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lord-squiggletits · 2 years ago

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One TF fandom argument that confuses me is when people put Megatron and Starscream versus each other like, when people say that it's "unfair that Megatron gets redemption but Starscream doesn't" (in regards to IDW1) because like. One, IDW1 in phase 2 was written by like 4 different writers, so you can't try to claim that there was some unified vision where the nonexistent Singular Writer of IDW was like "no Starscream isn't allowed to have nice things."

And second, I don't think the writers would even think of it that way? It's not like the writers were like "okay we have one Get Out Of Jail Free Card and we're going to spend it on Megatron, sorry Starscream maybe in the next reboot you can get it." The divisions fans make between X character likers and Y character likers are completely made up fandom drama and sometimes I feel like people don't understand that the writers aren't privy to fandom infighting/drama and wouldn't write Megatron and Starscream in opposition to each other as if one character's gain must come at the other's expense.

And finally............. IDW1 Starscream literally does get to be portrayed as a more morally gray person, have his feelings shown and treated as human, even make some friends/have people treat him nicely? IDK what fucking comics people are reading where they think that Starscream is treated as an evil villain with no redeeming qualities at all. Maybe it's the same Starscream fans who shit on TAAO/Scott or something, that's the only way I could explain it.

#squiggposting #discourse #plus like i feel like SS just becoming happy and a good person doesn't really make sense for his character #because his thing is that he's unpredictable and mercurial and you never really know what he wants or what he'll do #making him 'a good guy' would fly in the face of the archetype he is which is a scheming manipulator out for his own ends #and i really liked idw1 SS because he's like. he's a piece of shit he's a little meow meow he's traumatized he's a tyrant #as his actions and thoughts and conscience shifts from one plot to the other he does kinda good things but then does bad things #he makes you go from 'well maybe he's not so bad' to 'WHAT THE FUCK YOU PIECE OF SHIT'#because with SS he's not. one. thing. like you can't predict him you can't box him into being on one 'side' or the other #he's on his own side and sometimes his own side happens to include a conscience or people who try to make SS be nicer #sometimes IDW SS pursues his own selfish aims and sometimes he has moments of weakness where he decides he'll be nice #the entire 'will he or won't he' plot of whether SS would be a dick or be nice was part of his whole appeal #also megs' redemption arc is mid anyways #if anything i feel like i could argue phase 2/3 SS is more interesting and has a better emotional arc than M #and i'm not even a SS fan + i like M way more

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