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First impression

This evil robot scalie villain looks like fun, curious to see how he ends up being.

Impression now

My beloved t rex/dragon queen and comfort character. He is my favorite Megatron of all time. I love his mannerisms and charisma, and overall he has really good character designs. I specifically adore his Transmetal II form, it is *chef's kiss*

Favorite moment

Any scene where he's chillin' in his CR tub. Yas, queen!

Idea for a story

It really sucks that we never got much explanation into how Megatron to become so disgusted with his organic side in Beast Machines, or what all transpired during the time period between his escape from the ship and the Maximals arriving on the now Megatron-conquered Cybertron. I have so many ideas and headcanons for a prequel/midquel/sequel story, although whether or not I'll actually put any of it to paper is a different question entirely.

Unpopular opinion

Megatron is fun and fascinating to watch in Beast Machines, but in a different way. I do understand the distaste fans have for how grim he is in that show, but for me he made up for that in intimidation and scare factor. He's one of the only Megatrons to ever accomplish actually conquering and controlling Cybertron, and I personally got the sense that his mental state is fucked. Those two things alone make him interesting to me, although as mentioned above I wish we got some explanation behind the grimness.

Favorite relationship

I mentioned it in the previous send a me character ask, but I stand by my Megatron, Optimus Primal, and Dinobot polycule what-if scenarios/AUs.

Canon wise though, Megatron has such a good rivalry with both Primal and Dinobot. He and Dinobot give me an exes vibe, but even if you don't personally see it as such there's not doubt that their rivalry is engaging and contributes a lot to Dinobot's character arc. Meanwhile, Megatron and Primal's rivalry is fun to see unfold and get more intense as time goes all, while simultaneously making their fates tightly intertwined.

Also, a special shoutout to the ant dynamic between Megatron and Inferno for being equally fun and for giving us that infamous nickname.

Favorite headcanon

Megatron has a collection of soaps that he uses during his relaxing and luxurious CR tub time, and if he's not being distracted by meddling Maximals he'll sometimes make his own. He has a variety of scented soaps, but his favorite scents are wisteria, sandalwood, and amber.

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First impression

This guy seems neat. Not sure how I feel about this whole furry alt mode thing, but I'm curious to see what else this character has in store.

Impression now

My beloved ape dad, munky queen, and comfort character.

Get past the "lol munky" jokes and you will find what is IMO one of the best designed characters in Optimus Primal. His iterations do differ (mainly in terms of the sass level he possesses), but the one constant is that he is a perfect ambassador of his beast mode: gentle, caring, and protective of his team and friends-sometimes to a fault-yet powerful and not afraid to smack a bitch if need be. Favorite Transformers character of all time, if you don't like him we can't be friends /hj

Favorite moment

You could put all scenes of Primal in the Beast Wars episode "Gorilla Warfare" here, but I'm specifically gonna pick the scene where Primal is going on a rampage through the Darksyde. Berserk Primal always lives rent-free in my head.

Idea for a story

I've given quite a bit of thought to an origin story for Optimus Primal, specifically for the original show. Decades later and we've never gotten canon info about his life before Megatron stole the Golden Disk, which baffles me.

To keep the story short, I imagine Optimus Primal's origin story being complimentary but opposing of Megatron's. While Megatron took the name for himself out of a power-hungry ego to be better than the Megatron of legend, Optimus Primal received his name upon activation due to his similar appearance to his namesake. However, he has a rough upbringing due to the pressure to be "perfect" like his namesake, despite not wanting anything to do with being a political leader or spiritual successor to Optimus Prime (hence pursuing a career in space exploration instead once he was older).

Unpopular opinion

I personally like Optimus Primal in Beast Machines for the most part, primarily from a psychological perspective.

Yes, he is snappy to his team, he's not as cheery or light-hearted as he was, but that's entirely because of the extreme negative situation he's faced with.

I always remember what Primal said to his fellow Maximals in episode 3: "Megatron decimated this planet because of me, you think I can bear losing any of you?!"

I bring this up because this is what signaled to me that Primal is not mentally doing well. Primal is blaming himself for Megatron's escape and his subsequent unleashing of the virus, blaming himself for the millions of sparks and future of Cybertron now on the line due to Megatron's actions, blaming himself for putting his teammates right back at square one but now with limited resources and numbers. Primal is putting a lot of unhealthy pressure on himself and it shows.

I just think it sucks that a lot of people don't seem to talk about this when it comes to his characterization. Most of what I see usually starts and ends with how preachy he is when that's only scratching the surface of his character IMO.

Favorite relationship

I will always stand by Primal, DInobot, and Megatron polycule, though only in an AU/what if scenario.

If referring to canon material though, I like Primal and Dinobot's relationship because of how sweet their friendship ends up being. Primal believes in Dinobot more than Dinobot seems to believe in himself, and Primal still supports him even during his worst moments.

Meanwhile, I find Primal and Megatron's dynamic fascinating to study, primarily because of how strongly linked their fates are with one another. They don't get along at all, yet their opposing characterizations and mannerisms ironically compliment each other well.

Favorite headcanon

He doesn't get many chances to do so, but Primal is a talented singer that knows how to play the guitar and piano (or whatever the Cybertronian equivalent of those instruments are.) I like to believe he's sung lullabies to Cheetor when the young bot can't sleep. Yes, this headcanon is based off Garry Chalk.

So there’s a Hallmark movie called Confessions of a Christmas Letter that’s set to air November 17th, but I’m primarily bringing it up cuz not only is Transformers voice actor Garry Chalk in it, but more importantly one of the gallery photos for this movie features the actors in Xmas onesies, including Garry.

Not even joking when I say this is one of my fave images of Garry of all time. 10/10 photo, I want him to wear a holiday onesie and slipper fit for his annual Primal Parodies Xmas video sometime.