#maybe that someone was megatron and he said that stuff out of anger and didnt FULLY mean that

[th3e-m4ng0]

an old, retired warrior

#transformers #art #optimus prime #au #optimus but what if he was old. angry at everyone and everything and lurked in the shadows #and if he also wore a cool (but dirty) cloth to hide his identity #what if ppl thought he died. so they mourn his passing in a ceremony. which he walked into to see whats up and then looks at his face in a #BIG HOLOGRAM and he's just standing there like “huh rip that guy i guess. never liked him” and left #not wanting to hear what megatron would say about him #(megs would be cybertron's leader !!!) #but megs would walk up and say to the public. genuinely teary eyed. how much his passing impacted him and how much he misses his old foe #and everyone would whisper old stories about optimus. remembering how nice he was and how skilled he was in the battlefield #why did he leave. you wonder. i dont know i made this up on the spot #maybe someone told him very mean (horrible) things about how his leadership style was going to doom cybertron or how he was surely going to #end up manipulating megatron and/or going to kill him and all the decepticons #maybe that someone was megatron and he said that stuff out of anger and didnt FULLY mean that #so he was like “ok then”. packed hastily and left without ppl knowing. so whoever entered his room after many days of “sulking” found it #all trashed and assumed the worst #and what does he do... save mechs from crimes like batman. but only when he's around and that's when he's low on energon and needs to get #more (not very frecuently). he's like a cryptid #other than that? build stuff idk. i like to imagine he's an engineer #he lives far. far away from society like the emo old man he is. perhaps near the sea of rust where he knows ppl wont get close #this wont make any sense i gave it like 5 minutes of thought. i just wanted to make an angry optimus design