Huh, I read it differently. I read it as “guy assumed that he was supposed to have good intentions because his society said so. Guy discovered that limited him and went oh hell no.”

The idea that he was someone who wanted to be nonviolent but saw no alternative after Whirl beat him up just makes me Exorcist flavors of head twisty.

No, dude. The whole point of Megatron was that he’s someone who doesn’t buy into that way of looking at things at all. If you want someone who does there are a fuckton of characters in this franchise, go find one.