I’ll be honest, I do kind of want to know now what you have planned for Starscream with the kind of worldbuilding you’re describing for death loop au
(*watches curiously*)
OKAY OKAY I M A G I N E . EARTHSPARK UNIVERSE
Blurr: I heard you had absolute blast with the final boss fight~ Congrats on your new hero role, Primus knows you’re so annoying when you backstab everyone all the time
Starscream: …………..
Blurr: You…..usually more enthusiastic about being on a good side...Star?
Starscream: ………..you remember the girl I was talking about earlier? Hashtag.
Blurr: One of the Terrans? Yeah. You want help filling adoption papers hmmmmm?~~~
Starscream: I think I might’ve killed her..
Blurr: What do you mean???
Starscream: I wasn’t supposed to do all this stuff! The whole thing with those kids and.. I saw Megatron living his best life with Ghost and humans and those Terrans and I thought that MAYBE. For ONCE. For once I could try to make a difference you know. To have something to myself besides being a fucking heartless traitor!
Blurr: ….….you went against the rules…Star you know how it always ends.
Starscream: She believed me. She made an actual fucking effort to understand me instead of blindly trusting Megatron as everyone always did! But of course I can’t just have that can I??
Blurr: …
Starscream: I see the signs already. The way she keeps mentioning things she wants to do with me in the future. And other Cons keep joking that she is the only person who is crazy enough to care about me. This universe is going to take her away to justify my stupid villain arc!
Blurr: But she isn’t dead yet right??
Starscream: ……..I need to make sure it stays that way. I’ll regain control over Decepticons. Do something about that Embersone or. I don’t fucking know. This world needs another stupid villain to defeat
Blurr: Can you at least give her some explanation? She will think you betrayed her. And everyone.
Starscream: She’d be safer just hating me. Protagonists who make friends with villains are always end up in some ugly mess.
The season two of Earthspark happens and no one understands what is going on. Starscream suddenly becomes a villain and Terrans have to fight him. He..isn’t really trying that hard. Just doing the bare minimum to pass as his usual evil self. Megatron gets to live his happy life being loved by Terrans and somewhat respected by the Autobots. Hashtag thinks Starscream was nothing but a stupid liar after all.