I do understand WHY we can't have the kinds of wholesale slaughter the premise of the series rightfully sets us up for. I just. It gets up my nose when fans are all, "Yes, clearly Optimus and his Reform School for Wayward Decepticons have the right of it, and the characters who are behaving in a productive and practical manner are wrong!" (I...do not actually think Arcee was wrong in anything but wanting to give Starscream a fair fight rather than executing him on the spot. I don't think Bulkhead was wrong not to want to rescue Breakdown. Then again, I'm a little less "what would Jesus do?" and a little more "what would Xena do?")