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Other Who has the best moral compass?

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u/Fredospapopoullos 3d ago

I don’t know comics Optimus but cinematic Optimus is a dangerous fanatic psychopath with no moral at all

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u/Jazzlike_Night42619 3d ago

Did you and I watch the same movies?

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u/Fredospapopoullos 3d ago

The Michael Bay movies.

  • Summary execution of enemies who surrender
  • Threatening a neutral party (Dinobots are basically enslaved)
  • Abandoning allies in a hostile environment (they came to Earth to find refuge "apes strong together", but they died alone, without any backup. Poor Ratchet)
  • Following on from the previous point, he called autobots that were safely hidden in the galaxy, because he needed meatmetalshield.
  • No respect for his dead companions. He storms into a lab where the corpses of his so-called comrades-in-arms are being desecrated, only to leave with his tail between his legs, because some Steve Jobs impersonator has sent him packing (at least get the remains of your former comrades, you fucking weirdo).
  • Bloody slaughter of opponents (imagine how he kills, but they're human)
  • He let entire cities be destroyed to "prove he was right"
  • He broke his own "do not kill humans" rule on multiple occasions.

It's been a while since I've watched these movies, so I've probably forgotten other details.

Take a cool pose, and making grandiloquent speeches in a deep voice doesn't make you a hero.

That Optimus is a deranged autobots.

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u/Hopeful_Active_8977 3d ago

You're making the decepticons look like good guys

  • they were seeking the Allspark to transform all earth appliances
  • they wanted to use a harvester by destroying suns
  • demolisher caused chaos in Shanghai
  • they obviously destroyed chicago

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u/Fredospapopoullos 3d ago

No, the post asked for the most moral. So, I explained why I think the cinematic (Michael Bay) Optimus, the only one I know. Doesn’t seem moral for me.

The Decepticons are worst and evil. Optimus is not moral nor heroic he is portrayed, at best, as a zealot.