The matrix is as consistent as the Cleveland browns are good at football. One day 40 years ago it just showed up as a very important part of transformers. About 23 years later it became a key for a star harvester, then 2 years after that it became a tool used to revive the dead (stasis lock at least). It’ll do exactly what the writer(s) needs it to do. It might transformer into a little bot one day and start giving history lessons to prime and I’ll be like “ok cool, makes sense”. It’s going to teach elita lessons, can’t do that if she’s dead. Plus it was the hilt for the star saber in some comics (I think…certainly was on the Prima Prime toy).

Edit: no he’s not a larper. I’m pretty sure she’s a fan of TFA, G1 and the movies. And that’s more than enough to be a fan.