Posted by laerik on February 18, 2000 at 12:51:39:
In Reply to: The zen of transformers posted by wheeljack on February 18, 2000 at 08:46:07:
> Ok, there's Optimus Prime good, and there's Grimlock good. Now, I know this is a little far back for many of you, so here goes: > Optimus Prime, that noble leader of the Autobots, hated no one, and would never kill that damn Megatron when he had the chance. "Every life is precious" or some shit, and he > Grimlock, on the other hand, was that T-Rex dinobot that often challenged Optimus, and would have snapped that megatron or any decepticon in two if he could. > And therein lies the zen of good and evil in the Transformers. To be Good, you want to do good, but things like respect, compassion, protection, extermination, all get, can I say it, "transformed" differently for each person. > So, give Shermie some leeway. I remember Optimus calling Megatron "Old friend" more than once. I think.
> always thought Megatron could be changed. Optimus always pissed me off too, because if he could save the world, but it meant one person might get hurt, he wouldn't do it, he'd have
> to find some more difficult way to do it.