robots-ate-my-soul:

Its still intensely frustrating that Megatron, who is literal space Hitler (that is not an exaggeration he committed mass genocide over some crazy ideology and had his people perpetrate horrible war crimes, etc) got to have an origin story that portrays him as a tragic misguided underdog (which I am totally not against) and is currently heading to the climax of a huge redemption arc but Starscream is still being written off as ‘’nope he’s just an evil bastard and he was born that way’’.

Let’s not forget that Starscream lived through a 4 million year civil war. 

Let’s not forget that throughout those 4 million years he was unable to fully trust or rely on anyone around him.

Let’s not forget that Megatron abused him physically and emotionally. 

Let’s not forget that Starscream once idolized Megatron and was eager to serve him, and that only changed when he saw Megatron was failing horribly as a leader and jeopardizing the Decepticon cause.

Let’s not forget that even before the war Starscream was a CC and part of a minority that faced years and years of discrimination and abuse from the majority of society. 

LET’S NOT FOR GET THAT HE IS LITERALLY GOING INSANE BECAUSE HE KNOWS EVERYONE HATES HIM, DOESNT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, AND IS HALLUCINATING DEAD PEOPLE JUST SO HE HAS SOMEONE TO TALK TO. HIS ONLY FREIND IS A FIGMENT OF HIS IMAGINATION.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THIS POOR BASTARD DESERVES SOME SYMPATHY ALREADY.