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lord-squiggletits · 1 month ago

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Wrote a scene for PPAU in which Megatron convinces the DJD to accept a peace treaty with the Autobots (that doesn't constitute rebuilding and then stabbing them in the back). And when I was outlining/brainstorming I was like, "okay Megatron is probably going to have to make an example of some DJD member who lashes out and refuses to accept it. There's gonna be a little fucked up cult violence in here"

Except no, that smooth son of a bitch gave the DJD a speech that so effortlessly tied them up in his new peacetime plans that the most opposition he got was a muttered comment by one single member. My man used the brainwashing of nationalism and patriotism to counteract the cult brainwashing. He made a rhetorical appeal so sound that any member of the DJD who tried to argue against the peace treaty would sound like they were opposed to reclaiming Cybertron, their homeland, and ensuring the well-being of their own loyal soldiers. I was like "MEGATRON THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE CONFLICT IN THIS SCENE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CHOKE-LIFT A BITCH OR AT LEAST RIP OFF TARN'S MASK AS A DRAMATIC GESTURE OR SOMETHING" and the Megatron in my brain went "hahaha no" and charmed the DJD so thoroughly that there wasn't even a single raised voice. Charismatic son of a bitch

#wip stuff #i do think megatron's charismatic political side is like one of the coolest sides he has #i feel like with the majority of idw (and idw fanon) either focused on evil villain megatron #or mtmte sad and diminished megatron. ppl forget that this guy raised a whole army #not forgot exactly but like. i feel like i haven't seen much content emphasizing the CHARISMA specifically?#in the sense that this guy is a fucking wordsmith. an orator. he went from just a miner who wrote to a gladiator to a warlord #to like the full on leader of what was (briefly) a whole constellate or w/e of decepticon owned planets #that prowl quote about how his most dangerous weapon is his words was revealed to me akldjlksd #it sounds vain given that he's a fictional character and i'm the one writing him #but like gdi i had something different in mind for this scene i wanted it to be more tense and fraught #but then megatron was like. nah i'm going to defuse my mini group of cultists with a single dramatic speech #bc honestly when i look at my ideas vs how the scene turned out #it does make sense that rather than inviting dissent and having to beat the DJD into submission #megatron would instead spin a web of rhetoric to keep them under his hand and make them feel like this is their idea #or like that he completely changed decepticon ideology to work with the autobots but this isn't a betrayal at all it's just a new direction #w/ ppl that dangerous it fully makes sense that M would opt for a charming and disarming approach you know #anyways fuck this guy he's so fucking smart and charismatic and manipulative and he makes it look easy

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