Lugnut Thoughts

swindledagain:

Been thinking about Lugnut as a character, and how he might be applied as a character in a more complex or grounded show or series than Animated. And I have to say he has potential.

Lugnut’s defining characteristic is his fanatical loyalty to Megatron, perhaps even more than any other Decepticon. And that sort of blind loyalty can be terrifying. There would be no reasoning with him, no way to get him to back down from anything. Any with Lugnut’s massive strength, any Decepticon that didn’t live up to his ideals of loyalty would be rightfully afraid of him. He’d probably be some sort of enforcer, somebody to keep everyone else in line.

The only person who’d actually be out of Lugnut’s grasp would be Starscream. Starscream, the ultimate traitor, the one most critical of Megatron. Starscream, the Air Commander, and likely Lugnut’s direct superior. It would eat Lugnut up inside to have to follow Starscream’s orders. But Starscream isn’t there for the common troops to challenge. When he breaks rank, it’s always Megatron who brings him crashing back down.

And what if, one day, Megatron didn’t live up to the ideal that Lugnut imagines him to be? What if Megatron didn’t live up to his own values? Would Lugnut desperately try to ignore the difference, and be driven further into fanaticism? Or would his worship turn to disgust?

I wonder.