#or you can throat chop someone and crush their windpipe and make them basically suffocate

[lord-squiggletits]

A frustrating thing about media perceptions of violence is that there are a ton of ways I want to write Cybertronians experiencing war and violence in terms of "what are the physical limits they can take" but it seems less extraordinary than it actually is because media already tends to portray even regular humans in combat with improbable or impossible abilities.

Like, how can I say something interesting about "oh Cybertronians have more stamina in battle because they don't bleed [in my headcanon] which means getting cut won't inevitably take them out of a fight in a few minutes" except when was the last time mainstream action media ever took bleeding into account. What about the fact that Cybertronians can break limbs or lose them completely and just get a replacement put on, but human characters losing limbs or getting prosthetics are rarely shown getting physical therapy or anything that would come with losing a limb. Even something as basic as "Cybertronians can be in direct combat for hours without tiring" falls flat when so many media portrays human combat as this crazy thing where people have the stamina to do flips and shit for minutes on end which isn't accurate at all.

#squiggposting #the first thing you learn about fighting (in research or in practice) is that fighting is fucking tiring #and that the smallest of injuries can fuck you up badly #see humans suck because there's a lot of pain points or vital structures on our body that are very exposed and easily targeted #but to me the appeal of cybertronians is that they. they don't have those weaknesses or at least can take far more punishment #it's hard for me to look at human anatomy the same way any more once i was taught that stabbing someone in the inner thigh #can bleed them out in seconds #or you can throat chop someone and crush their windpipe and make them basically suffocate #humans are so fragile man it's kind of terrifying #anyways. basically what i am saying is that all cybertronians by default are superhumans in terms of athletic ability and stamina #but like beyond superhuman because machines work in a completely different way than organics do #machines can hypothetically run forever as long as they're given fuel but organics just can't do that