Transformers: One - What's In A Kneel?

“the nakba never ended, the colonizer lied.” - Macklemore

This whole insistence on everything being connected to the Bayverse would be funny, if not for the fact that Lorenzo is actively hurting the movies and the franchise as a whole by following this mindset and using his power as a producer to force these restrictions.

Thanks to him, all future Transformers films now have to be set before 2007 and can't have long-term changes that'll contradict it, and Megatron (who's "supposed" to still be frozen in the Hoover Dam) and most of the other main Decepticons can't appear in major roles in the live action ones. Everybody else working on these movies wants to use those characters and go all in on moving the franchise forward with the clean slate and the goodwill that Bumblebee gave them, but they can't do that, and it's solely because Lorenzo won't allow them to.

Keep in mind, The Last Knight full on underperformed, and any future sequels in that continuity were straight up cancelled specifically in favour of continuing a new story arc with Bumblebee (which was originally meant to be a standalone prequel). Meaning the Bayverse is already effectively dead, and Lorenzo is now hindering future films to (kind of) follow its continuity for literally no reason.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura desperately claiming every Transformers movie after The Last Knight is canon to the Bay movies

(Bumblebee shows him and the other differently-designed Autobots first arriving on Earth in the 80s)

Lorenzo: It's just a little G1-esque, it's still good, it's still good!

(Transformers: Rise of the Beasts shows Unicron invading Earth in the 90s rather than being the Earth itself)

Lorenzo: It's just a little retconned, it's still good, it's still good!

(Transformers One takes place on a different-looking Cybertron with entirely new actors and character designs)

Lorenzo: It's just a little animated, it's still good, it's still good!

Fans: It's rebooted.

Lorenzo: I know.

Way better pitch than what Ego went with.

[GOTG1 Nebula developing a crush on Peter somehow]

Nebula: Together you and I will be the strongest couple in the entire world. We will dominate the galaxy!

Saw this going around and I instantly thought of them…

The Furious Five - Concept Poster/Synopsis: Viper

"Having enjoyed some much-needed months of peace and quiet, Viper finds herself thrust back into action when she and the Five accompany Tigress to track down her long-lost family. In the face of all kinds of adversity, danger and long-repressed trauma, Viper remains steadily determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and help Tigress find her happy ending, even if that means having to potentially part ways with her beloved surrogate sister for good."

Jinx: Well, sis, I have a confession to make. This is your surprise wedding!

Vi: What?! (tears of joy) Aw, Powder, I can't believe you did this for… wait… why is Caitlyn tied up…?

Jinx: It's a surprise for both of you!

Caitlyn: Look, I was going through a bad time, and I didn't know if you were ever coming back. I had to fall back on someone, Vi.

Vi: (studying Maddie) Hmm… y'know what, I kinda see the appeal, actually. Hey Mads, you ever been in a three-way?

Maddie: Um… not really. I don't even have a car.

Po was saying this from the start!

Kung Fu Panda 4 spoilers ahead:

Ok look,

If they’re gonna make Po the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, can Tigress at least become Grand Master of the Jade Palace? Even if it’s sometime in the future, can we see this happen? She deserves it.

Season 1: Vi and Jinx both cling to memories of who the other used to be.

Season 2: Vi and Jinx confront and learn to accept each other (and themselves) for who they are in the here and now.