Consider: an AU where Sentinel Prime is not killed, but put in jail. What comes next?
Sentinel Prime apology video.
Headcanon: reasons for the Iacon 5000
- Sentinel Prime likes watching the race and he is not going to deny himself anything he wants, the whole point of taking over was to live like a king
2. Bread and circuses: it keeps the masses happy and compliant to have something to distract them. And it is working, even the miners idolize Sentinel.
3. It's dangerous, which means some Transformers will die, which means less energon will be needed for the city. (But tbh I think Sentinel would want it to be deadly regardless, for the thrill.)
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its crazy how the entire plot of transformers one could've been derailed completely if orion and d16 had just. any moment at all to chill out. bc d is shown to be conflict avoidant and generally level-headed, and it's not usually in his instinct to, yknow, start killing people??? he could've turned back to peace on the basis of his trust in orion alone— if they were just able to pick each other's brains about the whole situation and have a normal, non-rushed chat!! but noooo, they discover a political conspiracy then a revolutionary base and almost die many times... the breakneck speed of the pacing almost feels like the writers built up megop's relationship so well that it occurred to them that their cool story idea would start unravelling the moment orion and d had any time to hang out whatsoever, so boom! get kidnapped, sucker!
I think getting jumped by / meeting Starscream really solidified D-16's path.
Previously we'd seen several times where D-16 would get mad at Orion over his anti-authoritarian antics but then calm down and reconcile later when it turned out, hey, actually the world didn't end.
D-16 then experienced the most life-shattering revelation ever and, true to form, blamed Orion. Before he could get to the "reconcile" part of the cycle, Starscream captured them and sneered at Orion, implying he was naive to think that Cybertronians could work together for the common good. Starscream said the only thing that matters is one bot's power over another.
These seeds fell on fertile ground as D-16 was already reeling, was mad at Orion, AND had just been given a very powerful upgrade. By attacking Starscream and taking over the High Guard, he validated Starscream's philosophy. Which was now D-16's philosophy too.
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Hero of Cybertron
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I know everyone and their dog has made a comic about Starscream asking to be choked harder but I think the thing EVERYONE is also sleeping on is that Megatron was NOT sitting there weirded out like 'damn bitch you live like this.' like. he very clearly, front-and-centredly, got a symbolic fusion cannon erection out of it
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Transformers One spoilers below the cut but I knew I was right about seeing the original G1 insignia!