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Starscream takes over Christmas (Part V)

Fluffy Snot Monster

on Dec. 22, 2008

And the epic storyline ends. With a cop-out.

The reason for that is that I really had no idea how to end this. Initially, I was going to have the angel shoot laser beams at Starscream and drive him off, and the Autobots would chalk it up to the magic of Christmas or something.

Then I got Swoop, and a brainwave occurred. Since Swoop hadn't appeared in Decepticomics before, he had no characterisation within it. Thus, he provided a means to end it by negotiating a truce between Starscream and the Autobots. I'll admit, the Dinobots aren't immediately anyone's first choice for diplomats advocating peace. But Swoop's supposed to be the smartest Dinobot (not that it's saying much, anyway…), so he would be the one most likely to try ending the war through peace. This will also tie into his characterisation later in the comic.

I wouldn't file this as a one-off special, though. This event will have consequences for the plot-namely because of the truce.