by Loki God Of Mischief » Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:52 pm
I hated the cartoon to be honest. To the point that despite getting into it I've only watched like 5 episodes all the way through. One of them was the back story between Sentinel Prime, Optimus, and Elita-1/Black Arachnia. As a result of that episode and the last one (where Sentinel faces off against Black Arachnia) there's only one character that I didn't hate in the series that had screentime. And that's Sentinel Prime.
I don't get the hate he gets. But then most of the fan base are under the age of 15 so they couldn't get the complexities of the character. Here's a guy who granted had a bad idea, but he was willing to die to protect his girlfriend. His best friend Optimus drug him out of there. How would you feel about someone that did that to you and got your girlfriend killed? You'd hate him wouldn't you? I know I would. Good intentions or not.
His rigid by the book mentality and standoffishness were both for the same reason. He damn sure wasn't going to lose another soldier under his command due to not following the rules, and if he did manage to have a subordinate killed they weren't going to be someone close to him. He never would let someone get close to him after Elita-1 for fear of feeling what he did the first time. His hatred of organics stems from that incident as well. Hard to blame him when organics killed his girl in his eyes.
Then there's what happens when he finds out that Elita-1 didn't die. But was instead warped into the two things Sentinel hated most: A half organic Decepticon. Worse still she blames him for what happened and hates him. He, while still in love with her, couldn't handle all of that and decided that it would be best to die together. That's what that last battle was really about. He wanted to end things. Let her get her vengeance, and let her rest in peace. Surprisingly complex character in a show that sniffed it's own farts and fapped to past shows.

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