rott-ing-root:

Let me just talk about this scene in TFP in the episode “Triage”

After Megatron asks Knockout to repair Soundwave’s visor, there is a long pause while ominous music plays in the background. We see Knockout looking unsure and gritting his teeth while looking at Soundwave.

What is there to be uncomfortable about is the question. Knockout is a doctor so he should be okay with examining others and seeing their ‘personal parts’. But having to repair Soundwave’s visor makes him hesitant.

Was this supposed to set up or hint for a Soundwave face reveal? Is his face too damaged/terrible to look at so that’s why he always wears a visor?

In these shots we can see Soundwave’s eyes under his visor, which means he does indeed have a face.

So most likely TFP planned for Soundwave to have a face reveal at one point but never got to it

Personally, I read that as “augh, he’s not going to like that, I don’t want to deal with angry Soundwave right now” rather than “eww”. 

And yeah, Soundwave has a face, it’s shown in some of the comics.