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✨I Have No Idea What I’m Doing✨

@prism2674

|| Hi I’m know as Raed || 18 ||
I like: musicals, watercolor, the Magnus Archives, Transformers, BSD, Moriarty the Patriot and whatever my brain decides I’m currently obsessed with :)
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You’re welcome

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gunslingerannie

This is the most useful thing I’ve ever reblogged.

i used to think when people said my cousin twice removed that their cousin must’ve did some fucked up shit to get kicked out of the family twice

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happylifewiththemachines

When I found this the first thing I thought was “now I can find out how Count Olaf is related to the Baudelaire children.”

Ratchet expresses more Functionist beliefs on-screen than Pharma ever does send tweet

"Sorry-- my hands keep freezing up. I've worn them out.... These hands are irreplaceable. And when they stop working, that's it-- i officially cease to be of any use." (color-coded emphasis added)

"See, good medics-- it's all in the hands. There's a certain...fluidity of movement. You can't build hands like that."

And this is just what I found in MTMTE #4....

I'm not saying that anyone has to think Ratchet is a piece of shit (in fact, I love Ratchet for having this sort of flaw), I just felt like talking about a personal pet peeve about how the comics have Ratchet EXPLICITLY SAY THINGS ABOUT FORGED MEDICS THAT ARE VERY FUNCTIONIST but for some reason this fandom likes to saddle Pharma with the burden of being seen as an evil Functionist instead?

Meanwhile, Pharma's statements with regards to his new, non-forged hands that don't match the typical model of forged medic hands:

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Ratchet: "Your hands..."

Pharma: "What about my hands?"

Ratchet: "They're stupid."

Pharma: "Actually, they're very clever. They can turn into anything."

Pharma seems to be unbothered by the fact that he has new, created hands in place of his real forged hands. In fact, Pharma's offense about the loss of his hands is based on more personal, very understandable reasons than thinking he can only be a good doctor if he has forged medic hands:

Ratchet: "What's this about? Revenge?"

Pharma: "At first, I wanted to hurt you for ruining things at Delphi, but when you crashed I saw that you'd stolen my hands. That took things to a whole new level. You declared war on my body, Ratchet. I'm retaliating."

Pharma's anger at Ratchet is centered on the fact that Ratchet stole pieces of his body and used them as his own, violating his bodily autonomy, which is frankly a really understandable reason to be pissed off at someone. (I mean, in a lot of places you can't even harvest organs off of dead bodies without the consent of the deceased or their next of kin! You can't just take someone's body parts because they're dead and they won't miss them!)

However, I will slightly concede one point to the side of "Pharma has Functionist leanings, which could be interpreted from something Ratchet says later:

Ratchet: "Or maybe...you're scared of failure. Maybe you're afraid you won't be able to pick the lock or loosen the wiring, so you want help. I get it, Pharma. It took me a while but-- it makes sense now: I'm better than you."

Pharma: "A better doctor? Please. I overtook you years ago. I don't need my hands back to slap you down."

Ratchet: "Prove it. Put me back in my body and prove it. A race to fix the same injury-- the better surgeon wins the hands."

However, this isn't even explicit or even very strong implicit evidence of Pharma having Functionist leanings. Ratchet essentially tries to bait Pharma into a contest by exploiting Pharma's fears of inferiority, which could possibly be linked to their forged medic hands ("I don't need my hands"/"the better surgeon wins the hands"). Maybe Pharma's overconfidence is a front to cover for the fact that he feels insecure about Ratchet having the forged hands while he doesn't. But Pharma's feelings of inferiority don't appear to hinge on his attachment to his hands: they seem to be attached to his relationship with Ratchet as a person. Pharma having a particular disdain towards his new hands also doesn't make sense when you consider that he views his new hands as "clever" (as opposed to Ratchet calling them "stupid", which is another solid point in the "Ratchet thinks all non-forged medic hands are inferior to the real deal, which was also shown in MTMTE #4).

(Also, Ratchet, it's kind of fucked up for you to bet Pharma's hands in a contest when they don't even belong to you, man. Even if Pharma wants his original hands back, that's more easily attributed to him wanting ownership of his own fucking body parts than him being a Functionist.)

Maybe this post will disseminate far enough into the fandom one day that people stop calling Pharma a Functionist and portraying him as such in art/fanfic. A stan can only dream, though.

I read it as the in-universe cultural mark functionalism left on everyone. Ratchet may reject functionalism, but he’s still affected by his past and the teachings that were force-fed pretty much every Cybertronian. Same with Pharma. He may not necessarily be a functionist at all, but he’s still affected by that way of thinking. (you’re right though, Ratchet has way more scenes of spouting funcionist ideas than... pretty much most of the cast I think?)

You can see it in other subtler ways other characters act too- What’s the first thing most ask about other bots? “What’s their altmode

They had a whole betting pool or something (don’t remember what exactly, but they made a huge deal of it) about wtf Rung turned into. On one hand, it could be simple curiosity, but on the other, they also had MILLENNIA where a bot’s form dictated their function.

Then there’s more on the nose ways the story hammers in the baggage functionism left Cybertronians with: Whirl’s trauma of being made an empuratee left him unable to see/acknowledge the chronometers as anything other than broken and flawed, despite Cyclonus literally saying they’re all PERFECT. Why? His hands were forcibly replaced. Along side the mutilation of his own body came the trauma of losing his function, which he very much loved, in a society where your function means everything, including your very identity.

Does that mean all them are secretly functionists? Hell no. Many of them outright reject it. Yet every now and again they might fall back to its way of thinking, consciously or not. And I wish that was explored more in fics.

Nobody even talk to me right now.

HOW DO WE GO FROM THIS-

TO THIS???????????

WHY?????? WHO??????? HOW??????? His LIPS?? His stupid glasses??? WHY IS HE BROWN!!!

I can't even. The Bumblebee movie NAILED their designs. It was perfect blend of G1 designs and realism. It was so fun to watch. ALL I WANTED WAS TO SEE MORE OF IT. BUT NO. NO!! ALL WE GET ARE 2 FREAKING MINUTES OF ACTION AND THEN THIS MONSTROSITY. WHO EVEN SIGNED OFF ON THIS. IT LOOKS MORE UGLY EVERY TIME I SEE IT. THEY DIDNT EVEN INCLUDE HIS HEADFINS!!!! WHEELJACKS DESIGN IS SO MUCH FUN AND THEY LITERALLY JUST THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW AND FOR WHAY????????? I hate him.

To everyone who likes this design. I am sorry. I respect your decision. I am happy that at least someone can find joy in... this. But dear god. I hate him so much.

He's so ugly. He also looks "fake". Like, it looks like someone photoshopped his lips on. It pains me to know they're "real."

also jesus christ can we please stop the "big glasses equals NERD lol" thing. That was already hackneyed by the 80s.

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me to a cishet: hey look up the fire snail!!!!!!!

them: that’s weird :|

me to an lgbtq+ person: hey look up the fire snail!!!!!!!!

them: :O!!!!!!! fire snail!!!!!!!!!!

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basementvampz

fire snail.

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frogdaduntitled

:00000 fire snail

The fact that this isn’t called a lava snail is some grade-A bullshit

MAGMA SNAIL

But guuuuuuys

Think about animated TFP bloopers like Pixar used to do.

Optimus and Dreadwing having their staredown and they both crack up laughing.

Bots running into the cameras on close-ups.

Megatron constantly forgetting what his lines are.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH TRANSFORMATIONS AND BLASTERS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS.

Starscream keeps getting his claws stuck in things.

Bumblebee and Knockout getting distracted trying to see who’s taller.

Vehicons in the background with hats on or coffee cups because they didn’t know they were rolling.

Ratchet keeps cracking jokes and ruining takes.

Ultra Magnus does it and everyone just dies.

More TFP blooper headcanons for the collection:

  • Soundwave verbally apologizing to inanimate objects he bumps into, then straight-out trolling everyone by playing audio clips at serious moments when it’s least expected, therefore ruining takes.
  • Optimus dramatically quoting a mix of classic and personal poetry for added entertainment.
  • Arcee giving running commentaries on camera of events she finds either annoying or hilarious.
  • Breakdown ad-libbing, but mostly by throwing in references to his favorite shows and movies.
  • Wheeljack tripping on equipment and props because he’s actually clumsy.
  • Bulkhead laughing hysterically at the smallest things after he’s had a long day on set, slowing progress on certain days.
  • Smokescreen starting a prank war between cast members which gets out of hand a few times.
  • Cliffjumper randomly popping on camera every now and then during filming since he’s salty that his character died in the first episode.
  • Shockwave ironically being a bit squeamish and having trouble concentrating during certain scenes because of that.
  • Airachnid repeatedly experiencing a memory slip and calling Jack “Jake” on multiple occasions.
  • Randomly hearing Predaking singing Disney songs in the background. His voice is just very loud, and he forgets they’re filming close by when he’s on break.
Anonymous asked:

Honestly I think the Prowl hate backfired. I used to be indifferent to idw Prowl and now I'm very interested in this man. He's so weird and needs seven types of therapy and a two day long nap. I want to tame him like a feral, angry cat

You. You get me.

(except his energy is more dog-like to me: “All bark and no bite” vibes.)

Stick around and I might one day write the IDW/TFP Prowl AU-ish fanfic I’ve had rotating around in my brain for a while.

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Important if your in an abusive situation you can turn off this alarm

Please reblog to spread awareness

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Do you know at 3pm on 23rd of April 2023, a UK-wide test of an emergency alert system will take place on every mobile phone in the country? This loud alarm will sound on your phone and make it vibrate, even if it is switched to silent or notifications are off.

If you're living with domestic abuse and you have a mobile phone hidden in your house "just in case", please remember to switch it off on Sunday 23 April 2023. Your hidden phone must be switched off completely during this time to avoid discovery.

• Even if this post doesn't apply to you, please support/share/repost.

• You will be connected to someone who is living with domestic abuse right now, even if you think you're not.

• Sharing the information could keep them safe.

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Elementary!Sherlock is superior because when he was angry and had to make several phone calls he dug out a rotary phone from his storage closet to be able to hang up on people with more emphasis