LITERALLY YOURE SO RIGHT WITH THE GALVATRON EP but also can you link where you saw the writers commentary because that sounds super interesting đź‘€
(Referring to what I said in this post)
Yes I can! It took a moment for me to find it (and also I just updated the post so it now does link to it) but it was from this post here: https://www.tumblr.com/overlordraax/181241517247/galvatronsthighs-chrismcfeely-g1facts?source=share
I think it was honestly only after reading Diane Duane's take on why she wrote the Webworld episode that it clicked for me. Cos the ending everyone tends to assume (ie. Galvs is too ill to ever be cured) is just so bleak and dark. It's not the most encouraging message for people who might be suffering from their own mental illnesses. But then seeing this post made me realise that it was not meant to be the case. Now I think back on the scene where Galvatron is being held down, about to be lobotomized and screaming "You have no right to change who I am!" That's what the episode is about.
I think in a series that had actual planned character arcs rather than a reset to status quo every episode might have tried to explore Galvatron further, and maybe even present the idea that he could be cured, or at least get better. It could take time and work, but I would honestly love to see a story about Galvs getting better.
(I'm remembering this idea was central to a fic I was writing though I never did manage to finish it)
