What I thought the ending was gonna be like

[Salih]

I thought everything up until they met the Administrator was quite solid, but the ending felt a bit... anticlimactic.

What I expected to happen was for Miss Pauling to hand over the small piece of Australium she had to the Administrator. The Administrator, pleased with this, would applaud her but then immediately betray her, revealing that she no longer needed the mercenaries. She had already identified the massive rocket ship full of Australium in space (the one with snipers mom in it) and was planning to retrieve it herself.

At this point, the Administrator would summon all the other mercenaries from TF Industries to eliminate our group. A final, chaotic battle would erupt. During this, the Engineer would betray the Administrator, fed up with her exploitation of his family for such a stupid cause. He would provide the mercenaries with weapons, turning the tide of the fight.

As the battle raged on, the ground beneath them would tremble and begin to ascend — revealing that the Administrator had constructed a massive rocket to reach the Australium in space. Now in space, with the mercenaries gaining the upper hand, Miss Pauling would dramatically headshot Zepheniah Mann. This act would send the Administrator into a frenzy, forcing her to use the last remnants of her Australium to prolong his life. Unfortunately for her, the strain would kill her instead.

In the end, Merasmus would teleport the mercenaries back to Earth, after that, the wholesome reddit chungus ending would happen.

Do you guys think it's a better conclusion? I just wish there was a final battle in the end.

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

I think the ending being anticlimactic was probably the most fitting way to end the story. I'm pretty sure the entire thing was filled with anticlimaxes in the first place, from Saxton losing control of Mann Co because he couldn't punch a child, to the eyelander just... being left in a car, to the mercenaries all dying off screen at the end of one of the comics, only to get revived immediately because Medic threw their blood into their bodies along with the other times they died and basically came back to life just because they felt like it, to several of the classic mercs getting killed off-screen. and so on.

[Salih]

Originally posted by Two-Timing Trevor:

I think the ending being anticlimactic was probably the most fitting way to end the story. I'm pretty sure the entire thing was filled with anticlimaxes in the first place, from Saxton losing control of Mann Co because he couldn't punch a child, to the eyelander just... being left in a car, to the mercenaries all dying off screen at the end of one of the comics, only to get revived immediately because Medic threw their blood into their bodies along with the other times they died and basically came back to life just because they felt like it, to several of the classic mercs getting killed off-screen. and so on.

I disagree, the 6th comic had a final battle between classic heavy and normal one. It was pretty awesome. Same thing with expiration date, giant bread monster fight was very cool. Ngl, I think the original writers for tf2 wouldn't have made such an ending. The comic writers and the ones that made expiration date are different people, or atleast their writing is different. In every other media apart from the comics, there isn't a plot of it these fights being for naught. I feel like they were planning on like 2 issues more and not ending it at the 7th one. But because the revenue wasnt high, they ditched it and atleast wanted to bring the story to a close. It's not the worst way to do it but still semi disappointed. I'd rate it like an 6.7/10

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

Originally posted by Salih:

Originally posted by Two-Timing Trevor:

I think the ending being anticlimactic was probably the most fitting way to end the story. I'm pretty sure the entire thing was filled with anticlimaxes in the first place, from Saxton losing control of Mann Co because he couldn't punch a child, to the eyelander just... being left in a car, to the mercenaries all dying off screen at the end of one of the comics, only to get revived immediately because Medic threw their blood into their bodies along with the other times they died and basically came back to life just because they felt like it, to several of the classic mercs getting killed off-screen. and so on.

I disagree, the 6th comic had a final battle between classic heavy and normal one. It was pretty awesome. Same thing with expiration date, giant bread monster fight was very cool. Ngl, I think the original writers for tf2 wouldn't have made such an ending. The comic writers and the ones that made expiration date are different people, or atleast their writing is different. In every other media apart from the comics, there isn't a plot of it these fights being for naught. I feel like they were planning on like 2 issues more and not ending it at the 7th one. But because the revenue wasnt high, they ditched it and atleast wanted to bring the story to a close. It's not the worst way to do it but still semi disappointed. I'd rate it like an 6.7/10

But those two fights don't define the tone of Team Fortress 2. They're practically obligatory for a climax, so of course they had to play it straight. Comic 7 was more of an epilogue for the mercenaries. You could take them out of the 7th comic and all that would change is that you wouldn't know what happened to them because they already did what they needed to do.

Hell I could point out how they completely circumvented a fight with Saxton to show that the epic fights are an exception rather than the rule.

[Salih]

Originally posted by Two-Timing Trevor:

Originally posted by Salih:

I disagree, the 6th comic had a final battle between classic heavy and normal one. It was pretty awesome. Same thing with expiration date, giant bread monster fight was very cool. Ngl, I think the original writers for tf2 wouldn't have made such an ending. The comic writers and the ones that made expiration date are different people, or atleast their writing is different. In every other media apart from the comics, there isn't a plot of it these fights being for naught. I feel like they were planning on like 2 issues more and not ending it at the 7th one. But because the revenue wasnt high, they ditched it and atleast wanted to bring the story to a close. It's not the worst way to do it but still semi disappointed. I'd rate it like an 6.7/10

But those two fights don't define the tone of Team Fortress 2. They're practically obligatory for a climax, so of course they had to play it straight. Comic 7 was more of an epilogue for the mercenaries. You could take them out of the 7th comic and all that would change is that you wouldn't know what happened to them because they already did what they needed to do.

Yeah that's why I said they most likely wouldn't have ended the story with the 7th one. If the revenue from tf2 was as high as csgo, they would've made more issues and made it more dramatic. I just wish it wasn't just an epilogue since the battle in the 6th comic isn't note worthy for the conclusion of the story. I wonder if the fan made 7th comic will still be released, that would be nice.

[Kyrth]

it was good, funny, but it's over.

it kind of hurts to say that.

[OmegaBilly1]

Actually I liked how the differences on how the administrator has her story end and how the mercenaries stories come to an end.

The administrator met her end by being surrounded by people she has little to care about and only sees them as tools for her own gain. (Hence why Ms Pauling refused to show and give the austrialium to her after finding out the truth.) While she perishes with the person that she greatly despises and the reason why she decided to live forever dies in her hands.

The mercenaries however has their story ended with respect and companionship while fixing and helping with each other's pasts that led to them teaming up again. They all sat on a table right next to each other celebrating with each other while smiling on the last strip with all of them together celebrating with you.

Would you rather live forever when all you know is hate, manipulation and never learning to move on from your past?

Or would you rather spend what limited time you have left with the folks that genuinely care for you, by understanding your plight and understanding theirs, while helping each other to move on or help fix each other's broken past?

I know this is all subjective but the final battle already happened on the 6th comic.
I just wanted to know how it'd ends the story of the TF2 saga.

[Salih]

Originally posted by OmegaBilly1:

Actually I liked how the differences on how the administrator has her story end and how the mercenaries stories come to an end.

The administrator met her end by being surrounded by people she has little to care about and only sees them as tools for her own gain. (Hence why Ms Pauling refused to show and give the austrialium to her after finding out the truth.) While she perishes with the person that she greatly despises and the reason why she decided to live forever dies in her hands.

The mercenaries however has their story ended with respect and companionship while fixing and helping with each other's pasts that led to them teaming up again. They all sat on a table right next to each other celebrating with each other while smiling on the last strip with all of them together celebrating with you.

Would you rather live forever when all you know is hate, manipulation and never learning to move on from your past?

Or would you rather spend what limited time you have left with the folks that genuinely care for you, by understanding your plight and understanding theirs, while helping each other to move on or help fix each other's broken past?

I know this is all subjective but the final battle already happened on the 6th comic.
I just wanted to know how it'd ends the story of the TF2 saga.

I think miss pauling not giving her the Australium doesn't make a lot of sense. Yes from a narrative point of view, it concluded the story fairly well. The problem is that moments prior to this, Miss pauling said that she would do anything for the administrator no matter what it was. Be it evil or anything else really. So she would have given her the australium if she wanted to control the whole world but not when she is just tormenting an old man? I dunno doesn't make much sense. Miss pauling doesn't care what the administrator would've done, she just wanted to be by the administrators side when she did something. That was the established story beforehand which was kinda forgotten i guess.

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

Originally posted by OmegaBilly1:

Actually I liked how the differences on how the administrator has her story end and how the mercenaries stories come to an end.

The administrator met her end by being surrounded by people she has little to care about and only sees them as tools for her own gain. (Hence why Ms Pauling refused to show and give the austrialium to her after finding out the truth.) While she perishes with the person that she greatly despises and the reason why she decided to live forever dies in her hands.

The mercenaries however has their story ended with respect and companionship while fixing and helping with each other's pasts that led to them teaming up again. They all sat on a table right next to each other celebrating with each other while smiling on the last strip with all of them together celebrating with you.

Would you rather live forever when all you know is hate, manipulation and never learning to move on from your past?

Or would you rather spend what limited time you have left with the folks that genuinely care for you, by understanding your plight and understanding theirs, while helping each other to move on or help fix each other's broken past?

I know this is all subjective but the final battle already happened on the 6th comic.
I just wanted to know how it'd ends the story of the TF2 saga.

I mean, she also died saying that what she did was worth it so it's hard to say she really died in any tragic way when she went out like this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zQZ0Aftrpo

[OmegaBilly1]

Originally posted by Two-Timing Trevor:

I mean, she also died saying that what she did was worth it so it's hard to say she really died in any tragic way when she went out like this

Yes normally I would think it would be like that but...
She forgot the reason why she did it in the first place.
Can't tell if she's insane or gleefully angry.
People do and say stupid things when they're not thinking right.