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February 5

36 | 5.2.2012 | 3 months ago

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[META] Size and Spark: Headcanon Regarding Model Types in Transformers: Prime

nellasaur:

Remember when I posted the other day about writing meta-essays instead of doing anything productive like working on fanfic?

Well, the meta’s done. There are lots and lots of words by me, and they are illustrated with WONDERFUL drawings by Obfuscobble, and you should totally go check it out if you’re interested in that worldbuilding thing!

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Ever since I wrote that meta-essay on gender and female-ness in Transformers, the concept of model-types has been preying on my mind. If femme is only one model type out of thirteen, what are the other twelve? What sociocultural significance, if any, do they have? Physiologically speaking, what even is a model-type?

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reblogging for my own reference and also for an amazing bit of worldbuilding

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   Weeps openly at how perfect this is Your previous discourse...particular is exactly

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   This analysis is wonderful! It was fun to read especially with the ibby bibbies and the names for each type of model was...

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    @nellasaur: This is wonderful! I can already feel it further shaping my head canon and my character design strategies...

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    Reblogging for the breakdown of who would be what in this system! And also to reiterate that seriously this probably...

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    This is fuckin’ awesome :T and the ibby bibbys just make it even more fun to read!! Very nice, friends.

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    Y’all best read this awesome post on WORLDBUILDING....know I spent two days nonstop...

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    also for an amazing bit

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    HEY ROBOT PEOPLE! This is Nella waxing awesome...Transformers, Cybertronian builds

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