making this clearer because apparently the one in my description was not being seen
Not going to talk about WHY I don't want to see or interact with it, but suffice to say, it makes me uncomfortable
If I detect it, I will block on sight, no warning
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tf ocs... how i would kiss my wife if i were a fish and married etc etc
they have dunkleosteus and coelacanth alt modes respectively 😁 fish are awesome
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ignoring my wips to draw jetlings
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Whirl’s gyroscopic head is canon
[twitter convo between Memelord (Sasha) @snekdoodles and James Roberts @jroberts332 on 15 October 2017.
S: Back at TFN, I asked Alex Milne if Whirl would bob his head like a bird and he said yes. Do you think the same?
JR: I do!
gif of a chicken keeping it’s head still while it’s body is rotated, with Whirl’s face juxtaposed over the chicken. ]
This makes a lot of sense.
In order to make the most of his limited vision (compared to the peripheral and stereoscopic vision afforded by two standard optics on an unmodified helm), it likely helps Whirl to have the ability to fixate his vision in this way.
There could be optic functions which replicate stereoscopic vision etc. but a lot of empurata helms have designs or shapes which may limit their full field of vision as the optic housing seems to often curtail the full field of view.
Sensors may be different to accommodate this; Similar to how Perceptor in Cyberverse was able to “see” to some degree using his microscope lens.
But if Whirl and perhaps other empurata bots have the ability to engage a gyroscope-like function, this could help in a lot of ways and may even be a benefit over standard helms, in that an empurata may find it easier to fixate on a particular point or projectile target in battle.
Whirl is a flight frame, so having gyroscopic functions makes even more sense! It may also help him further stabilise his vision/sensors while in flight, in addition to horizon sensors etc. for orientation.
I actually work with a few ophthalmology consultants, I wonder if they would be interested in this lmao
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I hit a pothole (a Michigan pothole so basically a sinkhole) today and my check engine light came on. I don’t have one of those computer plugins to reset the light and I knew it was just a sensor that got knocked so I was just like “well let’s see if this works” and on the way home I swerved and hit the pothole again and the check engine light turned off
I just googled “Michigan Pothole”
IS THIS STATE OKAY??????
Something something transformers dealing with this shit
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i keep forgetting to repost my art here
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shhhh
tiny cars are dreaming
therealeovaldez
This is beautiful
twinkletwinkleyoulittlefuck
Transformers: Nap Time
AUTOBOTS; PASS OUT
I really hope that little girl got introduced to Transformers.
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absolutely hilarious to me that around 90% of the time when team prime is talking about “the decepticons” doing something it’s literally just soundwave
“the decepticons are hacking the satellite array”
soundwave is sitting alone in a warehouse with a computer that’s too small for him tf do you mean the decepticons it’s literally just him
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Who is he?
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I made my sentinel prime some tiny socks
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Y'know even in spite of how good IDW and earthspark megatron are I think tfp megatron is my favorite just for the melodrama and untapped comedic value. This bitch is so emotionally repressed and comically power hungry it circles all the way back to being thematically compelling. He comes back after a several year radio silence with armfuls of Robot Space Crack and immediately assumes power again like nothing ever happened. He throws vehicons off the wings of his ship. He has beef with a 14 year old girl. He abused the power of the anti-god that turns people into mindless drones and was surprised when said god tried to make him a mindless drone. His own ship came alive and tried to stage a mutiny. Optimus prime did a burnout on his face that one time. If someone made him express a genuine emotion besides rage he would spontaneously combust. I fucking love him
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placing some random thoughts down- there doesn't seem to be any limits with alt mode options? Percy has a microscope and Signal Lancer has a fucking traffic light alt mode
sooo :3 tamagotchi fuck it
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Since Cybertronian full names are like Prowl of Protex and Skids of Nova Cronum. Would Terran full names be like Twitch Malto of Philadelphia?
Yes. Thrash thinks he's so cool because he has two last names. "Malto" and "of Witwicky." But the Cybertronians not familiar with Earth think Malto is just part of the Terrans' first names like Fortress Maximus, etc. So the Terrans feel like they're constantly being full-named when they're not.
Love this idea c:
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Palette 2, TFP Shockwave
Nice one
Ooooh. Feels fluorescent
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Ratchet in a dress.
That's all.
This is excellent, for many reasons
But also because the colour of pharmacy in the UK is green (hence the green medical cross on a lot of our prescription paper bags and pharmacy signage)
And the last time I went to a medical museum exhibition they had an old greenish apron that was used by a formulary worker (an old school pharmacy tech, more or less) in the Victorian era
(I think it was originally an olive colour, which may have just been a coincidence because I would have to double check if green was associated with pharmacy during that time period or not, but whatever it works out lol)
And yeah the one in the museum was a men's apron but who genders an apron anyway lol, the apron colour was basically the same as the dress here from years of light exposure and wear and tear
So I'm loving the 1880s druggist look on Ratchet here, ayyy hell yeah we love to see the Pharmacy Dress Swag
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Genuine question, sorry if this feels random, but if a human was trying to understand/study cybertronians on a biological level, what fields of research would be most applicable?
This is a great question, and I'm sorry it's taken me this long to reply!
What comes to mind first would be two critical areas of immediate understanding, and one example of further comparative investigation to deepen that initially established understanding in selective areas.
Physiology, Anatomy, and multiple sub-specialty areas-- I'll focus on one here as an example, a sub-speciality of Orthopaedics called Arthrology.
Physiology is a very broad field, which essentially covers the functions and processes of life.
Anatomy is also a broad field, involving the study of the structure of living things.
Arthrology is the study of joints and articulations, and is often applied in Orthopaedics and Rheumatology (among other fields like Sports Therapy, Paediatrics, etc.).
Arthrology may sound like an odd choice for an example of how various sub-specialities would be involved as well, but let me explain:
In the context of studying Cybertronians, due to their basic humanoid shape (bipedal, two arms, two legs, one head, etc.), we can make some basic comparisons to human beings.
But how similar are we actually, and how can we determine that? What are the differences, how do we start figuring that out? How does it play into any anatomical/physiological findings that have been made up to this point already, possibly based on information provided to humans by Cybertronian medics?
Selecting one system or aspect of the body and focusing on that to further develop any initial anatomical and physiological knowledge may be helpful in early investigations as well.
We may want to start in several areas once we've established knowledge of basic physiology and anatomy, which would inform further investigations, or we might start developing any physiological or anatomical knowledge in the first place by picking a specific place to start and figuring out the anatomy/physiology from there.
I think the order and approach to investigations here would depend on how much information Cybertronians may be willing or able to provide to any humans, and depending on any specific systems being studied, it may vary.
For the sake of this example, using Arthrology as one potential area we would want to examine, we could compare Cybertronian joints to human joints, and start determining how things are structurally and functionally different.
This could help map out the anatomy of any joints and connected systems, such as tendon-like pistons or muscle-like protoform, which may potentially be involved in Cybertronian mechanical joint systems.
Studying connected tendon-pistons and surrounding materials and functions in the body, working from the joints outward, could help us start to understand how their fine motor control processes physically work on a mechanical level, such as servo functioning and how those components fit in with everything else.
It could also provide some insight into potential concerns, such as any indications of stress, wear-and-tear, or any markings on the components of the joints and associated systems/materials.
There would be a lot of multidisciplinary work; For example, Neurologists may be focusing on studying the processor, but would also be interested in the findings from any arthrological investigations as well, since fine motor functions are both physical and neurological, and understanding how Cybertronian's bodies send movement signals to their joints would help further knowledge in both areas.
So the answer is: Building a knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology would be critical first and foremost.
This could be done either with some pre-existing knowledge shared by Cybertronian medics, in which case basic information would already be known and investigations would attempt to further build on that knowledge, or alternatively we would be going in without any prior information and would need to develop our understanding of anatomy and physiology by utilising multiple specialities to begin learning about individual systems of the body to build our understanding of Cybertronian bodies.
I gotta go to work in a minute and haven't had time to edit this, so I hope it makes sense! :)
And thank you for such a good question! <3
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Beach Vibes!
Legacy Evolution Beachcomber
Oh my cod. He is beach combing!