Smarter Than the Average Squirrel

So Dreamwidth not only ATE my letter, it also deleted the placeholder post said letter was attached to. I'm reposting in the hope that you'll be able to find it, and apologize for the inconvenience. :P

( Let's try this again, shall we? )

 fly_buggy_fly asked me to discuss why I love robots!

( Ah yes, my other great fandom love...the Rangers are getting enough attention )

So I did a marathon of Transformers Prime and watched all the episodes. This marathon officially elevated the show's status in my life from 'thing I watch sometimes' to 'thing I fan the hell out of'.

(While rec is not exactly the point of this post, I will sidebar to say that if you have any interest at all in giant sentient transforming robots, especially giant sentient transforming robots who have a lot of angst, and have not yet seen this show, you should see this show. It is STUPID GOOD. The cast is extraordinary. The animation is gorgeous. This show has won Emmys and totally deserves them. WATCH IT WATCH IT YAY.)

At the end of said marathon, I managed to find the first episode of the third and unfortunately final season, which premiered on Friday and which I missed due to being in the car en route to PAX. (Thank you, Hasbro, for not being a butt about copyright like you usually are and not having it taken down from Youtube yet.) Except now I'm sort of wishing I hadn't watched it, because that episode gave me the HUGEST SAD EVER. Holy shit, show. WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD, AND WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO YOUR CHARACTERS? This season is going to kill me with feels. Just thinking about it turns me into a wibbly mess and it's only going to get worse.

What am I going to do about this?
1) Watch the episode again because I am a masochist like that.
2) Find and read as much shippy fic as possible to ease my pain.
3) POSSIBLY WRITE FIC THAT ISN'T ABOUT POWER RANGERS WHUT.
4) Buy toys.

Robot fandom is like a boomerang, man. It may go away for awhile, but it always comes back. And hits you upside the head when it does.