Something I feel like not a lot of people talked about is how well-mannered and sweet Soundwave is (despite being the creepy lovesick ex™️ of Shockwave) in Missing Perspective. He’s still ruthless as a Con don’t get me wrong but there are moments he’s, being oddly considerate? Gentle even, especially with Sari. Him seeing her as his cassette and mope to high hell after losing her in the Golden Lie ending is especially both funny and sad to see. And maybe it’s just me but even the psychological warfare he pulled on Longarm in the sewers, that part I feel like has a lack of true malice in retrospect. He’s only trying to bring Shockwave back to who he was, the pain being an unfortunate but necessary part of the process. And hey they’re cons, violence might as well be part of their love language (much to Longarm/Shockwave’s dismay). Him being turned into a sparkeater is added bonus <3
Anyways sorry about the rant, just want to express my love towards the revolutionist big guy and how you wrote him <3
Soundwave was one of my favourite parts of Missing Perspective tbh. I mean I could have just made him the regular communist he was in canon but then he would have been a monster of the week and I wanted the tension to ramp up ahead of the canon finale because I knew most boys were expecting most of the drama to happen in those last two chapters.
So yeah I thought a lot about how a more G1 flavoured Soundwave would be in TFA and considering the kind of aura Megan was farming and the fact he would have had a relationship with Shockwave I thought a "very reserved with a soft spot for all things smol but will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals without regret" type of guy would work best. Also why the Allspark made him a sparkeater was basically its way of saying "bro you're a parasite I'm making it literal. Don't ask me for anything ever again".












