#in PUE i wrote optronix going through a similar thing

[lord-squiggletits]

With regards to post-war ShockOP, while I do understand the sentiment of Shockwave remaining an empurata since OP loves him no matter what he looks like, I feel like having Shockwave be fixed works for two reasons:

One, empurata is a procedure that can be fixed because there's at least one character (maybe more I can't remember) who gets his hands and face back (Damus/Tarn), and Shockwave even gets one hand back with a cannon on the other.

Two, I feel like Shockwave getting to switch back to his old body is actually really important because, well, Shockwave as he was was very vain and cared a lot about his appearance, obviously putting a lot of effort into it and literally wanting to be known for his beauty as well as his brains. Being empurataed and shadowplayed was literally a violation of everything Shockwave was, so changing back to his old body would be a way of reclaiming who he once was.

HOWEVER, on the note of loving Shockwave as he is now, I DO think that the most interesting/compelling ShockOP scenario would be for Shockwave to revert to his old body, BUT keep his shadowplayed/cold logic personality. I think it would be meaningful for him to maybe not be the person he used to be, maybe not actually FEEL empathy or emotion, but he can still CHOOSE to be a different person, trying to figure out for himself who his "new true self" is when he's not who he was before (Senator) nor who he was during the war (Decepticon).