this is all part of a larger au that i call the "lockdown au" where GHOST is much more of a threat and is actively pursuing cybertronians as a threat. more and more decepticons take up holoforms to be safe from ghost and the autobots and terrans follow suit
don't like how anything past season one looks, the characters i want to see are ruined, literally what reason do i have to watch the other seasons #rhymed