#tron

[coldgoldlazarus]

"The computers will start thinking, and the people will stop."

Original Tron had a truly banger line that didn't get a whole lot of focus, but feels extremely relevant now in the age of ChatGPT

The real kicker is that ChatGPT isn't even really thinking yet, just giving a really convincing illusion, but already people are conceding their cognition to it.

[corruptedcodelines]

He could help but let out a small chuckle, shaking out his hands as if trying to get rid of the last flickers of his instincts.

"Infects listen to power level. An'... well let's just say your buddy there is one of the strongest in the Coven right now."

The viral couldn't bring himself to look away from the basic... the monitor... n-no... she was more than that... conflict burning in his eyes as he struggled to find words. Fractured, long buried memories surged to the surface of his HUD, all flickering with the familiar blue memory of circuits and a soft smile.

He knew... she was... he knew her... he KNEW her...

It took him a long moment to even register that she had asked him a question, the words barely flickering through his processes before he was able to grasp them. He stiffened a bit, his throat feeling tight as he tried to find words to answer her.

This... could this possibly be...?

"I... I know you..."

That... that wasnt the answer he had been trying to say.

-CorruptedCodelines-

@corruptedcodelines

Ark waited patiently for his answer, her mind racing. Anon had crashed at the mere mention of his name, what did Gibson remember? What could he safely remember?

He didn't answer her verbal question, but put something towards her unspoken ones.

She nodded slowly with a small smile, "You do. I stayed a while in Bostrum and we worked together. We also saw each other a few times in Tron City."

[skleech]

Who Are You, Really?

[coupleofdays]

[rockabye-rinzler]

New Tron 3 trailer today, programs

[betasuppe]

It was a pain a PAIN to find the mini arcade cabinet Tron, but now that I have him, I can torture him eheheheheh

SAVE MY BOI!!!!! LET HIM OUTTTTTT

[pinelowrites]

RECTIFY

“The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I’d never see. And then, one day… I got in.”

Wammy Inc CEO and founder L Lawliet was known for his dreams of a new, digital, way to evolve society. Everyone knew about it. But his son Mihael, better known as Mello, knew the bedtime stories. Battles of light, worlds of code, and most of all: a brave program named Light who fought for the users.

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Written for Lawlight Week, Day 5: Chained + Free This work is accessible to those who do not know either Tron or Death Note.

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Pairings: L/Light Yagami, L & Mello, L & Near, Near & Mello

Warnings: Major Character Death

Notable Tags: tron legacy fusion, mind control, mind control aftermath, beyond birthday is his own warning (but in a different way this time)

[bohnerrific69]

NEW EVAN PICS IN TRON: ARES TRAILER!!

evan peters is casted as julian dillinger jr. the movie releases october 10th 2025!

[narviiprime]

[curatorofthisdigitalmorass]

TRON: ARES (2025)

[ultrakillblast]

TRON (1982)

[coldgoldlazarus]

Something I really appreciate about Tron Legacy is how it refuses to separate Kevin Flynn and CLU. With legacy(hah!) characters like this, it's so tempting to just focus on the positives and uphold their awesomeness as The Character You Love!

But while there are definitely differences between Old Man Flynn and CLU, mainly because the former has been forced to sit back and reevaluate his priorities for however long, (twenty years in the real world, much longer in Grid time) it's also repeatedly emphasized how similar they are in so many ways.

"IN THERE... IS OUR DESTINY" vs "OUT THERE... IS OUR DESTINY"

"It must have really been something special before CLU screwed it all up." "No, I screwed it up."

The scene of CLU's creation with the mirror symbolism is not at all subtle, and I love it for that

How genuinely charismatic CLU is, his use of more human mannerisms at times; like gripping and shaking Jarvis's shoulder in approval after he brings good news

And heck, even more indirect things like his massive ego (the speech Jarvis delivers before the Lightcycle arena, which massively talks CLU up and was apparently written by him) which just kinda tracks with how much of a cocky asshole (affectionate) Flynn was in the original movie.

Ironically their point of divergence; the discovery of the ISOs and CLU's coup/genocide, was what caused Flynn to grow past these flaws, and even then I appreciate that the movie doesn't paint them as gone entirely. ("You're... you're really messing with my zen thing, man!" Is probably my favorite line of the movie lol)

But even with that, there might still be the temptation to make it out that CLU became corrupt, or strayed away from Flynn's goals, and that was why everything went so wrong - all to avoid painting a beloved legacy character in a negative light.

So I'm just repeatedly impressed by the handling that doesn't take that easy way out; CLU is still doing his job as he was programmed to, while Flynn was the one who diverged; and his villainous turn and behavior was rooted in Flynn's own issues and shortsightedness at the time. (Must have been sobering as hell for him to realize, given everything that went down after the coup.) It's a really fascinating and underrated take on the typical Evil Copy trope.

[homeboiram]

Cover art for the Tron fic my friend @tronsgender and I have been working on for years!! Happy birthday Tron!!

Stay tuned!

out of the sea by TomBombadils_BongWater, IsolatedDumbass

Fandom: Tron - All Media Types

Summary: After the world ends, something climbs out of the sea. Everyone seems to know who he is. Everyone but himself.

[skleech]

Tron n Clu that I drew last night

[measlyscrapofseafood]

do you see what i see (matching triangles)