As It Is Obvious From My Blog, I Adore TFP. It Is The First Transformers Show I've Watched (I Remember

As it is obvious from my blog, I adore TFP. It is the first Transformers show I've watched (I remember watching tf content before, yet i can't remember which it was). Yet as always, I have some criticism even to my most beloved things and now I want to talk about one of these. And the name to him is Dreadwing.

Dreadwing is particularly interesting cuz he seems like one sane person in the whole Nemesis, who is undeniably loyal to the cause. Something that even Megatron isn't anymore. Dreadwing is a great example of what the decepticon should be. Fierce, strong, yet smart, noble, loyal and respectful to his own team. And this is an interesting since we've never seen this before, cuz everyone else on Nemesis strayed from this path and just using this cause as a way of manipulation. And still Dreadwing was most loyal to Megatron, with the only thing standing between him and total obedience is his love for his late brother (Skyquake, hun, sorry, but I literally forgot abt you the moment you died).

And this is a great start, but all this potential was, at least for me, wasted.

Firstly. His position which he came in the show. He was presented to us as a) a threat; b) Wheeljack's enemy/rival. And that's when my first problem starts here. Let's look at the statistics.

Optimus prime — Megatron

Ratchet — KO (or Shockwave)

Bumblebee — KO

Bulkhead — Breakdown

Arcee — Arachnid

Smokescreen — KO (why does he have a beef with every child in the group?)

Ultra Magnus — Predaking

And then Wheeljack is like — ?????

And yeah, I am upset abt lack of Wheeljack in TFP, but it's relevant to my Dreadwing rant, since all the others I've mentioned has met at least once/twice and had some resolution to their rivalry (even though not the good one), but cowboy loose cannon and a flying samurai never even mention each other after their episode. It is cuz Wheeljack really likes to disappear from the plot for Primus knows how long, while this Seeker stays through all the season 2 until my greatest disappointment came.

Secondly, Dreadwing's death is the dumbest scrap I've seen and looks like a very rude way to get rid of character. I still have no idea of why Megan chose Starscream over someone who's loyal to you to the point of disobeying to save ur tailpipe! And don't start the 'but DW disobeyed him', WING BOY WAS PROMOTED FOR IT.

Furthermore, from the moment I saw him even if I thought DW was to die, I considered it would happen in a battle with Wheeljack. It would be so interesting to see a death match between two guys, madly loyal to their friends/family/team. But nahh, Jackie never tries to go after winged edgelord ever again and never even ask if he's up to rematch.

(Also, funny how Dreadwing is so mad at SS for bringing Skyquake back to life as a zombie, but not at Bee and OP for literally killing him..... Priorities, huh.. Just another scrap u to Starscream for no reason.)

just a quick thought abt how funny it would be if rid15 had Megstronus meet Alpha Trion (i havent watch the show). the 13 primes has unmatched comedic potential for a messed up family sitcom.

AT and Megaus were hard to draw tbh. All primes are. Honestly I have a two ideas abt how their reunion would go. Either they would calmly talk it out or they would distance from each other. Like they both are very lonely (one self-exiled and the other was the only one on Cybertron) but they werent ready for this whole conversation.

(ID: frist image is a split panel with Alpha Trion and Megatronus saying each others names. the second panel is a close up to Sideswipe's face with AT's body on the left. SS askes "You know him?". Third image shows both AT and SS standing, former facepalming. He says "Do i know him...", annoyed. The last picture is the same, but AT points his palm at the screen and exclaims "He's my brother!" End of ID)

I have a confession to make. I adore Ultra Magnus. Just a commander, who tries his best to keep his people alive/in line and isn't afraid to sacrifice himself for a greater good. He knows situation (Megatron won't let them go without a fight), he knows that if no one steps in all their plans, ideas, dreams of winning the war will be scrapped. So UM puts his and his comrades life at stake. This character trait was with Ultra Magnus from the start, even back to 1980s, since even decepticons respected his self sacrificial character. This shows great amount of bravery from him, because it's one thing to sacrifice oneself, but it's another to lead people in probably the most suicidal mission. Maybe this is why Optimus send UM to Wreckers. OP knew that Magnus is ready to put himself in danger as much as any of the wreckers would. And it's not like he's happy with it. Optimus thinks every life is very important and he even tries to stop UM, but there's no way in saving everyone. He has to agree, even if he's not happy. Optimus shows his stress by being a little too pushy on Ratchet, but then immediately shows his humbleness and pain by stating they "don't deserve their courage". And does a very interesting thing. Mb I forgot something abt Exodus (it's been a hot minute since I've read it) but Optimus, even as Orion, rarely showed any physical affection, so this gesture (some kind of a farewell hug) makes this scene even more sad and depressing.

And then there's this line that breaks me to pieces.

This☝☝☝ This is what makes GRAND difference between Megatron and Optimus. Former lost his idea of freedom of choice and if someone told him what Jetfire did, he'd kill him for disobedience. But Optimus didn't forget his cause. He respects Jetfire's and Ultra Magnus' decisions, even if it saddens him. I love it. I love that tf:exodus gives us so many stuff to think abt in one small scene.

PS it makes UM's and OP's reunion in tfp à bit sadder, cuz he says "commander?" Not in "Wow ur here" Kind of way, but in a "I didn't know you survived" Way. Which is sad.

Well, it's once again pretty late for me and I have no idea what is my life, so why don't I discuss Wheeljack again?

I mean, he's kinda overpowered and *slaps him* he can fit so much trauma!

Why do I feel he's overpowered? This honey can take an energon mine solo (- Miko) and if he wasn't this reckless he could've supplied team prime like it's nothing. He also escapes decepticons TWICE! ALONE!! If Wheeljack had some patience with the whole boss thing, he would've been one of the best allies.

And what do I mean abt trauma? Well, imagine u have a gang/close friends/family you love very much. U fight in a war for primus knows how long and u slowly lose some of ur friends. Then ur bestie says he transferred to another squad and they're gonna abandon the planet soon. Then u had tolerate ur new boss, tho u hate being controlled. Then u leave alone and spend centuries (or less idk) seeking ur long lost comrades only to either find them already dead or see them die in front of u. And when you finally find ur beastie, he repeatedly chooses his new family for u, and when u finally decide to stay with him and this new team, HE NEARLY DIES;!! TWICE!!! And this is just what I can remember. Guys, I know he's mostly seen like a funny badass bomb uncle, but he's fate is truly tragic. I love it.

Bumblebee (beeping): They were training me. Turning me into a weapon. For justice they said. They got their weapon, I got cheated out of my childhood.

Ultra Magnus: I know what that's like.

Bumblebee: You too, don't you?

Headcanon time.

Sometimes Bee gets very sad because he never had a time in his life where he wouldn't be afraid of death. He was born during the war and since then he didn't have what others did. Bee never saw Cybertron in all its glory and only sometimes heard some stories from Ratchet and Bulkhead about how great their home was. His life is in constant danger and he gets tired of it. Bee never got the chance to live peacefully. All of his life is a war.

Ultra Magnus has a bit different problem. He saw Cybertron, he was there. And he even was a high class, being a military bot. Yet he also never had the chance to live peacefully. From the moment he came out of the allspark he was assigned to the battalion, trained. Yes, everyone respected him, but for the cost of little to no weekends off, no time on yourself and constant battles. When the war came, caste system fell, yet it didn't help UM. Now he was fighting for the death and was responsable for thousands lifes. Half of his life is a war.

It's just, I feel like they both are child soldiers, who never had the idea of what it's like to live normally. So when Raf or Miko ask them about some childhood memories, Bee and UM would have the least pleasant answers.

But! Optimus prime and other Autobots really tried to give Bee something normal. Like, playing some Cybertronian games, reading some tales and ect. Bee really appreciated that.

I swear I’ll draw them as robots at some point