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Late to the MTMTE zeitgeist so I don’t know if we’ve already talked about this devastating scene
This is a perfect example of what I call “Doctor Brand Mean” lmao sigh
As someone who deals with doctors all day nearly every day, a common way for docs to express even mild displeasure (in my experience) is to be as direct/honest and short as possible, because they can’t get a Datix ticket for being technically correct and efficient, even if what they’re saying and how they’re saying it is designed to personally ruin your whole fucking week, lmao
I don’t think Ratchet would be as mean as real world doctors can get, LOL, but the attitude is there
In this scene, he’s giving legit advice to Rodimus at first, and he’s clearly pissed off about circumstances in general (so his frustration is not 100% aimed at Rodimus). It’s at least cordial, if not entirely friendly, necessarily.
But then he lets his displeasure with Rodimus show at the end; Yes, he’s not lying and did in fact know the list was a fake. Rodimus asked how, and he answered honestly. Fair enough.
But he’s walking away from Rodimus.
He’s walking away, saying something that is simply a fact but inevitably bound to be a bit hurtful to Rodimus…
…While knowing full well that Rodimus is getting more and more isolated and is currently not very popular with the crew, and he knows that Rodimus is feeling insecure and uneasy about this.
Ratchet is certainly allowed to have moments where his gruffness shines through in maybe not the best light, and he is definitely still upset about how Rodimus handled the situation with Drift on top of everything else going on, and that’s understandable.
But this scene could easily come across as somewhat mean, because he is aware of how things are collapsing a bit around Rodimus at this point in the story– He just leaves Rodimus, a person who Ratchet knows may be at least some degree of vulnerable at the moment, with a statement that while true is very much a painful thing to hear.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Rodimus, given what we know about his character at this point in events, internalised this conversation in a more negative way than Ratchet intended.
I can see him thinking something like, “Ratchet, famous for caring about everyone, can’t find a single thing worth caring about in me.”
(I feel like Rodimus might struggle with rejection sensitive dysphoria or something along those lines given his reactions to criticism or perceived criticism throughout the series, but that’s just me thinking out loud.)
It also shows a bit how Ratchet doesn’t really have any regard for how others do often perceive him to be a source of reassurance or authority; Rodimus is the captain, but he also has less total life experience than Ratchet, and was by default outranked by Rachet for most of the war.
We know Rodimus does listen to Ratchet. He’s a respected professional, something Rodimus himself wants to be.
I think Ratchet intended to be a little sharp with Rodimus here, but I don’t think he fully realised how Rodimus might take it in an even more hurtful way.
But he felt like Rodimus needed to hear it, straightforward, and didn’t have the desire to stick around and talk about it any further, so there you go.
Look at the expression on Rodimus’ face in that last panel. Ratchet’s looking slightly over his shoulder. He sees it. He still keeps walking away.
Which leaves Rodimus alone, in a situation where Rodimus is dealing with a crisis of confidence.
Doctor Brand Mean.
Did Ratchet leave anything for Drift when he died?
“When Ratchet passed away, he gave Drift his spark casing. Inscribed on the casing he wrote ‘FOREVER YOURS.’”
—Jro’s answer at TFN 2025
This is a commission drawn by artist Abyss! It’s used as variant cover for dratchet question list I asked at TFN 2025. Please check the whole content on X!
Things that I think some people forget are canon in the IDW universe, or think are just fanon
The usage of “frag”, “slag”, and “scrap” as cuss words
Lovers (conjunx endurae) being called “sparkmates”
Queer-platonic relationships (amica endurae)
While Megatron and Optimus are seen as very old, they are not. Megatron is five million years old, and OP stated that Megatron is a little older than him. Bots older than them include but are certainly not limited to: Rung, Whirl, Ironhide, Kup, Ratchet, Cyclonus, Tailgate, Rewind, Red Alert and Minimus Ambus/Ultra Magnus
Starscream was a representative in the Senate
Camiens laud those who have carried the Matrix as gods; they would view Rodimus just as they do Optimus
Young Cybertronians being called “sparklings”
Rodimus spent three days trying to program his holomatter avatar to have a sweatband
Before becoming Optimus Prime, Orion Pax was close friends with Megatron. He read and quoted Megatron’s Towards Peace and was even unsure if he was on “the right side”
Whirl likes French films
Rodimus is 4.2 million years old - only 800k years younger than Megatron
Mecha from Caminus have different spark frequencies than that of normal Cybertronians, causing their energon to be blue rather than pink
Megatron and Impactor worked together in the mines and were best friends
Cyclonus was on the Ark-1
Alcoholic beverages (engex)
Rodimus, Whirl, Skids, Swerve, Tailgate, and Ultra Magnus have all customized their holomatter avatars
Soundwave and Drift both grew up in the gutters of Rodion and were taken in by Megatron
There’s a mech on the Lost Light named Toaster, who turns into a toaster
Whirl was alt-mode exempt and a watchmaker of sorts. After the Empurata procedure, he changed his name (Whirl was not his original name), frame, and started hanging out in Rodion’s gutters, where Drift and Soundwave lived. He then became a prison guard and beat up Megatron, causing the latter to be pushed over the edge and start the war
Nautica is the exact picture of Pipes’ Dream Conjunx, but he died before getting the chance to meet her
Rodimus, formerly Hot Rod, grew up in the streets of Nyon and took care of other homeless people, and was approached directly by Megatron, who was hoping to recruit
Before becoming Rodimus, Hot Rod was about Rung’s size
Certain Decepticons in high standing with Megatron had special ceremonies performed by one of the Warriors Elite or Megatron himself in which the chosen Decepticon would have a piece of their spark casing removed and forged into their Badge
On both sides of the war, some mecha had real, physical badges, while others were simply painted on
Megatron is a forged spark in a cold-constructed body
Shockwave was a senator, and ran an academy for outliers (which Skids, Trailbreaker/Trailcutter, and Damus/Glitch, who would later become Tarn). He and Orion Pax (who was later to become Optimus Prime) were close friends
Mecha saying “I could hug you!”
Drift is filthy rich for a reason undisclosed
Rodimus and Swerve are both religious, just not obnoxiously so
Orion Pax had his insides rearranged by Shockwave’s techs to make a hole in his chassis - unbeknownst to him, Shockwave was doing this to MANY mechs to make it possible for them to carry the Matrix of Leadership. Had it not been for the hole created by Shockwave, Orion Pax would have never been able to become Optimus Prime
Even then, it hurt Orion Pax when the Matrix bonded with him and made him into Optimus Prime - when the Matrix bonded with Hot Rod and made him into Rodimus Prime, it felt good and right
Even by Cybertronian standards, Prowl is considered “heavy”
Chromedome was still able to lift him over his head and throw him off a cliff
Rodimus (Hot Rod at the time) broke into Styx, one of the most high-security Decepticon-owned prisons to ever exist, to break out Dealer, a former member of his unit (who then promptly betrayed him)
Chromedome and Brainstorm worked for The Institute, which was responsible for mind-wiping, Shadowplay, and Empurata
Drift joined the Decepticons at the very beginning of the war and only became an Autobot near the tail end of the war, less than a century before its close (He became an Autobot after meeting Wing, and then pretty quickly became a Wrecker and went to Earth in a time period likely to be the 80s or 90s). For nearly all of the 4 million years the war went on, he was Deadlock, amongst the most horrifying Decepticons out there, and was favored by Megatron enough that the warlord sent his most notorious bounty hunter out to go find him even after Deadlock had betrayed his superior officer’s orders and went rogue
Megatron never got an Autobot badge of his own; he still wears Bumblebee’s
Feel free to add your own!
Chromedome is left handed (if not ambidextrous)
Rewind did not get his camera till the war was well under way
Chromedome and Rewind did not meet until the war was well underway, and rewind still did not have his camera at that time
Rewinds camera can come off
Perceptor lost his right eye TWICE, once in the battle he meet Drift in and again when he stabbed it out himself to put his scope in (idk why he has an eye again, because at the end of season one when they were captured they took his scope when they took their weapons and there was just a fucking hole there and I’m still offended that he has his eye back)
Bumblebee is not only a scout but also part of the Special Ops Division
Ratchet almost joined the Decepticons before the war
So did Orion Pax
-Rung and Ultra Magnus are teetotalers and there for don’t drink alcohol (or engex, in this case)
Love as a weapon
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Commission for ladytron47, who wanted a snarky Tailgate and sorta nervous Cyclonus!
I apologize for the delay, but I hope you like it:)
Haven’t posted this one! Art from last year:)
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Soundwave looking at the grossest little dudes trying to crawl into his chest: 😕
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