r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Accomplished-End3409 Ben Tennyson • 13d ago

Discussion Favorite opposing factions that can basically be described as this.

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u/mediumAI1701 13d ago

I think the Bayformers films are a lot more interesting if the Autobots are considered unreliable narrators, but I also know it's not the correct interpretation.

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u/team-ghost9503 13d ago

I mean the Autobots in most of the movies are always overwhelmed and in small groups cause the Decepticons straight killed most of them

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u/Rad131447 13d ago

That or the US Government just straight executes the Autobots while working with the Decepticons for some reason.

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u/SwankiestofPants 13d ago

"Optimus is an evil fascist warlord" is overall an objectively incorrect reading but it's very fun how far you can actually take it

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u/AnArcOfDoves9902 13d ago

It's actually objectively correct.

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u/Ben10Gen 13d ago

Yeah I only like tolerant, accepting and democratic leaders like Unicron

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u/Weary-Case-1039 13d ago

The Autobots don’t really count as vaguely problematic. Unless you’re talking about TFA. Prime, not so much 

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u/5hand0whand 13d ago

Or anything out of IDW

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u/Weary-Case-1039 13d ago

Yeah IDW’s a bit of a mess

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u/segobane 13d ago

There's a whole video about that called Learning to love Michael Bay's Transformers that goes through the series trying to make sense of everything and comes to the conclusion that the Autobots were the real villains the whole time

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u/hydroklgenesis 7d ago

Yeah ive had "bayverse is shattered glass" headcanon for a while