
Iron Cameraman dropped an analysis on the Skibidi Afterwar prologue. He addresses TSM 3.0 dying to Duchess as well.
Basically, the reason why we had these short scenes instead of detailed sequences is because this was rushed. TSM dies still, but it wasn't meant to be because Duchess just came in and solo'ed him without issue. He admits it was a bad way to show him dying to Duchess, I'm not even sure Duchess is related to him dying.
Best to watch the video because it explains it way better than I can, and some other points too.
I still have some issues with the what-if, some things simply make no sense imo. Here's some criticisms I have:
- This one is small, but how did a Camera Strider manage to take down a Destructor? I know powerscaling is usually an iffy point to criticise, but even if it caught the Destructor off guard, it's not gonna be able to kill one. UTTVM took multiple sword swings just to damage it's armor.
- If Iron sees this, I do hope he'll correct me if I'm wrong. But, how exactly did Juggernaut swap with his fake version during his chase of Gimmy after 77.4? Iron says Overseer still gave him the pep talk, but how did that happen if he was chasing Gimmy? They were physically grappling each other too, and Overseer was busy with holding UTTVM's gate open in 77.
I assume fake Juggy changed look because of a design change, since he wouldn't have the time to equip everything he suddenly had in the short timespan between him warping out and back to hit Gimmy.
- This is a small point, but how did fake Juggy get his hands on purple energy for him to bypass Gimmy's no-clipping? Gimmy also should've taken way more damage here.
- This is probably my biggest issue with this what-if. Gimmy killing Overseer is one thing, but him taking over his entire fleet and becoming it's Commander makes 0 sense. He's wanted across the entire empire for betrayal, none of the ultra-loyal troops are going to suddenly let him become their Commander, let alone Mothership. You could say this is the same as the TSM 3.0 point, but atleast the reason for that makes sense. TSM dies, but it's shown in the wrong way.
Here, Gimmy straight up steals Overseer's entire fleet. That makes no sense, did the Secret Weapon brainwash all of them or something? I don't know. Maybe he gave an Optimus Prime level speech, that would change anyone's mind to be fair.
- We see a Titan sized TV head in the shot where TCM and Executor are standing. I thought it was clear UTTVM died? Unless this is a new Titan, how did he come back when it was portrayed as him permanently dying?
Those are all my criticisms of the what-if. Iron occasionally reads the subreddit, so I hope he sees this. I could DM him too, but that feels too pushy.
I like some of the ideas here, but the execution is just... To put it lightly; weak.