Talk:All Hail Megatron issue 12

"Acceptable loss"?

Sideswipe's actions of disconnecting Hunter's life-support machine seem like a kind of mercy killing rather than an "acceptable loss" in a war. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.155.171.118 (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

While I have my own critique of Hunter's fate, I have to agree that it doesn't fall under the category of a wartime "acceptable loss." In Prime's mind, choosing to leave Earth to the Decepticons had been an "acceptable loss" because the Garrus-9 incident presented what he thought was a greater threat. It was a strategy-based decision. Sideswipe's choice to pull Hunter's plug had seemingly nothing to do with the strategy of war. Granted, we aren't given any window into his thoughts at the time, but the Decepticons had been beaten and were in no position to use Hunter again. Sideswipe was facing no emergency or threat; he could have left Hunter alive with no ill effect except prolonging the experience of Hunter himself. So yeah, I'm going to change that note to something else entirely. - Jackpot 02:11, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

The whole "rejection of Simon Furman's intent" seems harsh and one-sided, more of an editorial than something that belongs on a wiki page - and with a pointlessly snarky comment at the end, to boot. 24.131.255.225 20:33, 10 August 2009 (EDT)

It's a factual statement. Furman displayed his intent for Hunter's future in this Mosaic story. McCarthy rejected that intent by killing Hunter off early. I agree that the last sentence of that note is kind of harsh, and I wouldn't be sad to see it go, but the rest is totally accurate and noteworthy. - Jackpot 20:41, 10 August 2009 (EDT)