Aug 7
So if Primus is still kind of around by giving Optimus the Matrix, does Unicron have influence on Cybertronian society?
It's a twist on the ol' "even dead gods can dream" eldritch horror theme; Primus and Unicron are both fully offline; there is no consciousness there, and there is no expectation that they will ever rise again. But they were so powerful in life, so ontologically consequential, that their corpses influence the world around them merely by existing.
The Living Metal of Cybertron that makes up Transformers contains shards from both of the progenitor gods, so essentially, they all have equal capacity for good and evil, above and beyond any programming that may drive their actions.
