Megatron is a strong and confidently wrong bot. The mech is desperately trying to reassure himself that what he’s doing is right, having him go to extreme measures to trick himself to the point if his past self would see him now- would he even think he’s the same mech?

Megatron is hate, the definition of holding grudges but, that just means he can’t move on from the past, and Primus above he hasn’t moved on from Optimus…