#it's like the orks in warhammer 40k; if he believes it'll do something for him hard enough it will do something for him

[transingthoseformers]

Tfp au Megatronus Prime is actually an interesting topic because ultimately speaking, he's underestimating Tarn on a lot of fronts— I mean he doesn't exactly have any frame of reference for what outliers (or "Supersparks" as final comic Lost Light Prowl put it as they were no longer rare) which tbh nobody in this timeline has either; all they know is Tarn is Like That and they don't know why. Tfp au Tarn is... Particularly volatile, and ultimately that will hinder some of the Fallen's efforts to destroy Cybertron and Earth (also consider that at this point Cybertron is still dark, so the Fallen kinda has to consider reviving Cybertron just to do the whole destroy both planets at once thing)

In canon, Steeljaw's pack was low-key enough that Megatronus Prime's prison break was quick as hell but also rather obvious enough that Oppy and the Bee team were able to stop it just as quick. Now Steeljaw was way more hesitant to work with the Fallen as he was fairly sure this was too good to be true (it was). Tarn on the other hand is fairly distracted, desperate, and absolutely is gonna take whatever bait Megatronus Prime chums the water with. In some ways, the Fallen has more control over Tarn than he did Steeljaw, but in others he has less control.

It's such a concept to explore that would make no sense in any situation that's not the TFP au, and ultimately that's the glory of this au: it's unpredictable and has some of the most unique circumstances in it. Major plot points that evolved from quirky little shitposts