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I saw this over on Twitter and thought I should come post it here: voice actor Peter Spellos is currently fundraising for healthcare costs following a stage three cancer diagnosis. He has another ~$40,000 to raise towards his goal at time of writing. If you have anything to spare, please consider donating.

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Tumblr as the loud, alt, gnc nerd with coloured hair, a ton of Pride pins, and lots of merch

Ao3 as the quiet, unassuming book nerd that's secretly freaky as fuck

Does anyone else see my vision

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npd culture is yeah yeah absolute power corrupts absolutely… they should give me total control tho I’d do everything right

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Trump is dead this and Trump is dead that. The obvious answer for Trump's sudden disappearance is that Trump has gone into his very first heat and the Whitehouse is trying to cover up that he's an Omega

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i have this unrealistic fantasy in my head where if you calmly and logically explain something to someone perfectly they will understand your position and gain knowledge from the exchange. unfortunately in the real world this does not happen often

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"who said that" is a powerful spell that casts a defensive bubble around your most vulnerable thoughts

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Voidposting yeye but I just wanted to shout that I've decided to not use original TF media names. I'm probably thinking too much of it and making it complicated but I hate being unoriginal. My character's have different stories, characters and narratives so why stick to an old name that already has a description sticking to it.

And Ik no damn soul gon read my fanfiction or this blog but whatever 🎀

MC is completely new, Diatriel, so that's that. Megatron shall be Destron. Yeee got that idea from a comic around here Ik but I'm not making a commercial story or being famous so I hope they won't mind. Sorry if they do hmu in that case. Starscream shall have either the semi canon Ulchtar or Pretty Poison, I like both so it's complicated lol. Soundwave is gonna be Evangelion, cuz he used to be in the elite guard who in my AU are basically angels. Get it? It would have been his previous name but whatevs. Shockwave, I went for Damocles. Love it. And Imma let Orion stay Orion. THAZ IT EVERYONE ELSE AN ORIGINAL SLAYYYYY

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confiscating cis peoples gender until they can learn to be normal about it. sorry you spent too much time talking about how men and women are 'supposed' to act, you're getting put in nonbinary time out. sit on the naughty step. no gender until dinner time.

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I found the perfect sound for the sparklings

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=AeTz4kAJ80PrsLVF

WAIT I LIKE IT! It fits so well???

Here’s the link if you wanna check it out :D

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drug abuse? Noooo, i would never do that the drugs. I love drugs.

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school, job, capitalism or depression can’t stop you from fantasizing about toxic old men yaoi whenever you want by the way

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It's extremely cool if you can just skip moving the mouth and have a face like Soundwave without a bother, but also if you do have a human-like one, denta (teeth) and the glossa (tongue) are for wildly different purposes. Protection of the cavity and identification of substances?

Another important part of nonverbal communication along with verbal. They rather emote with the mouth while speaking like

Face consistently goes: 😁

While voice box tells you how the weather is so wonderful they wanted a stroll, so happy to see you, how are your friends doing-

I LOVE ALIEN ROBOTS

Cybertronian names and vocalizations headcanons:

It's not hard to figure out that, upon encounter with humans, cybertronians had to adapt their speech for us to be able to understand them. They also had to translate their names and give them vocalization patterns that otherwise could be not understandable or replicable by humans. Now, let's take a step back and try to figure out how cybertronians would communicate vocally between one another:

Their speech patterns would consist mainly of mechanical noises, such as engine whirring, screeches, clanking, chirping, popping, hissing, and many more. You can refer to this article for a more detailed list of noises.

These sounds don't come just from their mouths (or intakes if you want to use the correct cybertronian term), but their whole bodies, as their many different mechanical components are an integral part of this array of noises. Humans do communicate through body language, but we don't look at someone cracking their knuckles or popping their elbow and go "understandable, have a great day". To us, these noises mean nothing. To cybertronians, they constitute an integral part of communication. However, no cybertronian would be able to assign a meaning to the noise of a human joint popping, simply because that very peculiar noise does not exist in cybertronian language.

This said, cybertronians hence communicate with vast vocalizations coming from their whole bodies. And they can mix them, too. A whir and a clicking sound separately mean two different things, together they have a whole new meaning that might be an entire phrase. This process is similar to some human languages too. For example, linguists out there come help me, in Japanese the word for teacher "先生" is composed of two kanjis that, alone, have two different meanings: "先" meaning "previous" and "生" meaning "life". HOWEVER, in this case the two noises are replicated one after another.

In Cybertronian language, 3 different things can happen: - 2 sounds are made separately, they mean two separate things; - 2 sounds are made one after another, they constitute a phrase; - 2 sounds are made at the same time and overlap, they now compose one new unique sound that means something else entirely.

Of course, humans are only able to make one sound at a time, so replicating the overlapping sounds is impossible. For this reason, cybertronians must find a way to convey complex meanings in their language in a way that is possible for humans to comprehend. Most importantly, they need to translate their names in human language, closely enough that the original meaning isn't lost.

This magnificent post here explained how this process might occur, and offered a unique way to convey meaning into cybertronian names.

I might make another post on how cybertronian names are born, but that's a talk for another time.

For now, let's focus on the NAME STRUCTURE.

Starscream, for example. Again, refer to the aforementioned post. His name roughly translates to "he who screams in defiance of death". Another possibile translation could be "he who screams (at the stars) in defiance of death". Now we might be overcomplicating things, but imagine if there's a particular verb in cybertronian language that precisely refers to screaming as in "screaming to the sky/stars". Imagine Starscream's name contains that verb.

Do you follow? Good, let's overcomplicate it further. "Death" in cybertronian language might be one of those words whose sound can be used in overlap with other words, is often used alone due to its importance. The noun for death is, however, used in overlap with adjectives / verbs. If we keep following that logic, we can conclude that Starscream's name is composed of two consecutive sounds, one meaning "screaming to the stars" (one sound) and another being "in defiance of death / death being defied" (two overlapping sounds, coming out as one). Okay, the hard part is out. If you've kept up until now, you'll have no issues understanding the rest.

How would cybertronians be able to translate this complex name? They have no choice but to butcher it a bit, and since "death screamer" or "death defier" don't sound appealing, they chose to cut off the death part completely and keep the verb with its extended meaning "screaming to the stars". Ladies and gents and everyone in between, that's how "Starscream" is born.

The name phonetics are kept as closely accurate to the original sound as possible.

There are, thank Primus, names that don't contain overlapping noises and can be somewhat pronounced by humans. However, keep in mind that Cybertronian is a very sound-oriented language much like Chinese or Arab. Your vocalization must be precise or else it might take on a whole new meaning.

For example, let's imagine "Tarn" is pronounced with a single noise, or two or more consequential noises, that sound simple enough to the human ear. Phonetically speaking, it'd come out as: - the sound of engines turning on; - a very loud and grating revving noise; - and finally the natural noise of engines stopping. It'd come out as "T-rrrrrrrrrrr-nh". It is pronounceable by humans precisely? Hell no, but you might be able to come close with a throaty sound and a rolling R. If the noise you just made is close enough to get a phonetical pass, congrats! You can now speak 0.0000000000001% Cybertronian. Don't do that in front of the decepticon fanatic though, he might not appreciate anyway.

Cybertronian language rarely contains vowels. Cybertronians on earth have adapted their names to contain vowels and make the sound more comprehensible (See the noise for "Tarn" not containing the "a").

A bunch on examples on how Cybertronian names might sound:

Megatron: Two revving noises (Me + Ga), only distinguishable by cybertronians, followed by a strong rrrrrrrrrrrr sound.

Arcee: A softer rrr sound, followed by chirping and shirieking overlapping noises, making up a "cee".

Bumblebee: The "bumble" part might be two consequential popping sounds.

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aro culture is hearing the song "all you need is love" and just thinking what about water. food. sleep. oxygen. *continues listing basic things needed for life*

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Mini correction, personality disorders don't tend to be lifelong. The most persistent tends to be Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, but otherwise they usually begin to naturally reduce in a few years or by middle age.

That is also to add a bit positivity and hope. Even without intensive therapy, there's a good chance it will stabilise :D

Hi! I'm diagnosed with STPD (apparently—psychiatrist didn't tell me when she updated the schizospec watch thing to this) but I don't actually know a lot about it beyond going through the wikipedia article and diagnostic criteria and such. I do find a lot of the posts on here really relatable though.

Would it be possible to get an overview of stuff?

obviously starting this one off by saying that im not a professional in any way, everybody's experiences are different, if you have any troubles then bringing it up with your psychiatrist is important, etc etc. i may be wrong or explain something incorrectly, so if anyone has anything to add/correct please put it in comments/reblogs! :3

the one thing you need to know is that schizotypal personality disorder is both a schizophrenia spectrum disorder and a personality disorder. i know thats very obvious by the name of the disorder, but what does it actually mean? well, a personality disorder is a lifelong pattern affecting one's behaviors, reactions, self-view, and emotions, and a schizophrenia spectrum disorder means the disorder is along the same spectrum as schizophrenia and will share a lot of symptoms. most schizophrenia symptoms overlap with schizotypal symptoms, but the main difference is that people with schizotypal dont usually have full delusions, hallucinations and psychosis. instead, they have things like ideas of reference and bodily illusions. this also means that someone with stpd will tend to have more difficulty with their personality symptoms (such as paranoia, intense social anxiety, flat emotions/expressions, trouble relating to people, odd social behaviors)

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STPD culture is “i love being a weird freak i love being strange and unique. im so fun and whimsical” and 5 seconds later its “i will never have what they have no one will ever understand my blight. this endless isolation seeps into my very being and stirs restlessly. the nights grow longer and the stars dim one by one.”

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