So, timeline for Megatron and Optimus as humans because for how much I love them robots, I really love the ageing process and all that jazz ahaha also, mixing TFP archivist with IDW cop timelines because you know serving ten years into the senate archive as an intern will literally make you become a bitter cop.
and why have I not seen like, 800 gurren lagann references for Impactor
In IDW the ruling body took away Megaron’s words because they feared what he had to say.
All he had left to create the change he sought was his fists.
They feared the effects of his thoughts, his speech so much that they went into his mind and erased his ability to put certain thoughts into a communicatable form.
In doing so the Functionalists erased any chance to avoid a war.
By taking Megatron’s ability to put his ideas into words the Functionalists took those words away from the rest of the Cybertronian race.
Countless millions of lives lost, planets rendered sterile, unfathomable damage to the universe because THE FUNCTIONALISTS WERE AFRAID OF CERTAIN WORDS.
Covering the mouth, covering the ears will free the fists.
Forbidding discussion makes violence and suffering inevitable.
I wonder how much differently things would have gone if he had been allowed to speak? There would still have been conflict but I doubt it would have reached the galaxy-spanning levels of genocide and scorched earth devastation that it did.
We’ve seen this in history so many times.
To divide and destroy all you need to do is remove the ability to communicate.
If you can’t talk with or listen to someone it’s very easy to turn them
into an boogeyman who can’t be reasoned with and must be stopped at any
cost. It becomes impossible to see them as another human being just like you.
You will believe anything that is said about them, because any ability
to put anything else into words has been taken away from you.
If people can’t or won’t talk then it’s down to violence and only the most ruthless uses of force will win.
Shit, this theme figures in myths and legends from all over. It’s archetypal.
To me it’s one of the most important and overlooked details of IDW Transformers lore.
They took Megatron’s words, so he had to use his fists.
I hope you had an excellent Birthday @darklordofcutlets !!! Sorry this is a bit late, but still I wish you the best for your new year and lots of delicious food!!!
Thank you for making us cry with your art!!!! TTvTT <333
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