I know! So shocking!!! :o I still want to know if Dominus is now dead, too...since Rewind made that choice to force Chromedome to pull out.

I think Rodimus (though disagreeing--since he gave a time-and-place statement as his disagreement) understood what Megatron meant, but Ravage was crushed by this. I kinda have to agree with Rodimus...there's a time-and-place for pacificism, but do you want to hold to ideals or save lives? Because if Megatron fights...they have a better chance of winning it. It's not a good place for anyone right now......

As for Skids...I caught it, but I have multiple theories on it. I think part of it also has to do with the Amica Endura ceremony...because we all know Skids feels really close to Nautica. It could be the thing a couple issues ago as well...with Skids being forced to remember his past abruptly too. I think there's a lot of small things that may have driven a wedge between Skids and Rung, that have been building for awhile.

And the group hug scene at the end...Rodimus looks directly at Chromedome when he says thank you to them all. He knows how much pressure he has always put Chromedome under...and as the leader sometimes making pretty hard decisions, he knows exactly how important Chromedome's skills really are and how often it's saved them all.