#*mb

[studyblri]

[aredhels]

And Melian put forth her power and fenced all that dominion round about with an unseen wall of shadow and bewilderment: the Girdle of Melian, that none thereafter could pass against her will or the will of King Thingol, unless one should come with a power greater than that of Melian the Maia.

@spring-into-arda Back to Middle Earth Month Basketball Championship Match 5: prompt “defence”

[lovesicklobotomy]

The Mighty Boosh S2E1 - Call of the Yeti

Put that in the maybe pile.

[lilywalkers]

just finished practice ap spanish test ouagghhhhh i’m so nervvyyyy

[tam--lin]

r/Murderbot mods really said "if you can't use it/its for a fictional character, get over yourself".

[consumebread]

[ashoss]

batman…..

[ellorgast]

The thing that I think really sets Murderbot apart from a lot of other robot media (particularly mainstream entries like the I, Robot movie) is that bots and constructs aren't a uniquely oppressed class, and humans aren't a uniquely privileged one. A lot of robot media rings a bit hollow because it portrays humans as all living a lavish, comfortable lifestyle, free from the burden of physical labor or control by their corporate overlords, and it's like. I think if the rise of generative AI has proven anything, it's that corporations and billionaires have absolutely no interest in making life easier for anybody, but will gleefully use new technology to make life infinitely worse if it means an extra buck in their pocket.

We are shown over and over again throughout the Murderbot Diaries that humans are mistreated just as badly as (or sometimes, in MB's own opinion, even worse than) bots and constructs. We see humans stripped of their rights, reduced to corporate assets to be bought and sold, sent into suicidal situations, abandoned and discarded as things. We see humans trapped in multigenerational labor contracts -- people born into an indentured servitude that requires them to pay back their food and lodging to the same company that will not let them leave.

None of these are hypothetical scenarios. These are all things that happen to real people in our world today.

And that is a huge part of why it resonates so much. The overarching theme of "capitalism is hell" actually means something because it isn't only applied to the fictional dynamic of bots vs humans. The theme is constantly reiterated through the humans themselves.

And that's also why it's so important that MB demonstrates empathy for and solidarity with humans who are themselves victims of the system. Because ultimately, that's one of the main things the series is about. It's about what it's like to be simultaneously a product, and victim, of a corporate hellscape.

That theme simply can't work if the humans aren't also forced to navigate that issue. If the story can't acknowledge that right now, in our own world, there are humans facing these same problems, and that these human rights matter quite a bit.

[ciil]

he is touching vik’s lil mole above his lip :3

[devilspastorson]

mismatched lovers

[studyblri]

[aredhels]

She was younger in the years of the Eldar than her brothers; and when she was grown to full stature and beauty she was tall and strong, and loved much to ride and hunt in the forests.

@spring-into-arda Back to Middle Earth Month Basketball Championship Match 1: prompt "shoot" ↳ archer Aredhel

[lovesicklobotomy]

The Mighty Boosh S2E1 - Call of the Yeti

I'll tell you what's going on. I've just narrowly avoided a bumming from Grizzly Adams!

[cottageaesthetic]

[lovecrumbss]

pink spring * Wilhelm Schnarrenberger/Jacqueline Williams/Hugo Grenville/Émile Schuffenecke/Frederick Carl Frieseke/Robert Schiff/James Ensor/Emilia Castañeda