Besides the allies he's sacrificed, this is another sign of his incredible belief that what he's doing is right. Punch can, however, control the Decepticon side of him. He could no longer count on Punch to come up with ideas to bail him out a tight situation, as Counterpunch better understood the Decepticons. Over time, Counterpunch developed a personalityof his own. It is almost too easy to say he has a split personality, but this may be true. In the time since he first became Counterpunch, he may have developed another side to his personality. Less Autobot sacrifices need to be made, as he can blame any apparent foul-ups on his underlings.
That job is finding out information about the enemy he has infiltrated and passing it on to the Autobots. Admittedly it most likely helps that is loftier position among the Decepticons makes his job easier. The present-day Punch is probably more hardened to the activities he must partake in. Yet he hung in, knowing that the cause he was fighting for, despite the front it was on, was right. For a young Autobot behind enemy lines, always wary of being found out for what he was, this would be a lot to bear. He must live with the fact that even though he knows what he is doing is for the good of the Autobots, he is still sending innocents and friends to their deaths. He hears the preaching of the Decepticon cause but, while Counterpunch must embrace it in order not to arouse suspicion, Punch must besmudge it so he does not go nuts. He's constantly around those which he believes are enemies, yet he sees souls whom he could befriend if there was no war. These early days would probably be hardest on Punch himself. To steal a line from Star Trek, the good of the many outweigh the good of the few. It is this action, the willful sacrifice of fellow Autobots, that would anger a great number of his allies if they knew what was happening while also defining exactly how much Punch believes in what he's doing. In fact, there would probably be a distinct possibility that could severely undermine the Autobots' activities for long-term successes of the Autobot cause. However, he still must choose which of his allies must die for the cause. With his position among the Autobots, he can easily pick and choose which will cause the least damage to the Autobots while looking the most impressive to his Decepticon superiors. In order to garner the trust of his superiors, both at the present and the future, he would have to successfully pin down some Autobot stronghold or some pending mission against the Decepticons. Among them, he'd have to kiss up to the right people and he'd have to prove himself.
To rise to a position in which his skills would be most useful, he would have to do a number of things. More likely than not he would have to begin on the low end of the Decepticon totem pole. The perfect cover for Counterpunch and his unknown motives would be a Decepticon spy, or even better, some sort of intelligence director. By playing Counterpunch as aloof and short-tempered, he may be able to hold off the perverbial inquisition long enough to save face or warn the Autobots of a halt in the information flow due his death.
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He would need to establish a personality for Counterpunch, knowing full well that his cover may someday come under some scrutiny among the Decepticons.
He must resign himself to the fact that, in order to perform his job up to snuff, he must spend a great deal of time among the Decepticons. We'll start with Punch and his newly-acquired alterego. First the young P/CP, then the present-day P/CP. There are two sections of the Punch/Counterpunch timeline I want to look at. But I doubt Punch really gives a crap either. Simply put, there are probably a lot of Autobots out there (those who know about him anyway) who just don't trust him. Then again, he may never show up, as this would be a severe breach to his cover if any suspicion arises. He might pop in from time to time, but always on his terms and never for very long. This aspect of his job is probably the main reason most of his fellow Autobots would not think of his as the most devoted Autobot. Due to the nature of his job he probably spends a majority of his time among the Decepticons. Here's an Autobot spy so intent on doing his part in the war that he actually has a created form that of his sworn enemy. Punch is perhaps the single most unique Transformer in the entire mythos. You want a single Autobot most devoted to his cause? An unwavering banner on which the Autobots can point to in order to understand what they fight for? My vote goes to Punch. Prisoners of War: Punch/Counterpunch Prisoners of War: Punch/Counterpunchįeatured Cartoon Appearances: The Rebirthįanfic Appearances: "Corrosion of War Without End" by Robert Powers
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