AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:A general musing I've always had since first watching TF:TM, what if the Matrix opened for Galvatron when he threatened Unicron?
Arise, Galvatron Prime??
Probably not. It would have expended its energy just the same, destroying Unicron, but nothing would've happened to Galvatron, at least not physically. Would he still have gone crazy? Would he have become revered by both sides? Assuming he didn't threaten to kill the Autobots afterwards, maybe he would've united the 2 sides under his leadership?
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Now that would have been funny. Galvatron so smug with this threat, opens the Matrix and detonates Unicron instead. Due to his proximity likely would have blown up Cybertron too
I doubt it. The Matrix energy is both the accumulation of wisdom from past Primes as well as Primus's life force. It's not an actual physical explosive, Unicron's explosion was his averse reaction to a lifeforce opposite his own.
Considering the faction distinction is largely arbitrary on a physical level, I did think Galvatron Prime was a potential.
I have my doubts on that as well, since the Matrix selects the bearer based on his or her moral standing at least as much as the person's intent regarding using the Matrix. Galvatron simply wanting to destroy Unicron wasn't out of nobility, it was out of self-importance. He was trying to defend Cybertron, but only just so he would control it. Primus wouldn't approve.
Also it probably would have looked pretty cool, or akin to Rodimus Prime, he would have been a Cannon-Truck

Like Onslaught, except purple and with 1 giant orange cannon instead of 2 smaller silver ones. A true adversary to Optimus Prime, if he was still alive.
And with Hot Rod never becoming Prime, Magnus stays Autobot leader, and a whole generation of crybabies are pre-emptively silenced.