I will never hate ES Hot Rod because of how he worked with Liege Maximo or he was "morally compromised". Just like Skybound!Elita-1, that's someone who has been starved for a long time, and it's worse when a certain someone tampered with the Allspark to drain their energies for easy control. And even then he wasn't that loyal to Liege Maximo. He didn't force Mirage to join him and still let him access the energon. He still had goodness in him and in the end, he chose to do the right thing, which still ties neatly to the overall theme of Earthspark, which is not about "everyone deserves a second chance". It's about "Whether you are good or bad, it is not because of your badges and where you from but how you choose to actions to do good or bad".


















