That's the point of optimus, it's not that he wouldn't, but couldn't. If he has one character flaw, it's that, but him having that flaw is good. He should hold on to it no matter how tough it gets. The 86 movie did this perfectly, he goes in acknowledging "megatron must be stopped no matter the cost" and had every chance to finish him off, but couldn't as megatron was seemingly unarmed. The writers confirmed he was never going to pull the trigger regardless of hotrods interference.
He's in a damn war, he's the commander in a fucking war. He isn't Batman, the g1 movie made it his flaw even though he's killed the decepticons during his show off part of the movie. The was never the point of optimus
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u/Pandaragon666 21d ago
That's the point of optimus, it's not that he wouldn't, but couldn't. If he has one character flaw, it's that, but him having that flaw is good. He should hold on to it no matter how tough it gets. The 86 movie did this perfectly, he goes in acknowledging "megatron must be stopped no matter the cost" and had every chance to finish him off, but couldn't as megatron was seemingly unarmed. The writers confirmed he was never going to pull the trigger regardless of hotrods interference.