#Belos doesn't suffer from addiction stop demonizing drug addicts

[thousandyearphantombunker]

This is part of the reason I hate the transformers fandom- bee in tfa isn't a child- he's in the fucking military he drinks uses cybertronian swear words and has ambitions- he has traits of adhd bee in tfp is mute- he's not a baby and using his disability to make him cuter grosses me out- he literally had the robotic equivalent of his throat torn out as a form of torture! In the bayverse he's also not a child! Bee I swear to God gets treated like he's a baby and it's made worse because a lot of his fans upon getting a wiff of some people pointing out he's ADHD coded use that to baby him further! Bulkhead in tfa is autism coded (clumsiness lack of social awareness easily overwhelmed etc) and grew up in a 'rural' area- he still has depth and isn't just a cutie- he's got a scary ass temper and is actually smart at his job- it just a niche underappreciated interest he's not lacking in ambition- he's able to be satisfied without tons of recognition. Starscream is a lovable backstabbing son of a bitch who murders people and enjoys bragging about it yes he is an abuse victims but he's also a monster in his own right (doesn't mean he deserves the abuse btw) like I hate uwu woobie Starscream with a passion- let the dude be evil! Let him be pathetic without having to constantly write it as tearjerking or turning him into a sympathy sue.

I remember for a long time thinking I hated bee only to realize I more hated how the fandom treats him. I hated it- Bee is physically disabled in tfp not a baby! He's a disabled vet- ahes got a physical disability stop erasing it- he's not nonverbal autistic- and even if he was that's no excuse to aby him - I'm saying this as someone who wants more nonverbal characters! Bee is a fucking adult either way! But it really does say something about some people in this fandom who infantalize the shit outta him and erase his canon disability and replace it with one they think justifies this shit (not saying that you can't headcanon him as autistic but 1 that's not the reason he doesn't talk and 2 even if he was a nonverbal autistic-he's still and adult)

And hearing people treat bulkhead as ambitionless depthless character whose only personality traits are 'cute plot device' and 'friend to the real characters' because of his autistic traits or because he's a farm boy who has interest in careers that aren't glamorous but still require skill/are satisfying/needed I do get a bit angry- he's got depth it's just not as obvious as the other characters

And dear god as a Starscream fan I hate a lot of other Starscream fans- can we not infantalize the abuse victim? Can we acknowledge when the bad guy does bad things? Can he be a cool bad guy without turning him into a draco in leather pants woobie or cringefail baby?

idk i just think it’s a little weird that almost every character who gets the “innocent baby” / “little ray of sunshine” treatment usually ends up just having neurodivergent traits and actual negative traits in the show that nobody pays attention to. like idk man it just feels like diet infantilization to me and it’s a teeny weeny bit uncomfortable to see all the time