Disgust into Love: The Story of Tailgate and Cyclonus 

Whirl: the biggest Cygate supporter.

This video has opened my eyes on some personal problem i've had for years. I'm not "incapable of loving", i'm just looking for a particular set of qualities within a person, and failed to do so yet. My every attempt at a relationship was out of a severe desire to have one, and out of fear that the next chance might never come. This is why i never felt anything, not because i'm inherently broken. And i might as well keep trying instead of giving up. Thank you.

i dont know what to love more: the crescendo of their relationship (and their friendship with whirl), the increasingly overpowered twists the writers employ to avoid the burial of the gays, cyclonus giving rodimus a lil sweet as hell thank you kiss, or whirl getting arrested 84 times and the lads deciding the best way to make him stop continuously committing felonies or at least keep an eye on him is to just have him as their queerplatonic/romantic housemate

Finally! My boys Cyclonus and Tailgate deserve more love from the fandom. I love this!

The whole reason I jumped at a Generations Tailgate at a collectors store a while ago

YEESSSS I love seeing people talk about these guys! I love them so much they mean everything to me 😊

These two are absolutely my favorite part of IDW right after Autobot Megatron, thank you for the video

I've yet to read the comics, but art of these two kept popping up in my feed lately, so I had to know their story. Thank you for putting this all together, so now I'm not confused when I see fan art of them lol.

My favorite ship in the entire series Whirl is the captain of S.S.CYGATE

I just started the comics- this video gave me the inner peace of knowing that Cyclonus and Tailgate will have their happy ending. So glad Whirl got some love too. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

With Whirl; I think some part of him realizes that each of those two needs the other to keep them grounded; lest they become a similar kind of unhinged that he descended to after his empurata and time as a conscripted soldier. I really need to read the works; the new takes on some of these characters is fascinating.

Whril he might be a big bag of insanity but damn he’s one hell of a matchmaker

YESSS THEM!! THEM

Wtf THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS I DIDN'T KNOW THEM BUT NOW THEY HAVE AN IRREPLACEABLE PLACE IN MY HURT THANK FOR THE VIDEO

Amazing video!! I just recently finished MTMTE and Lost Light and I'm absolutely in love with the story and characters from it even though I had not consumed any Transformers content beforehands. Cyclonus became one of my faves (along with Rung and Megatron) and his relationship with Tailgate especially on rereads is so intriguing and heartfelt. I would love to see a video on Chromedome and Rewind's relationship at some point if you're interested in doing one on them too

One of my favorite trinities, with Whirl. Does has some issues, Cyclonus going from threatening Whirl and beating up Tailgate to the romantic who mutilated himself when he thought Tailgate was dying and invited Whirl to live with them didn't feel completely organic to me. Granted, nowhere near as bad as Megatron going pacifist because he only just learned people die in wars. 😀 But the "You're pathetic" *Kick* still lingers against the 180 turn, and the fact Whirl nearly got Tailgate killed when trying to off Cyclonus, which they both never learn about, casts a serious pall over the happy "3s company" ending where they all live together. But still, the good by far outweighs the nitpicks. Cyke's talk with Whirl alone during the DJD timeout and prep was heartwarming.

I'm binging your videos right now because I finished LL 2 days ago and I'm missing all the characters. Also you DID do Megatron justice. I will give a chance to whatever comes from Transformers in the future but what IDW created is my cannon.

This is such a good summary. I'm sending this to all the friends I rant about Transformers to, lol.

I love these IDW video essays you do, especially for someone who has not read the comic. Thank you! An idea for a future one, if you are interested: Would you be able to do a video on IDW Soundwave's redemption arc? I love Soundwave, and I would enjoy seeing how he became a hero. EDIT: I meant that I PERSONALLY have not read the comic. Not implying that you have not read the comic, as you clearly have!

I love these two, they always make me happy I make some animations about them but often times I make simpatico content (Simpatico essay? please?)

My Kingdom Cyclonus w/ IDW head and my Maketoys Tailgate will stay displayed together forever

Love your videos

Please talk about Lug and Anode! They kinda helped me understand my own emotions and ideals ^^

Nojo de amor: a história da porta traseira e do ciclono

2:38 Picclo/Gohan flashbacks there...

7:47 Wait, Nightbeat _DIES...!?_

Always weirded me out that it was one of the oldest transformers with one of the mentally youngest

8:43 Tbf, Arcee × Aileron and Cyclonus × Tailgate are quite similar in a few ways.

Mmm I'm still confused 😅

Eww... don't call it a skinsona