YES OMG. PHARMA IS NOT A FUNCTIONIST.
He’s a jet with the hands of a medic, his very existence is an argument against the functionist belief that flight frames are only meant for fighting or transport. And not even ONCE do we hear Pharma say anything remotely functionist. To me it’s just a lot of “this is a bad guy so therefore he has to have the bad guy belief”. Actually, remind me who had his hands replaced immediately with no fuss? Pharma! He even expresses gratitude for the abilities his new hands have that his original forged medic hands didn’t.
I’ll shout this for the people in the back:
JUST BECAUSE PHARMA IS BAD THAT DIDNT GIVE RATCHET THE RIGHT TO VIOLATE HIS AUTONOMY, AND JUST BECAUSE RATCHET MAKES BAD DECISIONS IT DOESNT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE HIM A VILLAIN.
I don’t get the cognitive dissonance a lot of ppl seem to have when a protagonist has a flawed attribute that clashes with their perfect view of the character. Flaws are what makes a character interesting! Imo Ratchet being functionist is just as intriguing as him being atheist, and it should be addressed more. Actually him being a FUNCTIONIST ATHEIST is interesting in and of itself, as functionism is usually rooted in Cybertronian religion.