For Want of a Nail (Catch All 'What If' Thread)

Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by Mr. Chaos, Mar 18, 2017.

  1. Spiderus Prime

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    What If Optimus was killed by Lord Chumley?

    What If Depth Change, Dinobot 2, & Tigerhawk survived during the final battle of the Beast Wars?
     
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  2. AutobotAvalanche

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    But if Depth Charge survived his fight, wouldn't that mean that Dinobot 2 would still be very, very dead? Cause there's no way he was gonna let X walk away.
     
  3. DOTM Bumblebee

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    He'd be quite embarrassed when he woke up in The Return of Optimus Prime, then. :lol 

    Also, someone else would become Prime instead of Rodimus. My bet would be on Ironhide or Bumblebee.
     
  4. Dramatic Spoon

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    Everyone writes those.
     
  5. DOTM Bumblebee

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    Bumblebee - Impulsive, but friendly, determined, loyal, and easily connects with others.

    Ironhide - Strong, dependable, loyal, brave, and often acts as a right-hand man to Optimus.

    Maybe Jazz could also work.
     
  6. Dramatic Spoon

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    No, I mean the general "what if X Was the Next Prime?"

    I've seen one where Swoop became Pteradactus Prime, and the author's notes mentioned fics around Bumblebee, Prowl, Wheelie and Thundercracker.
     
  7. Dropkick

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    Even wierder is the next toyline, Power of the Primes...
    I mean, who ever heard of Optimus Primal being a Prime?
    Really people? I would've rather had Hound or Ultra Magnus as a Prime, not stinking Apeface Primal!
    And the CHOICES. Don't get me started on the Choices!
    Hastak is really just... WHY.
     
  8. G1Prowl

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    You'll find out that pretty much everything Hasbro does is to sell toys. Which means every single character that was listed is more than likely about ready to be made into a toy.
     
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  9. DOTM Bumblebee

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    To be honest, those all sound interesting. I'd honestly like to see a story that followed what would happen if a certain character became Prime instead of Rodimus.
     
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    What if Sentinel Prime had second thoughts about his deal with Megatron and told the Autobots of his betrayal?
     
  11. Mr. Chaos

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    I would say that they would end up sets up a trap for Megatron (after dealing with the negative feelings the Autobots had at the news). Megatron would be destroyed by Shockwave would escape, becoming the leader of the Decepticons. The BIGGEST thing would be though that Sentinel would be able to reveal all the humans did and, in the end, it would get announced worldwide, leading to Autobots being more accepted by humanity. Much of the cast would survive (Ironhide, Que/Wheeljack), and I imagine movie 4 would be more like the cartoon movie with the autobots making Autobot City while Shockwave retreated to lick his wounds and gather his forces.
     
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    What If Barricade was struck by the EMP weapon instead of Wreckage?
     
  13. IronhideRocks

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    That sounds good obviously bots like Ironhide for sure would have survived but the others Que was an inventor more than a fighter in the movie i could see Starscream retreating of world as he is a coward and he would either try to take of the decepticons or make his own force as he always tries to lead the Cons.
     
  14. Spiderus Prime

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    What If Bumblebee found out Longarm is Decepticon Spy during his days in the Autoboot Camp?
     
  15. Mr. Chaos

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    Depends if he was smart enough to get the information to the right bots before Longarm found out. Otherwise, I could see Longarm killing him and framing Wasp for it.
     
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    What if: Rattrap was willing to fuse his spark with Prime's?, how would the Beast Wars go?