Because nothing says "great leader"...

[dragovianknight]

...like physically altering people by force and against their will.






Mostly, I wonder if tumblr fandom would be as uncritically "awww yis, Megatron is an awesome badass leader" if instead of curing alcoholism he was enforcing celibacy. "No more impure thoughts for you! *smack*"

Edit: *sobs* This is the most recent not on this particular photoset: "Aaaall of this. In the brief glimpses we’ve seen of Megatron on the Lost Light so far, he’s already looking like a far better captain than Rodimus ever was. Then again, Megatron is a seasoned leader— whereas Rodimus is still very naive and inexperienced in many ways."

Tumblr fandom...and possibly other parts of fandom, IDK...genuinely sees this as GOOD LEADERSHIP on Megatron's part. I can't even.

Edit: Found a spoilery review of the issue in question. Still not feeling the "Megatron is a great leader" vibe.

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[dragovianknight]

I don't have FULL context, because from the start I have not seen what has fandom pissing itself with joy about IDW comics, but yes, apparently the mech Megatron "cured" has been positioned as the Cybertronian version of an alcoholic. Which I guess justifies physical/mental alterations without consent, and makes Megatron a "good" leader. Where I read it as making Megatron the exact kind of power-tripping, violating asshole he supposedly was rebelling AGAINST at the start of the war (only I suspect that canon, like the fans, is oblivious to that).

Edit: Not to mention the "four million years of practice". Megatron has apparently been beating his will into his troops for the entire length of the war.

[willow]

People don't get addicted to alcohol cause they like being drunk. They might like feeling free/less anxious/being able to unwind kinda or actually self medicating for a bunch of things. They may have a chemical dependency. And likely other things I'm not familiar with.

So an 'alcoholic' can have drink but not 'enjoy' the what? Flavour?... or no get drunk? But can still.... drink?

Cause again, not all alcoholics get 'drunk'.

I just...

Not even getting into Megatron, that's some ablist bullshit right there.

Also creepily?

If the person had the cybotronian equivalent of a sex addiction. Megatron just what? "Oh you can have all the sex you want, and continue using sly ways to get people into bed for your own purposes. But you'll feel no pleasure from sex or get no relief from it. I don't give a fuck what your trauma or issues are - I just need you to shoot a gun. In fact if the more frustrated you are, the more of a terror you are on the battlefield? Win win."

I can't...

Yeah. That's some oliarchy ass shit that is.

Also, now I find myself thinking of all Megatron's soldiers as persons with torture Stockholm syndrome and Starscream as - well at the very least let ME rule this broke ship.

I just found a perspective for Starscream as (rebel)hero.

Pshh. This clip is all levels of wrong.