#whether theyre deliberately lying or having a knee jerk reaction or not privy to key information

[lord-squiggletits]

Actually the funniest example of Megatron apologism (neutral) I've seen is when people call it biased and rigged for Optimus to be the judge for Megatron's trial, but have nothing to say about the fact that Optimus let Megatron on the Lost Light AS CO-CAPTAIN which is ALSO incredibly rigged and biased and no one wanted it and Optimus barely had the authority to even do that.

It just seems like a case where people will always take the angle/interpretation that favors Megatron as a victim of Autobot eeeevillll, so they harp on how unfair it was for Megatron to be put on trial, but completely skirt over exactly how and why Megatron even got to serve parole/not rot in prison in the first place. I guess because it would disrupt the ever-present fan wank about how actually Megatron is being victimized for being put on trial and those Autobots are "just as bad" (lmao).

#squiggposting #i hate it too like #bc i DO see and agree with their takes to a point. about how the autobots arent all good #but their evidence is often cherrypicked and taken out of context. angled in the most biased way possible #it's like. bro i could've maybe agreed with you but your argument/evidence kind of sucks #you could make that argument much more compelling if you turned down the impulse to go cons good bots bad #also ppl seem to not understand that a character claiming something doesnt mean it's true #whether theyre deliberately lying or having a knee jerk reaction or not privy to key information #it's just. characters like megatron and prowl are literally known for being skilled with words/propaganda #or for being manipulative as fuck #you can't take things at face value that are spoken by notorious liars/manipulators/propagandists #especially ones like M and P who sre incredibly self righteous with no self awarenezs #but like back to the text of the post...what i mean is like #ppl will use OP putting M on trial as the judge as an example of his bias and M being victimized #but when an example of OP being biased in FAVOR of M comes up they barely give it credence #they only present the evidence that presents OP as some conniving evil bastard and M as a poor victim #in this context ppl need the evil autobots narrative so they only bring up the stuff that makes OP look bad and unsympathetic #do i need to pull out the mtmte receipts of M saying that being compared to OP is a compliment #or him saying that when OP hurts others he hurts himself