"The Decepticon philosophy ought to be allowed room to evolve," says Megatron, looking noticeably concerned. "Especially with a revolution bringing such a drastic shift for everyone on Cybertron -- no," he shakes his head, "these are precisely the mistakes I made."
Part of him is just a little bit glad to hear this, because it means this other Megatron is not in fact Better Than Him -- but for all that he's probably never going to drop the niggling feeling that actually a healthy exchange of ideas is unnecessary because all of the ideas should be his ideas, which are the best ideas, he also knows for a fact that isn't objectively a good thing to think and is in fact exactly what kept him digging this awful hole for four million entire years.
And this alternate Megatron sounds well prepared to be heading down the same route.
He grimaces.
"Look, Starscream, I'm not saying you need to try to reason with your Autobots, but you need to keep an open mind. If you let that philosophy become dogma then you can justify any kind of tyranny in its name."
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"The Decepticon philosophy ought to be allowed room to evolve," says Megatron, looking noticeably concerned. "Especially with a revolution bringing such a drastic shift for everyone on Cybertron -- no," he shakes his head, "these are precisely the mistakes I made."
Part of him is just a little bit glad to hear this, because it means this other Megatron is not in fact Better Than Him -- but for all that he's probably never going to drop the niggling feeling that actually a healthy exchange of ideas is unnecessary because all of the ideas should be his ideas, which are the best ideas, he also knows for a fact that isn't objectively a good thing to think and is in fact exactly what kept him digging this awful hole for four million entire years.
And this alternate Megatron sounds well prepared to be heading down the same route.
He grimaces.
"Look, Starscream, I'm not saying you need to try to reason with your Autobots, but you need to keep an open mind. If you let that philosophy become dogma then you can justify any kind of tyranny in its name."