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Ngl sometimes I think people Are Not Getting The Point about TF One's moral conflict at the end bc they don't understand that the moral choice isn't just about Megatron Killing One Guy but the underlying motives behind why he did it AND what that one killing indicated about his priorities and level of care for other people.

It's not just the fact that Megatron Did A Murder but also that he 1. disregarded Orion's attempts to reason with him 2. became cold and threatened Orion with force when Orion didn't acquiese to him 3. dropped Orion into a pit despite the fact they were lifelong best friends 4. proceeded to immediately try to kill Elita and Bee who just watched him drop Orion into a pit 5. proceeded to immediately try and kill Orion once he came back as Optimus.

Megatron did not make the decision to kill Sentinel in a vacuum. The entire point of why it was a whole plot point is because that single action (killing Sentinel) is an indicator of Megatron's overall intentions and driving emotions (destroy anyone who gets in his way, fueled by anger/spite/vengeance).

The point isn't "ew killing bad guys is evil" the point is "you repeatedly disregarded the advice/wishes of your friends who had nothing but good intentions for you/each other and decided that you would rather go your own way, ignore anyone who contradicts you, and outright kill whoever you see as a threat to your dogma."

Like y'all. I understand that the act of killing/sparing is in itself a moral quandary, but you have to also realize that in stories, Life-Altering Decisions Made At The Story's Climax are meant to be symbolic of more than just whether it was morally okay to kill the BBEG. They are signifiers of a character arc, they're shorthand for a character's moral character, they're single decisions that say a lot about what someone values and what they're willing to do to achieve them. Talking about OP not wanting M to kill Sentinel as if it's just "he's saying that killing a bad guy makes you as bad as the bad guy" is reductive and completely missing the point.

Not to mention you know the personal element of "Maybe Orion has the right to be a little upset that his friend cared more about Killing The Bad Guy than he did about listening to his counsel. Or the fact that Dee may have shot Orion on accident, but dropping him into the pit and then fighting him afterwards were both choices that he made completely of his own will, and maybe the fact that he did those things indicates that he's Not Trustworthy as a person, and if Dee/Megatron isn't trustworthy to treat his own best friends well then what the hell does that say about him as a leader. But what do I know.

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I want a home video release short for TF One called Ratchet's No Good Shit Week. This bot just spent the last who knows how long fixing up people who almost died for a propaganda obstacle course, and next thing he knows there's a violent revolution, an impending civil war, and his new boss is in his robot early twenties fresh off a break-up.

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c’mon guys there’s only like 10 decepticons 

and a mysteriously ever-increasing number of you

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I HAD A BRAIN BLAST WHEN I SAW THIS IN THE TRAILER

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you just know at the end of the movie both megatron and optimus were thinking “this is what happens when i leave your dumb ass alone”

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i don't doubt for a moment this has been done 1 million times but thinking about Starscream redemption arc scenario where he gets so mad at Megatron he decides to become an Autobot just to spite him

other Autobots on board once they realise it's not a trick. he's an invaluable ally. he is dishing out all the dirt on the Decepticons ranging from military secrets to every time he's seen Megatron pratfall.

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I think, if the matrix gives Optimus the memories of the various past primes, he should get the little memories history has forgotten as well as the Mystic Wisdom stuff too

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liking an unpopular character sucks ofc but liking a popular character is its own special kind of hell like Yes there's a million fics and a billion drawings No i cant look at them

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OH TO HAVE THE WILD BOUNDLESS CONFIDENCE OF TRANSFORMERS SMUT AUTHORS. THOSE WHO FEAR NEITHER GOD NOR MAN

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I Need to read the covenant of Primus or whatever. I need to read other characterization of Optimus and Megatron for Reasons I will not yet name

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'Transformers One' Cast Answer 50 of the Most Googled Transformers Questions (x)

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Transformers One isn't changing the established lore y'all because there is no established lore

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light transformers one spoilers, but alpha trion was fine as hell in that movie. His polygonal face and sick ass cape have entranced me. I need that old man

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Addendum

My only real complaint is how QUICKLY D-16's personality turnaround happened. Like....... obviously his whole life has been turned on its head and he is understandably angry but then five minutes later he's aggressively insisting that HE carry the evidence. I'VE. GOT. IT.

like that seemed a little quick. And like I get maybe that it's because for the preceding act they've kinda established OP as quite reckless and irresponsible but they didn't really make that clear. In fact it's only as I write this I'm making that connection.

So yes just seemed a little quick lmao

Anyway I wanna see them kiss and make up, please, y'all could've talked this out 😞

just watched transformers one!!! lil corny but very good. Spoilers spoilers spoilers!!!!!!

Steve Buschemi did a great job as Starscream and OooohHHhh my GOD they gave an in universe reason why his voice is Like That I love it. All of us saying there's no point unless he sounds like he's gargling TV static, we are vindicated

SO MANY REFERENCES

My "chaotic dumbass at heart Orion Pax" ass is feasting with this movie. Truly he was just a Guy

Tbh I'm with D-16 tho!! TEAR THE BITCH APART

Alpha Trion kinda hot tho 👀👀

Me and my brother said (this didn't happen unfortunately) but when Orion was getting the matrix they should have had Primus himself say a line and have it be Peter Cullen. We would have been on our feet screaming

I'm glad they didn't actually confirm something concrete about Elita and Orion. I'm down with it but I felt it would have been forced at that point, with the characterization thus far

THEY GAVE SOUNDWAVE AND SHOCKWAVE A BREAST REDUCTION 😔😔😔

All the voice actors did great!!!!!

I feel like the decepticons are very sympathetic in this. Up until The Moment, I was with Megatron. He just had a heated gamer moment bro!!!!

Cybertron was beautiful!

LOVED the first time transforming mishaps. Robot puberty lol

They pronounced Quintesson "quin-tah-saahn"???? Me and my brother always pronounced it "quin-tess-uhn"

Megatron really shouldn't have been able to beat up Starscream like that tho, homeboy just learned to transform ten minutes ago and he's beating The Leader of The Old Guard????? Who is head and shoulders taller than him???? Bruh

Loved it!!!!!

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just watched transformers one!!! lil corny but very good. Spoilers spoilers spoilers!!!!!!

Steve Buschemi did a great job as Starscream and OooohHHhh my GOD they gave an in universe reason why his voice is Like That I love it. All of us saying there's no point unless he sounds like he's gargling TV static, we are vindicated

SO MANY REFERENCES

My "chaotic dumbass at heart Orion Pax" ass is feasting with this movie. Truly he was just a Guy

Tbh I'm with D-16 tho!! TEAR THE BITCH APART

Alpha Trion kinda hot tho 👀👀

Me and my brother said (this didn't happen unfortunately) but when Orion was getting the matrix they should have had Primus himself say a line and have it be Peter Cullen. We would have been on our feet screaming

I'm glad they didn't actually confirm something concrete about Elita and Orion. I'm down with it but I felt it would have been forced at that point, with the characterization thus far

THEY GAVE SOUNDWAVE AND SHOCKWAVE A BREAST REDUCTION 😔😔😔

All the voice actors did great!!!!!

I feel like the decepticons are very sympathetic in this. Up until The Moment, I was with Megatron. He just had a heated gamer moment bro!!!!

Cybertron was beautiful!

LOVED the first time transforming mishaps. Robot puberty lol

They pronounced Quintesson "quin-tah-saahn"???? Me and my brother always pronounced it "quin-tess-uhn"

Megatron really shouldn't have been able to beat up Starscream like that tho, homeboy just learned to transform ten minutes ago and he's beating The Leader of The Old Guard????? Who is head and shoulders taller than him???? Bruh

Loved it!!!!!

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Because Fowler was voiced by Winston of the Ghostbusters, I had this idea that maybe Ghostbusters existed in the Prime universe back in the day and Fowler was part of an extended group, and later moved to work for the government (or Ghostbusters was eventually made part of it), and thanks to Cliffjumper, he got originally put on the case, and then stayed on it.