@Thanotos Omega
There are times when something like that works, though. For example, both Shockwave and Prowl base their decisions on logic, but traditionally they have different thresholds for ‘acceptable losses’. IDW Prowl of course has a much lower threshold than traditional Autobots, but I doubt he’d go as far as sacrifice the entire universe to keep Cybertron alive.
I do like stories where logical characters present the most efficient, logical and correct course of action, but someone else points out that while they are correct, other factors make that course of action unfeasible or far less attractive than they first appear.
For example, there was a samurai movie called the Floating Castle (or was it the Sunken Castle?) where the general Ishida Mitsunari concludes the most efficient way of forcing the defenders of the besieged castle to surrender is to carry out a massive flood attack. His second in command agrees, but points out that carrying out the flood attack guarantees that the credit for the victory would go to Mitsunari alone, and that the other generals under his command would resent him for denying them the chance to besiege the castle traditionally and gain some glory for themselves. He goes ahead with the flood attack anyway, and sure enough in the epilogue it’s mentioned that years later Mitsunari’s attitude resulted in him being abandoned by people when he needed them the most because he failed to take into their feelings and goals.
There are times when something like that works, though. For example, both Shockwave and Prowl base their decisions on logic, but traditionally they have different thresholds for ‘acceptable losses’. IDW Prowl of course has a much lower threshold than traditional Autobots, but I doubt he’d go as far as sacrifice the entire universe to keep Cybertron alive.
I do like stories where logical characters present the most efficient, logical and correct course of action, but someone else points out that while they are correct, other factors make that course of action unfeasible or far less attractive than they first appear.
For example, there was a samurai movie called the Floating Castle (or was it the Sunken Castle?) where the general Ishida Mitsunari concludes the most efficient way of forcing the defenders of the besieged castle to surrender is to carry out a massive flood attack. His second in command agrees, but points out that carrying out the flood attack guarantees that the credit for the victory would go to Mitsunari alone, and that the other generals under his command would resent him for denying them the chance to besiege the castle traditionally and gain some glory for themselves. He goes ahead with the flood attack anyway, and sure enough in the epilogue it’s mentioned that years later Mitsunari’s attitude resulted in him being abandoned by people when he needed them the most because he failed to take into their feelings and goals.
