thinking about how idw soundwave was the last true decepticon and cbv soundwave was the perfect decepticon. both of them sacrificed themselves for the greater good using the faith they had in themselves and in others
tarn as an entire cyberverse character is so funny. he was literally an idw kill squad leader who brutally tortured people in a gorey fashion. then cyberverse—you know, for kids—was like. what if we took this guy. and made him our new villain. hes just as fucked up and evil but without the gore and the kill squad. his motives make no sense and when told hes being evil: there is no excuse. there is no warped morals. there is no sad backstory. he is just like yes im evil, yes i have no motive, we exist.
the way that we got like 0 soundwave and hot rod interaction since the quintessons, making you think that soundwave doesnt care about him anymore, only for hot rod to be the catalyst that causes soundwave to gather the strength to defeat tarn, because in the end soundwave still cared about him the whole time. its all so sick and fucking twisted
being a soundwave fan is literally the hardest job in the world idk how you people do it. this is why being a cyclonus stan is easier because hes depressed in every continuity but hes essentially a cockroach that can't die