Wait, Pharma was in Spec Opcs? Or is that just a headcanon? Either way I really dig the idea. I’ve always felt like Prowl and Pharma would get along well and Pharma was smart enough to do more than just medic stuff. Adding Quark to is brilliant as well.

Pharma wasn’t in Spec Ops, but he was potentially associated with the New Institute (he’s the medic who turns up to treat Tumbler and the others after Overlord shows up to break Soundwave out in the flashback in MTMTE 14 – yeah, possibly he was just the nearest medic to hand, but I’ve always thought he might have been based at the Institute or linked with it, since he already knows who Tumbler is).  And I’ve always thought of the New Institute as having the kind of relationship to Spec Ops that Q has to James Bond – running analysis, providing nifty spy gadgets, etc.  It’s an intriguing connection, because I can imagine the two groups being really close in some ways, but the relationship also being pretty fraught.  (You’ve got Prowl and his protegees on one side, and on the other, Prowl’s ex, said ex’s BFF, and Trepan, the guy Prowl and Tumbler once arrested for his role in a government-wide conspiracy.  Strange bedfellows doesn’t really begin to cover it. :))

And thank you!  I agree, I think Pharma and Prowl would get on.  They’re quite similar, for better and for worse:  both brilliant at what they do; both intensely emotional and fiercely attached to the people they once loved, under an icy exterior; both willing to do awful things for the greater good, and both affected by the strain of making those kinds of devil’s bargains.  In fact, it may be the case that Prowl assigned Pharma to Messatine because he understood him, and trusted him to be able to handle such a dangerous posting.

I do think Pharma would have made a brilliant full-on spy, though.  I mean, it’s kind of a dark example, but you can imagine the amount of subterfuge he had to pull off to keep his deal with Tarn from being discovered for so long.

… and now I’m picturing Spec Ops Agent Pharma deliberately infiltrating the DJD… possibly even to find out what’s happened to his colleague Agent 113…

i really love all your Spec Ops headcanons, spy!Quark au being my fave. mostly bc of how hilarious it sounds when you picture a fussy microscope surrounded & coddled by both Prowl & the other agents. Quark knows he’s a bit naive & paranoid but it’s pretty disheartening to think everyone around him treats him like glass as he tries to prove himself as an agent.

Thank you! ❤  I do love the idea of poor Quark just wanting a field assignment, and the others just fluttering around him like no no no, you need to stay at headquarters, we need you to do important… distance… stuff!  And it’s mainly Skids, of course, but Prowl absolutely joins in because the last thing he wants is for Skids to spiral again (and he’s growing fond of Quark in spite of himself – Quark reminds him a bit of his pal Perceptor).  And of course Getaway could never say no to Prowl or Skids, and Mirage finds Quark’s straightforward crankiness kind of endearing, and Jazz is uber-protective of his agents anyway, and Bumblebee has never been one to let a friend put himself in danger if Bumblebee could do it instead, and…

Yeah, ultimately, anyone who messes with this unassuming microscope is going to find the full wrath of Autobot Spec Ops descending on them, much to their shock. 🙂

(I’m also picturing Quark ending up the unlikely favourite even of some of the less savoury types associated with Spec Opcs.  Pharma enjoys his company; Chromedome and, through him, Trepan become friendly with Brainstorm and Nightbeat’s bestie Quark.  Even Mesothulas likes having someone to talk science with when Prowl’s busy being Prowl.  Hell, I almost want some unsuspecting ‘Con – or even jerky Autobot – to try and bully Quark at this point, and just be completely unprepared to reap the whirlwind…)

You should also watch Transformers Cybertron. It has useful human characters, a dub that actually fixes a lot of the errors of the original Japanese anime, great voice acting, and the first (and I think only) time that Primus has ever appeared in-person. (Also, Starscream tries to fight Primus. Twice. With predictable results.)

[con’t] (Also, on top of all of that, Transformers: Cybertron is so absolutely over-the-top that it’s GLORIOUS. It IS an anime, after all.)

I’ve seen some of Cybertron, and enjoyed it!  Definitely plan to get back to it at some point.  Classic, CLASSIC hyper-competent schemer Starscream who deserves to get more love. 🙂

Also it may have one of my favourite TF theme songs.

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pipistrellus:

pipistrellus:

“Homeowners with citrus trees in their yards can apply online to have parasitic wasps mailed to them that can then be released onto citrus trees”

Thanks, Florida Department of Agriculture

I wonder if you have to PROVE that you own citrus trees so they can weed out the freeloaders who just want to cheat the government out of wasps

I wonder if i have to prove where i live, or can i just get them to mail someone else a box of wasps…

kyraneko:

aphony-cree:

21goblins-in-a-trenchcoat:

terflies:

transmedtwink:

lushbird:

“queer” is such a useless term. if i tell someone im bisexual, they know i am attracted to men and women. if a man tells me he is gay, i know he is a man exclusively attracted to other men. if someone tells me they are queer, it tells me nothing about them. it doesnt tell me who they attracted to. it tells me nothing about that person.

It tells me they’re trying to be a extra lil bitch and that I shouldn’t be friends with them

No, you probably shouldn’t, for their sake.

yall realise thats exactly the point, right

queer covers everyone who is noncis or nonstraight

it covers the identities you want to erase or disallow from the community

it doesn’t immediately tell you private information about someone’s sexuality or gender that you aren’t entitled to

and the person in question may not even know themselves, but queer is what they know they can always use if they’re not sure except they know theyre definitely not cis/straight

you hate it because it’s too inclusive and too broad. It’s supposed to be inclusive and broad. If someone tells you they’re queer then all you need to know is that they are in some way not cis or straight and other than that it aint your business. If being told someone’s identity is none of your business pisses you off, thats a you problem

Imagine saying you wont be friends with someone unless they disclose all details of their gender and orientation immediately upon meeting you and still feeling that you’re morally superior 

treating people’s identities primarily as ways to help you sort them by usefulness to you is kinda mercenary and shitty, honestly

“queer” claims kinship across a diverse yet shared body of experiences

it says “we can be alike without having to be same”

it says “we are connected without having to justify the connection”

it says “our differences can be celebrated, even the ones between each other”

it says “we accept and are accepted, as we are”

it is not about convenience of labeling or categorizing

it is not about providing useful information about whether we’re “available”

it’s about people

it’s about connection

it’s about acceptance

“your identity has to be useful to me to be valid” is ridiculous bullshit and ought to walk north until its hat freezes

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janedrewfinally:

copperbadge:

petite-madame:

Can Eat, Can’t Eat (Eddie and Venom) – 2018

It’s…*cough*…it’s gonna be alright. It’s just a question of time and practice Eddie. ^^;;

I would read a few hundred thousand words of Eddie and Venom playing Can Eat, Can’t Eat with each other. 

Eventually Eddie concedes that if Venom can prove the horse is evil he can eat it.

I’m torn between swans counting as “Can Eat” or “No Bad Idea Just No.”

*a picture of a swan appears*

CAN EAT! CAN EAT! It’s a bigger chicken! I can eat chickens!

*deep sigh* “Well, I suppose we can try. Some lessons you’ll have to learn for yourself.”

Source: petite-madame