Part 19 - The end and the beginning Chapter 4 of 5
A/N: the final part of Echoes is also going up today - I'll leave it to you to decide which one you want to read first, but this is longer :) ( SoaL 19.4 )
Yeah, kind of thought so. You had said ages ago that Asher was a canon character, so my guesses were either Alpha Trion or Shockwave. And given that Shockwave is now dead
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Well we were running out of canon characters who could be that callous, so it was fairly likely people would guess as the story wound on. I did consider Shockwave but Trion was more fun and had that possible connection back to the Children of Primus, so that's who I went with :)
I think he is in fact one of them. My favoured theory (totally my own musing) is that the Matrix is actually a case holding something of Unicron, perhaps even a shard of his spark, and it keeps it contained. Primus selected a strong mech to protect the case so that it could not reawaken Unicron, and thus started the line of Primes. And from that perspective, it really didn't matter how awful Megatron might have become as Prime so long as he stayed on Cybertron. But there was no chance of that
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I have so many thoughts after reading this that it's hard getting them to all line up. Let's start at the end and work backwards. :)
I am thrilled that, while it is tiny, there is at least a small thread of hope that Prowl might make it. I'm also immensely proud of Optimus' reaction to Trion's little secret. Hopefully Trion will slowly rot away in his cell. Also, the scene at the beginning with Blue and Quickspan was just perfect.
I'm just hoping you take Sunny's advise. This'd be a slagging stupid way for it to end, right? :)
There is so obviously more to a mech than coding. That is what this proves to me. Prowl was so much more than Alpha Trion ever imagined. Sparks, no matter their source, are capable of love, and overcoming limitations
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That's the truth that Alpha Trion doesn't see; or perhaps chooses not to see. Prowl grew and learned and became so much more than the tool he was designed to be
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Wow. Alpha Trion, huh? Except instead of laughing maniacally into his beard he's been having a genial little chuckle, benevolently fiddling with the poor, misguided little Autobots and Decepticons. In this case, it looks like he DID engineer the war! Megatron said something about following the rules before Al-er, 'Asher' presented him with option Who-Wants-To-Be-A-Prime. Arg. The fact that he can present himself as a kindly, well-meaning figure even after claiming unabashed responsibility for derailing, destroying, and twisting so many lives just proves that underneath it all he is a psychopath- he's got the traits! Lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentric, deceptive, and an unfailing self-confidence in his schemes. I have to say, I thought Asher was Shockwave in the beginning...now I'm sorry I thought him capable. The dude was sadistic, creepy, and more than a little obsessed, but he had genuine feelings of loyalty and devotion for Megatron and the Decepticon cause, more interested in ending the war, not interested
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Yes, it's Alpha Trion. And yes, he's basically responsible for the whole thing - start to finish. Okay, so he helped end it, but his methods were questionable at best and he did actually start it, too...
You're entirely right: he's psychopathic. Entirely. And you're right, I think Shockwave possibly has more of a spark.
Ratchet will tell Jazz some of it, but honestly? I'm not sure if he'll ever hear all of it. At least unless he goes to talk to Trion himself.
Wackiest family? Absolutely, and that's without counting the fact that your carrier isn't actually Praxian and is a fraction of the age his friends assume him to be.
Thundercracker had one last role to play and now he can disappear, but for someone who really only had three mentions in the entire fic, he's done very well for himself :)
Next week... oh next week. Next week it'll be over. *shakes head in disbelief.*
I submit that, horrified as they are at Alpha Trion's actions and callousness, everyone who knows what happened has to agree that it's probably for the best that Jazz doesn't find out everything. Because, no matter what anyone says, no matter what anyone does, if Jazz knows what Alpha Trion did to his bonded before Prowl was even activated? He is Meister. Alpha Trion will be dead, or worse.
Well that would depend very much on whether those involved want Trion alive, I suspect. Optimus may have issues with execution but Meister certainly wouldn't have and some of their friends would think it was his right...
Then again, Jazz is firmly planted at Prowl's side and going nowhere right now, so telling him would be another form of cruelty, knowing that Prowl's mentor is out there and exactly what he had done, but not daring to leave Prowl's side for long enough to do anything about it.
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I think he is in fact one of them. My favoured theory (totally my own musing) is that the Matrix is actually a case holding something of Unicron, perhaps even a shard of his spark, and it keeps it contained. Primus selected a strong mech to protect the case so that it could not reawaken Unicron, and thus started the line of Primes. And from that perspective, it really didn't matter how awful Megatron might have become as Prime so long as he stayed on Cybertron. But there was no chance of that ( ... )
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1) We'll find out next week.
2) Yes. Yes he is.
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I am thrilled that, while it is tiny, there is at least a small thread of hope that Prowl might make it. I'm also immensely proud of Optimus' reaction to Trion's little secret. Hopefully Trion will slowly rot away in his cell. Also, the scene at the beginning with Blue and Quickspan was just perfect.
I'm just hoping you take Sunny's advise. This'd be a slagging stupid way for it to end, right? :)
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There is a thread of hope. Slender but strong.
Optimus is not at all impressed by this admission by someone he respected.
Bluestreak and Quickspan - a lovely family portrait, don't you think?
;) Patience. One more week, then you'll know.
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You're entirely right: he's psychopathic. Entirely. And you're right, I think Shockwave possibly has more of a spark.
Ratchet will tell Jazz some of it, but honestly? I'm not sure if he'll ever hear all of it. At least unless he goes to talk to Trion himself.
Wackiest family? Absolutely, and that's without counting the fact that your carrier isn't actually Praxian and is a fraction of the age his friends assume him to be.
Thundercracker had one last role to play and now he can disappear, but for someone who really only had three mentions in the entire fic, he's done very well for himself :)
Next week... oh next week. Next week it'll be over. *shakes head in disbelief.*
*bows* You're welcome ^_^
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Then again, Jazz is firmly planted at Prowl's side and going nowhere right now, so telling him would be another form of cruelty, knowing that Prowl's mentor is out there and exactly what he had done, but not daring to leave Prowl's side for long enough to do anything about it.
Hmm.
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