#i am already cringing at all the spelling errors im gonna find when i hit post

[ijusthavesomanyblorbos]

okay. SO. try two on actually answering this ask. because i totally misunderstood it the first time.

I think that GB would kind of be the poster boy for the Autobots. He’d be the star of all their propaganda ads- either in a “look at our strong youth fighting to protect the cause!” way or a “look at our poor youth suffering! help them! join the cause!” He’s painted as a starry eyed, undying loyal, proper Autobot fighter. The perfect soldier. And he is!

At least in the beginning. 

Cause, in the beginning, GB.... thinks he’s in canon. I mean, he popped out of the ground pretty much right as the war started, and immediately got snatched up by the big man, Optimus himself. He’s been hand fed nothing but the finest Autobot indoctrination since he was created, and he believes every bit of it. 

But as the war drags on, he just gets... bitter. He barely got to know his home before it was destroyed. He’s never even seen a life without war. He should’ve had a childhood, should have had something at least- but the war took that away. No thanks to the Autobots- They use his image everywhere, but they don’t even have the decency to treat him with the respect that he deserves. He’s just a mascot to them, and he hates it. 

And meanwhile, they’re not even winning! It’s been millions of years of fighting, and they’re still no closer to reclaiming their home then they were at the start!

And so he’s warring with this anger at being used, and this anger of his home being destroyed, and he looks at the people running his cause, THE cause, what he’s been told over and over again is the only RIGHT cause and he thinks-

“Psh. I could do better than that.”

So, gradually, he claws his way up the ranks. He absolutely abuses the golden boy persona the Autobots stuck on him. Everyone thinks he’s just the cutest little kid- meanwhile, he’s been perfectly primed by years of war and trauma and brainwashing, and he has NO problem with killing whoever might be unfortunate enough to end up in his way. Brutally. Painfully. Slowly. After all, it’s for the good of the cause!

Eventually, he ends up with the coveted prize of Second in Command. (Much to the delight of the Autobot PR team). He’s right there. He’s so close to having the entire Autobot army under his control, and finally, finally, he’ll be able to actually win this stupid war, and-

And he can’t do it. And don’t get it wrong, it’s not for lack of trying. He loves Optimus- he adores Optimus- but he truly, honestly belives that his mentor is better off dead. He’s just not what’s good for the cause anymore. Optimus would understand! 

So he tries. And he fails. Over and over and over again. Optimus is not like any of the other lower ranking officers, easily done away with a little poison, or a patrol gone wrong. Optimus is smart. And he knows GB. 

And so he never wins. GB is always second best. Always just the cute little kid. Never, never strong enough to do what needs to be done. And it drives him mad. 

GB can’t rejoin society after the war. It’s tragic, really. At the end of the day, he never gets to see that warless society he wanted. But he is so broken by the war, by his own actions, by the obsession that drove him for his entire life, that once it’s gone? 

There’s just nothing left for him. 

Nothing but the anger and bitterness left by it’s absence. 

Maybe he dies. Maybe he goes to a high security prison, and stays there. Maybe he just disapears. It doesn’t really make a difference. 

Because at the end of the day? 

Goldbug is nothing if not the perfect Autobot soldier. 

And there’s no place for an Autobot in peace.

what r ur thoughts on SG bumblebee/goldbug :0

honestly... I did NOT love him. I felt like you could barely see anything of his original personality in his SG! version. It felt very much to me that they just took a generic bad guy and shoved a bumblebee skin on him.

ALTHOUGH, I definitively liked the whole "he feels overshadowed by Optimus" thing, especially since it served as a nice parallel to canon Starscream and Megatron.

Overall, he's not a bad villain per say. He has some good moments. I probably would have liked him if he was a completely independent character BUT because he's supposed to be bumblebee it felt like a cheap name drop.