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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[recessional]

I will not only non-consensually violate and alter you, I WILL BE SECRET ABOUT IT!

(Never mind that like all addictions, while you can forcibly remove the substance, if you don't address the underlying thing they're using it to medicate....)

[dragovianknight]

Oh, don't be silly, addiction is all about weakness and a lack of willpower. MEGATRON WILL HIT YOU UNTIL YOU ARE STRONG AND RESOLUTE LIKE HIM. BECAUSE HE IS JUST THAT AWESOME.

[recessional]

How about I hit him with the forklift the Harm Reduction people use to move their boxes of pamphlets around until he gets the point?

[dragovianknight]

Are you hitting him For His Own Good(tm)? Because if so, that's totally okay.

[recessional]

Well the other option is Trixie (our local recovering addict in this space) rearranging his atoms into, like, a giant pretty opium poppy (for the irony), so totally yes.

[dragovianknight]

I'm kind of voting for the poppy, myself. But then, I'm not quite as enamored of Megatron as most of fandom seems to be.

[recessional]

Hahah.

(Trixie's fun for that. Because she def. comes to a point where her response to "addiction is about weakness!" is "come at me, bro.")