Talk:Aspects of Evil!

Apocryphal?

I have tot ake issue with Scorponk's tale (at least) being considered 'apocraphyl.' It takes place in Earthforce continuity, where Scorponok lost the Decepticon Civil War in US #72. IIRC, this is mentioned in The Magnificent Six! as well, which is another Earthforce tale. (And I'd bet that the Megatron tale fit there too.)

Aside the fct that it does fit in continuity... I'm really uncomfortable with the wiki throwing around terms like 'apocryphal', which is about one shade short of declaring an inconvenient story non-cannon. -Derik 18:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

The time-travel does make it all very confusing. Rather than it happening in the Earthforce timeline, though, I'd say it makes a heck of a lot more sense for it to have happened in the original, unaltered "movieverse" timeline (Earth-120185, if you like), before history was re-written, post-Time-Wars. Like "Legacy of Unicron," it's an experience Hot Rod/Rodimus had before history was altered, but which he still remembers. Same for the Shockwave and Megatron stories. - Chris McFeely 19:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Out of curiosity - it was my feeling that the Megatron shown in the flashback is actually Straxus-Megatron, since I had formed the impression he was operating out of Helix. Was I right in assuming this, or would you guys say it was definitely, uh, Megatron-Megatron? --Monzo 10:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

If the assumption that the original Galvatron (T2006-Time Wars) was made from Strauxs-Megatron (given that he remembers events through his eyes during Time Wars) is correct, and if one assumes as I do that the Megatron AoE story occurs in the pre-Time-Wars movieverse timeline, then logically, yeah, that would be Straxus-Megatron.

...my brain itches. - Chris McFeely 10:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I have to confess, for me things make a lot more sense if you read that Time Wars changed history from 1989 on, and that the Galvatron who comes back in Target 2006 et al is in fact made from the Straxus Megatron, having lasted a lot longer in this timeline. (I especially like that idea because it means the original Megatron might be wandering around the post-Movie future somewhere!) On the other hand, I do acknowledge that it's possible to read it that The Movie follows some years after Generation 2 (so only the one timeline here) and that the Target 2006 Galvatron is the original Megatron and some prefer it that way. Personal canon an' all, y'know. --Ratbat 11:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

There are two timelines here, pre 86 movie and the revised timeline. we don't know anything what happened in the revised timeline before rodimus arrived there after time wars except that galvatron did not go back in time.

And Chris, the problem I have with your theory is that it doesn't explain where the real original Megatron is. If you say all instances of Megatron's appearance in the '86 movie continuity are actually Straxus-Megatron clone then where is the real Megatron? What happened to him? We don't know that he blew up the spacebridge as the Megatron did in the main Marvel timeline. Besides which, even if he did where would he be in 2005 when the '86 movie happens? 95.148.10.183 19:44, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Hi

Interesting debate. Its all very simple actually. The main timeline splits from the original timeline back in #78 i.e. 1986 not Time Wars. All the stories that appear to be apocryphal/out of continuity/ giving you a headache fit easily into this timeline.

‘Aspects of Evil’ flashbacks: Megatron, Scorponok & Shockwave also fit here. The 2 Ladybird books ‘Autobot Hostage’ and ‘Decepticons Underground’ can also fit here. So Optimus Prime does somehow become a Powermaster temporarily in the original timeline.

The whole thing about Galvatron seeing through the eyes of Megatron during Time Wars is just madness caused by the space time rift. It makes no sense. Galvatron is from an alternate future timeline. Megatron is an impostor/clone. If Galvatron destroys everyone before Transformers: the Movie then the Movie can’t happen so he will never be created.

The rift repairs itself by creating a new timeline in which Galvatron never timejumped. Rodimus & Co. end up stuck in this new timeline. The main timeline is spared thanks to Shockwave blasting Cyclonus’s body into the space time rift in the nick of time.

Just to clarify further:

(‘Rhythms of Darkness’ is yet another timeline that splits from the Movie.)

After Time Wars events in the main timeline then lead to Earthforce.  (All the stories from ‘Surrender’ onwards are out-of-continuity.  Simon Furman could not be bothered to include American stories any more due to scheduling problems.  The UK comic had gone back to what it was originally, i.e. purely a reprint of the American comic and their continuity.

Nobody knows how things happen after Earthforce but the comic would have shown a battle with Unicron and then the ActionMasters. --Ryangut (talk) 06:06, 10 April 2023 (EDT)