Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Anyways.... On the subject of the Autobots being smelted I think its highly possible that Unicron in addition to seperating mechanical lifeforms (or even exosuit having organics) for an energon harvesting thing, that it makes sense that a lot of these victims would be capable of awesome offensive feats and having weaponry that could be a damage causer, so dooming them in a more secure, possibly less delicate environment seperate from the rest of his system that dealt with general bits of smashed up planet would make sense also. (Look at the damage Arcee was able to cause with her blaster away from this hardcore area.. Causing mass floods and destruction etc)
AH! but then why did unicron filter spike and bumblebee out of their doomed ship, presumably before they went through the masher with the rest of moonbase 2?
it would seem to suggest that unicron delights in seeing sentient beings dropped into a lava pool one by one when he could have easily just digested their energy the easy way. also remember the long chain of robots that proceed and followed them both on the conveyer. it leads me to conclude that while it can serve as the ends of an immune system, its main function is evil delight.
it seems to suggest that he has a specific use for terminating them in a different fashion, either because they have a unique energy (unlikely since in the TF universe, any form of energy can easily be transformed to energon.) or he takes a petty delight in executing people. considering the quintesons built him, and given their nature, perhaps his cruelty is even hardwired