Mood suppressant

Mood suppressants are a form of medication used by Cybertronians to alleviate feelings of grief.
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 continuity family
[edit]2005 IDW continuity
[edit]Some of the Lost Light crew (including Swerve and Nightbeat) were administered with mood suppressants by Velocity following Skids' death. Nautica disparagingly referred to them as "grief shots", saying that they owed it to Skids to face their feelings head-on. Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced
Later, Velocity offered Anode "something to cope" with her grief over Lug - presumably referring to mood suppressants. Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists
Notes
[edit]- While we only see mood suppressants used to help with grief, their ambiguous name suggests that they could be used for other purposes.
- Nautica states that "avoidance is addictive" (in the context of mood suppressants), implying that forming a dependency on them is not uncommon.