Tag: tfa

I dunno if anyone else made this realization but TFA OP is prolly the only (major) Optimus who actually went through LEGIT military training. Sure he got kicked out of the academy but STILL he was willing to leave Elita behind to save Sentinel and himself(sure he felt guilt but there was zero hesitation then), was willing to shatter the allspark to stop Megatron, AND was willing to pit sari against hijacked Omega Supreme my man ain’t afraid to make tough choices

decepticonsensual:

That’s a really interesting observation, Anon.  I’d never connected those two things, but that makes a lot of sense.  TFA Optimus still thinks like an Elite Guard, and can make battlefield decisions, whereas Optimi from more civilian backgrounds can freeze up sometimes (witness The Transformers:  The Movie and Optimus’s unwillingness to shoot his archnemesis if there was even a chance of hitting Hot Rod) or get too attached to the idea that, surely, there must be a way to save everyone, no matter what the situation.