Constantly Confused

So I had to try this and

You know what that means >:)

*doom music starts to play* I actually kindof like scheduling these kinds of appointments now...

but seriously Fellas, don't forget to schedule a pap smear every couple of years just in case. If you still have a cervix you can still get cervical cancer. ilu

it'd be a shame if this...

First of all, I'm not sure how much you've read, but Prowl has sort of a villain arc running through a lot of different comics and "Sins of the Wreckers" is about bringing out the villain side of him. So yeah, he doesn't look pretty there at all.

Now. I haven't read every single piece of comics with him but this is what he looks like to me so far.

Basically. Imagine you have a computer in your head that can calculate probabilities of success and outcomes.

And you're thinking. All right! I'm in the middle of a war, so I can use my talent to help end it!

But then you try to get everyone to listen to you and no one listens because "your ideas are too violent and good guys don't do that".

So you back down and look for another path but no one listens to you again. You say, "Guys, this is war. You can't get out of a war without getting your hands dirty, it literally doesn't work like that! Especially when our enemies are using every dishonest and dirty tactic possible. You don't get a fair fight, you just all die defending your conscience" But everyone just starts thinking you're a douche and a villain and don't sound like a real Autobot. Because the leader of the Autobots himself says, "We have to be better than the Decepticons." But you do the math, you look at the numbers and you say, "By my calculations. Your beliefs will lead you to your grave."

And you don't want your heroic idiots to die. Because you're attached to them.

So you start acting on your own without telling anyone. You make hidden deals, you plan secret missions. You do the dirty work that no one else wants to do because it goes against their moral code.

But you know that moral code will kill them, so you break your own little by little so they don't have to.

Sometimes others notice this and say you're a nasty evil type and punch you in the face. Sometimes it stays a secret and wins you a little war and a little Autobot lives.

Optimus Prime doesn't remove you from your position because even though he very much disapproves of your opinions, he understands that you are a necessary evil.

He still ignores half of your advices.

He prioritizes preserving morality over preserving the lives of your people. Your calculations say it's an absolutely terrible tactic. You slowly go insane trying to calculate an outcome that would allow the Autobots to not die and not sacrifice their naive morality.

You can't. The numbers tell you everything's going up in flames and it's weighing on you.

Then the Decepticons get you under their control. And it's an absolute bloody fiasco because you're their puppet now and they control your body to do so much damage, but none of the Autobots even try to figure it all out because they already think you're a bastard. None of them see the difference between "evil for their own good" and just evil, because they're too used to just judging you without trying to figure out why.

Your body does a lot of terrible things and betrays the Autobots. There's nothing you can do about it and you're forced to watch it happen.

The Autobots can't even recognize the moment you stopped being you because they can't see the difference.

You look at yourself and you think, "But the difference is obvious." Killing to save my people is different from killing to kill, right?

It doesn't matter anymore, because most people care about the act of killing.