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hyp3rfixation-h3ll · 7 months

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alright chat . it's time for "dissecting the inherent tragedy of transformers: botbots and the relationships in them":

toxic doomed yuri edition ( referring to these two ↑ )

(yes, i made this picmix myself 4 this. i have no regrets. also no tl;dr because you guys NEED to read this)

something i want y'all to understand is that it is Not about the idea that spud wasn't loved. he was VERY much loved by everyone, ESPECIALLY burgertron.

the whole point is that he sabotaged himself in the process of ruining someone else's life, someone who valued him and his word above others. he and burgertron BOTH let their ego get in the way of their personal lives, the only difference is that burgertron at least had the dignity to swallow his pride and apologise when it mattered most.

He gave spud a second chance because he loved him. because he recognised that he does deserve redemption, and above all else, he wants spud to know he cares, even if that means he'll never see him again, or they'll never be friends. (Even in light of the "sidekick" comment, i genuinely don't think he held any inherent malice in that statement. even if burgs was an egotist, he still loved him.)

the worst thing burgertron did in their relationship was be unaware, and im sure that despite his ego, he never meant for spud to get hurt. that's why he went out of his way to protect him, when he couldve just stood there and let spud get put on the back of a truck to never be seen again. it would have been easy.

but he didn't. he did the hard thing. the Right thing. he stood up for someone who never did the same for him.

Spud Was Loved. Spud Is loved. and sometimes love isn't going to look pretty, or manifest in holding hands and cuddling, and it isn't all rainbows and sunshine. it can hurt. it can be letting go of someone who you hurt by accident, who you never meant to harm, but it happened anyways because you made the fatal mistake of being oblivious.

And that's what Burgertron did. he let Spud go, because he understood they both needed time to heal on their own terms. regardless of if he's mad at him or not, he does still harbor positive feelings for him, and he stood up for him during times he probably shouldn't have. If he ACTUALLY hated spud, he wouldn't have stuck his neck out for him at bot prom. or believe spud when he was lying through his teeth in the games.

And that's what makes them so tragic. perhaps in another world, another life, they'd have been Actual good friends, who truly stuck by each other. maybe things would have been different.

But we'll never know that now, will we?

#botbots tag 🏪#tf botbots #botbots #transformers botbots #media analysis #character analysis #picmix #gif warning #burgertron #spud muffin #they make me feel SHRIMP emotions you dobt GET IT #they were DOOMED from the start not of their own volition but because of other people deciding what their roles were going to be #and they obviously coped with that in their own very different ways that clashed with one another!!!!!!#but despite all of that burgertron is still WILLING to pick up the pieces if it means spud is going to be ok #because it's not about his ego or fame anymore. it's about how much he loves his friends even if their dynamic is soured #their breakup was messy and awful and resulted in a lot of pain #but he's not going to let his anger get the best of him: he WANTS spud to get better #he wants HIMSELF to get better #i want season 2 so fucking bad holy shit PLEASE #the themes of loss and growth are so important in this show it has just hit me #FUCKKKKKKK #im gonna be insane about this forever

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