I'd been reading some M/SS at the time I wrote that and had read one too many where Screamer was a lovely well-rounded character and Megs was... well, not horrid or written badly exactly, but not all that much more than a big strong rage fountain. Classic abuser type.
And to me, that type of personality is someone who craves control because he fears losing it. That's a very insecure and therefore volatile type. And that's not Megatron to me. Yeah, losing control may, deep down, be his worst fear -- but personally, I don't think his ruthlessness comes from insecurity.
So I decided to write this and write him as someone who is, yes, disturbingly brutal, but whose confidence isn't an act.
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Date: 2009-12-03 11:22 pm (UTC)I'd been reading some M/SS at the time I wrote that and had read one too many where Screamer was a lovely well-rounded character and Megs was... well, not horrid or written badly exactly, but not all that much more than a big strong rage fountain. Classic abuser type.
And to me, that type of personality is someone who craves control because he fears losing it. That's a very insecure and therefore volatile type. And that's not Megatron to me. Yeah, losing control may, deep down, be his worst fear -- but personally, I don't think his ruthlessness comes from insecurity.
So I decided to write this and write him as someone who is, yes, disturbingly brutal, but whose confidence isn't an act.