>>81259460Perhaps you should use this oppportunity to educate your nephew on various real-life related themes in this issue and the whole series.
I read MTMTE with my wife's son and I can tell he really enjoys the experience. Moreover, James Roberts' skillful and brave writing allows us to discuss various subjects of crucial importance for child's development, such as gay relationships between robots. If he asks me why the robots don't transform, I will explain to him the symbolic meaning of Megatron choosing not to transform and instead riding a pink scooter on the way to meet his destiny. It is a moment of profound significance that concludes the larger transformation of Megatron from a patriarchal tyrant to a good feminist ally. Starting with his renouncing the fusion cannon, an obvious phalic symbol of toxic masculinity, ending with him renouncing his tank alt-mode, a symbol of death for countless civilizations he has personally vanquished and, in-real life, for countless children of Color, and choosing a pink scooter instead - an obvious symbol for often maligned femininity and progressive, environment-conscious thought.
It is no coincidence that the current antagonist, Getaway, represents the other face of toxic masculinity - that of a PUA MRApist who is backed by good men doing nothing when evil happens because "she deserved it".
While I agree that James Roberts is sometimes a problematic writer, I believe children can be really enriched by MTMTE under proper guidance.
