#mechs figure it out via trial and error

[saym0-0]

jonny though she hates changing her style. she'll wear different clothes sure but leaning outside of the general space pirate aesthetic beyond a new jacket or accessories isnt going to happen. this is entirely unrelated to her pronouns though, she'll change those at random and not tell anyone just shoot people who misgender her (genderfluid jonny W)

i think tim's gender expression directly correlates to formality level, like for just hanging out or shows stuff like that (because mechs shows are not high society 💀) hes masc the way we see him in. yk canon. but fancier events she gets way more femme, all silk dresses and the like. you wont see her hanging around the ship in a skirt or at a fancy ball in a suit yk.

[cannons-and-swords]

33 - 40 for ask meme

33. How do they learn about the world–what is their preferred learning style? Hands-on learning with trial and error? Research, reading, and note-taking? Observation or rote memorization? Inductive or deductive reasoning? Seeking patterns and organization? Taking things apart and putting them back together? Creative processing via discussing, writing about, or dramatizing things?

He is very hands on in learning but he can figure most any thing out in almost any way. Megatron is adaptable when it comes to his learning, he had to be. Typically though of he has a choice he wants to figure it out through experiences or trial and error. He's big on tinkering too, on earth he liked to take stuff apart and see how it runs, though he didn't always but stuff back together. 

34. How do they understand the world–what kind of worldview and thought processes do they have? Why?

Megatron is a very big pessimist when it comes to the world. He wants to see change and when he talks he tries to seem optimistic but from the start he's always felt like no matter what he does the world will always turn on him. 

35. How and why do they internalize knowledge? What effect has that had on them?

Megs is good at memorizing ideas and topics though he does have to think about them for a while to figure out what is important and what isn't. Since he has been on earth however some of his memory has started to fail (as a result of being a head) and he struggles to remember new names, this isn't to much trouble for him though as he just manipulates the conversation he is having to get the person or mech to say their name several times until he can remember it.

36. How much do they rely on their minds and intellect, versus other approaches like relying on instinct, intuition, faith and spirituality, or emotions? What is their opinion on this?

He is very intellectually driven. His instincts often hinder him as he was programed to be a submissive miner and not a powerful warlord. He is okay with others relying on instinct or intuition as long as it doesn't get in his way.

37. Have they had any special education or training that colors their means of learning about or understanding the world? Conversely, do they lack some kind of education considered essential in their world? What kind of impact has this addition or lack had on them?

Everything Megatron has learned was self taught, especially in the mines anything of education purposes was hard to come by so he only learned from the stuff he could scrape together from the trash from the surface. He has also been trained as a gladiator and so has a lot of aggressive tendencies because that is what kept him alive in the arena. 

38. Is there anything they wish they could change about their worldview or thought processes? What, and why?

He wished that he had been able to learn about the good and the bad instead of having most of his early education focused on the bad of Cybertron. He believes that if he was able to also see the surface mechs in a slightly better light the war wouldn't have happened or it would have turned out differently.

39. What sort of questions or thoughts recur in their lives, either specifically or as a theme? Why are these never answered, or answered permanently to their satisfaction?

Why is the universe again me? That is the question Megatron often asked himself. Nothing he has ever done has worked out, everyone he cared for either died, disappeared, or turned against him. He doesn't believe in gods or spirits or even karma (to an extent) but it is hard to ignore that everything in his life has some how blown up in his face again and again.

40. What do they wonder about? What sparks their curiosity and imagination, and why? How is this expressed, if it is?

Megatron is very curious about most things, dispute his age he doesn't know a lot about cybertronian society and what he does know has often turned out to be wrong. He also finds the stars both relaxing and curious and if he could he would spend hours or even days staring at them.