Meme aside, I SO LOVE Ratchet's grandfatherly relationship with most of the group, especially with Rafael and Bumblebee, those three make me cry
I recently finished the series again, so I made a little tier list! God, I absolutely love Starscream and Knockout, they should have their own series together! Raf, June, and Fowler are my GOATs, I adore them!
Whenever I see opinions about this character, I get really confused because (the English-speaking side of the fandom) says things about them that make me think we saw different products, "an incredible and deep character development and an amazing character," and I'm always left thinking ?????????????????? Did we really watch the same series?
Personally, I find the character terrible, flat, and inconsistent, especially in season one when it seemed like the writers really didn't know what to do with her. Things were better balanced in season three, but even then, we didn't get much from any of the three characters. It always confuses me that people speak so highly of the character when this supposed character development doesn't exist and is inconsistent, and it's not even anything special to applaud. Again, I find the character terribly flat because she's too basic in her traits, and all we know about her is what we see in the series and the three things she tells us about her life in Japan. That's it. I mean, they say Jack is the flattest character in the series, and yet he had more to say about his life than Miko herself.
It's also surprising to me how people talk about the Starscream fight as the most epic moment of the series when bigger, cooler, and more impressive things happened before, things she did with an invincible armor. Raf hacking Soundwave and Jack defeating Tripticon and Airachnid is honestly way cooler.
And I don't mean to insult anyone who likes it! That's not what I mean. You might like her, I don't care. I'm just expressing how some of the opinions people have about her seem exaggerated or made up, lol. Although she's not a character I absolutely hate, she's not my favorite. There are worse ones that I definitely can't stand. I just don't understand why this side of the fandom hypes her up so much. I personally think Jack and Raf did way more amazing things throughout the series than Miko did, bruh.
But to be honest, the writing of all three characters is terrible. Miko stands out as the worst written and flattest, but she has a personality striking enough to grab your attention, even though I still don't like her.
Anyway, here I am, venting my nonsense about a fictional character from a series about giant gay robots that fight.
Also, before anyone says anything, I don't mind that she's annoying and loud. I've met characters like that that I adore. I'm just bothered by how badly she's written. She wrote that she's like this, and that as a person I dislike her because of how selfish and idiotic she is with everyone most of the time xd Oh, and that "act like a realistic teenager" argument has always seemed absurd to me because no normal person would act like she does unless (like her) you're a spoiled brat with a protagonist complex and your head is so far up your own ass that you don't care about the damage you do to others and how much you get in the way. She simply operates within her own universe where everyone stays alive because of the script and nothing happens to her or she faces consequences because unless you're Jack, nobody gives a shit if you almost kill everyone for your whims
But again, ignore me if you want and don't take me seriously, although if you want to give me your opinion on the character and I like it, you can comment! Even if I don't like a character, I love seeing other people's points of view to see it differently, that's always nice
Oh, and on a side note, I loved the cave episode because of what happened with Jack and Miko. I was annoyed that in the next episode they ruined all that and made me angry with the worst episode of the season, which can be summed up as "Miko can't stay still and ruins everything, but you have to feel bad for her for some reason." The truth is, I really liked the moments where Miko was normal and not just a plot device to move the story along by having her screw things up. Her participation with the group, helping them take the initiative, and everyone being brave was fun
Furthermore, before watching the series, I heard good things about Miko and her "development," but I was greatly disappointed when I didn't see that development anywhere. The character only seems good to me in specific episodes of season one and season three, which was a great improvement for the character, and I would have liked her to have been able to do more things from the beginning instead of just getting into trouble