#No more colonists

[pushing500]

Our first anomalous entity has appeared while Mechi is deconstructing ruins! Fortunately, he's pretty handy with that biocoded autopistol he carries, but that sightstealer scream will probably haunt his dreams for a long time yet.

We can do cool anomaly research now! Huzzah!

Poor Atom needed some patching up after the battle with the sightstealer, but Mechi was quick on the scene to administer some first aid and probably coo affectionately over his robot baby.

We also captured the sightstealer, but we don't have a proper room for it yet, so it hangs out in the dining room to "relax socially" with Mechi. To each their own, I guess.

Mechi's tall, slim build doesn't seem suited for mining, but if he wants steel for band nodes and mechanoids, he'll have to put up with it anyway. I think he should tie his hair back, wear eye protection, and maybe put on some shoes, too, but I suppose there's no such thing as an OSHA violation on the Rim.

Mechi handles impending social interactions about as well as I do...

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[iamfuckingsorry]

"Do you know where we are going next?" I asked ART.

Y'know what, I think maybe I don't need any more Murderbot books. I think maybe ending things here is fucking perfect and as much as I love Wells's writing I'm genuinely not sure it can get better for me.

Like, so much of the books are about MB learning how to be a person, about becoming okay with being a complete individual with everything it entails. The first thing it does once it's actually allowed to decide on its own is it runs away from it all (admittedly to go on a mission to confirm some things about its past, because it genuinely just wants to be *good*). It shoves all its emotions away as much as it's able to. Then shit happens, and it makes its first friends, makes decisions based on these friendships, goes through a lot of emotionally intense situations...

And we get to this point here. MB having zero doubts about going with ART says a lot about its relationship with ART, but it also says a lot about its relationship with its humans - it knows that wherever it goes, when it comes back, the humans will still be there. Its humans actively acknowledge its struggles with being a now-free SecUnit and MB is willing to entertain the discussions to an extent and share information about its deeply personal experiences. Hell, System Collapse ends with MB admitting it might be somewhat broken, but that's okay as long as it can keep doing its job, and agreeing to basically do counselling - this is the guy what would rewatch its favourite TV show again and again in order to avoid acknowledging it even had Emotions a couple books back.

Reading this, I know that MB will be okay. It has hopes and goals and genuinely believes in itself and it has an amazing support system that its willing to lean on for the first time in its life. I'm convinced it'll go on to do great things with ART. And that's really the only thing I need to know.

[allmyandroids]

still sad that we didnt got a whole episode which focused on Lore and what he did between Brothers and Descent

[waterlogged-detective]

3/6 of the ladies from the Tentacular Surgeoness’ tea group!! They’re definitely judging you.

[shopcat]

omfg people really need to calm the fuck down about people disliking some characters like it's not always a deep seated prejudice or an inability to empathise it's because we are human beings with our own experiences and normal biases and fictional characters are not real and it doesn't matter if you don't like them for pretty much any reason at all and doesn't make you suddenly x just because the character is y it just means you don't like them. obviously other indications of actual prejudice or a repeated pattern mean something else entirely but you can just dislike a character because get this they're a character and not a real person. you can dislike real people too even it's almost like we've got free will. please oh please can we get out of the torture chamber together.

[cardinalmecha]

Lancers will see your colonists legs and be like “Is anyone else going to shoot those off?” and not wait for an answer

[corpocyborg]

it's honestly a tragedy that so few people chose morinth over samara that they didn't even bother putting morinth in me3. like i don't blame the players bc the narrative clearly discourages most players by positioning choosing morinth as the evil choice. but i swear to god if you actually talk to her after choosing her you will see it is not that simple. the situation isn't nearly as clear cut and black & white as they make it out to be and either choice could be justified as the "good" or "evil" choice.

[oceanics]

In my opinion, the best combinations for Shepard's backstories + the moral alignment that fits them best would be as follows:

Earthborn + War Hero. Paragon. My personal favorite. A troubled kid from a harsh world, who grasped at the redemption they saw in the Alliance and never let it go. Their whole childhood was spent under an ugly umbrella of violence. Growing up in that environment, they knew how to navigate the darker paths of life with ease. They hated it, though. As soon as they were able to, they took their chance to escape by joining the Alliance, swearing that they would never become like the adults that sorrounded them growing up, that they would make up for it. Their actions in Ellysium, brave to the point of recklessness, was the first time this shone through in their carreer, and it illustrated just how far they'd go to do the right thing. This trend shoots them career to the stars, but the pressure gets more and more to them the more the stakes are raised, and they struggle with their moral ideals vs the need to do whatever needs to be done to save the galaxy. Finding the balance is hard, and their idea of an absolute good becomes more and more like a childish dream the longer the war goes on. Still, they refuse to compromise.

Colonist + Sole Survivor. Paragon. The angst route. Shepard's life and pre-Normandy career record are littered in tragedy. They try so hard, though. Their struggle with survivor's guilt is an ongoing issue, and I feel like this Shepard would have the hardest time confronting the consequences of their actions. ME2, in particular, would be hard: knowingly sending their team to what everyone's labelling as a suicide mission. They'd do their best to make sure their team is as comfortable as possible, every last loyalty mission would be completed respecting the wishes of the entire crew (except Zaeed's and Garrus' - they won't sacrifice innocent lives for the sake of a 20 year old grudge, and they won't allow their most loyal friend to go down the path of senseless revenge). Bahak felt like a cruel cosmic joke. A chance at a retribution they never wanted and never asked for. The six months on Earth feel fair to them, despite their frustration with the brass. They were responsible for over three hundred thousand deaths, but there were billions who would die if the rest of the galaxy didn't wake up and face the Reaper threat.

Spacer + Ruthless. Renegade. A child of two career Alliance soldiers, Shepard grew up sorrounded by soldiers, a lot of them veterans of the First Contact War, a lot of them distrustful of aliens. This Shepard has seen the good and the bad of the human military, and while their parents were overall cool people, their job meant that sometimes, some of the lessons that should've been taught to them were not taught, and some others might not have been the correct ones. Shepard sees the world in black and white, good and evil, with humanity firmly on the side of "good" and everyone else "evil until proven otherwise". They don't stop until a mission is done - at any cost. Torfan was the prime example of this. There is no price too high for victory. They are harsh on their squad, but it doesn't mean that they don't care: they do care, a lot, in their own way, and for someone who has only been around soldiers their entire life, this means falling in line. Discipline. Following the orders of your commander. This Shepard knows they are good at what they do, and if their friends and allies want to live, they'll have to listen to them. This Shepard will defeat Saren and Sovereign and the Collectors and the Reapers. At any cost.

[fireflowersims]

We haven't learned. We haven't learned shit at all.

My country's wealth is directly linked to the exploitation and colonization of other peoples. We call the violent acts commited in Indonesia after ww2 "police actions" as if it wasn't horrific crimes against people who were (justifiably) tired of being occupied and abused by foreign invaders and colonizing dickhats.

Sure, we "lost" the Dutch East Indies. We are not actively colonizing anymore. And yet, we still haven't learned a thing. That "VOC mentality" was never gone, it's still there. It's that mentality of thinking business above everything else, money makes right, who cares how horrifically you abuse people, who cares about the massacre of the Banda islands when you now have all the yummy nutmeg to use and sell. It's not something to be admired, it's something we have to address and resolve, but we're not. We're not doing that, but we have to if we ever want justice of any kind.

We're ruled by dickheads who think that saying "from the river to the sea" is a hatecrime that should be condemned. "Yeah sure, you would've probably said the same thing about the utterance of "Republik Indonesia" less than 100 years ago, no?" is what I say to that. We have not successfully freed ourselves of this damn colonizer mindset!

The only reason the Netherlands ever stopped the "police actions" is because we were threatened with sanctions. Post WW2, it was stop the "police actions" (read: many war crimes) or lose the money from the Marshall Plan needed to rebuild your ruined country. The choice was easy enough.

But noooooo, we can't sanction Israel to get them to, ya know, STOP BOMBING HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND CIVILIANS IN GENERAL!!! They're our friends! Fuck no. I know why those asshats ain't sanctioning Israel (at least one of the reasons): they'd lose access to fucking Pegasus; spyware surpreme. Wanna spy on some journalists? Perhaps the opposition? Scary activists? Pegasus is THE spyware for you! Infect ppl's phones and suck up All Teh Data wihout them knowing. Suspected detection of the stuff somehow? Self-destruct, boom. Fantastic stuff if you're into violating ppl's privacy. I don't see this talked about a lot, but Israel is Scary in the cyberwarfare department. And they sell this expertise.

I support Palestine. I hope to see it freed someday. Hopefully soon

To Israel(is): decolonize ur shit. I know, it's hard, it's painful, you'll have to question and unlearn a lot of things. Heck, it may give you an existential and/or moral crisis for a bit. I still get one about nutmeg sometimes. But just like desinfecting a wound, it is ultimately beneficial.

PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DESERVE LIFE AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER PEOPLE

[statementlou]

tbh as an israeli, i was so embarrassed that they put the flags there and i wish they didn’t do that. I don’t support that at all.

❤ and that's why YOU are my people, not those flag wavers- it's definitely my identity as a Jew that makes me extra outspoken about this issue in particular because like you say I feel personally embarrassed on behalf of my kin, and a responsibility by association to speak out against the israeli state's genocide. And it's made so much worse by the way people think israel= all jewish culture, or that to be anti-Israel is anti-semitism which, as @captainrayzizuniverse pointed out in tags (YES! well said and thank you!! you are also my people❤), is a tactic of zionist propaganda used to shut down criticism of the Israeli state. I think anon meant well and wants to keep an eye out for anti-semitism during this terrible time of its rise everywhere and I appreciate that! But that's why it's important to talk loudly and constantly about the fact that taking a stand against anti-semitism does not have to include defending the Israeli state- and indeed to be broadly anti-racist, one must call out Israel's colonization and genocide in Palestine

[cauli-flawa]

GGROOOAARGGHRARGRGHAAAAARGGH

[pushing500]

I assume it's not easy coming to terms with the fact that you're not the person you thought you were and are, in fact, only a few hours old and also a clone. Poor Mechi II (Mechii?).

Makya "Mechi" Jones and his newly acquired "twin", Kwahu Jones! They're gonna get along great, and I'm sure nothing bad will happen because of this unexpected duplication. No siree, no issues here in the foreseeable future. Just lovely twin shenanigans. 😅

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[chewwytwee]

It’s crazy how much my school stumbles over itself to take the centrist position to everything but stays just clear of taking a side and making it clear they’re in support of their minority students 🙄🙄

[trenchcrows]

Grateful every day that mother is into the more leftist articles and podcasts and ways of thinking cause. What if I made fun of those maga Australians and she got mad at me. That is a fucked up and evil alternate dimension.

[saviourkingslut]

the netherlands withheld its vote in the un general assembly on jordan's resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. bc it didn't guarantee israel's right to defend itself. 45 votes withheld, 120 for, 14 against. our shit government will stand by and let israel slaughter palestinians for an indefinite amount of time and commit genocide while hiding behind the excuse that it's doing all it can to provide humanitarian aid. please please please, if you're in the netherlands, if you can make it, come to the hague tomorrow and join the protest at 14:00.

[firestorm09890]

accidentally made myself angry thinking about The Stranger just now but idk how to explain what I'm thinking about