Can we all appreciate the fact that Breakdown was probably one of the few Decepticons that actually cared for the well being of his fellow Decepticons. Like in Episode 10 “Dues Ex Machina” when Starscream extracts the energon from a random vehicon and breakdown tries to reach for him, like wanting to help him but knowing he too would perish if he did.
Or when he has a coversation with a Vehicon
he just a protective giant that cared for the wellbeing of his friends. ;____;
1.
He may be a mech of unsubtle manners, but he makes a split-second moral
decision that put his rescuer’s seemingly righteous actions to
shame. This suggests he has a moral compass that operates independently of his allegiances and his grudges and is capable of overturning both.
2. He is not
a disposable member of the Decepticon command. I hear a lot about how
“nobody went looking looking for Breakdown” when he was abducted, but
they forget that Starscream & Co risked a heck of a lot to get him
back. While SS’s motives were ultimately self-serving, they don’t negate the
fact that he considered Breakdown a “valuable” member of his team.
People tend to assume that Breakdown arrived in tow when Starscream
summoned Knock Out to the Nemesis; in fact, Starscream summoned them
both.
3. His aim is not compromised by the loss of an optic.
4.
At no point does he accept that he is beaten by MECH. He remains
defiant up to and beyond the moment when he believes himself beyond
rescue. This fact makes me cry a little sometimes.
5. Both his hands can turn into hammers but the left almost never does. This is objectively neat, and it also means he’s right-handed.
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I actually can’t bloody watch that episode anymore, it’s too upsetting.
But I remember a reading a review that complained of the lack of
character development it afforded Breakdown, which is rubbish. He
undergoes more development in that episode than some of the Autobots
do in the entire season. The only thing worth complaining about is how subsequent episodes seem to forget about all of it.
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