#inferno bw

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obsessed with every time they did this

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Thinking about this image again, I love them I miss them. Infernos stupid thumbs up

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Neurodivergence in Transformers

Did you know Inferno from Beast Wars might technically be the first neurodivergent Transformer?

Neurodivergent: differing in mental or neurological function from what is considered typical (neurotypical)

Geomotus is called "one of the first openly neurodivergent Cybertronians" by IDW Publishing’s Editor-in-Chief John Barber. 

But I realized I don't know what they mean by first openly neurodivergent.

In Beast Wars, Inferno's fire ant beast mode instincts completely overwhelmed his logic circuits after scanning. His neurological functions are canonically different from typical Predacons and Maximals. That's neurodivergence by definition (differing mental/neurological function from typical).

In Transformers Animated lore, according to Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac, Blackarachnia experimented on Blitzwing, rebuilding him into a triple changer and making him mentally unstable, causing Blitzwing to have three personalities. This would be an example of acquired neurodivergence similar to Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder).

In IDW, Shockwave was taken to the Institute and subjected to "Shadowplay", the emotion centers of his brain cut out by mnemosurgery. This would be another example of acquired neurodivergence.

There's a few other characters who could be argued to be allegories or be neurodivergent-coded (Beast War's Transmutate, Transformers Animated Ratchet, IDW's Rung, Froid, First Aid, Riptide)

So what does Geomotus being "openly neurodivergent" mean?

Does that mean he's open about his different neurological functions? 

He's explicitly written with traits like social cue struggles, bluntness, withdrawal in unfamiliar situations, and reliance on 'shapes' for self-soothing.

Does it just mean he works to help manage his condition openly? 

He's aware/manages it openly (therapy, accommodations, tools)

Does it mean that Hasbro openly considers Geomotus to be neurodivergent?

He's written as the first intentional, explicit representation of neurodivergence.

I guess technically "one of the first" could mean just one of the few neurodivergents Cybertronians. 

I don't have anything against Geomotus. I like him and think he's good neurodiversity representation. But I think there could be an argument there's been more neurodivergent Cybertronians than most people would think.

I just think a better phrase would be "the first officially confirmed neurodivergent Cybertronian"

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Saw this meme on tiktok of drawing your favorite character with your problems

God bless poor inferno, bro has been working back to back overtime shifts for 3 weeks 😭

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My designs for the predacons

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they make me sick

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Transformers Funnies [Beasties Style]

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