Hello, I'm a girl who likes explosions!

[greenconverses]

Okay, being a female Transformers fan, this sort of generalization kinda pisses me off:

While Bay's movies are best known for their over-the-top action sequences, he is developing a strong following from families, and his growing female audience suggests that for all of the film's leering close-ups of "Transformers" costar Megan Fox's anatomy, ticket buyers enjoy the "Transformers" love story, too. Source.

No. Just...no.

As much as I like the Sam/Mikaela story, that's not my favorite part of the movie nor the most enjoyable aspect of it by far. In fact, I could do without it completely. I know this is nothing new, but I hate, hate, hate the assumption I'm a ~girl~ I must be into epic movies for whatever slight romance the director decides to throw in. NOT SO.

Like any other 20-year-old, geeky fan boy, I went to watch the giant robot death matches, cool CGI, and Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots being generally awesome. Is it so hard for some people (read: entertainment writers, Hollywood exes, and others) to just admit that yes, girls like to watch things go explodey too and aren't at all concerned about a romantic storyline?

Now if that romantic storyline had been Sam/Bumblebee, I would've been all over it.

Comments

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

See, I think Sam/Mikaela is cute, but mostly because I think fandom!Sam/Mikaela has invaded my brain and is generally more awesome all around than canon!Sam/Mikaela could ever be.

But Sam/Bumblebee is way too awesome. I really wish there had been more of it in the movie, but I totally think the writers had delved into Transformers fandom for ROTF's plot.

[comanche-rider.livejournal.com]

Most likely, though, from my lurking of the fandom, I was more likely to find Sam/Barricade (MY EYES!) then I was to find Sam/Mikaela. Then again, almost all the fics I've found are either self-inserts or hologram slash, so I'll have to look around more. XD

[greenconverses.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Sam/Mikaela is like the rarest of rare pairings in Transformers fandom. I usually only find good characterizations of them in epic multichaptered fics. I think most of their characterization is my own made up canon where I'm like, "THEY'RE TOTALLY AWESOME AND MIKAELA KICKS ASS ALL THE TIME."

*sigh* I need to write Transformers fic sometime. Especially the Obama and Optimus Prime meeting for the first time plot bunny I had...