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Prowl
Halloweendm
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This isn''t the fighting but rather the story stuff involving Prowl--why is he such [Removed by Moderation] to everyone? The different special missions, main storyline I think, but just about anytime I see a scene with Prowl, he's smarting off to or just outright insulting anyone around him. Prime keeps him in line, but just barely--he doesn't really seem like the Autobots' second in command.
Is this a Combiner Wars thing with Prowl? He never acted like that in G1 or in TF Animated. Did I miss a personality downgrade somewhere along the line?
I suppose someone has to be like that, but it just seems odd to me that it would be Prowl. I'm more curious about this than annoyed right now, but it distracts me from the story to see him and automatically think, "ok, who is he going to crack on next?"
Plus, does it strike anyone as funny that he tells people in a fight "surrender now"--as he's retreating as far away as he can? I know its his special thing, but its just funny to see a cop telling someone to give up while the cop is running away.
Is this a Combiner Wars thing with Prowl? He never acted like that in G1 or in TF Animated. Did I miss a personality downgrade somewhere along the line?
I suppose someone has to be like that, but it just seems odd to me that it would be Prowl. I'm more curious about this than annoyed right now, but it distracts me from the story to see him and automatically think, "ok, who is he going to crack on next?"
Plus, does it strike anyone as funny that he tells people in a fight "surrender now"--as he's retreating as far away as he can? I know its his special thing, but its just funny to see a cop telling someone to give up while the cop is running away.
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In these comics, he's the calculating strategist/tactician behind the Autobots; the one who is playing the long game to Autobot victory. While others have a Plan B, he has a Plan P and he's always calculating outcomes, risk/reward, etc.. He's the quintessential chess player who won't hesitate to sacrifice a pawn if it will mean total victory.
Without going too deep into spoiler territory, to say there is friction between him and Optimus is an understatement, but there is respect and friendship there also. In Prowl's mind, to achieve both victory and maintain a clear conscience for Optimus as leader of the Autobots, one has to be willing to get one's hands dirty behind the scenes without Optimus knowing about it.
So in many ways he's both a good guy and a bad guy. Think of him as the Autobot equivalent of Shockwave, only instead of pure logic, he's bound to his calculations and outcomes.
[Removed by Moderation] a views pretty much every bot expendable besides prime. See LSotW. I’m hoping the combiner wars subplot of when prime, prowl, streaker, mirage and ironhide went can combiner they all inherited a little of all the others personalities.
The recent story in the new Optimus comic feels he certainly is a bit more heroic
Thanks for the info!
A highlight to this was during a brief appearance in the 2-part episode of "Dinobot Island", where he rolled up so cold and nonchalant. I loved it lol
The earlier IDW stuff is OK and definitely a must-read to know what's going on, but it really starts to shine from 2010 and on. You do get the occasional SJW tripe thrown into an issue from time to time that has basically tanked Marvel sales, but other than that, the writing is exceptional.
No, he was male and was changed into female. And he had a twin brother called... Galvatron!
@Mallowman I think Prowl becomes more manipulator type in recent OP stories. Well he was working behind the scene plotting against Optimus for so long a time I can't even remember.
Scrapper was killer by spike (don’t ask) and bombshell crerebro shell mc’ed prowl and then formatted him into devastator. Prowl was freed and the constructions became his groupies because they got an insight into his mind and followed him back to earth and they continued to merge into prowlastator.
In combiner wars starscream was able to replace prowl with a repainted scoop. So devastator has his classic look back.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/idw-transformers-g1-reading-orders.803136/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transformers_(IDW_Publishing)#Chronological_Comic_Order