#the decepticons. was basically a peptalk. 'i am megatron' was him agreeing with that in a language it would be impossible for him to know

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i finished reading the 489 page transformers essay just now and i watched the first three movies over the last couple days. cinematic garbage. but it compels me

#wheeltext #megatron. i have so many thoughts about megatron. #he was frozen for thousands of years and dehumanized tortured while conscious and killed by a member of the species who tortured him. #that same person was the first person to say his name or treat him as a person in thousands years. and when he broke out the first thing he #did was claim his identity (i am megatron) continuing the conversation he overheard. and it comes out as kind of cavemanish if u take it at #face value as just a standalone statement but after unimaginable isolation and torture having someone go HES megatron. the leader of #the decepticons. was basically a peptalk. 'i am megatron' was him agreeing with that in a language it would be impossible for him to know #if he wasnt awake the whole time. also starscream likes him #starscream is always doing this like cruel toady goon voice and he says shit like oh... you're so wounded. so weak. but i think hes being #completely sincere #ok so if there are billions of transformers (sentinel says more tf than there humans) and the decepticons have won the war then most of #them are decepticons. but in the first movie only like seven guys show up to find megatron? and they just happen to find the cube as well #starscream is the sic usually so if that stays true and megatron has been missin for thousands of years hes been defacto leader for that #long. yet he seems to be part of an unpopular minority of decepticons who wanted to find megatron after hes been mia and presumed dead for #ages. then he helps resurrect him after two years two years in which he would have been the leader again #and when megatron has lost his arm and is horrifically injured starscream doesnt take him out or abandon him he says #not to call you a coward but cowards usually survive and bounces with megatron. then he corners sam (ugh) in the third movie and #ultimately dies. the first thing he says to sam is like finally... you and me. alone. like he has a personal enough vendetta against #sam to hunt specifically him down. but sam has only ever benefited him if all he wants is to lead the decepticons. #nah. hes getting revenge FOR megatron. #megatron sounds fond of starscream when he says blah you fail me me yet again instead of angry and he even jokes when he goes starwcream im #home. he does like beat starscream up a couple times but this is about starscream not wanting megatron dead. #it really really fascinated me why this starscream of all the starscreams was actually loyal to megatron and then it hit me #megatron is skyfire #he was frozen in the arctic for years and starscream has a past fondness for him. megatron is skyfire #which makes all of starscreams weedy goon lines hilarious because he's being completely sincere when he delivers them #anyway the movies are pretty racist unfunny and i hate all of the characters. megatron is goin in the blorbo quarantine kennel