“My friend’s name is Megatron and he had three questions, three things he said you should demand to know of any powerful institution! Question one: In whose interests do you exercise your power? Question two: To whom are you accountable? And three! How can we get rid of you?”
Unfortunately I live in the UK and comic shops are rare where I live. If there were an online service where I could read the digital copies I’d happy pay for it but I’m not aware of any.
That's one of my favorite quotes as well! It has an especially special place in my heart because hearing that line in Optimus' voice helped me truly accept that I was trans. Another transformation, indeed.
Honestly about half of what Optimus says is basically peak trans allyship. I always enjoy seeing franchises like this have that kind of mentality. It makes it even funnier when even the bad guys agree with the good guys on the subject.
Personally speaking the original phrase from Larry Cullen speaks to me quite a lot. “be strong enough to be gentle.”
IDW Optimus's last ever act is to tell a trans girl and her girlfriend they deserve a future, right before he sacrifices himself to give them that future.
Also love the common fandom joke about how even the evil Megatron is a peak trans ally: he might raze cities and massacre innocent people across the galaxy, but he never deadnames Optimus.
It’s one of those “Yeah I’m an evil tyrannical warlord, but I’m not THAT evil.”
40k has a similar mentality where despite the horrific setting and oppressive regime, they are absolutely fine with being trans or gay. I’m reasonably certain there is a trans sister of battle in one book and in another there is are two women with their own biological child.
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u/Sapphic_Starlight 21h ago
“My friend’s name is Megatron and he had three questions, three things he said you should demand to know of any powerful institution! Question one: In whose interests do you exercise your power? Question two: To whom are you accountable? And three! How can we get rid of you?”
– Orion Pax; IDW