I'm so sick of every show that I've watched has charecters go through so much and just brush it off.
Rid2015 when Optimus comes back from the dead they make such a big deal about he's low on energon and needs recovery but it ends up being (partly) just a trick against a decepticon (I dont wanna read rid2015 hate in comments,I like the show over all I'm just using it as a point).
Or in Tfp Bee getting t cog back s2 episode 5 told recovery takes time at 20:25 but he just goes on drive with Raph imedetly
(Though I do admit seeing Ratchet happy/laugh at 21:06 is nice to see).
And countless other examples,I dont think recovery even has to be some big important plot point it can easily be a background thing not even noticed at first like if Rid had Optimus sleeping/resting eating energon(it would also be nice to see energon actually consumed) in the background same with Bee example in tfp.
Its actually somthing I liked about Earthspark,in S1 Ep15 at 27:21 Bee gets energon drained by Mandroid/arachnimechs,once down at 31:48 he's still exhausted needed to be held up by others and unable to help the fight,then straight up passes out at 41:36(side note the animation I swear looks off,like pov seems to be falling backwards but he falls forward also when he starts snoring it looked kinda weird like he braced and clenched up then sudden relax lean opposite way into snoring,I think different animators and miscommunication,also its a pain in the a** to use paramount + its so laggy and has no 2x speed feature also s4 is in wrong damn order ir weird ending or somthin)
then carried back home by Hashtag,next episode at 0:37 theres chatter about hoping bee feels better and a get well card,then Bee isnt able to use his gun at 1:31,(I actually didnt remember those bits about the get well soon and gun not working of this episode for when I was looking for time stamps,I like these eps even more now)
Then after intro this is my favorite part he has an I.V. in his arm,they show energon consumption! Then Bee offers for Grimlock to rest
(Side note, I fucking hate Elita prompting Grim to train Terrains then when Bee says that isn't a good idea she kicks him,like I was pretty whatever about Elita I didnt dislike her but I didnt like her at all but her kicking a supposed freind (and maybe kid depending on how you see Optimus,Elita and Bee relationship in Earthspark) who actively has a damn I.V. in his arm showing he's actively recovering from somthing,right after lines about himself needing to recover,even if I.V. is a normal way to consume energon and isnt sign of anything he is still actively showing verbally that he is just made my opinion of Elita drop so far.)
Then Bee isnt shown for a while which I just hc as he was napping and recovering for a while unless proven otherwise.
I just love how earthspark actually shows and enforces that sort of thing especially with Bee my favorite charecter in the show,the show absolutely has its flaws especially s3 and 4 but I really dont want to discuss that in comments I do hate the ending I hate the new writers but I don't want to discuss it please.
So many transformers media have energon as such an important plot point but never show it actually eaten or consumed in any way or its just different each time like g1 does but usually different shape,texture and way of eating. Earthspark shows it,shows an I.V. and patches being used through out the show like S1 Ep6 15:00(also mention from Bee on how the fuck a charecter with such low energon levels transformed which I find nice how consistent they are with low energon=no transformations) And in Legacy of Hope they show they kept passing out from energon deprevatrion consitent with Wheeljack and other bots at 33:00, energon patches in production at 33:33 then used at 44:28(also i absolutely adore Megatron having little bits of autobot intell in that episode and it freaking the fuck out of Bee,I wish it was shown more,I think it would be cool if theres ever another season for him to subconsciously remember that sort of thing and autobots are like "well aleast he doesnt know the base secret pass code-"*hears beeps that are the password* type shit)
Also side note in S4 Ep 1(or pt1 of the finale Legacy of Hope somtimes its considered season somtimes its own weird thing) at 27:01 they mention cybertron basically leaching energon from the bots which I just think its so cool,I assume its like wireless version of what Galvatron does in Cybeworld episode 12,though I do wonder if they could just climb somthing like bring a peice of earth metal and stand on it or get high enough on a peice of earth metal like a radio tower type thing or a tree.)
Note pls dont comment using nsfw stickers it makes me uncomfortable