#in-universe post

[archives-of-iacon]

🧠💥 COMMUNICATION OUTREACH & GENERAL STRATEGY TEAM (C.O.G.S.) 💥🧠

(formerly: Intern Engagement Initiative, Byte Me Squad, Inter-Functionality Network Division, “The Meme Team,” and [redacted for tone])

HELLO, CITIZENS OF CYBERTRON (and off-world subscribers with the appropriate clearance)!

This is your official announcement that the Archives of Iacon now has a dedicated intern-run social media presence, expertly (and experimentally) managed by the Communication Outreach & General Strategy Team, or C.O.G.S. for short. We’re here to share knowledge, encourage engagement, and absolutely misuse the posting permissions we were given.

Our primary objective? 📚 Make the Archives fun. 🤖 Make the Archives interactive. 🚨 Possibly set off a security alarm or two in the process.

What can you expect from C.O.G.S.?

🔎 Weekly spotlights on rare documents, obscure figures, and strange footnotes

📊 Polls like "Which Prime Would You Trust to Babysit a Turbofox?"

^^^^^ It’s historically questionable and ethically important.

🧃 Reviews of energon flavors based on completely unscientific taste testing

👀 Open calls for article contributions, peer review, and spicy academic debate

✨ More updates on "Soun[???]", our unofficial glitch-mascot and probable ghost

A brief note from the Administrative Board:

The inclusion of emojis in this announcement was hotly debated. Clearance was only granted after the team submitted a formal communication log from retired Optimus Prime, who expressed that “a little expressive imagery never hurt anyone 😊.” (We’ve since archived the statement under Earthspark-Era Cultural Shifts: Vol 3.)

So go ahead, follow along, interact, and toss us your wildest theory about the AllSpark for flavor! We may or may not respond in uppercase. We are legally required to inform you our actions are not reflective of any academic or governing body.

🛠️ Official Launch Poll and First C.O.G.S. Q&A Coming Soon

📌 This message has been reviewed and annotated no fewer than 18 times by senior archivists. For inquiries, complaints, memes, and lost data-slates: 📮 Message the team or tag us with #CogsOfIacon

Sincerely, —Your Barely Authorized (barely) C.O.G.S Team™

[salingley]

This amateur sketch resembles what a disabled child says what the Ohio Squirrel Man looks like.

”The thing was just all over our scarecrow- I didn’t draw him to my liking…”

…

“My dad went out with our guns with our mastiff, who is a good boy. He didn’t come back after a while, and I went out to our orchard with my stepmom…”

…

“I just saw this thing, licking our scarecrow like this-“

[the teenager then proceeds to mimic something like a rabid dog]

“my dad came running back with our dog at took a shot at it like ka-blam…! Hasn’t shown up since… but Dad found a nest in our old barn. He thinks it’s surviving off the rabbits, birds, and deer that show up around here… All I know if it goes after one of our cats: it’s gon’ die.”

…

Reports say that this may be a hoax brought on by a stray animal or trespasser on the property. Either way, this family was prepared and ready for the Ohio Squirrelman.

[yardsards]

everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

[idlelizard]

celestial seal. sealestial? celestseal? a harbor starbor seal

[dangeroustaintedflawed]

[rivetgoth]

It's honestly crazy that discussion around testosterone HRT skews so much towards the beginning stages of it (to the point that you have dozens of guys thinking their transition is "failed" if they don't pass by like a year in lol) and what the initial changes of the first couple of months to years look like, like the classic laundry list of those early basic changes like bottom growth, voice drop, etc, when IMO literally none of that compares remotely to the depth and intensity of the long term total masculinization you start to experience like 3-5+ years in.

[gayvampyr]

no offense but you guys need to learn the difference between someone implying their experience is universal and a post simply just not being about you

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[lovesick-joey]

worldbuilding: the threequel

one | two

[spacebubblehomebase]

Crazy how the person you've been following for Team Rocket memes suddenly reached for the stars. But to celebrate another artist's success, I present to you another AU! Because we need more of those in this new fandom and I like the cliché trope of a traitor love interest. XD Though I admit this small doodle idea got way out of hand. Still, do you see the vision??? (🌕v🌕) -Bubbly💙

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[youbutstupid]

When Scarlett Johansson joined the Marvel universe all the way back in 2010, she did not have the ability that current actresses in the franchise have now and that is the ability to be seen as a valuable member of the team as opposed to an accessory.

My girl was being sexualised at every single interview, being asked if she wore underwear under her black widow suit and even being groped by interviewers. Natasha’s background was only slightly explored and her fighting style consisted of wrapping her legs around men’s heads in order to further appeal the male audience.

Yelena has the story arc she has and the ability to grow as a character because Scarlett fought for her to when she was producing the Black Widow movie. It makes me so upset that she knew she would never get the superhero experience that the men around her had, so she put aside her own spotlight in order to give Florence the standing that she couldn’t have.

I will not accept Natasha slander because Scarlett put everything she had into that character for a decade and had to go through so much just to be a part of that franchise.

[pasteldenatas]

Listen Up Columbia! — Portraits from a campus in crisis Photographed by Gabriella Gregor Splaver

[eydilily]

break like an artist.

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a collab between me and @slashmagpie for hermitadaymay's Solstice Social Collaborative Event! make sure to check out magpie's amazing fic for this too :D

(alternate ver under the cut)

[mioakem]

the russos have committed so many sins but i might just forgive them if they have bucky in this wig for doomsday