Bugbite: “eh. Outta all th’ ways the war could’a ended, I’ll take weird love story over blew each other up into oblivion, even if it makes my job harder. At least this way, it got me cousins! Proper family! Frag, f’years it was jus’ me, Sunstorm, Predaking and our folks. Now I got uncles and cousins who don’t share my trauma! Talk about a win… ain’t 100% sure how t’feel about Buckethead bein’ part of it yet.”
Bugbite: “I get what ye mean though, ‘bout A Doting Megatron bein’ a weird concept. I used to work for the guy, and I’m still tryin’ ta reconcile that image with the one we got now. No complaints, it’s jus’ weird”
...
It's not really that weird.
Carrier coding can make a doting parent outta anyone.
Well, within reason.
Maybe that's why Megatron volunteered to be the carrier, not the sire... who knows?