Can we all appreciate the fact that Breakdown was probably one of the few Decepticons that actually cared for the well being of his fellow Decepticons. Like in Episode 10 “Dues Ex Machina” when Starscream extracts the energon from a random vehicon and breakdown tries to reach for him, like wanting to help him but knowing he too would perish if he did.
Or when he has a coversation with a Vehicon
he just a protective giant that cared for the wellbeing of his friends. ;____;
Honestly like…tfp megatron needed starscream to be a twitchy, paranoid, insecure mess, he needed him to feel worthless and expendable and he needed ppl to think little of him because if starscream really truly wanted to, he would probably be a great leader of the decepticons. When he canonically got the chance, he was competent and practical and he didnt have all that personal petty bullshit with optimus getting in the way. Of course megatron humiliated him and belittled him and did his best to undermine him and isolate him, if he didn’t starscream might have garnered some genuine support among the ‘cons and actual fucking sucessfuly overthrown him
How's it hummin'? 