That ending (i.e. the revelation why and how they finally got to retrieve Starscream) was quite the twist, yes. At first, it actually made me laugh from the irony of it, then the final paragraph made the laughter get stuck in my throat.
Made me think of how someone (I forgot who) once said that when there's scarcity/harsh conditions, people will stick together for the sake of survival if nothing else, but when there's abundance, they'll squabble about how to distribute the wealth. Except in this case, it's "when there are Decepticons (or any kind of external foe) to fight, people will stick together, but as soon as the outside threat is gone, they'll turn on each other." I guess it was the matter of the Shawsheen having built a huge war machinery in response to the Decepticons, and once it was there, they couldn't just stop using it. Well, maybe they could have, but the years and years of living under Decepticon threat had already conditioned them into being warlike, sorta thing, yeah? They no longer knew how to be at peace.
The Spearhead is what, Starscream's flagship?
Also, this is whumped!Starscream at his finest - "I'm so wrecked I can't move and will likely need an entire new body, but don't think I won't kick your aft for your incompetence!"
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Date: 2007-09-02 03:09 am (UTC)Made me think of how someone (I forgot who) once said that when there's scarcity/harsh conditions, people will stick together for the sake of survival if nothing else, but when there's abundance, they'll squabble about how to distribute the wealth. Except in this case, it's "when there are Decepticons (or any kind of external foe) to fight, people will stick together, but as soon as the outside threat is gone, they'll turn on each other." I guess it was the matter of the Shawsheen having built a huge war machinery in response to the Decepticons, and once it was there, they couldn't just stop using it. Well, maybe they could have, but the years and years of living under Decepticon threat had already conditioned them into being warlike, sorta thing, yeah? They no longer knew how to be at peace.
The Spearhead is what, Starscream's flagship?
Also, this is whumped!Starscream at his finest - "I'm so wrecked I can't move and will likely need an entire new body, but don't think I won't kick your aft for your incompetence!"