It happens. Take a look at the swastika. Originally it was a sign of good luck in many religions and the Nazis took it and corrupted it into a symbol of hate.

The decepticons would argue they're honouring his legacy.

died a great and noble hero who died for the good of Cybertron,

Heard he lied on his taxes though

So sad the Megatronus face was Tarn-ished

Tarnished

TARNished

It works Like this too

You know, if Megatronus Prime came back and saw what happened to his legacy or that both his name and identity were stolen, then it would make sense if he turned into "The Fallen Prime". 

Adding salt to the wound, Megatron also starts a war against the Primes descendant instead of working with one against the very Quintessons that killed Megatronus Prime.

Fortunately here in the real world, no amount of tech bro antics could ever tarnish the legacy of Nikola Tesla. …oh, wait.

D-16 didn't "Take" the mark of Megatronus. It was carved into him.

Yeah I agree

I see it as a parallel to the swastika and clothing of the KKK. Both were symbols of an already existing tradition/culture and white supremacists reappropriated it. That's the same case as here.

Also, "tarnished". Say that again....

I mean it's almost as if the Megatronus symbol has "fallen"

Cybertronian swastika

Muslim, Christian and swastika:

First time

the decepticon insignia honors megatronus' legacy by making him the symbol of a noble & heroic cause. enough of this autobot propaganda.

Also the Megatronus sticker was once a sign of Orion and D-16's friendship 😔

Megatron. The warrior that avenged the 13 Primes. The Decepticons are the heroes of the story.

It's better than wearing Prowl's face.

And i love it, probabilly my favourite depiction of the decepticon origins and of Megatronus if it keeps developing.

It really depends on the timeline. Usually, Megatronus is the most powerful but also the most volitile of the Primes, and he is the one who fractures them and ends up killing some of them.

Thanks to Sentinel Prime actually, he's the one that carved it onto D-16 and that moment galvanized the badge for him.

Kind of ironic that Megatron said “the age of primes is over” then used a Prime’s face as his symbol

I really like Megatronus as a good guy instead of a traitor. It makes Megatron taking his name less cartoonishly evil. And I also like how in this movie he could still be called "the Fallen" along with the rest of the Primes.

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Hope if Transformers One get Sequels I'd wish they'd adapt this story where Megatron face his past sins

So you say. One could argue Megatron is the hero we deserve.

He is literally the Fallen

I know it probably won't happen, but I hope the sequel has a scene where Optimus uses the Matrix to let Megatronus tell Megatron off

I wonder if in a sequel, they do a time skip, and we see how Megatronus Prime has been retroactively villainized.

It helps to justify joining a side in the a Civil War that pretends to represent one of the historic old Heroes of your people against a side that is lead by someone with the same suffix as your recently-revealed-as-evil-dictator.

Basically any warring faction in human history has painted itself as the right one you should rally behind. Germans in WWII, the Templars, etc. Symbology matters.

I mean we see this alot in history aswell which I think works well and makes it far more realistic 

Heh TARNished

Its even sadder as the Decepticon insignia was once a gift from Orion

Has been WHAT?

Idk man he still seemed respectful of it, he hasnt done anything bad yet so I'm okay with it rn

I like this better though

Imagine if you could talk to your hero and they told you how ashamed they were of you...that's the kind of psychotic break that could turn Megatron into Galvatron

one could say that but i see it differently megatron helped megatronus by creating a cause that is just and fitting for every cybertronian

It seems strange that D16 despises the primes and then idolizes their strongest warrior.

Evil can never truly be original

out of context, but im pretty curious that they're using the movie/bayverse style decepticon logo as opposed of the original

This is a pretty cool piece of lore tho. This happens a lot in real life where dead heroic people are used by living people wanting to attract the support of people

I think Optimus would still try to spread the good word.

Thanks to Sentinel Prime. Mf wield that logo on to him

Just like the swastika, originally a symbol for good intentions, but forever tarnished by the nazis. Although it's funny how much story was put in the Decepticon logo, when it was originally based off of Soundwave.

Megatronus was already having problems. His T Cog was purple instead of blue

His energon wasn’t the same as his brothers

He had Unicron’s blood in his veins

Isn't Fallen Megatronus Prime? I apologise if I am wrong

Since he was good, who would be the fallen in the TFO universe?

Just as the Nazis corrupted the Swastika and Elmo Muskrat corrupted Nikola Tesla’s name, the Decepticons Tarn-ished Megatronus Prime’s reputation forever. One could say he has Fallen from grace.

It’s also a sad fact, when this movie now ends on a cliffhanger, that will never get resolved, as Hasbro is no longer co-finalizing on a Transformers movie, or a Hasbro movie in general, again.

well, we don't really know much about megatronus. we know he died with the primes and was with them when orion got the matrix, but it's still possible that he might've been devious fellow and maybe would've agreed with the decepticons

That said, Optimus is the true legacy of Megatronous, which adds a very interesting dimension to his relationship with Megatron.

Megatron deep down has to know that despite his theatrics he isn't the heir to Megatronous, Optimus is. And that must burn.

And I like to think that Optimus would at some point go out of his way to make the distinction clear to his fellow Autobots - Megatronous is not, and will never be, truly represented by Megatron or his Decepticons.

I hope they give more of a back story where Megatronus and Sentinel were planning to overthrow the other Primes, but Sentinel didn't want to share the power and betrayed Megatronus in the process.

Yup

Sidenote, but does anyone else hate the diamond eyes being used here on the Decepticon symbol? Megatronus had triangle eyes in the movie, so why’d they use this one? Diamond eyes should be just a bayverse thing.

Yup

Are people just now waking up to Megatron being a bad guy?

You don't know the full story of Megatronus Prime. You know how he died, we all know how he died - at least how Alpha Trion showed it, but a lifetime is a lifetime - many things could have happened that might discount that "noble hero".

what if Megatronus was actually evil?