ckret2:

shbumi:

JRo at Tfcon 2018

*There’s nothing special about the Functionist Council. They were normal citizens who modified their frames to match myth then the myths to match them

*Chromedome and Rewind would have gotten a special

*Terminus was killed because there wasn’t enough time to wrap it up satisfactorily

*Getaway did work for Prowl in the past but not currently

*Tarn was never going to be Roller and JRo wouldn’t do a guess the identity thing again because he feels the reveal couldn’t live up to the hype

*If Chromedome and Rewind’s relationship wasn’t well received (by Hasbro or fans), then Cyclonus and Tailgate would have taken a different path

*First Rung clue: serial code in issue 1

*He thought everyone would guess Rung was Primus after the Functionist universe

*Tarn had doubts about his role in the DJD, but Megatron’s praise soothed them

*Tarn MAY have been able to open a Matrix, depending partially on when in his life he tried

*He regrets Trailcutter’s death

*He didn’t kill as many characters as originally planned, Tailgate was originally slotted to die

*Pharma was stable and competent. All of his mental problems were caused by the stress of being blackmailed by the DJD

*The DJD were going to get Blip’s brain module out of his mouth with their mouths

*Abandoned plot idea: MTOs were not given energon after birth. Once they ran out, they died

*When Chromedome and Rewind met at the Relinquishment clinic, CD was there to make sure RW didn’t know about what happened to Dominus (not considered cannon)

*He wishes Roller could have gotten more story

*He wanted Prowl, Blitzwing, and Wheeljack

NOT “MTOs weren’t given energon.” He said DISPOSABLE pre-war bots. That’s bots like Rewind. This is old info he just re-shared. Disposable ≠ MTO.

And I’m pretty sure he didn’t say CD and Rewind would have gotten “a special,” just a plot arc within the actual series.