#eventually I'll get to the point where these aren't so word-vomity

[tf-isolation]

woah you cant drop megatron marrying slipstream and not go into more detail about it. plz more detail?

Nah but seriously, I’ve always had kind of a soft spot for...MegaStream? Slipatron? Anyway-

I’ve always had kind of a soft spot for the ship for whatever reason and it’s been tied to Isolation since it’s earliest iterations. Specifically, the idea of her and Megatron being the “Queen and King” of the Decepticons respective. That’s partly why Megatron is rocking a medieval knight inspired appearance in universe and BTS, the former being as a way to remind him of how far he’s fallen since and to constantly remind himself of his conjunx, among other “self punishing” motivations. 

But anyway, the idea is that while they had some brief interactions during Megatron’s time as Terminus’ protege/under the assumed names of “Tarn” and “Kaon” respectively, things really kicked off after Terminus’ death when Megatron had to turn to the Seekers for sanctuary. Slipstream was instrumental in guiding Megatron early on to carry out “good will” missions, such as the storming of the Functionist Base, which lead to Megatron freeing Soundwave and Shockwave (among others) and serving as Decepticon Air Commander on such pivotal early battles such as the “Siege of Iacon”. She’s primarily responsible for keeping the heat off of Megatron during that bout so he could have his one-on-one with Sentinel. 

She was a highly respected force among Autobots and Decepticons alike for her more compassionate nature and for the perception that she was more “reasonable” than Megatron...though that compassionate nature is also what prompted her and some poor volunteers from both factions to stay behind during the Unicronian Cataclysm to buy time for escaping shuttles. 

Pretty much everyone on the various colony outposts assume that she died so that they could escape, a sentiment that helps Megatron down the line when he and his crew set off the try and reclaim Cybertron...but of course, not everyone is willing to be so “forgiving” of Megatron just for her sake and prefer to honor her specifically...namely the likes of Starscream, who unfortunately has the most prosperous and vast of all Cybertronian outposts.