#analysis?

like looking at this image, this is just a relatively beat up standard skateboard with a painted bottom. (And maybe the wheels Reki used in his race against Adam?) and it makes me wonder if part of the reason Reki ‘isn’t good’ (heavy on the air quotes, Reki’s an excellent skater he’s just surrounded by people who are fucking insane/do literally impossible things irl) is because he doesn’t try to play into his strengths and compensate for his weaknesses through his board. I mean, the one race were we are aware of Reki using any sort of customization to his board is when he races against Adam and he nearly wins that race! The only reason he didn’t is because he was crippled by a wheel coming loose as plot convenient to make it so Langa could end up racing against Adam.

It’s really interesting because it sort supports this idea Reki doesn’t think of himself that often because the moment he realized it would be easier for Langa to skate if he made him a snowboard like e, he did it an instant. But after years and years of skating himself, he’s never thought to do the same for himself.

His natural state was so polite,reasonable,intelligent and curious, these traits got morphed into more twisted versions once the war started. I always did wonder why was someone like Jetfire close friends with Starscream in g1? because Jetfire couldn't tolerate a few hours with the decepticons noticing how they were, and if we take RC being a g1 adjacent story(since I believe they do mention events of some episodes in season one I think)it makes sense because Starscream was also a pretty nice/decent person back then.

As I recall redemption center had a whole conversation with the Autobots trying to figure out if there was a way they could influence and reason with decepticons- with some even suggesting brainwashing which Optimus was against- but it was mostly about trying to understand whether they were inherently bad people or was it circumstances that shaped them into who they are today- eventually realizing it was the latter for the most part, by the end Optimus narrowed down that without whatever happened in his past Starscream would have been a different person but it was the past that influenced and changed his personality to the one he currently has, that's why upon remembering despite a part of himself wanting to look at a possible bright future a few moments ago he felt he had no choice but to continue his old ambitions because he at his current state will never able to able to go back to who he used to be. That person is dead,and I think Starscream himself does miss his past self too he seemed partially disappointed that he remembered when Optimus realizes this.

However in some cases this argument does in some ways seem a bit biased as back when G1 was airing the conflict between Autobots and Decepticons was not fully fleshed out, and things did seem a lot more black and white Decepticons were quite literally built for war and Autobots were civilian bots, the notion they need to find out what exactly made Decepticons act the way they are if they are just naturally like this or was it something that happened to them in the past that affected their behaviour, kind of gives the feeling they are on way different ends of a spectrum tbh, since they are considered to be the same species. So Redemption Center didn't really elaborate much on exactly why this was the case either.

This line especially stood out.

"he knew who he was,knew the inevitability of who he was"

I wonder everyday what would have happened had it been Optimus who met him first instead of Megatron. I wonder what was G1 Starscream's inciting incident like Skybound with the death of his friend. What happened to him after that expedition where he lost Jetfire and before he met the decepticons?

Like not trying to excuse anything,he was always pretty full of himself to an extent,in the he wanted to be validated kind of way but he still had morals and it wasn't borderline narcissism back then.

I wish he just went with Jetfire instead of staying. Not that it would've helped much but maybe then he wouldn't been corrupted due to war in the specific way he did. At the end of the day his actions are still his own and he did hurt so many people but I do still feel bad for him. My war criminal pookie.

Now I'm just wondering it really does add up to his relationship with Jetfire/Skyfire because after Fire in the Sky they literally act like strangers, for Jetfire it makes sense because the guy shot him for dead, but Starscream was acting strange even before that to the point even Megatron pointed it out. Thinking about it it really does make sense why, when he chose to shoot Jetfire it wasn't just a simple act of ending an old friendship, it was him severing the last connection he had to his past self, he chose to discard that part of himself completely that the friend he once spent so long mourning and even searched half the globe for,he had no hesitation shooting that same person down.

It's even more evident when Jetfire asks him if he's happier being a warrior than a scientist, to him of course it is, why would he want to go back to who he used to be? Starscream likely associates his past self with weakness in Skybound's case weakness that allowed Genvo to be killed,weakness of hesitating to kill prisoners for the cause that's why he doesn't like being reminded of his past. And it explains why he's kind of a control freak in a way he hates it when things are out of his control,he hates it when people try to control him so he follows the mentality he'd be even worse than them. Because this world is for the strong, something he told Thundercracker. If you were weak you die or lose what you care about.

And the fact he isn't initially drawn by Megatron when he and Soundwave come to get him back in RC while being in Optimus' care says a lot, a lot of things relied completely on circumstance Skybound Starscream was in a very vulnerable moment when he first met Megatron he just lost one of his best friends,lost his work station and saw Optimus himself shoot Genvo down in the crossfire, then in came Megatron. The panelling of that moment really does give the feeling to Starscream Megatron was like a saviour he was the one who gave him a new purpose in life,who saved him but in reality played the biggest part in his damnation.

The thing is I geniunely do not believe who Ulchtar was would have become the person Starscream is today without Megatron's influence, if he never met the latter and had been left to his own devices he would have continued to suffer for sure and have been a victim of war like Jetfire eventually became in the future, he would've either remained depressed and get more cynical or have died as a civilian later down the line,who he is today is a result of Megatron grooming him into being that way. He didn't show any real signs of wanting revenge at all, and seemed at a loss, until the latter tempted him and even then he was still willing to hold onto his morals up until he was forced to kill those POW against his will.

Megatron himself is a complex charecter and I can see why he also turned out the way he did because of that same cycle of violence but he did play a role in exacting that same pain onto others,same way Starscream in the present is hurting so many people who did not deserve it either.

Again, the purpose of this post is not to say he was completely innocent, he is still accountable for his own crimes I'm not denying the fact, that regardless of what circumstances drew him to this point he did still hurt other people too, and the people whom he hurt have a right to hate him or even want him dead.

There are so many gaps in the timeline of G1 SS's backstory I really want to know what the heck happened? This is only clue when he was remembering everything the minute he did he just couldn't stay even if he understood himself that going back was just ruining whatever bridges he could have formed, Skybound Starscream had Megatron being a large factor for the reason he turned out the way he did, but we don't really have much information if this was truly the case for G1, as not a lot of hints of their relationship were given before canon events anyway, Megatron may not even be the reason he turned out the way he did or not the main contributer, it's hard to really speculate anything accurately as such little details are given so I suppose at the end of the day we can just speculate.

Keep in mind, G1 and Skybound are obviously 2 different continuities hence the reasons could very much be drastically different, this is just me drawing out some parallels.

Idea by @userangel19 :3 (WHY IS THERE A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO BACK THIS UP💔💔💔)

Alright, so we know bugs isn’t acting like…well, bugs

Also, look at these photos

Same ass smile, PLUS, look at bug’s eyes. Remind you of something?

We know Dyle is a robot, but for all we know, Bugs is a normal toon…or is he? Near the middle of the story, during intermission, we got some very intriguing info

So, I don’t believe bugs is the Mad Doctor, but I also don’t believe that he is Bugs Bunny. Instead, I think he is a robot/robotic toon created to take place and get insight on everything and everyone. I find it odd on how Bugs CONFIRMED that he was missing for a while and suddenly came back like nothing happened.

Also, I’d like to add, he didn’t look that upset when (most) of Sonic’s crew died, in fact, he tried to negotiate with Mickey (I AM NOT EXPLAINING SINCE IM LAZY🥀 here are the panels though)

I feel like he’s gonna make the defense really faulty, so he can take control now that Sonic’s team isn’t there…he can finish the job

high school (s4) is "when you lose yourself, when things feel very real" <- (could be a nod to mike realizing his feelings for will are real and they start scaring him=more repression, lucas trying to leave his nerdiness behind in turn for conformity due to racism, will ignoring mike out of fear of his feelings, etc i can't think atm)

here, ross and matt start talking about how the finale can upset the audience if its not "everything they expect." (ofc this is a loaded statement but yknow..)

then, they started talking about how they wanted their ending to stay true to the story theyre telling and the message, rather than finding an ending that caters to the audience.

this really got me thinking because like

"the audience" being GA, homophobes, racists, misogynists, bullies, bigots, conformists, and "the story" being non-conformists, outcasts, victims, queer people, weirdos, freaks, people who are "different" and don't fit in, etc.

He says that they're inspired by shows that are true to themselves at the end of the day,, (byler, which is anti-conformity, would greatly fit this because of the "forced-conformity is killing the kids" theme)

saying that the endings should be inevitable when writing a show (inevitable you say? like a snowball? a snowball that inevitably turns into an avalanche maybe?)

in another interview with ross, he says that "they want a satisfying ending for all the characters".

this is interesting.

Since Will is a focal character, I feel like they'd make sure he gets a satisfying correct ending, and I feel like Wills ending cannot be satisfying with an ending of unrequited love, simply moving on, or an epilogue boyfriend, mainly because he's clearly still in love with mike, and he's not getting over it in just 4 eps. it just wouldn't make sense with the narrative they've been building, because they could have went with the self-acceptance arc and i may have been good with it, but that's just now what they've been building up to.

El can't have a satisfying ending if she just stays with mike (or even worse marries/has kids..) with this obviously confused boy with so much inner turmoil, that she's very clearly trauma-bonded with, instead of following her heavily family oriented route, including soul searching, finding herself and independence when she's been ripped of it time and time again.

and mike can't have a satisfying ending if he's stuck in a relationship where he feels inadequate and misunderstood. (ie this isn't one of your campaigns)

mike continuing the cycle of forced-conformity and the nuclear family which is something that's literally being shown as negative through his families current and past dyanamics. theres a lot more for mike but i dont feel like regurgitating a bunch of stuff thats been said like a billion times bye 😭.

interesting how Mello asks "why" L is dead. you would think asking "how" or "when" he died would be more appropriate, but instead, he is asking why the world's greatest detective, the man he has spent his entire life striving to succeed, is dead.