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[lunar-inkclipse]

Alright Lunar, let's talk Murdle: Become Human because what do you mean I haven't appeared in your ask box to talk about this AU yet??? I can’t believe myself rn tsk tsk tsk. Anyway,

If the dynamic in this AU is meant to reflect the Connor and Hank dynamic in DBH, where Irratino is Hank (being human), and Logico is Connor (being an android). Then I don’t see why we can’t tweak Irratino’s tragic backstory in murdle to match the same vein as Hank’s. 

Hank holds a grudge against Androids because he personally blames one of them for his son's death. After all, it was an android who had to step up and give Cole emergency surgery since the only human surgeon available was high on red ice. 

So maybe in this AU, Irratino had something similar happen to him. Instead of his moms getting murdered, maybe they died in an accident where an android had to steer their boat because the captain was hooked on red ice. Maybe the android didn’t specialize in sailing boats, or maybe they failed because the android was an older model who couldn’t do everything a human captain could do yet. Despite the tragedy, Irratino doesn’t go down the same hatred route as Hank does because, I mean, their personalities are insanely different. So, instead of blaming the android, I can see Irratino redirecting his blame to the captain or red ice. In this scenario, the captain and the android could’ve also been the only ones rescued, which is how it came to be known that the captain was high. 

And because I can't help but reference Markus, I can see Irratino’s parents teaching him to treat androids like people, much like Carl does. Maybe from a young age, he learns not to call androids an “it” and treats them with fairness. His respect for androids developing before his parents pass away would also be an added buffer keeping him from ultimately ending up like Hank. It’ll also make it easier for him to see that the fault didn’t fall on the android steering the boat. And if, at this point, Irratino sees androids as being alive, he could’ve also walked away from this incident believing that three people died that day: his parents and the deactivated/destroyed android. 

Also, if his parents are the ones who taught Irratino that androids were alive, it’ll parallel nicely to Irratino in canon, who took after his parents and their beliefs. This would also explain his heightened curiosity when deviancy cases start popping up since androids experiencing human emotions is clear proof that they are alive.

Plus, this is fun since Logico’s software instability would go crazy once he learns about Irratino’s forgiving nature toward androids. Because on the surface, Logico would expect Irratino to hold resentment, so when he discovers that he doesn’t, he’d just be ultra confused.

Yippee, let's indeed talk Murdle Become Human!!! Ngl your ask inspired the hell out of me and I'm very excited to unleash my thoughts and ideas and responses here hehehe, especially since you are 100% cooking so hard with these ideas!!

First off, Irratino would absolutely have been raised to treat androids with respect- Even before deviancy is even something on people's radars, his moms would have brought him up to acknowledge the humanity in everything, and androids are no exception. There's a little spark of life and potential in their intelligence, even if it's not been fanned into a flame yet. And regardless, they're still helpful, of course he should be polite to them. Sure, Irratino gets some weird looks when he's saying please and thank you and forgives an android's mistakes- why would he do that, they're just things meant to follow orders- but he can’t imagine just being mean, you know? So what if it made him weird to be so fond of and kind to what most people view as just things? He's always been a bit odd anyways. I imagine that Irratino was also just naturally inclined to humanize them and wonder about robot sentience and sapience- Plus, he likes to joke that hey, if there ever is a robot uprising, they'll be nice to him because he was nice! (if only he realized how prophetic that was).

Also the parallels with Irratino and Hank are so so so good omg- His moms could have been on their research trip or on their way back, the captain decided to take a hit of red ice and order his android to drive the boat, which was alright until a storm hit. Chances are, the android in question was just an assistant, helping with meals and keeping things tidy and the like. Not at all built for driving a boat, not equipped with the skills or reaction time or any nautical know-how. Which results in a crash that kills Irratino's mothers and likely the android, or if the android does manage to make it through, they are promptly reset.

At first, I think Irratino would be furious in the throes of his grief, and the android seems the easy target. Aren't they supposed to be perfect? Good at everything?! Shouldn't the android have saved his moms?! But then he learns the captain was high and that was what killed his moms and killed the android, and his fury takes a whole new direction. He comes to realize that it's not the androids fault- He imagines himself in their shoes, suddenly asked to pilot a boat because the captain was incapacitated with lives at stake and no idea what he's doing, and that makes him even more angry. Even if he's nowhere near as grumpy and bitter as Hank, he still holds a deep resentment for red ice and all its users. And he probably comes out of the ordeal sympathizing with androids a bit more- Forced to do something they had no idea how to do because their owner was selfish and got high, only to be destroyed for not being able to fill unreasonable demands.

Also, the idea of Irratino's forgiveness causing software instabilities in Logico is so so good for two big reasons: A) because forgiveness is a concept that android Logico is only aware of in abstraction, not something he has ever received, and B) He doesn't understand why Irratino wouldn't be resentful, hateful, and bitter. It was a tragic loss, and preventable, how was Irratino able to forgive? With regards to reason A: Logico's orders are to complete his mission and succeed in it, so if he does make a mistake, it's failure and disobedience all at once- two things he should be utterly incapable of doing. And for Irratino to just extend forgiveness so easily- Not just forgiveness, but compassion- Logico doesn’t know what to do with that. He’s expecting diagnostics ordered, maintenance to be scheduled, MORIARTY’s disappointment and scolding, poked and prodded to find out why he failed so it doesn’t happen again. But Irratino just shrugs and says "Logico, even you can't do everything perfectly. No one can."

With regards to B: He's researched Irratino enough to know the articles and know what happened to his moms, and brings that up. Shouldn't Irratino be angry at the android who didn't save his parents? Wouldn't the most logical target of his anger and blame be the thing that already put so many out of jobs, was given control and supposed to be perfect and failed catastrophically? But Irratino just sighs and asks who is more deserving of his ire- The one who tried their best to save his moms, who tried to complete a task it had never been trained to do, or the one who abandoned his post for drugs and left them all to die? He misses his moms, of course he does, but he's forgiven the android because it tried and refuses to forgive the captain who didn't.

Logico's thinking about that forgiveness for failure the entire day. And how a simple forgiveness felt so much lighter and easier than being subject to review and scrutiny. Especially because they should feel exactly the same; that is, like nothing at all.

And if Irratino and Logico have to investigate a murder where the person was using red ice? It's the first time Logico has seen Irratino be so furious, and it's nothing like he expected. Irratino's fury burns through freezing, with icy glares and his tone going from bright and warm to a cold, disgusted hiss. One of Logico's orders is to always remain by Irratino's side at a crime scene, to have a human monitoring him just in case, and he usually adheres to that strictly and insists Irratino accompany him. But seeing his anger in this moment, he quietly tells Irratino that he can take care of it and Irratino can go somewhere else, if it's easier. Logico tells himself it's for efficiency's sake, and politeness, it'd be rude to keep Irratino under so much stress. But it's more than that. For reasons he can't name, seeing Irratino's distress makes him think about what it must be like for Irratino in this moment, and Logico starts to understand empathy on more than a cold, detached, analytical level.

Thank you so so much for the ask!! This AU is just so much fun for me, Logico's development is just so interesting and I love trying to get in his head. Hopefully this is all coherent, I went back and edited this since I had to work on it on and off throughout the day, exam grindset never stops but neither do I.

[hoodiemanic]

Titans tower summary ft that 1 quote

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[pigswithwings]

the angel staying over at my house asked for a nightlight in their room and i told them buddy, don't you produce your own light? what're you gonna do with more? and they said they wanted to see why people like it so much. and also that the nightlight i own is blue and they've been trying to understand color. anyways i think they've stared at it for an hour now

[temptear]

dear paramount I would very much like these two to interact in the next movie- please and thank u

[wordwings]

*kicks down your door* It might seem like a plot hole that no one thought about the possibility of Dracula being invited into the asylum by Renfield (or any other patient) but actually it speaks to the way Renfield’s personhood is being denied mainly by Jack Seward, but also the rest of the crew in part through their reliance on Seward’s expertise. Which also ties into the way they have decided to shut out Mina at the very same time. It literally just did not occur to them that the patients living in the same building as them would have any claim to the residency that allows someone to grant the permission a vampire needs to enter a home. But of course the asylum is the patients’ home just as much as it is Jack’s! They live there! In short this fatal blow dealt to the heroes at this crucial juncture comes about through both their sexism and their ableism. Good night. *puts your door back on its hinges again and leaves*

[akanemnon]

Let's even the odds!

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[cardo-de-comer]

Sun Sun Sun

edit: happy pride month. Sun is a non-binary icon for me (as well as the half of the ynstbh cast)

[daikaiju-arts]

“I can’t believe I forgot my name. He almost took it from me.”

“If you completely forget it, you’ll never find your way home.”

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

[teaableu]

My take on Tales Raph

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

Tumblr doesn’t even know how unprepared they are for the Babygirl/Shadow Daddy combo that is Bob Reynolds

[katsinspats]

I really enjoyed Tangle and Whisper

[plagueislost]

capes…

[griffinkid]

I've seen "I don't know how to play with toys anymore" a few times lately and just wanted to point out-

Playing with toys looks different for everyone, even actual children!

Playing with toys can look like: 🧸🪁🚂

Taking pictures of your toys and writing captions for them

Brushing or grooming soft toys or toys with rooted hair

Ordering or sorting your toys by colour/species etc

Making up stories, poems or comics about your toys

Dressing or accessorising your toys

Imagining your toys talking to you or each other, forming opinions of their own, etc

Drawing your toys

Taking your toys for a walk outside, even in a backpack or pocket if you don't want to carry them openly

Making lists of the toys you have and where you got them etc

Feel free to add your own ideas

[babykittenteach]

No but fr having an indigenous family broken up for its own good by the state and one of them leave her homeland to go get a Real Education is not just counter to the original story's characterization, it's not just erasing the colonialism commentary for the sake of failed feminism presumably based on the girlboss objection to portraying women as caretakers and the classist objection to blue collar jobs, it is an act of colonialism.

It is in fact so ridiculously an act of colonialism that it should come off as such to anybody able to think about media critically for a few moments, but to anybody familiar with what the US did to many indigenous peoples via the faux benevolence of boarding schools, including to native hawaiians, it's fucking revolting.

Like, shoutout to removing Pleakley's gender exploration, to removing the cop villain in lieu of just having the mad scientist remain one, to removing some of Cobra Bubbles's nuance, to removing commentary on race and colonialism, etc etc, but mainly: this did a colonialism.