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[copias-juicebox]

Kaisarion x

[whatudottu]

Introducing to you - made over the course of a few months - a visual guide to cybertronian pedipalps and proboscis!

The general gist and inspiration for such being of course the episode Thirst and the fact that, up until that point, dark energon did not have any mutagenic properties only (in the show) being utilitised to revive the dead. What if, instead of being a side effect of dark synth energon, dark energon just... reactivated dormant pedipalps (remnants of a more buggy pre-metamorphosis sparkling/protoform lifestage)?

A more comprehensive look is down below- and don't mind how it's exclusively 'Cons lmao :P

Starting off, I referenced CYLAS' canonical pedipalps to try and understand the shapes being used which resembles a lapping type mouth that bees have (so considering there is a tranformers character named Bumblebee it feels appropriate but he ISN'T HERE), let alone the flexible proboscis which I just made as a siphoning type from butterflies which; this is the wikipedia image I used to understand mouth parts :P

Breakdown himself wouldn't need to open his whole face in order to consume energon, given that he has an opening and closing jaw in addition to having the dexterity and power of limbs and a neck to not require lapping, but energon is still drunk through the proboscis like a straw.

Continuing onto characters that would NEED their pedipalps, vehicons and other faceless cold constructs (whether you have the belief every cold construct is faceless or they recently shifted to facelessness to save on costs) by technically did not metamorphose like forged mecha and thus their mouth parts have not gone dormant. Instead, their construction means they have not known anything other than pedipalps and proboscis, having no experience at all with facial expressions and thus not susceptible to phantom sensations.

Though their jaws do not have joints or at least do not have an opening to function like an enclosed mouth, vehicons still do have one on the basis of having a neck and a location to store their coiled proboscis when not in use.

Unlike other cybertronians - forged or constructed - empurata survivors have their heads and/or faces completely remolded and restructured where they do not have a functioning jaw. They have in it's stead a reconstruction of the original pedipalps formatted appropriately to the new head mould.

Monoptics like Shockwave do not have enough room in their helms to have a mouth-like structure at all, instead the neck is reconstructed to open with the pedipalps; the proboscis when fully extended appears longer in monoptics but that is due to the fact the opening is lower and closer to it's base. Nulloptics like Soundwave have their entire face replaced by their mouth, often covered up in seamless panels that give the appearance of a screen, up until the nulloptic actually replaces the panels to include the electronics necessary to protect and display visuals.

In average adult cybertronians however, the pedipalps remain dormant - at least in their use for eating - and are instead used to produce vocalisations alongside the proboscis (which still remains in use by function of the liquid energon diet), in addition to being used in expression in conjuction with the many servos operating within the faceplate. The reason why, despite the variety of things pedipalps can do now that they aren't being used to consume fuel, that empuratas and constructs cannot re/gain a face with the same ability and level of complexity of the average cybertronian is because of the hyperactive function of those very pedipalps.

Vehicons can - if they so choose - express visually through the exclusive use of their pedipalps, but factoring in a faceplate with all of it's own complicated servos intricately woven into each other, the faceplate lacks the ability to split along the seams of the pedipalps and would restrain their mobility and prevent the cold construct from refueling. Empurata have a similar issue with the addition of their lack of functioning jaws and their modified head structure preventing the synergy of a faceplate. Nulloptics' heads are functionally all mouth so the corresponding faceplate cannot have features for optics or ridges, and monoptics' pedipalp expression is on their neck and thus a faceplate that matches where the mouth in their case would be a very bizarre choker-

And that's all folks, hope you love my cybertronian pedipalps post :P

[ghuleh-recs]

not a thought in that pretty head.

[tf2incorrectquotes]

Medic: My saw reminds me of my husband. Strong and very sexy! ♡

[gettheorion]

[nyaskitten]

"Birth of the Dragon Cores"

[incorrecttng]

geordi convincing the bridge crew to donate to a charity for kids: c'mon, this kid wants to be a doctor!

riker, beginning to cry: it's never gonna be a doctor… better get it a jet ski.

[ghuleh-recs]

“let’s go!”

[nxmelessfighter]

repost & fill in the words you most associate with your character! 

𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗟 : Black cat

𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗥(𝗦) : Vermilion

𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 : Solitude - Last Alliance

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧 : Red lily

𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘  𝗢𝗙  𝗗𝗔𝗬 : Evening

𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗟 : Cinnamon

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 : Autumn

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 : Sendai

𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 : Dark chocolate

𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 : Cinnabar

𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟  𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 : Dragon

𝗙𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗖 : Cotton

𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗞 : Milk tea

𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘  : Recklessness

𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗘 : Loyalty

stolen from: @vindicta-reliquiae tagging: whoever wants to do it lol

[incorrectgarashir]

Geordi and Worf visit the replimat again:

Geordi: This tastes like chicken Worf: So what's wrong with it? Geordi: It's macaroni and cheese

[takingasterix]

hey i might be a fucking idiot but where did they get all those blue crystals from?

[theineffableoystercatcher]

Nie Huaisang: Wen Chao has got some papers to prove he's a human being.

Wei Wuxian: Forged?

Nie Huaisang: I don't think so.

[resolutepath]

😰🙊 ( for jinhsi )

😰when my muse is stressed, how do they act out?

Jinhsi doesn't tend to act out when stressed, rather she turns her stress inwards and the suffering lands upon her person with only those she holds closest (Changli, Sanhua, Jiyan) able to see the effects of it if present. Stress in her is endless pacing in her office between bouts of work and distracted in conversations, but more significantly loss of appetite and lack of sleep. It's self-sabotage at heart, brought on usually by her putting the needs of Jinzhou above herself, or considering things she has to do more important than taking care of her health.

🙊what would my muse say their biggest flaw is

Recognising the need to rest and recuperate. Jinhsi has spent so long forcing herself to be better to train so that self-doubt had no place when it came to her strength, learning ways to best deploy her friends and companions so that together they can move forward, studying and applying all that she has learnt, that she sometimes forgets that she is an individual and just as capable of getting sick or tired or worn down. She would say also her habit of forgetting meals is a pretty big flaw and she's grateful to Sanhua for always ensuring she does not go too long without one.

character flaws meme;; // @guhamun

[emilynightshade89]

Tobias Forge 🤝 Danny Elfman: *making silly little noises in interviews when describing their music/work*

[rlinwriteslu]

I've been thinking about how much I want to share about my work that I really shouldn't since it's plans for the far future that I can't even start to act on for a long time but I just remembered that there is a person who knows what's going on, my beta reader, and maybe I should start bothering him with my ideas again. It's been more infrequent that I have been doing so mainly because I've had less brainstorming/writing time as of late and also I've been placing an emphasis of posting snippets to help promote my work even if I can only really do so for things that are in-progress. So I need to get back to dumping ideas on him.

Even if at least a few of them are inspired off of a game that he has not experienced yet and I absolutely do not want to spoil. I think I'm safe just not saying where the ideas come from and why.

[copias-juicebox]

all i can say about the ghovie is: gifs! 😈🔥