#and not a single person on the LL made a peep about ratchet taking pharma's hands lmao
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He's right and he should say it.
It's actually, genuinely so fucking weird to me that Ratchet's hands seem to be brought up every other issue, and this entire continuity has a historical premise of "yeah people used to be literally designated as persons or non-persons based on their bodies alone," but for some reason the story continues to be written as if Ratchet having real medic's hands is some absolute necessity that he must have or else he's nothing. It just seems thematically dissonant to me.
#squiggposting#pharma apologism#and it's not like you can't make a good story about the fact that some people have inherent biological advantages#but like idk so far in JRO's work I dont really see that#this isnt a callout post before someone asks#i just think it's weird how half of cybertron's history hinges on how people were oppressed#and not allowed to do what they wanted solely because of their body types#but then one of the main 'good guys' is obsessed with his own body parts and NO ONE points out how weird this is#of course you can write about good people having problematic beliefs#but maybe try like calling them out for them??? especially if major in universe history hinges on that bigotry.#???*#i'm on mtmte 20 or around there#and not a single person on the LL made a peep about ratchet taking pharma's hands lmao#like not even to go 'huh taking other peoples body parts is weird'#much less to go 'hey your obsession with your hands as the source of all your skill seems kinda bigoted and unhealthy'
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