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Want to know what Screamer's mindscape was? It was the Nemesis and Megatron was dead, so he was doing a terrible happy dance and all the Vehicons were cheering. It was embarrasing if I'm honest. Megatron's was a lava filled version of Kaon and he was killing Optimus Prime over and over. You sure have some weird coworkers

Subconscious desires are often irrational.

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I have a question about the cortical patch and I figured you would be a best person to ask. When Bumblebee patched Megatron and when Megatron patched Starscream, there was like a base imaginary world and the person was in there and could be talked to, and that's how they got information from them. Megatron was able to activate Screamer's memories against his will and see them but it didn't seem like Be knew he could do that. Is it always like that? What was Arcee's brain-world like?

Your assumption was correct.

The world inside of one's mind is frequently referred to as a mindscape. Some have more detailed mindscapes than others. Broadly speaking, a mindscape is the collected conscious and unconscious processes that make up the mind of a Cybertronian. The patch allows outside access to the mindscape, and if the subject is unconscious there is the potential that the subject is unaware that they are having information extracted from them.

Mine is my workstation, since I know you are inclined to pry. I know it is part of my original lab, but when I am using the patch to catalogue my own memories...

Time and trauma have had their toll. There are areas I can no longer recall in detail, and that is reflected in my mindscape as a burnt out light that I cannot fix. It is part of why I catalogue my memories whenever I am able to, and part of why I created the patch in the first place. I did not intend for it to be an interrogation tool, though it rapidly became one. I had used it to extract subjective experience from test subjects that I could not track otherwise, diagnose processor errors, and create backups of my own memories for cross-referencing.

As for if it is always "like that"? No. The methods vary.

My methods are precise and analytical. I have no need to speak to the conscious or subconscious mind of my subject. I can simply access and take what I need. I never saw Arcee's mindscape. I bypassed her consciousness entirely. This is a technique that only someone as familiar with its idiosyncratic nature as I am is capable of performing. Misuse can lead to processor damage or death.

Megatron, as much as I admire him, is a showman. He is incapable of not attempting to assert dominance whenever possible. That is why his use of the patch manifested as an interrogation where he was able to force Starscream to recall other memories.

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It was efficient.

Remember me, back on cybertron? Yeah, one question, why was the physic patch necessary? It hurt and you slammed my head on the table when you did it, what the frag, con?

Was shooting me in the optic necessary? We do terrible things in war. Your hands are no cleaner than mine.

The patch was necessary because Starscream's interrogation methods were unreliable and more likely to offline you.

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Remember me, back on cybertron? Yeah, one question, why was the physic patch necessary? It hurt and you slammed my head on the table when you did it, what the frag, con?

Was shooting me in the optic necessary? We do terrible things in war. Your hands are no cleaner than mine.

The patch was necessary because Starscream's interrogation methods were unreliable and more likely to offline you.

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Our poor shockers lost his tiddies in the war. he's almost as flat as his tfa version

congratulations to earthspark shockwave on his top surgery

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(lol did you see the new earthspark trailer? theyre bringing in shockwave! but they took his tits)

ive not! I havent kept up with transformers as much as ive had in the past unfortunately,,,, brain tired.

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Shockwave whenever he’s inevitably left alone on Cybertron in every continuity

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INSIGHT THE ROVER JUST DIED, TODAY IS TERRIBLE

Your species' ability to bond with inanimate objects is and forever will be a curiosity to me. The rover was not "alive". It was a machine and its operation has ceased.

But you still mourn it as one of your own.

Perhaps think instead of the data that it gathered, the information it was able to relay to your scientists on Earth. It served its purpose, and it was loved.

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but what if. just one chemical. or maybe the mercury at least?

No.

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me everyday during chemistry: maybe if i drink the chemicals i wont have to take this stupid class anymore. im a fucking business major why is this a required class, help.

Drinking the chemicals would likely kill you. Do not eat or drink in labs.

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wait a second. wait a second. omfg. you and starscream and cirrus are like another universe's tarantulas, prowl, and springer. somehow just less fucked up with you all vs them.

Who. I only recognize one name from the second list.

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Hey mun! it's not your blog that's broken! you have to go into setting and turn on something called "custom theme", if you enable it your blog page should go back to normal

ah lovely its tumblr being tumblr.

should be fixed now!

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hey mun, your blog broke. it doesnt open in its own page like normal and the search function is entirely broken!

Ugh. Probably means it's been flagged or something. I'll contact support when I get home from work - thanks for letting me know.

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oh sorry, just a joke cause you and him bicker like a old married couple and have a "kid" together

Ah. Humor.

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I think they mean Starscream is your ex.

We were never romantically engaged.

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your son and your ex got turned into organics. cirrus is having a great time and screamer wont stop bitching

Who is "my ex"

Starscream's incessent complaining is known.

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Can you cross your arms? Maybe your gun is too big, but before you had a gun could you?

Yes. I have no mobility issues aside from a more limited range of vision and needing to be aware of where the supply to my cannon is.