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i remember when mdzs first came out and i didn't know shit about the genre yet, so my friend and i found it in a bookstore and she went "grandmaster of demonic cultivation???? what is 'cultivation'. google says it's practicing agriculture. how can you do that demonically." and i was like "farming evilly and deviously......"

anyways this exchange became ten times funnier when i read mdzs years later and got to the part where everyone thinks wei wuxian is establishing a horrible evil demonic sect with the wen remnants but he's actually just trying to farm so they don't starve. doing some straight up evil and demonic and devious farming.

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So, there’s this little thing called the Neural Cluster.

A few days ago, I learned something new about Cybertronians. According to TFwiki, the neural cluster, located on the back of the neck, is the weakest spot on any Transformer.

Apparently, “A sudden impact to the neural cluster could trigger the transformation cog in what was known as an involuntary mode spasm.” (IDW 2005 continuity)

This vulnerable spot isn’t mentioned in TFP, but I couldn’t help but take this newfound knowledge of Cybertronian anatomy and speculate about the bots of Prime.

Over the course of three days, I spent a total of 11 hours skimming through nearly every TFP episode, staring at characters’ necks and taking screenshots for the sake of this analysis post. 😆 You’re welcome.

The ‘Cons are up first:

Megatron’s neural cluster is covered with the armor plating that runs back and down from his helm. This makes sense since he was a miner and then a gladiator—both of which would have required heavy duty protection from falling debris or physical blows, respectively. It’s highly unlikely that anyone would be able to trigger the neural cluster response in Megatron.

In Starscream’s case, while his neck is relatively exposed, he is protected from the back. He has that little tab of armor there. In order for someone to get to his neural cluster, Starscream would have to be leaning his head forward quite a bit, and the other bot would have to be very close.

Soundwave is an interesting case. Because of his physical build, his head sits farther forward than the typical Cybertronian’s. This would leave his neural cluster overly exposed if it weren’t for his armor’s other protective features: For one, his helm sits just right so that it provides some protection while not limiting up-and-down movement of his head. Second, the armor plates that form the nose of his drone mode sit high enough and close enough to each other so that they shield his neck from attacks or pranksters that might come from directly behind. Third, the positioning of his tall shoulder plating doesn’t really allow for side-access to his neck. And finally, the spikes on his back prevent bots shorter than him from attempting to reach his neural cluster. A bot would have to be taller than him to even get close to it. All this to say: good luck to any prankster or assailant who wishes to use Soundwave’s neural cluster response against him. 😂 May Primus have mercy on your soul if you even try.

Dreadwing’s neck and back are well-protected. I see multiple layers of armor that make it impossible to reach his neck. He can take multiple heavy blows to his back and neck without having to worry about being sent into his alt mode via a hit to his neural cluster.

Knockout really isn’t one to hide his neck from the view of others, is he? I’m pretty sure he thinks having too much armor there would kill his aesthetic and impede head movements. And since he’s not one for close combat unless he has a weapon that puts some distance between himself and others, he probably doesn’t worry about taking a hit there. He’s built for speed, agility, and looking pretty. Why would he hide such a beautiful neck?

Breakdown is the exact opposite of Knockout, which I think is funny in an awesome way. Breakdown’s got that massive spare tire that covers his back and sits just high enough to shield his neck from would-be attackers.

Like Soundwave, Shockwave is an interesting case. He doesn’t appear to have any neck at all. There’s a perfectly logical explanation: Empurata. I personally believe that TFP Shockwave underwent this procedure just like IDW Shockwave, but perhaps under different circumstances. According to this speculative piece from the fan-made book, Anatomica Cybertronia, attachment of the empurata victim’s patient’s new head can be done in one of three ways, depending on existing neck structure. This is the third option listed and the one I think TFP Shockwave went through: “existing neck support is not suitable for new head. Remove and discard existing neck support. Install new head as-is (retain lower portion of existing esophagus).” Sounds bad, right? However, there is at least one advantage: No neck—No neural cluster response. Shockwave is now immune.

Now, I’m not sure why anyone would want to send Predaking into his alt mode since, you know, the whole fire breathing dragon thing. But even if someone were crazy enough to desire it, his layered neck plating would prevent them from doing so. The massive horns protruding from his back would get in the way too.

Airachnid has no protective plating on or around her neck. I checked, and by all indication, anything purple that can be seen on her is a particularly vulnerable spot. Even so, Airachnid does have a little bit of protection in the form of her extra appendages. When in her spider alt mode, her extra legs make it slightly more difficult to reach her neck. Unless you’re Soundwave, of course. During their fight on the Nemesis, he literally reached out with one slender hand, grabbed her by her neck and shoulder, and lifted her into the air. He could have come close to triggering her neural cluster response, but he avoided that. Otherwise, she could have just flown away in her helicopter alt mode. Not that she would have; she’s not a coward like Starscream.

I doubt anyone would purposefully try to trigger the neural cluster response in an Insecticon during a fight unless it were a last-ditch attempt to use the element of surprise in order to get away. It probably wouldn’t work though since Insecticons have armor along the full length of their necks, as far as I can tell. It’s no surprise since they’re basically giant beetles with metal armor for exoskeletons.

My first thought upon looking at Vehicon necks was, “Well, here’s yet another possible reason these guys have such a low survival rate.” I can’t tell if that’s armor on the backs of their necks or nothing. The fliers do have their wings which sort of shield their necks a bit, but they’re not much better off than their grounder counterparts. Would Megatron really overlook such a serious flaw in the design of his cloned soldiers? I mean, in a fit of rage, he couldn’t tell which ones were fliers and which ones were grounders in Inside Job. He threw two Vehicons off the ship after Smokescreen and found out too late that one was not a flier. (RIP random Vehicon ground soldier 💀) So maybe Megatron really did overlook the detail of sufficient neck protection and didn’t bother to correct the scientist or specialist who helped design them. *shrugs*

Optimus appears to have some protection behind his neck in the form of armor. It’s close enough that he doesn’t have to worry about an attacker triggering his neural cluster response. A bot would have to be bold or crazy (or both) to even try that trick on Optimus in the first place. He’s also tall like Megatron, so not many bots would be able to reach his neck even if they wanted to.

And here we see that Optimus’ upgrades make it impossible for anyone to reach his neural cluster. His entire body is an impenetrable fortress, basically.

The back of Ratchet’s neck has no protection below his helm. His neural cluster is especially vulnerable if he leans his head forward. Of course, as the hermit medic, he doesn’t need to worry too much about attacks from behind. However, I think it would be funny if Optimus occasionally came up behind Ratchet and whacked him on the back of his neck to trigger the neural cluster response. This would temporarily snap Ratchet out of his latest overworking session and make him more open to Optimus’ requests to go recharge for a while.

If bio lights are an indication of vulnerable spots on a Cybertronian, then Ultra Magnus doesn’t have much at all in the way of neck protection. Unfortunately for him, his neck’s bio lights basically broadcast vulnerability, which is definitely an issue in combat. He doesn’t even have smokestacks like Optimus. Not that having any would help him much.

Arcee has nothing, basically. Similar to Airachnid, her neck is totally exposed, but it’s not much of an issue since she’s fast and agile. If she had too much armor back there, it would limit her movement. She does have winglets, but they don’t offer much shielding like others’ might.

As we know, Bulkhead worked in construction before the war. Even his helm reveals that since it comes down over his neck pretty far. His neural cluster would have been well-protected from falling debris. Now Bulkhead’s heavy duty helm does an excellent job of shielding him from blows to the neck during hand-to-hand combat. His big tires help too.

Wheeljack has some of the best armor protection on his back and behind his neck. It sits in such a way that his neck is completely concealed and fully protected. He’s probably never once worried about someone triggering his neural cluster response.

I had a lot of difficulty finding decent views of the back of Bumblebee’s head and neck. From what I can see, his neck is mostly protected by his door winglets.

Like Bumblebee, Smokescreen’s door winglets provide the most protection for his neck. Otherwise, his neural cluster is basically out in the open. I could totally see certain members of Team Prime triggering Smokescreen’s neural cluster response when he’s getting too annoying for them to handle. 😂

It’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like Cliffjumper’s helm did most of the protecting except when his head was leaned forward too far. But like Arcee, he was pretty quick (until the end when he just wasn’t quick enough).

If you’ve made it to the end, I’m very sorry and congratulations. 😂 On the one hand, this information may be entirely useless to you (but hopefully interesting). On the other hand, I think it could be a handy little thing to know if you’re a fanfic writer or fan artist who wants to have a little fun with it. As for me, I just like taking things from one continuity and speculating as to how they might fit into another.

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So, there’s this little thing called the Neural Cluster.

A few days ago, I learned something new about Cybertronians. According to TFwiki, the neural cluster, located on the back of the neck, is the weakest spot on any Transformer.

Apparently, “A sudden impact to the neural cluster could trigger the transformation cog in what was known as an involuntary mode spasm.” (IDW 2005 continuity)

This vulnerable spot isn’t mentioned in TFP, but I couldn’t help but take this newfound knowledge of Cybertronian anatomy and speculate about the bots of Prime.

Over the course of three days, I spent a total of 11 hours skimming through nearly every TFP episode, staring at characters’ necks and taking screenshots for the sake of this analysis post. 😆 You’re welcome.

The ‘Cons are up first:

Megatron’s neural cluster is covered with the armor plating that runs back and down from his helm. This makes sense since he was a miner and then a gladiator—both of which would have required heavy duty protection from falling debris or physical blows, respectively. It’s highly unlikely that anyone would be able to trigger the neural cluster response in Megatron.

In Starscream’s case, while his neck is relatively exposed, he is protected from the back. He has that little tab of armor there. In order for someone to get to his neural cluster, Starscream would have to be leaning his head forward quite a bit, and the other bot would have to be very close.

Soundwave is an interesting case. Because of his physical build, his head sits farther forward than the typical Cybertronian’s. This would leave his neural cluster overly exposed if it weren’t for his armor’s other protective features: For one, his helm sits just right so that it provides some protection while not limiting up-and-down movement of his head. Second, the armor plates that form the nose of his drone mode sit high enough and close enough to each other so that they shield his neck from attacks or pranksters that might come from directly behind. Third, the positioning of his tall shoulder plating doesn’t really allow for side-access to his neck. And finally, the spikes on his back prevent bots shorter than him from attempting to reach his neural cluster. A bot would have to be taller than him to even get close to it. All this to say: good luck to any prankster or assailant who wishes to use Soundwave’s neural cluster response against him. 😂 May Primus have mercy on your soul if you even try.

Dreadwing’s neck and back are well-protected. I see multiple layers of armor that make it impossible to reach his neck. He can take multiple heavy blows to his back and neck without having to worry about being sent into his alt mode via a hit to his neural cluster.

Knockout really isn’t one to hide his neck from the view of others, is he? I’m pretty sure he thinks having too much armor there would kill his aesthetic and impede head movements. And since he’s not one for close combat unless he has a weapon that puts some distance between himself and others, he probably doesn’t worry about taking a hit there. He’s built for speed, agility, and looking pretty. Why would he hide such a beautiful neck?

Breakdown is the exact opposite of Knockout, which I think is funny in an awesome way. Breakdown’s got that massive spare tire that covers his back and sits just high enough to shield his neck from would-be attackers.

Like Soundwave, Shockwave is an interesting case. He doesn’t appear to have any neck at all. There’s a perfectly logical explanation: Empurata. I personally believe that TFP Shockwave underwent this procedure just like IDW Shockwave, but perhaps under different circumstances. According to this speculative piece from the fan-made book, Anatomica Cybertronia, attachment of the empurata victim’s patient’s new head can be done in one of three ways, depending on existing neck structure. This is the third option listed and the one I think TFP Shockwave went through: “existing neck support is not suitable for new head. Remove and discard existing neck support. Install new head as-is (retain lower portion of existing esophagus).” Sounds bad, right? However, there is at least one advantage: No neck—No neural cluster response. Shockwave is now immune.

Now, I’m not sure why anyone would want to send Predaking into his alt mode since, you know, the whole fire breathing dragon thing. But even if someone were crazy enough to desire it, his layered neck plating would prevent them from doing so. The massive horns protruding from his back would get in the way too.

Airachnid has no protective plating on or around her neck. I checked, and by all indication, anything purple that can be seen on her is a particularly vulnerable spot. Even so, Airachnid does have a little bit of protection in the form of her extra appendages. When in her spider alt mode, her extra legs make it slightly more difficult to reach her neck. Unless you’re Soundwave, of course. During their fight on the Nemesis, he literally reached out with one slender hand, grabbed her by her neck and shoulder, and lifted her into the air. He could have come close to triggering her neural cluster response, but he avoided that. Otherwise, she could have just flown away in her helicopter alt mode. Not that she would have; she’s not a coward like Starscream.

I doubt anyone would purposefully try to trigger the neural cluster response in an Insecticon during a fight unless it were a last-ditch attempt to use the element of surprise in order to get away. It probably wouldn’t work though since Insecticons have armor along the full length of their necks, as far as I can tell. It’s no surprise since they’re basically giant beetles with metal armor for exoskeletons.

My first thought upon looking at Vehicon necks was, “Well, here’s yet another possible reason these guys have such a low survival rate.” I can’t tell if that’s armor on the backs of their necks or nothing. The fliers do have their wings which sort of shield their necks a bit, but they’re not much better off than their grounder counterparts. Would Megatron really overlook such a serious flaw in the design of his cloned soldiers? I mean, in a fit of rage, he couldn’t tell which ones were fliers and which ones were grounders in Inside Job. He threw two Vehicons off the ship after Smokescreen and found out too late that one was not a flier. (RIP random Vehicon ground soldier 💀) So maybe Megatron really did overlook the detail of sufficient neck protection and didn’t bother to correct the scientist or specialist who helped design them. *shrugs*

Optimus appears to have some protection behind his neck in the form of armor. It’s close enough that he doesn’t have to worry about an attacker triggering his neural cluster response. A bot would have to be bold or crazy (or both) to even try that trick on Optimus in the first place. He’s also tall like Megatron, so not many bots would be able to reach his neck even if they wanted to.

And here we see that Optimus’ upgrades make it impossible for anyone to reach his neural cluster. His entire body is an impenetrable fortress, basically.

The back of Ratchet’s neck has no protection below his helm. His neural cluster is especially vulnerable if he leans his head forward. Of course, as the hermit medic, he doesn’t need to worry too much about attacks from behind. However, I think it would be funny if Optimus occasionally came up behind Ratchet and whacked him on the back of his neck to trigger the neural cluster response. This would temporarily snap Ratchet out of his latest overworking session and make him more open to Optimus’ requests to go recharge for a while.

If bio lights are an indication of vulnerable spots on a Cybertronian, then Ultra Magnus doesn’t have much at all in the way of neck protection. Unfortunately for him, his neck’s bio lights basically broadcast vulnerability, which is definitely an issue in combat. He doesn’t even have smokestacks like Optimus. Not that having any would help him much.

Arcee has nothing, basically. Similar to Airachnid, her neck is totally exposed, but it’s not much of an issue since she’s fast and agile. If she had too much armor back there, it would limit her movement. She does have winglets, but they don’t offer much shielding like others’ might.

As we know, Bulkhead worked in construction before the war. Even his helm reveals that since it comes down over his neck pretty far. His neural cluster would have been well-protected from falling debris. Now Bulkhead’s heavy duty helm does an excellent job of shielding him from blows to the neck during hand-to-hand combat. His big tires help too.

Wheeljack has some of the best armor protection on his back and behind his neck. It sits in such a way that his neck is completely concealed and fully protected. He’s probably never once worried about someone triggering his neural cluster response.

I had a lot of difficulty finding decent views of the back of Bumblebee’s head and neck. From what I can see, his neck is mostly protected by his door winglets.

Like Bumblebee, Smokescreen’s door winglets provide the most protection for his neck. Otherwise, his neural cluster is basically out in the open. I could totally see certain members of Team Prime triggering Smokescreen’s neural cluster response when he’s getting too annoying for them to handle. 😂

It’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like Cliffjumper’s helm did most of the protecting except when his head was leaned forward too far. But like Arcee, he was pretty quick (until the end when he just wasn’t quick enough).

If you’ve made it to the end, I’m very sorry and congratulations. 😂 On the one hand, this information may be entirely useless to you (but hopefully interesting). On the other hand, I think it could be a handy little thing to know if you’re a fanfic writer or fan artist who wants to have a little fun with it. As for me, I just like taking things from one continuity and speculating as to how they might fit into another.

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G1 season 1 episode 13

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NEED👏THAT👏MAN👏PREGNANT ROUND 4 POLL 3

PROPAGANDA:

[Megatron]

"Just. Just look at this guy. He's already so big and so mad. He's going to be even more big and even more mad if someone knocks him up and he's going to make it everyone's problem, and he's capable of making himself a big problem for a lot of people. It's the middle of the 5 million year war and the Decepticons are more afraid of 20 tons of cranky warlord with morning sickness than of the enemy. The Autobots don't know what to do. The humans are getting a whole new education. It's a nightmare for everyone. Or it's peacetime and the peace progress and his post-war moral soul-searching just got a whole lot more complicated. Either way, no matter who did it - his deviously treacherous second in command, his loyal and possibly psychic third in command, his life-long Autobot nemesis/ex-boyfriend, his meteor-surfing co-captain, Tarn - there's going to be big drama.

Alternatively, it's Transformers One and he is a precious cinnamon roll who got his heart broken by everyone he trusted and now we can make it worse and make him even sadder!

Alternatively alternatively it's Bayverse and he might already have been knocked up before, we don't know where those hatchlings came from.

Basically what I'm saying is that there are infinite flavors of Pregatron and all of them are peak drama because that's how he rolls. Also you get to call him Pregatron which is always a win."

"He's got birthing hips and a desire to fuel the decepticon cause."

[Luo Binghe]

"I have no desire to see him pregnant I am merely doing this out of the goodness of my heart because I know he would want to be. You know that "I will defy biology and get you pregnant" quote? In his case it would be "I will defy biology and get pregnant". And considering the world he lives in he could do it too."

"I’d love to impregnate him, but I’d get more joy out of him being impregnated by Shen Qingqiu (his husband).

Reasons lbh should be pregnant

I want him to

Anyone of any gender can be pregnant but lbh has some great gender fuckery in svsss and being pregnant would fit great into that. He is referred to as maiden-hearted and given the nickname bingmei (little sister) by his husband. He loves to cook and clean and generally is a lot happier acting as a wife (except for sex). He would lean so hard into being pregnant I don’t think anyone could do it better. He would literally be glowing.

Cute little bingmei with a big belly and the world’s most perfect curls….

In order to even get pregnant, lbh would go out of his way to make it happen via some sort of magic plant sex pollen/curse/etc. I need to see how he makes it happen."

"He wants to be a wife and bear his teacher/husband's child so badly. He lives in dream of the day he will finally get to bottom."

"He canonically wants a period and honey he won't when he learns about the alternative (pregnancy)."

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uhhh sorry guys cringe moment 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

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I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas! Here's something for you ♡

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My contribution piece for TF Christmas color wheel on twitter

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Orion wears a Megatronus prime mask to make Dee kiss him, but Dee responds unexpectedly!

On right side, Orion asks if he would still kiss him if Megatronus was still alive and Dee laughs (would he or would he rather kiss Megatronus lmk)

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..You called it love?

(Part 2 to this poem)

I wonder, do you still whisper my name through the crash?

Do you still dress your wounds in memories that could never tire?

You wanted me to change from ash,

As if love could outshout the fire.

You were the flaming dreamer,

The healer, the fool,

Oh "brother" mine, you are no redeemer,

You thought you could anchor me from the blood pooled.

Primus, in every battle.. I almost pitied you,

I tore the world apart for you,

Broke it open while bleeding (FOR YOU), 

You were but a ghost, a dream.. and what did you do?

Even when they turned against us,

I am sorry,

I will still offer you this,

For the blood. For the ruin. For the way you looked at me in the end. For me.

Even if we parted, if I could have been the one you dreamed of,

Maybe I would have through the silence,

Perhaps through the tears.. I should have,

If only I had that compliance.

What use is there in asking the winds?

My fury has already sealed our fate,

We are both stained with our sins,

None that your love could unmake.

But be honest with me, brother,

Through all things, did you truly think I meant a single word?

You should have known better to remember,

You were the one taught me how easy it is to lie when you love someone.

(More info under the cut.)

Orion says the words he always wanted to hear. Both regret and apology. A soft voice through the wreckage of the mines.

Despite the spite that lingers.

But beneath it all, something always festered. Because monsters don’t repent.

They smile. And in the end, was he ever the Orion that D-16 knew?

Optimus just didn't find it right to admit he loved him too.

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exactly

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Skyfire experiencing the undiluted joy of having a bug crawl on you by its own volition

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me: i wanna talk about my ocs

someone: ok tell me about your ocs

me, suddenly convinced that every single thing about my ocs is stupid and cringy and probably offensive: i. have them

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Oh man I hate my old posts

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"Scum Villian's Reincarnation Survival Guide" brings me so much joy. Everyone should go give @milktrician lots of love!!!