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lord-squiggletits · 2 years

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The thing about IDW OP is that yeah he's a bastard but also the vast majority of people in this continuity are also bastards, so IMHO Optimus is more or less an average person in terms of the story he's in and is in fact one of the more moral people in the story. So like I both agree and disagree with the idea that he's a bastard? Like yeah he is but also IDW1 is a gritty, realistic, morally complicated storyline so is he actually noteworthy in being a bastard or is he just a Narratively Appropriate Character with characterization and actions that Suit The Narrative Tone And Theme?

#squiggposting #idw op love #like idk the way people talk about idw op being a bastard confuses me sometimes #not only because people almost always take his actions completely out of context #but also because...hes literally just a guy lmao #like imagine someone watching GOT or ASO/IAF and calling all the characters evil #because they want to be head of a monarchist state #like bro that's just the setting that's just the genre of the story #it's the same with OP in idw1 #did you honestly expect that an optimus arising from a society of oppression where he was partially culpable #would just be a g1 style hee hoo funny jokes basketball dad? come on now #idw1 deals with themes that are too complicated and political for its version of optimus #to be unoffensive and passive and nice the way the fandom wants him to be lmao #worse is when people try to act like he's?straight up evil #some of you people genuinely dont realize that being good doesnt always mean being nice

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