#also the robots are nonbinary

[pa-pa-plasma]

Mech Cadets does something that is very cool which is having a disabled person actively choosing which aid is best for them even when people are pushing them to choose another expensive but prepaid one that's easier for abled people (including the real life ones animating it) to deal with. also he got rid of his prosthetic by stabbing an alien crab with it which is pretty rad ngl

[telecownetic]

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[breadbut3d]

I think it's kinda funny how lots of non-binary rep in media is through robots. You know, the thing that needs a binary to work.

[uncanny-tranny]

I decided to go through my old warm-up notebooks from my honours english class and in one of the warm-up prompts, I said I wanted my superpower to be "controlling the effects of [my] puberty," and I'm glad to say that I've gotten that superpower. It took a very long time, but that's a superpower I can check off my list

[cosmos-dot-semicolon]

Who's your favourite Dicey Dungeons contestant?

Robot! It embodies Dicey Dungeons at its best.

Writing-wise, Robot really struck a chord with me when I first played the game ('oh wow who could've seen that coming from the guy that wrote-' shhhhhh). All of the protagonists in this game have some sort of message attached to them: a sort of comment on how their mindsets clash with their actual fate-

-hey did anyone see that? i'm sure it was nothing. Anyways, they're all surprisingly relevant to modern life despite the game's fantastical design, but Robot's really is the most unique and effective of them: you have limits, and you can't win them all.

Growing up, there was a very real pressure for me to be 'productive' as a kid as a result of my rocky upbringing and undiagnosed neurodivergency. I always had the idea in my head that if I just worked Betterer and Harder and Always, things would eventually reach an equilibrium point and I would never have to worry about anything again. You wouldn't be looked at as a weirdo because you'd be so good at your thing everyone would have to accept you! You wouldn't have any mortal problems anymore! You wouldn't ever have to make decisions in your life because you could simply attempt everything, with no consequences. Ever.

Also there was like, a huge glut of self-help and grindset culture being pushed in the mid 2010's. I don't know if you remember when 'I'm good at multi-tasking' was the hot new thing to put on CVs (until studies discovered it was actually worse), and how there were 100 TedTalks on how to stop procrastinating, but it was so fucking prevalent even in secondary schools back then. And also it was religious propaganda.

This wasn't really investigated much until the end of the decade, where a lot of peoples' fascination with tech wore off, and it became clear capitalism was the problem. We all know now that people work better when they have time to clear their minds, and it's kind of insane to spend your one life grinding out work.

So the fact that a kids' game managed to tackle this subject better than entire sectors of the publshing industry -- by making one kind of nutty but lovable character (who turned down immortality for not missing out on work) -- is just fantastic.

And everything in Robot's gameplay is made to suit this goal. It isn't that hard to master, as you've said in the past: you just need to know when's a good time to stop, and what best works with your build. You're in control of your gains and your losses; you can handle probability better than you think you can, if you're just willing to meet her where she stands. I think that's the core philosophy of Dicey Dungeons' design, and Robot constantly getting unique mechanics being based off classic games of chance like Blackjack and coin flips really emphasises that. You really get the sense that the dev had this idea polished right down to the last detail.

Also I just love how you usually have a full 6 pieces of equipment with Robot compared to like 3-5 with the others. You get a lot of room to explore different synergies. It's very hard to optimise your slots fully, and you end up with a couple of boring (but also potentially life-saving) redundancies.

And on a more subjective note, Robot just feels like it has the most personalised design of the main characters? It would've been so easy to lean into 'beep boop', or base another archetype off D&D, or make shallow nods at the concept of 'humanity' for a robot character, but no! Robot's fun! And a try-hard finance kid! And adorable! You get to see all of Marlowe Dobbe's cool theming with her art, Holly Gramazio's witty but reflective writing style, and Terry Cavanagh's hilarious equipment names and past as an actuary, all in one character!

Also it's autistic and uses it/its and that's so mecore

[unicrons-chaos]

In honour of Pride month, and being a genderless being, I wanted to discuss one of my favorite things in transformers.

When it comes to transformers, my favorite thing is the fact they technically have no true concept of gender and sexuality. All of that comes from organic planets that do. Such as with IDW and all the femmes being esentially trans by earth definition.

it shows that they're still problematic or crazy or all kinds of bad things since their whole thing is about war and fighting, but yet they're a species so accepting of things like love and what not(depending on media/fanfic).

And it's so funny to me, cause like you can have a ship of some silly gay old men and call them lesbians if you saw it fitting them. Cause like, with them, what even is a man?

[aroaessidhe]

2025 reads / storygraph

The Wild Robot Protects

book 3 in the wild robot trilogy, middle grade sci-fi

A strange poison tide infects the sea and surrounds the island, and Roz ventures out into the ocean to try and find a solution

she explores flooded underwater towns and meets lots of new creatures, until a wise Ancient Shark tells her that the poison is caused by a human mining station, and she’ll have to find a way to stop it

[ace-in-a-very-distressing-hole]

had to explain in the most basic terms what nonbinary was to a six year old earlier. i asked him what he thought i was and he said “well you look like a boy but sound like a girl” so i said “well actually i don’t quite feel like a boy OR a girl. and this little bitch looks at me and just goes “so you’re a monster??”

well i’ll take that

hell yeah im a fucking monster

*monster mash starts playing*

[jelfish-aether]

ok the new update. the flipping the dragons

do they. stay flipped in the coliseum?

because i have the funniest opportunity to make my coli trainers be backwards from their opponents.

[purpleflameb0i]

I keep getting worried about having a robot character that's aroace, nonbinary, and autistic, but then I remember I'm literally those myself + I project myself onto my comfort ocs a lot, and it just so happens that that character is a robot (also they aren't the only aroace or nonbinary or autistic character I have + I would know how to handle this stuff because it's me)

[goinggoats]

if you asked me why i like shadow so much i might say because he decided to use a gun and a motorcycle when he has chaos spears and can run faster than vehicles. but really. it's the gamer chair color scheme

[br1ghtestlight]

just realized mepad reminds me of another fictional robot/alien character i love who sacrificed themself to save humanity bcuz they were in love with it.... paying justin to say a monologue from that book in mepad's voice actually. but it would break me

[woolydemon]

i am so apathetic to popular male transformers characters, but i have a simple trick to make me care abt them: i turn them into robot women then i suddenly start seeing their appeal

[scootatwoni]

Just got back from the porter concert

Year of the cup, the entire nurture segment and goodbye to a world fucked me UP REAL GOOD 👍

Ty porter for such an amazing night and sorry not sorry we sang for so long u had to tell us to stfu so you could start the next song <3

[batri-jopa]

Why are all the shapeshifters so fucking cool?

Nimona

T1000

Genie

Could it be that being a shapeshifter usually have those aro / ace / nonbinary vibes

of never fitting to only one definition? as if not touching the Earth? and pining to belong somewhere?

but also

of no rule applying directly to you? as if you were free from being judged? and thus free to be whoever you choose?

But this kind of freedom is both a blessing and a curse. Because being one of a kind means you're all alone in the whole world.

[lazywriter-artist]

I like how I was able to clock your transformers fan status by how you draw your buggy admechs (machinespirited's main)

It’s true 😔😔😔, the transformers to AdMech pipeline is real and I am proof—

Literally just bought me a nice new transformers calendar the other day too smh smh, get outta my brain