That's not how I'd put it myself, it has to be said.
I'm not reading in this fandom, no. I'm out. I have been to crimson_optics in the past. I don't recall what I read there but apparently it didn't compel me to join the community.
Yes. A lot of 'cons aren't aiming for the top spot - e.g. Skywarp, Kickback, Long Haul, Ramjet, Carnivac, and so on - and even the most ambitious of 'cons will drop their plans for the sake of the cause, such as Starscream giving up his shot at Megatron in MTME to shoot Mirage. It's not all knives all the time, it's a few guys with knives some of the time. Megatron and Starscream are one example of an interpersonal dynamic; the Constructicons are another.
Yes. Note the issue of the comics where Shockwave beats the tar out of [already weakened] Megatron, then hauls him up in front of the rest of the 'cons and orders them to swear loyalty to him. Megatron then joins in the pledge of allegiance, very weakly, *without being prompted*. Note also Scorponok keeping Starscream on as one of his troops after Starscream showed up and tried to destroy him, or the High Council electing Thunderwing High Commander even after his failures on Earth.
If by "the level of carnage [I] advocate" you mean the kind of cutthroat viciousness as shown between Megatron and Starscream here ... well, they're Megatron and Starscream. They're fighting for the top spot, and it's a pretty equal competition. Their relationship is not the same as everyone else's. They're the sharp end of the spectrum.
Very easily. Ravage is a very lethal individual and killed, if only by inaction, his previous leader - the Autobot Overlord. Note again in "Two Megatrons" - Megatron, upon being attacked by Ravage, says "Don't make me destroy you". This after he's been very careful not to deactivate other Decepticons on his way in. It does rather imply that Megatron perceives Ravage as an opponent he would have to destroy to defeat.
Also, who are you and are you the same person who's been commenting anonymously on my other posts?
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I'm not reading in this fandom, no. I'm out. I have been to crimson_optics in the past. I don't recall what I read there but apparently it didn't compel me to join the community.
Yes. A lot of 'cons aren't aiming for the top spot - e.g. Skywarp, Kickback, Long Haul, Ramjet, Carnivac, and so on - and even the most ambitious of 'cons will drop their plans for the sake of the cause, such as Starscream giving up his shot at Megatron in MTME to shoot Mirage. It's not all knives all the time, it's a few guys with knives some of the time. Megatron and Starscream are one example of an interpersonal dynamic; the Constructicons are another.
Yes. Note the issue of the comics where Shockwave beats the tar out of [already weakened] Megatron, then hauls him up in front of the rest of the 'cons and orders them to swear loyalty to him. Megatron then joins in the pledge of allegiance, very weakly, *without being prompted*. Note also Scorponok keeping Starscream on as one of his troops after Starscream showed up and tried to destroy him, or the High Council electing Thunderwing High Commander even after his failures on Earth.
If by "the level of carnage [I] advocate" you mean the kind of cutthroat viciousness as shown between Megatron and Starscream here ... well, they're Megatron and Starscream. They're fighting for the top spot, and it's a pretty equal competition. Their relationship is not the same as everyone else's. They're the sharp end of the spectrum.
Very easily. Ravage is a very lethal individual and killed, if only by inaction, his previous leader - the Autobot Overlord. Note again in "Two Megatrons" - Megatron, upon being attacked by Ravage, says "Don't make me destroy you". This after he's been very careful not to deactivate other Decepticons on his way in. It does rather imply that Megatron perceives Ravage as an opponent he would have to destroy to defeat.
Also, who are you and are you the same person who's been commenting anonymously on my other posts?