@blade-liger-4ever @mk-wizard @escapistsatellite is it just me or am I ticked off at how Arcee was acting towards June in "Metal Attraction", because let me tell you I am!
June has every right to be worried her son is the only family (she took it upon herself to be his familiar bedrock to fill the void of his father's absence and refusal to return to their life by starting over, instead he chose to do nothing with them) she has and might be a reminder of her husband since the one thing Jack inherited from his mom is his hair, she struggled to provide for her son with what he needs no matter how low her pay was and taught him to be responsible for his choices which is demonstrated in how he walked away from war when he had a chance because he was afraid his mom will receive the repercussions of his choice by accidentally involving her which it happened in "Crisscross", yet June despite how overwhelming her position was, she chose to adapt so that she could make up for her son and reconnect with him in a new way even she went out of her way to make sandwiches probably his favourite one, Miko's and Raf's as well after Jack told about them off screen, as a way to make a first good impression so she can start knowing them, yet she is easily shut off, while I understand that Arcee needed Jack and finally saw that he was capable of being more than just the one to be protected as he proved he can find a way out of an ordeal using whatever it is at his disposal.
June wanted to spend time with her son but when she saw that he is needed to go with his friend instead of saying no, she just told him to be careful and how could she not?! The boy got almost killed multiple times and probably learned his adventures off screen so she ought to, only to be shrugged off and dismissed by Arcee under the pretext of "nothing to worry about it's just a routine diagnostic", which June questioned that if it is necessary to have Jack instead of Bulkhead in the room which is why she asked that question, I mean if he wasn't there she would have given her son the green light to go and had Arcee chosen her words carefully she wouldn't question her, she possibly wouldn't have asked if Ratchet should go with her because she knows he is busy and cannot leave the base, instead miss perfect and can't do no wrong rolls her eyes and groans in annoyance at how she is not qualified, she could have instead invited June to show her that it is perfectly safe to put her mind at ease or say something like "I understand your concerns but no need to worry Jack and I aren't going to do something dangerous but instead testing a new tracking system Ratchet has upgraded, how about you tag along and I can show you how we do it plus I can count on Jack to help me he has proven himself that he can handle procedures like that and adapt in any mission" to which June would have gladly accepted to see how the Autobots work on the field, but NO!!!! And has gone grouchy and grumpy instead of confronting the issue she ran off with Bulkhead after June asked for an explanation in which they could have solved the dispute early.
What I hated about Jack is how he glared at his mom after Arcee left, I mean we can all relate how our mom's can worry too much but it was unnecessary, because this is HIS mom for the love of all creation!
The episode is too sympathetic for Arcee's side and doesn't see how June has every right to doubt some things I mean if I were in her position I would too.
What's worse instead of Arcee initiating the apology first it was June! I mean the writers made it that June is in the wrong while Arcee is in the right when in reality it is the other way around we all saw how Arcee can act irresponsible to the point of never learning anything, ignoring authority, ditching Jack without telling him to find a place safe to hide or explain anything to him.
Not to mention poor June thinks that her overprotective tendencies are bad, when in truth they are necessary, the kids don't know the danger and need an adult figure in their lives to remind them to step carefully especially if a room with Giant Robots is walking around and about.
Also, what killed me is Arcee's arrogance on how she quoted "I protected her son for months without a clue and suddenly she wakes up to reality and I am not enough" uh hello! Who taught Jack to wear safeties, who taught him how to use medical practices in case she wasn't around, who taught him about dangers such as fire, acid, glass and strangers... It was all June!!! And that was before Arcee showed up in their lives!!! And Arcee has no concept of what it means to be a mother to have to give birth to a son or daughter that have your own flesh, blood and bones creating them, Cybertronians do not reproduce rather they are born in the Well and only Spark Twins are the closest thing they have of the human understanding of what it means to be parts of each other and how when is gone the other mourns, Jack is fortunate enough that his mom loves him inconditionally and would lay down her life so he can live because she knows the pain of living without him is not worth it.
Also, in Predatory in my opinion Arcee should have destroyed the scrambler in Airachnid's ship bridged Jack back to base so she can go and fight Airachnid only for Jack to return refusing to let her fight on her own.
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