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Matt Madden, Abandoned Yellow House in Nova Scotia

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everyone was having a bad day in network effect, except for 2.0 who was having a fucking blast

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mb-art interactions featuring ratthi (with a surprise appearance of the electrical gloves lol)

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here are all three of my TSV posters in honor of the beginning of S3 🦀 I'm definitely gonna make more, especially given the bang with which the new season started

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wanted to design my own murderbot :)

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had some fun creating more mb sketches, as well as ART this time around! mostly went fairly loose with these. I absolutely adore draping ART's feed presence wherever it pleases.

(Shaded below! I prefer the flat version.)

For ART's design, I was inspired a bit by speech bubble shapes when conveying different emotions, as well as the idea of ART's suffocating presence in the feed when it wants to be menacing (often.) I like to think ART's feed presence has a dark mode for when mb's napping.

Perihelion's made a habit of forging Seth's signature (its all in good fun) (until peri decides otherwise). And yeah... mb may have altered their security badge.

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just a man (me) and his canvas he adds to bit by bit against the world

I drew ART as literally. a strand of code because it brought the me that was drawing at 3am much amusement

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network effect and artificial condition in that order

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2025 version of baby and slightly older baby ok. i missed them

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Trying to figure out my Murderbot designs-

Also sneak peak at my WIP with what I think is my finalized suit design:

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more murderbot doodlin

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Mam Tor, UK by Jack Plant

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SecUnit portrayals in media, ranked from most realistic to least.

To Amena. Subject: Media watchnight recommendations (under requested parameters) Note: None of these are good and I can recommend many better suggestions without SecUnits.

Hunt for the Rain Opal

Premise:  Adventure/heist

A group of ragtag human explorers are trying to find an ancient gem rumoured to grant wishes. The protagonists have the only map, but a corporate also on the hunt for the gem has claimed the entire site (without telling her superiors the real reason) and is searching.

Corporation has multiple SecUnits on patrol. The writers have clearly done research, as on-screen SecUnits are noted with the correct type of weapon systems, accurate patrol routines, and reasonable armour despite clearly being human actors. The scene where one of the heroes accidentally wanders into a Security Ready Room and five SecUnits are revealed to be in the cubicles is mostly realistic, although likely she would not escape as easily.

Magic wish-granting gems are not usually cargo protected by SecUnits but then (a) the corporation as a whole was unaware of the gem, just the evil supervisor, and the site itself was believable; and (b) I honestly don’t know half the stuff I have been contracted to protect. The SecUnits are not rogue, merely employed by a corporate, and as such act entirely believably.

2.  RihaniLane Street

Premise: The interrelated lives of people who work along a specific station ring geographical location.

The main story is unrelated to SecUnits, but the third season arc includes a mysterious stranger who is friends with a ComfortUnit. After one of the ComfortUnit’s clients breaks its fingers, the mysterious stranger follows the client home and murders him, revealing itself to be a SecUnit.

Points are given to the show for it being made explicit that the SecUnit is not visiting ComfortUnit for sexual interactions, but that it thinks its specific ComfortUnit friend is the only being on the station that can carry a conversation. Reasonable, but the SecUnit clearly did not try to talk to the dressmaker character who is also excellent.

(spoilers) ComfortUnit is eventually killed in an unpreventable accident, and SecUnit decided to murder every human character on the station in retaliation (reasons not strictly clear other than that murdering is the default state of all SecUnits, but this is also clearly emotional-based and one of very few shows that uses SecUnits as a character, even a villain, instead of a prop).

(Note: Cannot watch this onboard Perihelion. After the SecUnit was defeated and blown into pieces, ART spent eight minutes with 79.25 % of its processing ‘running diagnostics’ and briefly lost control of some temperature gauges, which was unfortunate as Turi was attempting to shower. I have had to finish the following seasons off-ship.)

Also, the show had the SecUnit’s eyes turn red whenever it killed anyone. Unrealistic but it looked very cool.

3. Valorous Defenders

Premise:  Daily life on a planetary-defence-ship.

Mostly a good show. The SecUnit arc started at episode 27 through to 41, in which planetary government decided to hire better security (after a previous arc had involved several children being taken hostage in order to force the ship’s captain to allow an enemy territory temporary access to a planet’s resource-rich locations).

The first two episodes of the SecUnits on ships were realistic. One of the characters admitted she was creeped out by them while walking past; the SecUnit’s head tilted slightly to watch her and she apologised, sounding genuine. SecUnits do not react to such comments and also people do not genuinely apologise.

Also introduces phrases such as “I am functioning optimally,” which are unlikely to be in a buffer.

A SecUnit inevitably goes rogue. Unclear if it had been rogue for a while and was just waiting for an opportunity to attack? Planetary government comes to the ship to see how new security is working. SecUnit proceeds to free/hack other SecUnits and they take crew/government hostage.  Story climax is them taking over the ship while only a handful of the human protagonists are still free.

Earlier episodes established the fleet had specific unrealistic hand weapons that at highest level can drill through rock easily, so it is acceptable that single shots to the chestplate would kill the attacking SecUnits. I am less accepting of why the SecUnits continued the same technique of charging down the hall when it was plainly obvious that the human heroes were able to do this. There were better strategies.

However, the final fight scene between the original rogue-SecUnit and the remaining crew was excellent. The cinematography of the shattered armour worked very well.

4. Child’s View  

Premise: A young girl witnesses a crime, and her family has to protect her when the criminals come after her.

The crime lord is able to hire SecUnits, which are portrayed by humanform bots.  I did not realise they were meant to be SecUnits until three episodes after they were revealed (admittedly, the characters did not know what they were either).

The actual actions/buffer phrases were accurate. This makes it more annoying as it means the writers did detailed research and still decided on humanform bots.

The show does get points for the competency of the parents and older children.

5. The Wilted Trees  

Premise:  Irrelevant.

In the second episode the doctor has sex with what is implied to be a human bodyguard, but is revealed at the end of the episode to be a SecUnit. This is anatomically impossible and also no SecUnit would be interested.

(Bodyguard/SecUnit was also shown eating food that same episode. Also impossible and gross.)

I deleted it from my storage and if you decide to watch it you will have to search it yourself as I will not help you find it.

REPLY:  AMENA             Is there anything when you’re not supposed to cheer when the SecUnits die? SECUNIT:             …             In Medics of The Station the SecUnits are non-rogue and are trying to defend their hospital when the villains kill them all to take the humans hostage. This is considered a concern as it shows how dangerous the villain is and how much trouble the humans are in. The SecUnits were only in the serial for a few minutes of the first episode and I did not think it counted as what you requested. AMENA:             Right.             Okay. You said you had other, good media recommendations. What do you suggest? SECUNIT:             File: recommended media (92 suggestions) AMENA:             I know you probably can make that list that fast but I’m pretty sure you just had it ready.                       You’re joining us for media night tomorrow, right? SECUNIT:             Maybe. AMENA:             We’ll make sure there’s a separate chair not touching anyone saved for you.

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A whole lot of rogue protocol…

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A murderbot sketch dump (except for that first one. it was a sketch but then I blacked out for a few hours, idk) Been trying to figure out how I want to draw it

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hitting designs with hammers. my MB design is mostly nailed, but i had the idea today to do the like. red line thing i originally did on three but i could make it a C for COMPANY and then like. once its got its fluffy hair. you cant tell its a c anymore.

then i also was brainstorming ideas for three With Hair and decided to ALSO do some ideas for like. BE as letters like the C thing. and then i was also like. i should design a charon With Hair and also try a RepoLynx RL thing. and i knew immediately how to stylize the RL even if im not sure if i love it. hair. hair. hair. hair. hair is hell. im in hair hell. help. hellp

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fishies!