TFA loose ends...

[ishimura]

...are good nourishment for musings and these are then good food for very Animated bunnies.

1. You know something is wrong with the seekers the moment when
a) Sunstorm suddenly snarls: "You little GLITCH",
b) Thundercracker flatters you,
c) an arm cannon is in your face and a very angry Ramjet says, "Go. To. The. Pit."
(I heard the seekers were supposed

Comments

[umalia]

20) In actuality, Perceptor didn't erase his personality. That's just a rumor some ignorant 'bot started. The truth is that he does have a personality, it's just that most 'bots don't notice. You see, triple changers are rare amongst Cybertronians because the programing required puts strain on other important programs such as personality, thought processing, memory storage, etc. To minimize his risk of damaging such important parts of his processors, Perceptor stunted the development of his personality and concentrated solely on acquiring knowledge.

22) This makes me question Ultra Magnus's rule. Was he only a puppet leader? In previous 'verses, he has never shown any interest in taking a position of high power, he always thought himself a soldier. It would make sense that if, in Animated, Ultra Magnus shared these same views to a certain degree, he would rather leave majority of the leadership decision making to the Council. To suddenly have Sentinel come in and act aggressively against them or Optimus making all sorts of radical changes, even if they are for the betterment of their society, would certainly not sit well with the Council. Being the two main parts of the government, the Council and Magnus are constantly going to be in a struggle for power.

[ishimura]

Even if Optimus shouldn't become Magnus, his achievement in capturing Megatron probably reedem his status on Cybertron. Others could view this as a threat to themselves, because they can see he won't remain idle and maybe interfer with their "businesses".
Why can I imagine so well some of the higher class Autobots having connections to Swindle?

[umalia]

Oh, I'm sure they do. Even though the Autobots are the "good guys", most of them are actually notably immoral or misguided. Few people can achieve power through honest means, and those who do often become corrupt by that power.

No, the wealthy and powerful, most of which are probably in the Council themselves, would not approve of Optimus. This is especially true if he were to take action in reforming Cybertron, which would most likely lead to the exposure of the illegal conducts of the higher class. I would not at all be surprised if there were out right assassination attempts on Optimus's function.