IF the rescue bots ever met/meet megatron i fully believe he would be their shitty fucked up father who gets mildly redeemed but is still an asshole about everything. i feel like he'd meet them and be like "oh you're KIDS kids. ok. time to be responsible." because the rescue bots are chaotic as shit. like yeah they're very good at their jobs but like half the time they don't even make a plan they just improvise. they keep getting out of insane situations they shouldn't have survived. megatron would give them structure.
to be clear megs is NOT like mtmte megs, he's still like insane and a war criminal he's just on their side instead. he very grudgingly becomes attached to them but still makes sure to insult them and do crack. sorta like hightide is but more openly murdery. optimus does not approve at the beginning but he slowly realizes that the whole thing is actually going very smoothly and the rescue bots are kinda getting through to megatron and helping make him better.
