Thinking about the fact that in G1 when Megatron was thrown into space by Starscream, Soundwave made an attempt to claim leadership and if he had won, he would've made Astrotrain return to rescue Megatron. (And also the fact Starscream won by shooting the winner on the back)
I'm like 80% sure he was just waiting for Megatron to return and kick Starscream's aft like he always does (because come on, it wasn't the first murder attempt he's gone through) and just sitting there like, “Yeah, I bet he's coming back aaaany moment now”. And he sortof did, but it wasn't Megatron anymore.
Imagine how devastating it was when he realized the fact that he had the chance to rescue him, the fact he trusted too much in fate only to have his routine and plans completely crushed because the literal equivalent of space Satan (Unicron) got hold of Megatron's broken frame and spark.
Like, is even Galvatron the same person? Because despite sharing body and soul, he seems so upset whenever adressing the past of the Decepticons or “himself”. So practically he's a new mech in the end, even if he were to hold all memories of Megatron.
Thinking about how despite all of this Soundwave just blindly follows, even though it's clear that Galvatron has lost any resemblance of strategy or battle/war intelligence. The guy is pretty much just an overgrown crazy power-hungry dictator, and that isn't so different from G1 Megatron, but come on.
Do you think they would ever talk about it? Because I just know that Soundwave would not. The guilt and fear of confirming his thoughts about Megatron feeling alone, abandoned and betrayed by him the few moments he had left before Unicron's arrival would make him simply not want to ever mention it. And Galvatron either doesn't seem to care nor remember, so why would he bother?
Ugh the potential for heavy angst between them in G1 is so good, y'all missing out.