#Candidate Post 1

[emthepotatocat]

Brennan Lee Mulligan not wanting his children to be drafted into the military industrial complex while still being completely in character is such a Brennan Lee Mulligan™ thing to do.

And, to be completely candid: vibe, mood, and maybe even, same. o7

[powdermelonkeg]

Cybertron's Location

Okay so Alpha Centauri is named as Cybertron's star system in multiple continuities.

Easy, right? Just make up a planet for Cybertron to be. Plausible enough that there's one out there we don't know about.

NOPE. I found a spot for it.

The Alpha Centauri system has three stars in it. These are Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A), Toliman (α Centauri B), and Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C). I'm going to be calling them by their non-ABC names for distinction.

Alpha Centauri, as we see it, is Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman's lights being indistinguishable from one another. Those two are a binary star system of sun-like stars, so their orbit intersects and they look something like this:

Meanwhile, Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf, and orbits at a pretty far distance, like so:

It's still part of the same star system because it still orbits around a common point, but in any planet that orbits Proxima, Rigil and Toliman just look like exceptionally bright stars in its sky.

So the question THEN is, which star does Cybertron orbit?

Proxima's the most obvious candidate. It even has a full planetary system:

Proxima Centauri b is in Proxima's habitable zone (the area where water could feasibly exist as liquid), and it's just a little bigger than Earth.

Generally speaking, Cybertron is depicted as larger than Earth, so let's set that aside for this post.

Proxima Centauri d is a tiny planet that's closer to Proxima and no smaller than a third Earth's size.

Proxima Centauri c is either a super-Earth or a gas dwarf, about 7 times Earth's mass, which is disputed both in its nature and whether or not it's really a planet (it's complicated). Regardless, it's outside the habitable zone.

So it could be Proxima c. That's our default option. The biggest problem is the lack of a habitable zone, because, while giant robots don't necessarily need comfortable heat to live, there's the whole "acid rain" and "sea of rust" deal that'd be hard in a planet that far from its sun.

Granted, sometimes Cybertron is seen hurtling through space without a sun or any of those features to speak of, but I'd like to account for it.

So what about the other two?

Toliman was claimed to have a planet orbiting it in 2012 (α Centauri Bb), but by 2016, it was more or less conceded that said planet didn't exist.

Rigil Kentaurus, on the other hand...

Meet Candidate 1 (α Centauri Ab).

It orbits within Rigil's habitable zone, has a period of about a year, and has a mass between Neptune and half of Saturn, with possible habitable moons.

Does it exist? Maybe.

The thing is about Candidate 1 (yes that is its real name) is that it wasn't observed for long enough to confirm its existence. It COULD be a planet. It could also be dust that got captured, or an artifact of the observational instruments.

THIS is my proposal for Cybertron.

TLDR: There's a (possible) planet that orbits the brightest star of the Alpha Centauri star system in its habitable zone and it's bigger than Earth.

[feralsynth]

I think a huge part of why I like Nick so much is that you meet him and he’s pretty much instantaneously willing to do anything for you. He’s willing to literally lobotomize a dead man for you and THEN he’s willing to potentially die or get all his data corrupted or whatnot just so you can look through Kellogg’s memories. He does all this without expecting to even be paid. I mean it’s definitely concerning how little he looks after himself because I think he should probably have had at least a few more reservations about all that but boy, did it make me love him. The world is new and scary and wrecked but there’s a guy who you just met willing to die for you, willing to do anything for you to get your son back and willing to stick around long after that.

[unganseylike]

when i get my doctorate im signing off all my posts as Dr. unganseylike, PhD. to give them more credibility.

[strawberri-draws]

Various portrait sketches

[superhell]

day one of working for house you get a brief that is a photo of wilson along with his pager and cell numbers and the instructions that you MUST tell this guy anything house does. you have GOT to keep him notified. and everyones like ‘thats ridiculous’ right up until 2 hours in when they watch wilson talk house down from doing something TRULY reckless. and then they never ever forget. tell wilson. its in the hospital handbook

[skitskatdacat63]

2011 British gp Fernando is such a mood...

[integrity-souls]

Select art from countless files. Soul gang if you so care

[custer-mp3]

hold on wait. did this motherfucker rly get married at Comerica then have the reception at the Magic Stick WHAT A FUCKIN DWEEB

hat tip to @dilutedmaggot for the rares

[makeagif]

Charles Leclerc on epxrkk Instagram.

[drinkingbitterboy]

note to self: post more alex closet cosplays when i need a pick me up/ego boost.

thank you to everyone for being so nice to me 🥹

[queen0fm0nsterz]

Got called a Lady kinnie for the 40th time and it hurts just as much as it did the first fime. Dude just call me a faggot i beg you

[aquelondungeonmaster]

NOMINATE THE RED SUN FOR THE MCYTBLR SEXYMAN POLL I AM ASKING POLITELY

it is the bill cipher of mcyt: evil shape that talks in all caps humanized as a hot dude.  it comes from a classic mcyt horror series that is literally un-lost media, and we love it. 

IT NEVER SETS

[squishysphealgirl]

the doot dootification... has succeeded.

@acornmaybe I know it's you

[virtchandmoir]

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[pepprs]

crying again lol ok