Megatron/Optimus Prime

Pairing
Pairing:	Megatron/Optimus Prime
Alternative name(s):	MegOp, メガコン (MegaCon), コンメガ (ConMega)
Gender category:	Slash; M/M
Fandom:	Transformers
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Megatron/Optimus Prime, known mostly as MegOp, is the pairing of Megatron and Optimus Prime from the Transformers franchise. Their rivalry and dynamic changes with every new Transformers canon, but they're almost always major players and can be shipped by fans.

The Transformers Gen One movie in 2024 helped fuel the ship, though their ship was popular for years before this.

Common Tropes & Fanon

• With Megatron being leader of the Decepticons and Optimus Prime leading the Autobots, they're often enemies, separated on moral grounds. Each canon has their backstories and exact rivalries differ.
• Transformers: Prime had Optimus & Megatron once be on the same side. Megatron/Orion Pax often focuses on his pre-canon relationship.
• Some canons and fanworks have them be soulmates.

Fan Reception

TBA

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Awards

• The pairing was one of the one-hundred ships listed in Tumblr Fandometrics' Year in Review 2024 as some of the most discussed pairings on the site.

Zines

• Equinox (2017)

Blogs

• MegOP, ^{Archived version}, an event and ship-focused Tumblr blog.

Fan Comics

• Megatron’s fantastic revised plan by herzspalter, ^{Archived version} (2020)

Fan Art

• a voice to start a thousand revolutions by, ^{Archived version} (2019)
• Magnet by ladylyra, ^{Archived version} (2023), Magnet pastiche.

Wikis

• MegaOp on the Shipping Wiki.