, he doesn't remember anything else.But before they can discuss it any further, a new game program pops up right on top of them, and Bumblebee and Elita race back to join them, and cut to credits.All in all, not a bad little episode, but definitely more action and character interaction than story here, I think. At least we got a new term or two to throw around, and a few teases that I'm sure will pay off later, but nothing that seems critical just yet.[/spoiler]So, what did you think? Catch anything I didn't? 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