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turbo-overkill · 1 year

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I think there's already a post abt this going around but I can't find it

I really wish disabilities were more incorporated into transformers media because, in general, the rep would be nice, but it's also a very interesting topic.

We know that Transformers are nowhere near indestructible, but they are more resilient than humans, and it's easier for them to repair severe injuries, like missing limbs.

I want to see like... how disabilities would be treates given these circumstances. I want to see robots who could get themselves 'repaired', but choose not to. I want to see robots whose disabilities are difficult for humans to comprehend, because we do not have an equivalent to compare it to.

I want missing body parts to be replaced with weird gadgets, I want scars turned into fashion statements and incorporated into one's design the same way the color of a paintjob would be, I want blind and deaf mecha who have adapted to their disabilities and tuned their other senses to make up for them.

#yeet talks #basically every character in my og cont. is disabled in some way. theyre not always visible disabilities but they do impact them all to a #big extent #op for example is colorblind with chronic pain. arcee has trouble moving her joints which makes her easily tired and means #she has to rely on others help esp in combat #blaster is deaf and relies on their cassettes to act as their ears

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