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crowbotss · 2 years ago

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I always appreciate posts like this gracing the tf tag,,

Starscream deserved better.

The more and more transformer media I consume the more angry I get at the treatment of Starscream. He’s just desperately trying to survive.

OH YEAH BUT MEGATRON, THE ABSOLUTE ASSHAT?? The ABUSER?? He gets a redemption arc!!! Literally fuck OFF.

‘The decepticons are no more bc I now know what it’s like to be oppressed :(’ fuck off. The reason you are the way you are is because you liked the power. He already knew what it was like to be oppressed, because that was THE WHOLE FUCKING PREMISE OF THE WAR!

I haven’t finished the series but I’ve seen enough from previous iterations to know that this bullshit is going to drive me insane. Here’s an idea: stop giving abusers redemption arcs because you think they’re hot. How about we give redemption arcs to the victims (starscream) instead. OR JUST KEEP THEM BOTH EVIL! IDFC! BUT DONT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE STARSCREAM CANT BE REDEEMED AND MEGATRON CAN. Blatant victim blaming.

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Fuck you megatron simpers, if you were a decepticon and real etc. he’d fucking abuse you beyond the point of breaking. He’s an abuser. Deal with it.

#takes like these are always called ss apologism or simping but it's honestly just a fact #like a character can be a shitty person and still be mistreated and abused by another shitter person #where's the nuance people?#is it because starscream is seen as the fandom woobie fangirl bait? i dunno but it's annoying as hell #tfp is definitely the crowning example of loud bird brutalization #but i honestly cannot think of a continuity where ss isn't fucked by megs in some way #(besides shattered glass ofc)#g1 - idw - armada - marvel comics - cyberverse....#of course #the seriousness in which these events are portrayed often skews in the slapstick loud screechy guy gets hit for being annoying routine #and people like using that as an excuse to not take the implications of the events seriously #but since when did we let the (often-times flawed) source material determine how we should interpret their story?#how many times have you read a fic where it explores the almost-certain trauma of a character despite canon ignoring it?#I just wonder why it suddenly becomes woobifying and unrealistic when it comes to starscream #and none of that even *touches* how some megatron fans will turn around and do the exact thing they accuse others of doing with ss with megs #really now...#ugh i didn't mean to tag rant but i feel you so bad op #i could write an entire essay on the minimization of starscream's trauma due to his inability to play the 'perfect victim'#and how some believe others are deserving of literal physical violence just for being annoying #and how in most continuities it's implied that starscream's assassination attempts only begin *after* megs loses his shit #but i will not because i am lazy

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