#the fallen

"There You Are..."

What was once a man is on the hunt for a person he called his friend.

This... should be the place....

[Knock, Knock … knock. ]

— [ @ch4tterbox ]

Hmm. . ?

(He is surprised by the knocking. It. . . probably isn't her, since he already gave her what she was looking for. Which leaves him unsure as to who else it could be.

He opens the door.)

Hel-

(He freezes upon seeing Chatter Box.)

And yet not once is it ever said how Megatronus Prime used his strength. As we see in Alpha Trion’s flashback, he used it for the good of Cybertron and his fellow Primes as he fought against the Quintessons. Megatronus Prime was the strongest Prime and he used that power for the greater good. Sentinel downplayed Megatronus by not talking about this and simply reduced him to a big bad bot. It’s highly possible that Sentinel did this purposefully considering his low opinion of his superiors. 

Because of Sentinel’s simple depiction of Megatronus, it led to D-16, the Prime’s biggest fan, downplaying him too as the miner bot focused only on his hero’s strength. Not once does he talk about the good he did for Cybertron. I don’t think he’s even aware of it, he’s too caught up in his perception of Megatronus, the perception that was created by Sentinel, to notice it.

And that’s why Megatron ended up tarnishing his hero’s name, face, and legacy. Megatron thought if he was the strongest on Cybertron he would be doing the memory of his hero justice but in his rage and hatred for what Sentinel did to him all he did was misuse that strength and power to cause suffering to Cybertron and its citizens, something Megatronus Prime would never do. His hero would be disgusted with him for how he used his strength for evil.

Megatron is against deception and yet, by unconsciously using Sentinel’s depiction of Megatronus Prime, he is continuously deceiving himself.