YMMV / The Transformers: Autocracy

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Shockwave from what we learned in the Shadowplay arc. What are his motives? Seeing as he saved his friend Optimus's life, and his former student Zeta has gone power-mad. Did he plan this? Was he trying to stop it? If he was trying to stop it, was it because Megatron's rule was logical, or was it some lingering guilt?
• Broken Base: As with Chaos, the art style is divisive. The washed out watercolors are the main point of contention; some like it, others think it's difficult to make out. There's also a third camp that thinks that the art is better suited here than in Chaos.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight:
  • After the revelations about Shockwave from the Shadowplay arc
    Orion: Never thought I'd thank a Decepticon for saving my life.
    Shockwave: Given the current state of affairs, your survival was... logical.
    Orion: Not entirely sure what that means.
  • Then Megatron comments on the cavity in Optimus's chest which Shockwave had opened for repairs the cavity that Shockwave himself installed back when he was a Senator.
• Obvious Judas: If you read his first appearance, or even looked at the covers, you will probably not be surprised to learn that Zeta—that fellow with devil horns, spiky wings, and a creepy facemask who uses a Life Drain weapon on a captured soldier—was going to be the main antagonist.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Zeta Prime, who according to previous materials was considered worth protecting from assassination attempts, is portrayed here as a cartoonish super-villain.

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