Talk:Dry Run!
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It wouldn't have mattered if Scourge had killed this Megatron. This Megatron later kills himself during the Two Megatrons story. But as we also know, at the time of writing this Megatron was believed by everyone, including Furman, to be the one and only real original Megatron. 95.148.8.3 17:26, 7 January 2010 (EST)
- Yep, you're right. --Emvee 17:43, 7 January 2010 (EST)
- Except that there's the possibility that his Galvatron was created from the Straxus clone. Alternatively Scourge (and for that matter Galvatron in Target 2006) may simply not have a clear understanding of time travel theory and so genuinely don't know for sure what might happen. Even Galvatron II worried that killing Megatron would cancel him out, despite being well past the point of divergence. Timrollpickering 13:50, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
- Ack, Straxatron stuff makes my brain ache. I've seen diagrams that try to make sense of it all, but there's a lot of supposition about future timelines...the divergent future Rodimus returns to after Time Wars doesn't help any, adding another possible Galvatron (Straxatron in the future?) to the mix. Best not to delve too deeply into it. --Emvee 14:09, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
- I think the point to remember is that Scourge isn't an expert in time-travel mechanics, causality theory or anything like that. He's not saying "If I kill Megatron I will cease to exist". He's just wondering aloud. He even says that he can't be sure, but he can't take the risk. So this isn't the author speaking through Scourge. It is the character himself wondering what will happen, and deciding it's not worth the risk. LiamK 15:45, 13 October 2013 (EDT)
- Ack, Straxatron stuff makes my brain ache. I've seen diagrams that try to make sense of it all, but there's a lot of supposition about future timelines...the divergent future Rodimus returns to after Time Wars doesn't help any, adding another possible Galvatron (Straxatron in the future?) to the mix. Best not to delve too deeply into it. --Emvee 14:09, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
- Except that there's the possibility that his Galvatron was created from the Straxus clone. Alternatively Scourge (and for that matter Galvatron in Target 2006) may simply not have a clear understanding of time travel theory and so genuinely don't know for sure what might happen. Even Galvatron II worried that killing Megatron would cancel him out, despite being well past the point of divergence. Timrollpickering 13:50, 11 April 2011 (EDT)
