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The institution of Primes and what it really is

zombieheroine:

In Transformers: Prime we know several things about Primes, but very little is actually explicitly stated, so I wanted to gather up some pieces to make a point.

My understanding based on the series is that Prime is an institution of its own, a totally independent and limitless position of power above and outside all other institutions of power in Cybertronian society. 

Primes are leaders. Exceptional individuals who wield great powers, like mythical swords and the Matrix. Optimus seems to have become unquestioningly the leader of the entire Autobot army just by being a Prime. He has the final word in everything, he is the highest ranking bot in every situation, he can call on his entire species like call them home or to battle, and he also is the spokeperson for them, considering he has made first contact with humans on Earth. There’s no question of the absolute, tremendous power that a Prime has.

In the end of the first season, Ratchet explains to the children how Optimus came to be a Prime in the first place, and he mentions that Megatron and Orion went to see the High Council, the governing power of Cybertron. High Council, as far as we know, is the government with power to make laws, but considering how concentrated Cybertron’s power was in their previous system, we can easily make the assumption that the High Council is also the court system, and most likely the law enforcement is also under it. Ratchet tells the children that Megatron went there to make demands and be named the next Prime, but that Orion was “truly worthy” of the title before the Council.

However, I argue that the Council is completely irrelevant in this matter. Based on Ratchet’s description they seem to be the ones to *see a worth of true Prime* or *give away a title*, but based on all the other things that we know of Primes, I say that the Council can merely make a recommendation of some sort. In other words, they can name a candidate, a bot who may set out to test if they can become a Prime. The High Council doesn’t make the decision who becomes a Prime, but who may try, and even that might be a formality with no real power behind it.

Only Primus himself can truly appoint a Prime. 

We know that Primus created the first thirteen Primes, the now mythical first creations, the ones before everything, and all other Primes that came after them are the same. During the Unicron arc of TFP the “power of a Prime” is brought up, and later again when the Starsaber is introduced. The power of a Prime is not just Optimus’ skill in battle (albeit considerable), or just his physical strength, it’s something that allows him to defeat the Chaos-Bringer, Primus’ counterpart, and wield mythical weapons left behind by the previous Primes. It comes from within him, and manifests itself in pure energy.

We know that this power comes from the Matrix of Leadership, and that the Matrix was granted to Optimus directly by Primus after he went to Cybertron’s core to face him. This is also the instant that Orion Pax changes his name to Optimus Prime, as well as gets an upgrade, transforming an ordinary bot into a Prime. Even though we are led to believe (by Ratchet’s narration) that Orion was named a Prime by the Council, we are very clearly shown that the actual transformation into a Prime happened before Primus. 

Now, based on this I argue that the institution of a Prime is entirely separate from all other bodies of power. It is divine, and since only Primus can make someone a Prime, it would make sense to think that only Primus can unmake a Prime.

It is a position of absolute leadership, granted by Primus. There are no rules or laws for a Primes.

Prime is independent, unchecked, unchallenged and absolute.

Headcanon about bond titles:

tilallareimagined:

illogicalshockwave:

Conjunx endurae is marriage.

Amica endurae is like ultimate best friends.

There isn’t any term for lover or inbetween those two things and after a little musing with @noblestdecepticon and some swift googling on my part I found a latin word which means lover (there are many but this is my fav).

Amanti endurae.

Lovers (or more than friends) but not spark bonded, or not quite conjunx but more than amica

and it even begins with the first few letters of Amica as though it has elements of friendship and romantical interest as megs suggested. 

“Hey who is that over there?” “Oh them? They’re my amanti.”

It just fits so much better than boyfriend or girlfriend if people don’t use pet names for their significant other.

I’m gonna start using this and /no one/ can stop me.

kalmobotti:

actually, looking at optics colours from the angle of most disruptive to least disruptive — blue – yellow – red — it would kind of make sense that the most disruptive, visible, piercing colour, blue, was used by those who are to be seen; meanwhile yellow, being less piercing than blue, but more piercing than red, would be common among those who are seen but not noticed (assistants etc.); and red among those who are not to be seen. those whose work is needed, but not valued, those who don’t work behind the scenes but under them.

obviously it’s not that absolute, you got sluicers and miners with blue optics, senators with yellow optics, blahblahblha. but the idea of it.

full-autopsy:

nothumanafterall:

jetandsilver replied to your post:alSO Decepticons and Autobots defecting to neutral…
I’M CRYING THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

I’M GLAD YOU THINK SO B/C SO DO I

neutral Cybertronians welcoming warbuilds with open arms, providing shelter and helping them adjust to life where they aren’t in constant fear of dying

neutral Cybertronians going out of their way to help their kind, being trained specifically in safe recovery from mental and physical trauma and creating safe spaces for anyone who might need them, even if they later choose to return to whatever side they left or decide join the other

neutral Cybertronians offering the de-integration of unwanted inbuilt weapons

neutral Cybertronians not demanding any frame changes if the defector doesn’t want them b/c it doesn’t matter if they’ve got an onboard rocket launcher as long as they don’t use it inappropriately

neutral Cybertronians protecting warbuilds from their factions who demand they return to the war because it might be their duty and it might be their function but it’s also bullshit

neutral Cybertronians hiding defected Decepticons and fortifying their cities against the DJD and putting up such a fight that they leave to deal with other targets first and no one ever knows about those victories because they’re far enough removed from the warfronts that no one from the colony has anyone to tell and the DJD certainly isn’t going to mention it

neutral Cybertronians burying Autobots trying to get their defected soldiers back in so much legalese that it’s simply not worth the trouble to pursue them

neutral Cybertronians protecting their warborn kin

thedaringplatypus this is relevant to someone we know~

nothumanafterall:

alSO Decepticons and Autobots defecting to neutral

some neutral colonies welcoming the new arrivals but most of them being understandably suspicious of their motives and refusing them sanctuary

warbuild Cybertronians, Decepticon or Autobot, not realizing that neutrality is even an option until the run into a neutral or five or better yet until the rest of their squadron is fragging dead and they get picked up by/crash on a planet full of neutral Cybertronians and being pissed that they never got the choice to not fight

Cybertronians built solely for combat being welcomed into nonmilitarized neutral colonies

warbuilds defecting to neutral and for the first time learning skills that have nothing to do with fighting