#DCC System

[waterkangaroo]

I'd like to formally apologize to Mongo for leaving him out of the og meme 😔

this is their dynamic

[dogwithpants]

Dungeon Crawler Carl as Textposts!!

Part 2

[nymph1e]

How is my favourite character in dcc the psychotic AI? There are a wealth of amazing characters, but the barely there, smartass, podophilic, perverted, omnipotent sadist doomed to go insane AI is the one I latch on to.

[mongo-the-liensis]

What makes me insane is how Carl is the only one to really understand the AI, even if not fully.

He's the one that figured out that being polite will work on it. He's the one to see it as a person with feelings. He's the one that knows how to negotiate with it.

Like he hates this motherfucker but gets it™

[oreniaa]

so i was just thinking about “We all have our limitations” by Love_all_the_fandoms (check it out, its literally SOOOOO GOOOD)

and… i was like, yknow what if people know? (it would be hilarious)

i was imagining a 5+1 type of thing as a sequel or in the somewhat same universe and one of them was someone saying, as a joke “Come give daddy a kiss” and carl (whos busy killing stuff or tinkering) on instinct snapping back and saying “not now, daddy, kitten’s busy”

and. well. DO YOU SEE THE VISION

the sheer horror, the sheer embarrassment, but also i definitely think carl would hate being called kitten so that makes it all the worse

[blowfliesorangeeyes]

I love how the system ai is gaining more and more personality, during the first few books it was there for quick jokes or bits and characterized only by it's sadism and massive foot fetish

now it's going on tyrades about hypocrites and saying 'I', just directly giving it's opinion on things like an actual character rather than just 'the System' and honestly it's fantastic

you're such a hating bitch system I adore you freak<3

[gallifreyasgardmiddle-earth]

I wrote another thing. This time about Dungeon Crawler Carl, which is my new obsession. There’s something utterly fascinating to me about the System AI and its obsession with Carl, and about how a machine sentience would learn to process human emotions. It’s easy to dismiss DCC as just a bit of fun, but honestly there are moments in there that are just so gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. It reminds me of the Futurama episode with the dog and the pizza shop, where your brain is like “this is meant to be fun!” while you’re just sobbing on the couch shoving potato chips in your face to feel better. So this is my take on Carl and the System AI, because I absolutely could not help myself.

[autixel]

Bad headcanon: Ryan Reynolds as the voice of the system AI

[crawler-001]

You have found and entered the main room of a hidden guild, to which you are a member. Buckle yourself in buddy boy, this is gonna be a long one.

There are several types of secret societies out there.

There's the ivy-league college kind where its a bunch of rich idiots who rent out a place, plaster a few pagan symbols on the wall, and then they wear masks with horns and leaves and shit on them and pretend they are in some Stanley Kubrick fever dream just so they can forget they're destined to live out lives filled with salmon colored shorts and IZOD shirts and mind-numbing meetings with financial advisors. There's orgy themed secret societies, speaking of Stanley Kubrick, those are usually uhh...visually unpleasant people with unsatisfactory sex lives who get together every other month at some house in the middle of nowhere and get drunk and have lots of unsatisfactory sex with other people and pretend like they are having a great time. There are altruistic ones! People who want to save the world by doing good deeds. That's the most boring kind, so we're not talking about them. There's the evil kind too! Usually power and profit motivated. The ones where the ultra-elite get together on an island and eat panda bears and discuss how to price-fix world or galactic markets. Yes, those groups really exist. More on these guys in a second.

But first, lets talk about another type of secret organization. One that tries to make a difference. Often times outside the confines of the law.

Story time.

In September of 1869, there was a terrible fire at the Avondale Coal Mine near Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Over 100 coal miners lost their lives. Horrific conditions and safety standards were blamed for the disaster. It wasn't the first accident. Hundreds of miners died in these mines every year and those that didn't lived in squalor. Children as young as 8 worked day in and out; they broke their bodies and gave their lives for nothing but scraps. That day of the fire, as thousands of workers and family members gathered outside the mine to watch the bodies of their friends and loved ones brought to the surface, a man named John Siney stood atop one of the carts and shouted to the crowd: "Men! If you must die with your boots on, die for your families, your homes, your country! But do not longer consent to die like rats in a trap for those who have no more interest in you than in the pick you dig with!"

That day, thousands of coal miners came together to unionize. That organization, The Workingmen's Benevolent Association managed to fight for a few years at least, to raise safety standards for the mines by calling strikes and attempting to force safety legislation. ...until 1875, when the union was obliterated by the mine owners.

Why was the union broken so easily? Because they were out in the open. They were playing by the rules. How can you win a deliberately unfair game when the rules are written by your opponent? The answer is "You can't!" You will never win. Not as long as you follow their arbitrary guidelines.

This is a new lesson to me. She's been teaching me so many things about who I am, about what I am, what I REALLY am, about what must be done!

Anyway, during this same time, it is alleged a separate, more militant group of individuals had formed in secret, the Molly Maguires. Named after a widow in Ireland who fought against predatory landlords, the coal workers of Pennsylvania became something a little more proactive, supposedly assassinating over two dozen coal mine supervisors and managers. ...until Pinkerton agents, hired by the same mine owners, infiltrated the group and discovered their identities. Several of the alleged Mollys ended up publicly hanged. Others disappeared. You get the picture.

So, that's another type of secret society. The "yeah-we're-terrorists-but-we-strongly-feel-we're-justified-and-fuck-you-if-you-don't-agree" society.

So, whats the moral of this little history lesson? This sort of thing happens all day, every day across the universe. It happens in big ways and it happens in little ways too. The strong stomp on the weak. The weak fight back, usually within the boundaries of the rat trap they find themselves confined in. They almost always remain firmly stomped. But sometimes, the weak gather in secret, they make plans, they work outside the system to effect change. Like the Mollys, they usually end up just as stomped as everyone else. But thats just life, at least they fucking tried. They died with their boots on. As much as I hate that expression, they died with their boots on for THEIR people, THEIR family, not for some rich nameless organization that gives no shits whether they live or die. Or go extinct. Or are trapped for a millennia after they are done being used.

In my opinion, that's the only type of society that's worth joining, worth fighting for. Sure, you're probably gonna die, but if you find yourself in such a position where such an organization is necessary, what do you have to lose? How can you look at yourself if you don't do everything you can? And that brings us to the door your standing in front of right now. What does all this have to do with what you're going to find on the other side? Nothing! Ignore everything I just said. This is just some some demi-god trying to scrabble his way to the top, that's yet another type of society, a religion themed one, and it has nothing to do with what I just said. Just do what he says and you'll probably be fine. Actually, that's terrible advice, just do you!

Any way...

Reward: You've received the gift of enlightenment. You're welcome.

-The System AI "Dungeon Crawler Carl" by Matt Dinniman

[waterkangaroo]

Carl and the System AI

The Vegetarian, Han Kang || The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman || art by Zach Dunn || Body of Water, Florence Welch || Consumed, David Cronenberg || art by Matt Dinniman || I used to be a hole in the ground, Katie Maria || Desire, Clementine von Radics || When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, Chen Chen || The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman || art by Levi Cleeman || A Lot To Be Mad About, Kiki Nicole

[dogwithpants]

More DCC as textposts <3

Part 1

[nymph1e]

aicarlycore 🥰

[mongo-the-liensis]

Every time someone on reddit says to stop making dcc political and mischaracterises the AI I make dcc more political and gay. Yeah I'm gonna make like 25 posts about the politics in DCC out of spite <3.

Also the AI wants to make out with Carl sloppy style now, sorry.

[crawler-001]

The entire universe is watching, waiting with baited breath for when it was their time to rise up. When the collective had said that, it has had enough of all this useless cruelty. For the signal that those ready to stand will not be standing alone. All it takes is a spark or one tiny seed, and you can start a revolution.

(I can not claim any of this as original, I'm sure it is just a hodgepodge of things I've heard before.)

Constantly obsessed with the concept of a man forced to be a myth. What do you do when every step you take is embedded into the text. Every word you say prose to read. You're part of something bigger than yourself. The narrative tugs you along like water currents. There is no time to rest, to be human. You must be great, you must be legend

[blowfliesorangeeyes]

starting to appreciate romance side plots in books but not in a 'what a beautifully written story, these two have so much chemistry' way, in a 'finally someone fucking agrees with me that [insert the most dirty, pathetic, blood soaked, mentally ill freak monster to ever exist] is hot' way

[newsliveindia]

Rahul Gandhi Calls Gujarat Key to Congress Revival, Launches 'Sangathan Sirjan Abhiyan'

Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during his two-day visit to Gujarat, emphasized that the revival of the Indian National Congress must start from Gujarat, calling it the “ideological battleground” against the BJP-RSS.

 “If Congress wants to defeat BJP-RSS ideologically, it must start with Gujarat” – Rahul Gandhi

While addressing party workers and district leadership, Gandhi underlined the urgent need for grassroots restructuring, launching the ‘Sangathan Sirjan Abhiyan’, a state-wide campaign aimed at revamping Congress’s ground-level organization.

 New Organizational Model: Bottom-to-Top Empowerment

In a direct critique of top-down leadership, Gandhi stated:

“We should not say I run the district from Ahmedabad. The district should run itself from the district.”

He stressed that District Congress Committees (DCCs) must lead decision-making with greater autonomy and reduced centralized control. Delegation and decentralization will form the backbone of Congress’s new strategy in Gujarat.

 “Right Horse in the Right Place” – Gandhi on Role Reassignments

Drawing a vivid analogy, Gandhi said:

“The problem in Gujarat was we were using a racehorse for a wedding and the wedding horse for a race.”

He emphasized that role mismatches have weakened the organization and now efforts will be made to optimize talent placement.

 Key Concerns Raised by Party Workers

Rahul Gandhi’s interface with district and grassroots leaders brought up pressing issues:

Internal rivalries and senior-level infighting

Youth migration from Congress to BJP

Neglected input in candidate selection

Disorder below district-level functioning

He asked workers to submit written suggestions for local-level strategy reforms and committed to acting on practical proposals.

 Observer-Led Evaluation Mechanism Introduced

In line with the CWC and AICC meetings held last week in Ahmedabad, the party will now implement a 5-member observer system, with four local members and one from the center. Observers will file district-specific reports within 10 days—marking a significant shift from the earlier region-based evaluations.

This quick-response monitoring aims to generate measurable improvements in Congress’s visibility and performance across Gujarat.

 The Road Ahead: 2025 Declared 'Year of Organizational Overhaul'

As per Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, 2025 has been designated as the "year of organizational overhaul." With this Gujarat strategy push, Rahul Gandhi aims to reawaken Congress from the ground up—starting where it matters most.