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Transformers Analysis Winter Special: Notable Cybertronian Holidays!

We don’t have a whole lot of detail around Cybertronian cultural festivals or events, and there seem to be plenty of differences and one-off references or mentions of various Cybertronian holidays peppered across multiple different TF shows and media.

However, here’s my attempt at going over a few Cybertronian holidays which have been mentioned either notably enough to indicate some significance in-universe (within the TF series it was mentioned in), and have just enough information available about them that we can reasonably make some fair assumptions or throw some conjecture out there within context.

Tomorrow’s Christmas Eve at the time I’m writing this, so if you celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a good one! <3 Happy Holidays to everyone, otherwise! <3 And for those who may be Pagan or otherwise spiritually inclined, I hope yesterday was an excellent Winter Solstice for you! <3

(And for those who don’t have any particular holiday to celebrate at the moment, have a Happy New Year! <3)

All Spark Day

Mentioned In: Rescue Bots / Aligned Continuity

This is suggested to be a single-day celebration, however it also includes the Festival of the Primes and the Parade of Metals, two key events that take place under the umbrella of All Spark Day.

All related events are focused around celebrating the creation and sustained existence of Cybertronian life; It is suggested to be a significant cultural and social annual holiday.

Throughout the day, it is stated that an energon fountain, music, and storytelling are critical to encapsulating the spirit of the holiday.

-Energon Fountain: Likely represents the flow of energon which animates their frames and gives them life.

-Music: Possibly cultural songs, any music with historical significance or themes relevant to the holiday and the celebration of life.

-Storytelling: A celebration of life would likely focus around community and people, so the stories told may range widely from folklore or culturally significant stories to personal stories designed to get to know those in your community better and appreciate the complexities and unique experiences of each others lives.

The Festival of the Primes is most likely a celebration of the Thirteen Primes, and may feature elements of costuming, music, decoration, etc. designed to evoke imagery or history/folklore associated with each Prime.

There may also be a varying degree of spiritual or religious connotation, as we know the Primes are seen as semi-spiritual entities in the Aligned Continuity, or even as outright cosmic god-figures.

The Parade of Metals may be exactly that, a parade themed around the components of physical Cybertronian life.

I would imagine the floats may be designed to reflect how each metalloid element influences life; For example, chrome orbs may be used to reference chrome as a large material component of their processors, which we generally see depicted as rounded (although this varies sometimes based on individual TF franchise and is sometimes depicted as just a mass of wiring, possibly to make it visually distinct from a spark or spark casing). However, we don’t know how for sure, so this is just me thinking out loud.

This holiday is interesting, because Rescue Bots is a part of the Aligned Continuity:

1) The TFP Cybertronian cast would be aware of and would possibly also engage in whatever acknowledgement of the holiday they could manage, however owing to the “requirements” to do so (namely, an energon fountain seems to be emphasised in importance), it may not be possible owing to energon rationing.

2) At the same time, in TFP, the actual Prime is there with them in person. It’s unclear how Optimus may wish to address such a holiday, especially if it has particular cultural and social importance, and even more so if any of the Autobots in Nevada may have any spiritual or religious beliefs that may possibly be supported by or challenged by Optimus being there with them.

It may be awkward or difficult to celebrate such a holiday, when your boss is also your friend and is also a god-figure in your cultural and personal system of belief.

In a darker light, it is possible that many bots in general have simply lost faith, or don’t feel as though celebrating life is appropriate during a period of ongoing conflict in which they have suffered recent loss. On the other hand, perhaps those reasons would be seen as particularly good reasons to make a point of celebrating it as much as possible under their current conditions.

We can’t really say, although it is clear that while some bots in TFP are less personally interested in spirituality (Ratchet), we also see multiple various minor occasions where other bots react to spiritual or esoteric implications in reaction to certain situations that arise throughout the series (Bulkhead reacts to and seems to believe generally in superstitions and the idea of magic, Arcee physically reacts to the announcement of the Cybertronian Relics and mentions their importance in the context of historical lore, and so on.)

It’s also noteworthy that Ratchet, although he denies belief in most spiritual interpretations, is still fully versed in the relevant lore and picks up on these spiritual implications immediately. This may be due to his age; It’s possible these things were taught as outright factual and part of common knowledge in the early days of Cybertronian cultural development, and thus Ratchet may be very aware of these stories and details of cultural spiritual lore simply by being as old as he is.

3) It is perhaps notable that as far as I remember (I haven’t seen the episode in a long while so forgive me if I’m wrong on this), Optimus does not attend or otherwise acknowledge the All Spark Day celebration that the Rescue Bots hold on Earth.

This may be due to concerns in Nevada requiring his attention, but it’s somewhat odd that surely if the Rescue Bots remembered the date, it’s likely that someone on the TFP team would remember as well and mention it at least in passing, and I can’t imagine Optimus (a former archivist) would forget such a date. Yet, I don’t believe a video call or anything was made.

I assume that Optimus would acknowledge the holiday in whatever way would be most appropriate to their situation, particularly for the Autobots present with him while on Earth if nothing else.

I’m basing this assumption on the fact that we do see that, for the most part, Cybertronians as a people do very much place significance on not just life as a concept, but particularly in regards to how Cybertronian life was created and how it may be sustained – And in the context of war, how life may be revitalised.

This emphasis on the importance of not just life, but the nature, origins, and continuation of life, may further explain the severity of Ratchet’s reaction when he was informed of the destruction of the original Omega Lock, and the implication that this would then prevent the restoration of life on Cybertron.

All in all, a very interesting holiday concept with a lot of potential in-universe!

Chosen One Day

Mentioned In: IDW Windblade

A contemporary post-war holiday instated by Starscream, it seems as though it may be a holiday that both centres around Starscream’s sense of self-importance/desire for recognition combined with what is possibly an effort to successfully revive certain holiday practices in post-war society and culture on Cybertron.

Giving Starscream some bit of credit here, it may be that this holiday was at least partially also intended to encourage the development of community in general, as Cybertron is still rebuilding post-war at this point in time, and has also encouraged a massive influx of returning bots from various colony worlds to help foster relations between colonies and Cybertron (in addition to boosting the resident population of Cybertron at the same time).

Activities seem to be comparable to a combination of Valentine’s Day-like gift giving to significant others and close friends, as well as winter seasonal holidays themed around community and gathering.

Deliverance Day

Mentioned In: Aligned Continuity / IDW 1

(The TFWiki doesn’t specify where this is mentioned exactly, aside from the fact that this holiday was discussed in a game, but it relates to lore utilised in both the Aligned Continuity and IDW 1. If you know where this was mentioned, let me know; I can’t recall at the moment! It could have been brought up in one of the TF mobile games.)

This holiday is a festival which is celebrated by a temporary truce between Autobots and Decepticons during the war, and seems to have been historically or traditionally celebrated by The Arisen (The Thirteenth Prime) driving a Celestial Chariot across the sky, often known to bring gifts.

Aside from this obviously being a Christmas-influenced concept, as well as being influenced by the Christmas Truce of 1914, it does give us some notable in-universe insights:

1) The Autobots and Decepticons are willing to call formal temporary truces for events of cultural etc. importance during the war, and these truces seem to be honoured (it’s not a trap).

2) The 13th Prime is suggested to have a Celestial Chariot; Within the lore of the Aligned Continuity which was heavily influential on the IDW 1 run of comics, this evokes more of the imagery of Freya with her chariot across the sky (a celestial chariot), rather than Santa Claus in his sleigh (which is very much in-atmosphere).

This also fits within what we know of the 13th Prime, who is stated in the Covenant of Primus (as well as elsewhere but in less detail if I recall correctly) to have been more engaged with the people of Cybertron compared to the other Primes, who tended to be present but generally disengaged from the broader citizenry.

It makes sense that if any Prime would have done such a thing for the people, it would have been Thirteen/The Arisen.

The Festival of Lost Light

Mentioned In: IDW 1

This is one of the few known Cybertronian holidays to be explicitly religious/spiritual in nature, and is an occasion on which to remember the dead and hold their memory in reverence.

It is noted that the festival is celebrated most elaborately in New Iacon, which post-war has developed a sizable section of the city into essentially a spiritual community with more focused religious or spiritual services and events.

The Festival includes the use of lanterns to represent sparks, and specifically selected religious music is utilised as part of the celebration; One such song is titled the Hymn for the Disappeared.

The title of the hymn is interesting, as it doesn’t say “deceased” or ��departed”, but rather, “disappeared”. This may be in line with what we know of at least some systems of belief on Cybertron, which consider the Well of All-Sparks to be a hub of life, where Cybertronians return after death.

In this context, “disappeared” could be referring either to those who went missing during the war and have not been declared dead but may not be known to be alive, but it could also be referring to some kind of cultural belief or way of referring to death as “disappearing” until the Well decides to reincarnate or re-issue a spark again, as energy is matter, and matter cannot be destroyed.

We know that on several occasions (and across several TF franchises), “life energy” or “the energon of life” are phrases used as one-off mentions, but this general sentiment of life being raw energy does seem to be extant if not outright factual in the spiritual sense as well as the physical sense– Which may support this interpretation, if so.

The Primal Procession

Mentioned In: IDW 1

There is no information as to why the Procession was taking place specifically; It is noted to have been a holiday or similar type of event (which may or may not have been strictly political), but there’s no in-universe elaboration in any detail.

It could be the case that Primal Processions were part of larger holidays of particular significance, and not necessarily a single holiday, similar to how leaders of nations sometimes make special public appearances at sites of historical significance as part of commemorative holidays or religious/spiritual holidays.

From what we do see of it, it’s likely a Primal Procession is still a relatively rare and important event, and while it may be part of a wider holiday celebration of whatever kind(s), it is clear that a Primal Procession for any reason may be a cause for celebration in and of itself.

It is unknown if Primal Processions are now considered purely historical or not, or if they may have been revived as part of post-war cultural reconstruction, owing to the assassination of Nominus Prime having been carried out during a Procession.

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I hope this was fun or interesting to read through; Happy Holidays to everyone! <3

I didn’t cover all of the known Cybertronian holidays, but I figured I’d leave it here for now as my posts are always ridiculously long, lmao.

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riversaremeanttobefollowed · 15 days ago

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THIS.

THIS WHOLE CONCEPT

I LOVE IT

It keeps with the theme of Cybertronians being alien, and yet it gives them connection in a meaningful way that mirrors a human familial bond. And the idea of a clan as a sort of family unit instead of anything else. It's perfect for such a species, and I think it adds depth to Cybertronians as a whole. Bound in brotherhood that far exceeds the bounds of war. Tied together in mentorship and study even in the most brutal of eras.

It is such a small detail, but one that makes me smile. Especially seeing it from Arcee. Her and Ultra Magnus having had such a bond is the cherry on top.

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Cybertronian Names

Almost all cybertronian names are single-word names (ex. Shockwave, Aftermath, Howlback, Cosmos, Wheelie, Twitch, Aerial) or two-word combinations, normally without a space but sometimes with one (ex. Starscream, Grimlock, Spitfire, Star Saber, Hot Rod). Much more rarely, names can be portmanteaus (puns or not), such as Predaking (Predacon+king) or Airachnid (air+arachnid). And sometimes names are instead word shortenings or elaborarions (ex. Strika from "Strike", Spittor from "Spit", Amalgamous from "Amalgam", Cheetor from "Cheetah", Rhinox from "Rhino", Elita from "Elite"). Word shortening/elaboration names are also often used when naming bots after the Primes — just using the Prime's exact name isn't seen as appropriate, but shortening (ex. Megatron), combining part of it with another word, or elaborating the name make it okay. For example, if you want to name your kid after Optimus Prime, you can't use "Optimus" but "Optima" would be fine.

Most organic species cannot pronounce cybertronian words, so they usually translate their names. On Earth almost all names are rendered in English, but some, mostly the ones that are Old Cybertronian, are commonly rendered in Latin instead, for style (ex. Dai Atlas, Optimus Prime). Optimus Prime also prefers the Latin translation because he doesn't want to tell people to call him "Best First". Extremely rarely, bots might also combine two different languages such as Lightningwing who goes by "Blitzwing" while on Earth because he likes the word 'blitz' better, and Road Emperor and Lion Emperor, who use "Road Caesar" and "Liokaiser" — but that's often viewed as an classless attempt to be special or fancy.

Speaking of animals and other things that present difficulty for translating names; in case of animal names (ex. Bumblebee, Hound, Wasp), Cybertronians tend to label the animal from their planet with the name of an animal from the alien planet that has a similar appearance/behavior/associations; If a bot was named after a star or a constellation, their name will be translated as the name the aliens they interact with have given to the star/constellation (ex. Orion, Optimus Prime's birth name).

If a name doesn't fall into any of these categories (ex. Lyzak, Leozak, Jhiaxus, Solus, Quintus, Straxus), it propably comes from some language other than Cybertronian or Old Cybertronian. Often, the bots involved do not actually know what the name in question means, and instead try to approximate the sound. Or if it sounds like letters, it might be the bot's initials (ex. Arcee = R. C. = Red Charger).

Cybertronian given names are all completely genderless, regardless of what they sound like to a human ear, so transgender Cybertronians don't change their names, and male bots being named after female bots or vice versa is very common.

While it has never been popular, some bots might name their kids after themselves or their own mentor or somebody else important to them, for which they have an equivalent to the english "x Jr."/"x Sr.", using numbers (ex. Elita's son would be Elita Two if named after her, and she'd be called Elita One; and Megatron of Cryotek is sometimes referred to as Megatron II).

To differentiate individuals with the same given name, Cybertronians use their mentor's/parent's name as a matronymic/patronymic (ex. Rubble of Bumblebee, Megatron of Terminus, Orion of Alpha Trion, Megatron of Cryotek). If there's two or more mentors/parents, it's the one who's socially deemed most "important" whose name gets used as the matronymic/patronymic (ex. Strika is deemed more important because she's a general, while Lugnut is just a combat flier) — though bots often use a "less important" parent's name when they don't want everybody to know about the relation for whatever reason. It can be controversial which parent is the "important" one if they both have some kind of notoriety, especially if it's in different fields and thus can't really be compared (such as arts vs. politics). For example, Optimus Prime is viewed as more important by bots that fought away from Cybertron during the Great War, while bots who fought on Cybertron put more importance on Elita (especially as millennia passed) because she was the actually there.

Matronymics/patronymics are also used by transformers to refer to bots who do have surnames because one or more of their parents/mentors is from an alien culture that does use surnames and doesn't use matronymics/patronymics, often regardless of the bot's wish (ex. Nightshade of Dorothy, Stardrive of Rom). In the rare case of a bot raising an alien, they also get a matronymic/patronymic (ex. Jan of Star Saber).

There's a few unorthodox cases where a bot replaced their matronymic/patronymic with something else, most notably "Damus of the Decepticons" which is what Tarn called himself before becoming the leader of the Decepticon Justice Division, presumably as a show of dedication to the Decepticons or some kind of a severance from his mentor(s)/parent(s), whoever that was.

Bots may also use "of (city)" as a byname when they're outside of their home city (ex. Megatron of Tarn, Ravage of Stanix), but that's much rarer and most commonly used for historical figures.

When a bot becomes a Prime they take a new name, often but not not compulsorily from Old Cybrtronian, which bots on Earth usually render as Latin (ex. Optimus Prime, Nova Prime). Primes do not use and are not referred to with any patronymic/matronymic.

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Heyy! Just a sudden thought came out. How do the tfp bots react to different languages? Maybe Miko suddenly said something in Japanese or they come across a commercial in a different language. Would they find it odd since i don't think they have different languages as well in Cybertron (unless there is and i just haven't been able to see) anyways hope you are feeling well and remember to take care of urself!

I don't imagine the bots are all that surprised honestly. Cybertron is a huge place with plenty of cities and castes. There was endless room for language to evolved before and during the war. That said, I like to think there were dozens if not hundreds of various Cybertronian dialects that served as what amounted to separate languages tied together only by core glyphs like how Latin serves romantic languages today.

With that in mind, finding out that humans have a ton of different languages probably wouldn't be particularly unusual, just annoying for everyone except the former archivist in the room. Ratchet would be in the corner cursing as he tries to quickly download some Japanese from the internet after Miko goes off in it. Arcee would be absolutely bewildered at the Spanish spat out by Raf during his flash card practice. Bulkhead and Bee would be equally frustrated with the French Jack occasionally drops when he's doing his homework. But Optimus?

He LIVES for this stuff.

The moment he has an excuse to learn the various languages of Earth without the guilt of not doing war related things eating him up, you can bet the archivist in him would instantly begin screeching in glee. Japanese? Give him a week and a lot of anger from Miko at his constant questioning and he's got it down. Spanish? Easy. Hardly more than a night's worth of homework since it's so close to English. French? Piece of cake.

The team fear their Prime for his fanatical dedication to data whenever the old habit rises from the ash like a mummy barely resuscitated for the specific purpose of gathering up books like a drake.

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My headcanon for what TRP Bumblebee is that he is speaking a spoken version of Cybertronian Optical Code due to the fact that the optical code and TRP's beebs and tones being both based on morse code.

Since its a war I can see damaging your voice box or just being forged with a different voice box, it could be pretty common to hear it as a language spoken

Cybertronian Culture and Society: Chirolinguistics and Cybertronian Sign Language

OK, so I finally have a minute to write this up!

Disclaimer: I am a sign language user!

But while I am HOH (hard of hearing; I have APD, Auditory Processing Disorder) and I am currently fundraising for the hearing aids I need, I am not a BSL (British Sign Language) user.

Instead, I use Sign Supported English, which is typically used by HOH or deaf people who learned spoken English before learning sign language.

The type of SSE I use utilises BSL signs, and I do mix in some BSL grammar/structure where I know it and when it’s appropriate, but my signing tends to follow spoken English grammar as I am usually talking to hearing people and use sign to supplement my communication. With my fellow Deaf/deaf/HOH squad, I do my best to use correct BSL grammar and so on.

While SSE is often but not always a stepping stone to BSL, I lack the funds and resources to learn BSL fully, so I have learned all of my sign from books and websites, most of which I have compiled into an info post here.

Cybertronian Sign Language: Chirolinguistics!

In MTMTE/Lost Light, we see that Drift knows how to “speak hand”, which is depicted as a tactile sign language:

The concept appears to be similar to Deafblind Manual or other tactile sign languages, using touch as a key mode of communication.

We don’t see their faces while they sign, so I can’t say if facial features are as important with Chirolinguistics as they are in real world sign languages.

Due to the similarities to tactile sign, I would say Chirolinguistics is closer to tactile sign than BSL/other sign languages for that reason.

For example, with BSL and other forms of sign language, facial expression is essentially tone of voice, among other things. “What?” (question) can become “What!” (angry) dependent entirely on facial expression, as the sign remains the same, for example.

Chirolinguistics, from what we see in the IDW comics, seems dependent on what may be significant or particularly sensitive sensor receptors on the servos being manipulated in addition to digit placements and patterns to utilise a type of tactile code for communication.

It also seems to be fairly commonly used, as Drift, Megatron, Ravage, Riptide, Getaway, and to some degree Tailgate are all familiar at least moderately with Chirolinguistics. (It should be noted that Tailgate learned from Getaway.)

Cybertronian Sign Language is depicted as a completely different communication method from Chirolinguistics.

Cybertronian Sign Language is depicted in RiD; It is stated to be based on American Sign Language, although I am far more familiar with BSL so I can’t say how accurate or how offensive it might be.

You can see the sign language scene here, starting at 0:04.

While Blastwave uses some good body movement (shoulders, torso) and seems to be doing nice, clean signing, his helm/faceplate design don’t seem to allow for a lot of expression.

He does move his helm to nod in the affirmative though, so while helm movement seems to be important in Cybertronian Sign Language, it may be the case that facial expression is not as significant as it is in most real world sign languages due to Cybertronian physiological/design differences.

It may be that they use their EM fields or energy fluctuations instead of relying on facial expressions for that kind of mood/context/grammar/etc. information, although this is never stated and is just my conjecture.

Comparing the Two!

Cybertronian Sign Language seems to be much more similar to ASL etc. compared to Chirolinguistics, but both are fascinating because they seem to have different cultural context.

We see Cybertronian Sign Language used by a character who is mute, which is disability related. But we see Chirolinguistics utilised mostly by non-disabled characters, notably all of whom (with the exception of Tailgate) are Decepticon related in some way or villain characters.

The ship trader Drift bought the Lost Light from also used Chirolinguistics, suggesting it is a mode of communication used primarily by those who are seedier, more underground characters as perhaps a “secret” communication method.

I would like to see Chirolinguistics used by a disabled character to avoid the unfortunate and seemingly intentional implications one may draw from that difference between the two sign languages in use between Cybertronians.

However, I’m always happy to see sign language concepts incorporated into fictional worlds/cultures, and it’s very cool to me that Cybertronian Sign Language and Chirolinguistics both exist as distinct communication options.

Hopefully this was interesting for someone to read!

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My biggest pet peeve in Transformers media and fanfiction sometimes is that Transformers aren't treated as aliens. They are referred to as aliens, they obviously are aliens, but they never feel like they are aliens because they are always written or seen as having all human mannerisms or features usually. Human posture, human noses, human mannerisms, humanoids...

What about TFA's cat noses or TFP's helm noses? One of the reasons I think those two shows have peak designs is because they have this lack of uncanniness to humans design wise. I'm not looking at a human being as a robot, I'm looking at an alien robot, ones that have claws, ones that have different body types that blend with their vehicle modes, ones with horrific mutilations and designs impossible by human standards. I love seeing that type of stuff in Transformers because to me, it makes them feel alien without completely changing the premises of similarities to where we can't compare their culture or likeness to humans. The films (mostly 1 and 2) showed off this as well.

Another thing I really would like to see in Transformers media is non-human interactive qualities. What do I mean by that? One thing I've noticed is aside from techno-organic species, regular Cybertronians do have a few qualities found in animals. Engine humming I believe was once used as a form of purring in the films and in some of the cartoons. Humans can't purr; cats can, and that small detail is always interesting to come across because it's like "wow, they have this feature that shows off a trait found in Cybertronians. That is so cool." You have them with multiple voice boxes for mechanical, natural, and human-like tones which is also an animal trait. Bumblebee is self-explanatory in most universes being able to still make sounds yet not talk. They have sensors across their body that don't act like the basic human receptors. Most animals can do more than just feel through certain points of their bodies. They can taste, smell, or even hear a hundred times better than a human being throughout various body parts, and Transformers have been hinted to have this ability too, especially through their servos. It's stuff like this that expands upon their existence as aliens.

They have extreme durability, their body morphs to extremes and can also double as a moving weapon (most obvious of course), some of them can make ungodly roars and creature-like noises to warn or show their threatening demeanor (Megatron's dinosaur-like growling), some can have two rows of teeth (a flat base in front and fangs hidden behind), and some of them have mimicking animal-like features (Starscream's bird-shaped feet with visible expansion the same as organic foot padding with similar distributive weight physics in a few universes) despite having no beast mode. There's probably more I can't think of on the top of my head in canon, but all those things are not heavily used as they should be to make them feel alien. They can still hold some relation to the humans they interact with, but I think a lot of Transformers are more than just metal "humans", you know?

Depending on the universe in fanfiction and who you encounter who writes it or not, you have several things that are always cool to see. They have to sparkbond (merging of hearts) above everything else to create a sparkling's life force with interface as just the extra for physical coding features. I've seen people use the non-canon heat cycles which are, of course, our fandom way of making a type of breeding euphemism akin to an animal's cycle. You have the common phrasing of nuzzling, heightened senses, armor and certain parts of the helm acting like fur or ears where it raises and flattens per their mood, and some Transformers have limb dissonance where if necessary, they can convert between bipedal and quadrupedal stances (best example is Bulkhead and Lugnut from TFA who have long arms but short legs and they have the bulky structure where they could possibly run like an animal briefly and the physics of it would work).

So, you have all these different things a common Cybertron most likely would be able to do or have but a human couldn't, and it's never utilized to their full potential. I would like to see people address the nature of Cybertronians as alien and not be afraid to make them alien. I think that's the biggest flaw in our franchise is that everyone is scared of making the Transformers not the humanoid "norm" and getting ridiculed for it. Like, they're aliens, you can make them act however animal-like or completely batshit insane as you want them. You can give them powers, animal-based senses, and behaviors hidden among a human thought process. And technically, you wouldn't be wrong to what they could be as a living creature in the universe by doing so. They aren't humans; they look humanoid, but they aren't us. Why should they have to be in every regard?

Thank you for reading my TED Talk.

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