#maybe-not-a-robot

[armormodekeeg]

i played through Rayforce and Raystorm the other day - needless to say, if we consider the cost of a credit, getting to the end of those games alone was probably worth the $35 for the collection alone. Taito doesn't fuck around. they'r really great games though, with awesome scoring systems. gotta love homing lasers! great OSTs as well, done by ZUNTATA... i think? the collection mentioned TAMAYO as the OST guy, but that could just be what he went by back then.

have you ever played Rayforce or any of the other Ray series?

I haven't played any of the Ray games yet, but I do want to! I think RayCrisis interests me the most, it's got a very cool style to it. And yeah, the homing lasers are really satisfying; I've played a few other games with similar mechanics like Soukyugurentai and KAMUI.

By the way, ZUNTATA isn't actually a person, it's the name of Taito's music group as a whole, so various composers have come under that label over the years.

[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.

[noodles-and-tea]

Twins in time au.... Would Fiddleford act as a sort of father figure to Stan? Since Filbrick obviously SUCKED to both Stan and Ford and Fidd is more than definitely missing HIS son, and of course Ford has grown to love him but they're still BROTHERS.. Maybe they could act as the father/son the other is missing?

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

[candyje11yfish]

[wip] shooting star frye!!! i Looove spacey stuff!!!!

[keferon]

I don’t do Mecha requests but Sari-nee asked really politely so:) Just this one time.

But seriously, I only do human designs as requests. Robots take soooo much longer to draw

Also ahaha my design skills are simpler than an old brick. I just picked a haircut which shape would resemble Jazz’s helmet the most~

[insanelyadd]

Some more FIRL (Fiction In Real Life) pictures. I feel like I should clarify that I took all these pictures myself, which I'd like to think I'm pretty good at because I took 4 photography classes in high school. I like going around and taking candid photos of environments and then drawing cartoons and other fictional characters on top of them, which is a little bit of a reflection of my love for cartoons and also my home in the Twin Cities. Some of these pictures are a bit old but I prefer posting these as a series.

Anyways isn't it crazy that there's a nexus connecting our reality to fictional ones in Minneapolis. /j

[corinthianrm0]

the cyberpunk Gale no one asked for (G4l3?)

BLAME MARU (lexindre on bsky)

[oehale]

harley sawyer headcanons

[kristiliqua]

the First v1 doodles (in terms of being drawn … not posted . whateva) …. silly ….. (plus v2 :3 and florp)

helmetless gabriel ooooooohhhhhhhhh its him …. (look at virtue-like gabriel . the silly .)

suggestive art under cut !

…. i like wire play ………..

[pobblebonked]

robot reveal

[k0nstanta]

[cryptic-forge]

my partner wanted a goth noodle -> my partner got a goth noodle.

the spine is from here. i think it was one of the first test prints we did after getting a 3d printer, and has been floating around my project boxes ever since to be used for something. happened to be the perfect size to work for this noodle, without sacrificing a lot of flexibility since it's an articulated fidget toy. some of the ribs have cracked over time, but i don't really mind.

i had just enough quilt batting to finish this project, and i think i'll chill a little while before buying more. making wire&fur dolls is fun, but i'll take a second to enjoy the luxury of not having bits of hair and feathers everywhere.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

yeah the skins neat i guess idk

[technically-human]

I hope your having a good day OP, I love your comics so much, they are so silly and funny 😭♥️

I would love to know your thoughts on this but do you think Robotnik or Stone is scared of horror movies? I always headcanoned that Ivo is terrified of horror movies and just starts scurrying next to Stone to hide lmao

Hilarious, actually.

ko-fi

[shepscapades]

[dbhc flavored] Hermit a Day May: Day 14 — Doc!

Featuring both a current-day s10 doc and a verrry early s8 post-deviant doc! :]

[sp1derman-irl]

thinking abt them <3