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Originally Posted by Darth Cylon
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Nice, preordered from HLJ. I've been pretty happy with HLJ so far so I'll stick with them for the time being.
When Magnus is announced I'll see how much the cost difference is and re-evaluate.
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Originally Posted by jjwankenobi
Wouldn't it be funny if the "Optimus departs" mythos that started with the '86 movie was just that? That he needed a break and took off? I wonder if "stress leave" would be easier to comprehend than the finality of death and dying.
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Hah, maybe that was it. Millions of years of war and always being so inspirational must get tiring.
He kinda did that in IDW though. "PEACE. You guys can deal with this shit now". And so we have Bee with his lack of confidence and Rodimus the enormous douchebag.
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For my 7 year old son and 4 year old daughter Optimus' death was easy to explain in the context of machines that no longer work so they turn off. But when my wife's grandfather died recently it wasn't that easy. Being Catholic (or at least pretending to be Catholic like all good Catholics do  ) we had the concept of "heaven" that we could use but I sensed in my older one some uneasiness caused by the suspicion that there may be really nothing at the other end.
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The concept of death is still tough for anyone. We just had to put our cat down a couple weeks ago and it was the hardest decision I've made in my life. As someone who's not really sure about what happens after I really struggled with it. I've lost grandparents and older relatives and it's very sad but it's a little easier when there's no choice. In the end we just have to hope that there is more to the universe than just this life, and try to live the best we can whether there is or isn't.
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Sorry folks, sippping my coffee and depressurizing after a rather harrowing bicycle commute to work today. I guess it's Murphy's Law that I'd be nearly killed by a speeding dump truck on the clearest, brightest, most dry morning in a while
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Yikes, yeah I've had a few close encounters too. Usually because I'm not paying 100% attention. Figures that it's the nicest day in months and that happens.
