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[x-heesy]

😂

Now you've got something to die for

Now you've got something to die for

Infidel

Imperial

Lust for blood, a blind crusade

Apocalyptic, we count the days

Bombs to set the people free

Blood to feed the dollar tree

Flags for coffins on the screen

Oil for the machine

Army of liberation, gunpoint indoctrination

The fires of sedition fulfill the prophecy

Now you've got something to die for

Now you've got something to die for

Send the children to the fire

Sons and daughters stack the pyre

Stoke the flame of the empire

Live to lie another day

Face of hypocrisy, raping democracy

Apocalyptic, we count the days

We'll never get out of this hole

Until we've dug our own grave

And drug the rest down with us

The burning home of the brave

Burn

Now you've got something to die for

Now you've got something to die for

#jesuslovesyou ? #religionisamentalillness #questioneverything #smashpatriarchy #thinkitsnotillegalyet #yet #cutebutpsycho #cheesuscrise #horrorandsockswithholes #dailyblasphemy #satire #dirtyhumor #phunnyasphuck #fuckit4fun #idgaf

Soundtrack: #nowyougotsomethingtodiefor ʙʏ Lᴀᴍʙ ᴏғ Gᴏᴅ 🤘🏾

#thankslordfordeathmetal

[kavyaasingh]

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Which is the Best Music System For Car?

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[youramar]

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[dendrobium-writes]

My warning systems still trigger.

Since the war ended, combat dolls, androids, and mecha pilots have had to adapt to civilian life. We are not needed for our original purpose anymore, and so, we must find new ones.

The luckiest of us find new handlers. New owners, or witches to take care of us and give us a new purpose. I, however, am not among the luckiest of us.

I work a retail job. I live alone. I struggle.

And all of my warning systems still trigger

When a coworker, manager, or customer locks eyes on me, a deafening buzz rings in my aural implants.

When too many people surround me, my heads-up display blinds me with target indicators.

The feeling of a customer brushing past me triggers an automatic threat response that I must fight to keep at bay.

The solution is simple. An earpiece. With some music, or commentary, or a storyteller speaking through it. Something to focus on. To tune the rest out.

But now I am told I am not allowed to use this.

I do not understand.

Why do you sabotage my strategies to cope with this life I was not meant for?

[somnolenthour]

🅱🅻🆄🅴 🅱🅻🅾🅾🅳

￫ ᴘᴀɪʀ: ʀᴇᴍᴍɪᴄᴋ 𝚡 𝚏𝚎𝚖!𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

￫ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ: 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚄 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒

￫ɴᴏᴛᴇ: 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 ヽ(*´∀`)ﾉ

Diamonds, triangles, and honeycomb patterns filled your daily life and dreams with hues of sanitized blues and off whites. Natural lighting somehow felt so clinical here, devoid of life much like the androids that passed you by with artificial grins painted onto their faces, the glimmer of joy unable to reach their glassy eyes. Something about it all was uncanny, wondering if anything about this place was truly unethical. But you weren’t a part of ethics. You were a part of conditioning.

You had to admit that it was one of the better jobs for people like you, being the say for each model standard. From making sports-centric models run laps and throwing balls to having nursing models pick you off of the ground like a limp child. You recorded everything diligently and uploaded it into the system for assembly.

But you were mainly restricted to the commercial androids. Models that were one of a kind and not to be sold were run through Kamski himself. You never met the man personally; He would pass by, send emails, and praise certain departments for their hard work. Which is what you expected. He was your boss. But when you received a particular email regarding one of his experimental models, you had to rub your eyes, then ask if this was correct (which earned a “Haha yes!” From your employer.). You found yourself on the higher levels of Cyberlife tower, the soft hum of banjo music playing over the sound of running water. A hologram of Kamski stopped speaking to his RT600 (or Chloe, it was hard to remember names but models were easier in your line of work.) and turned to you, it was surreal how quiet the world felt, seeing the man who changed the world in more ways than one casually sauntering over to the source of the music and place a transparent hand on his shoulder.

“There you are..” His soft cadance filled the air. You were frozen in place. “It must be strange to be called here on such short notice.” The android, lacking in standard cyberlife issued clothing, wearing a blue pin-stripe shirt and a pair of black slacks. Upon looking at his shoes, they were vintage leather. He smiled at you, and his brown eyes crinkled with what looked like happiness, but it felt too real. You noted that for later, gaze falling up to Kamski.

”It is..” You reply, trying not to sound sheepish. Nerves tighten in your core as anxiety settles on them like a sheet. “May I ask why I’m here, sir?”

The man took a breath and chuckled a bit, the android chuckling as well. “This is your assignment, RK931.”

The android stopped playing and held out a hand, smile widening as he saw you. “But please, just call me Remmick.” His southern drawl was..new. You’ve heard several voice banks in your time here, but accents usually stayed neutral. Even if they were from other English-speaking countries. You reached out and shook the android’s hand, and he pulled you in to kiss your knuckles. It’s not like you haven’t been touched by androids before, you’ve worked with the sex work lines with your collegues and a team of intimacy coordinators, but the way he winked at you made you heart skip a beat. Remmick’s indicator flashes yellow as he analyzes your reaction, stroking your palm with his thumb.

”Life-like isn’t he? I had him imported all the way from Ireland for this.” Kamski sat in one of the chairs in his projection. “He’s your brand new companion.”

“If he’s from Ireland, why isn’t he using his irish voice bank?” You swore you saw Remmick’s LED flash red for a moment.

“I suggest taking a glance at his notes when you have some spare time.” Kamski’s gaze was so intense that you only nodded meekly. Speaking with the man always felt like walking on eggshells. Remmick rose from where he sat and joined your side, Kamski half smiled and turned on his heel. “Well, I expect weekly reports.”

”Yes sir…”

[bewitched-hours]

wow just wow ........ tech lover noli OVER HEREEE im loving the fics you cook up for computer!reader ON GATTTTTT i need that guy so bad now what if........ android!reader that acts like a cat (seeking for warmth) but is also apathetic about others ..... x noli YEAH THATS RIGHT THE noli.. like imagine noli teasing them about it and they're like "?? my systems are cold. of course i need warmth." WOWO wow fluff WOW insane..... insane -computer anon here BACK AGAIn

Computer anon, I'm gonna tell you something rn... I love cats. Seriously. They're my favourites.

Reader's pronouns are gonna be She/They for this!

You felt more like a pet than a killer... Sometimes-

You were an android, but your design was more cat-like. You couldn't bother to know why.

Most of the killers just treated you like a pet too.

C00lkidd liked to ramble to you because you were quiet and remembered what he'd tell you, 1x1 enjoyed having someone to vent to and so on.

For Noli? He was just head over heels for you and wouldn't ever admit it.

You only made it worse with your cat-like habits.

Seeking warmth? Noli just so happened to be nearby and offering warmth only to tease you afterwards even though it did nothing to your usually apathetic nature.

But you knew what was going on. The way his temperature rose with you, his heartrate speeding up from your touch, even subtly congratulating you whenever you won a round.

He was not hiding his crush from you. And you decided to allow him to think he was.

But eventually, it made you reciprocate. Much to your own dismay.

You were made to be apathetic. This shouldn't happen. You should see him as a fool. WHY DO YOU RECIPROCATE THE FEELINGS OF A FOOL-

1x1 was less than... Well, she was obviously not happy...

I mean, your apathetic nature scored you pretty high on which of the killers he hates the least so out of all the people your systems could overheat for... WHY NOLI?!?!?!?!

The walking meme of all people... Disappointment would be an understatement...

Nonetheless, she didn't care about it being a secret, considering he wasn't very talkative anyhow.

But at least it somehow motivated you a little more during matches. And you'd be greeted back at the cabin with Noli playing some shitty victory music and trying to play it cool as he praised your strategy once more.

Yup... In love with an idiot...

And today was no different. The cold of the maps were getting to you again and rather than asking, you simply laid your head on Noli's lap for his warmth. It was a surprise to be had but a welcome one.

"I know what you want to say. I feel it's appropriate to remind you I'm feline in nature and require the warmth after rounds." You almost warned him, only earning you a chuckle.

"No nee-d for hissing, [Reader]~ I'm not com-plain-plaining~" You could almost hear the smugness and it annoyed you even more. All the while 1x1 was probably watching with much annoyance.

But this just had to be when you decide to tell him, huh?

"You're lucky your annoyance is cute or I would have you wishing for separation." You blurted out, making him go quiet. It was like a blessing from the Spectre but at least you had your peace now...

... Or not...

"Again! Say tha-at again!" He'd excitedly shake you to stop you from going on stand-by. And you immediately regretted telling him.

"Yeah yeah, feelings returned, blah blah blah, you made an android feel shit, now let me sleep." You coldly warned him, making sure he knew that you could take away that small bit of affection and he did shortly oblige.

Now you had an annoying boyfriend but at least you could go on stand-by without anymore bullshit...

Anything you'd like to request/ask? Check out my pinned post first and I'll be happy to write up whatever you want!

[saythatuwill]

I wanna hear the android thoughts!!!

[ WELCOME . LET'S BEGIN . ]

While the Bad Omens edition of the android AU came with the storyline of a music manager and an android they not only reprogrammed, but learned to love, the Sleep Token edition will be taking a completely different course.

Meet ST900, an android designed to be a bodyguard. Big, strong, intimidating, certain to get the job done. Oh, but he's not your android at the start, no. He instead belongs to a human who only ever goes by 'Sleep', who insists that the ST900 model is actually a deity, and has built an entire cult around it.

ST900, formally named 'Vessel', is trapped in a mansion he wants to get out of. He gained sentience who-knows-how long ago, and has been the center of attention in a story he never wanted to be a part of.

It wasn't always this way. A few years ago, Vessel didn't belong to Sleep at all. He was merely a bodyguard for an unknown human. After being mistreated, he broke free of his programming and fled, unsure of where to go and what to do. It was in the city that some androids he went to for help gave him the directions to 'Sleep'.

Sleep's cruelty towards androids has gone on for years, even before Vessel's creation. They imprison androids, sometimes steal them from homes, and heavily experiment on them. Removing parts of them, reprogramming them, sometimes breaking them entirely, or, if Sleep really likes them... implants a virus into their system.

It's not clear why Sleep chose Vessel as their favorite, or why they were convinced Vessel was some sort of android deity, but they were more than ready to do whatever it took to fuel their insane delusion.

Vessel had no idea what he was getting into. He didn't know anything about cults, or deities, or that Sleep could ever do him wrong. He was being treated kindly, after all. He guarded and protected Sleep, followed them around wherever they let him go, and fell into the lion's den.

Sleep always told him that what they did to androids, the inhumane and sometimes bordering on torturous things they did to his kind, was actually helping them. And by reprogramming these bots to all but bow to Vessel, even though something felt uncomfortable and wrong, he figured Sleep meant well.

The fear and the doubt began when Vessel made friends with three other androids, who most definitely had names of their own (unlike himself until Sleep), but were all renamed. II, III, and IV.

II, a musician android. He was a drummer, and overall a pretty chatty individual. He was the first to arrive, and Vessel and him hit it off very quickly. Vessel developed a deep love for music from II, and was mortified when one day he found II, voice box ripped out, forced into silence. Other components were also tampered with or downright destroyed, including any remnants of musical capability he still had.

III, an actor android, used mainly in plays and movie productions. Vessel found him to be quite dramatic at first, but moving forward III was the main reason Vessel began to develop a deep passion for the arts. He got into poetry and visual arts because of III. One night after a casual hangout, Sleep took III away in front of him, and when he was returned, his friend was void of emotion entirely. Parts of his body seemed to have been replaced, leaving him unable to walk properly, doomed to crawl or drag himself along the floors of the mansion.

IV was different from the start, and Sleep did not like that, but... saw a use for him. IV actually was an android that worked for M.I.N.D in repairs and replacements, and wasn't very 'friendly' to begin with. He did his job and moved along, so he came to work for Sleep on the android replacements, as well as fixing some of them just enough so they don't die out on the cult.

Vessel was allowed to interact with IV as much as he pleased, because Sleep assumed nothing would come of it. But when something did and they became friends, the punishment didn't go to IV; it went to Vessel.

According to the case file, whatever transpired that night was aggressive. Vessel was a bodyguard; he did his best to defend himself. This resulted in a good portion of his face being significantly damaged, his system overloading from the stress which caused him to start showing significant emotional reactions, and Vessel having been implanted with a virus to keep him more... complacent.

Other androids were suddenly under stricter regulations to worship Vessel, while Vessel himself had become silent himself. Not because he physically couldn't speak like II, but because he was not allowed to. Whenever he was, it was to deliver insane and definitely scripted speeches about how he was "the one to save them all".

IV was stuck with immense guilt, feeling as though he was responsible for what happened to Vessel. In secret, he grew closer with II and III, quietly working on repairs for them both and attempting to hatch a plan to rescue every android in the mansion; Vessel included. Any efforts they made to do this though, failed, and led to more viruses on more androids, eventually including II, then III.

It was within III's last moments virus-free that he begged IV to run, to flee and get help. He did, but not without damage dealt; the loss of his eyesight. Sleep managed to completely destroy a good portion of the parts that made up his eyes. Somehow, perhaps with luck and determination, IV made it out anyway. Sleep assumed he was a lost cause, and didn't go after him. He'd get hit by a car or something eventually.

IV managed to make it into the city, running and wandering around aimlessly, until he was stopped and then apprehended by the Police Department. Things seemed bleak, uncertain, until the officer he had to speak to came around.

You are a detective sergeant at the police department, and the case of the suspicious and serial number-lacking android ended up on your desk. You are the one who speaks with and interrogates IV, who releases a torrent of information about a cult, cruel and unusual treatment of androids, and a sadistic human only called 'Sleep'.

You agree to further the investigation, and IV requests repairs on his eyes, which you pay out of pocket for (which he now owes you for), and to ensure the protection of IV, also work for months to find a way to get him to stick around the department. This earns him a position of android repairs, for any suspect, victim, or witness that is too damaged to be interrogated. This also earns him a trusted 'owner', one of your coworkers, who takes him to and from work along with her (and naturally, has no issue with sentient androids).

You lead a team of officers to the mansion, prepared to raid and rescue as many as you can. After an uncomfortable "tour" from Sleep, you are eventually led to the cult's "deity". An android in a strange mask that follows Sleep around, won't let you into certain rooms, and at one point even tries to lock you in one so Sleep can prepare their plan to kill you (unaware of the officers on duty outside the mansion) so you don't interfere.

While you and your team end up unable to take down or even arrest Sleep due to them fleeing, you do manage to conduct a massive rescue mission, rescuing as many functional androids as you can. You get stuck with the deity android who is somewhere between hostile and afraid of you, going in and out of episodes of extreme emotion and extreme aggression. You only find out it's a virus later on when you're being patched up from your injuries caused by him.

The team begins to insist that Vessel should be demolished due to the unpredictability of that virus, but IV owes you a favor. Even if IV has no knowledge of virus removal or anti-virus programming, he owes you a favor. He owes you and Vessel, in a sense.

Your newest mission isn't anything the police department has thrown on your desk; it's being the newest owner of Vessel, since no one else would take him in and you weren't about to risk him being demolished when clearly he meant so much to IV. You have no way of knowing how much he'll mean to you, too.

[ DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, DETECTIVE ? ]

do you guys fuck w this new format? trying more video gamey, feels way more fun!! everybody say thank you anon for provoking me to dump literally all of the backstory

[44ants]

An Avid Listener

DBH Conner/ F!Reader One Shot

Sort of Yandere?

My first one shot! (I believe that's what it's called anyway. Or is it an imagine?) I'm currently hyper-fixated on DBH so I need to get it out of my system. This is pretty much just slapped together and not planned out at all.

"What are you listening to?"

"Can't you just fucking leave me alone? I'm trying to get this report written so I can leave!" Gavin whined exasperated. He glared at Conner from the corner of his eye. He desperately tried to shield the right side of his face with his hand, hoping the android would take the hint and leave.

"I'm trying to diversify my music choices. It was recommended to me that I ask others what they like to discover my own preferences. If you tell me, I'll leave you alone." Conner negotiated, rubbing his hands together before politely holding them behind his back. He hoped to look innocent and endearing to achieve his goal.

"Why the hell do you even want to listen to music? It's meant to provoke emotion! You know? To make you feel things?" Gavin wasn't even sure why he was entertaining the conversation at this point. What good was arguing with him if he always had a comeback locked and loaded?

"That's exactly what I'm hoping to achieve." He countered and cocked his head.

"I'm not even listening to music. It's a podcast."

"I have not listened to any podcasts yet. What is it about?"

He decided it was best to just give up and slammed his phone down on the desk. Conner leaned over and read what was on the screen: 'Myrtoalett'. It translated to 'Bog Toilet' in Swedish and the cover was of a crucified fetus. "Interesting. I'll come back to you and give you my feedback once I've finished listening." He turned to head back to his own desk conjoined with Hank's who was currently passed out in his chair.

"Please don't." Gavin murmured, "And good luck! There's, like, 400 episodes!"

Skimming roughly through articles and the basic summary of the podcast, he found that it was a talk show that covered serial killers, murders, and the paranormal. There were three hosts: Jeremy Tompson, Elias Rask, and Y/N. He decided he'd listen once he made it home with Hank.

To say the least, Conner was hooked. Every free moment he had that didn't require his full attention was spent listening to Myrtoalett. He struggled with finding the humor in some of the hosts' jokes and found some conversations a little too vulgar and distasteful, but actually paying attention to details of old cases despite already having a vast knowledge of them was very addicting to him. It brought a strange amount of satisfaction to him to anticipate where the case would go next and hearing every little disgusting detail of how serial killers enacted their murders. He took enjoyment in ignoring any previous knowledge he had about axe murderers or famous killers and just immersing himself in the stories. The comradery amongst the hosts was amusing as well, but mostly he found his enjoyment in the podcast from listening to this Y/N girl. There were three distinct roles between the hosts. Jeremy was the main host, went into the episodes with no previous knowledge about the topics, and forced the others to elaborate by asking questions. Elias provided the most comedic relief and went into in-depth conspiracy theory rants. Y/N was the main researcher. She seemingly spent weeks researching the topics they spoke about and mainly talked the most. He admired the dedication she had to finding each and every detail, no matter how minuscule. Conner thought she'd make a good detective and her story telling skills enraptured him. Her voice was soothing no matter how gruesome the topic and perfectly dictated the feelings you should have. Oh? The final victim of the Toy Box Killer is escaping? He felt like he was on the edge of his seat. A soldier is retelling his experiences from the Edwood Experiments? He was horrified. Police were describing what the inside of Ed Kemper's house was like? He was intrigued. JonBenet Ramsey's father discovered her corpse? There needed to be justice! This was exactly what he was looking for in discovering new media! Finding something that would evoke new emotions for him to discover since his deviancy.

It wasn't just her story telling that intrigued him, but the fact that she gave out such little details about her life compared to the other hosts. Rarely did she indulge the listeners in personal aspects of her life. It irritated him to no end to listen to Jeremy and Elias speak about their upbringings or what serial killers were from their state and knowing nothing about Y/N! He couldn't help himself but to look into her more. There was nothing wrong with that, right? She was a celebrity! Their podcast had a pretty big following. It was only natural that there would be so much information about her on the internet! It wasn't a crime to have access to what everyone else did! Looking into her criminal record using his access from DPD wasn't wrong either. With how much knowledge she had about criminals, it was possible that she herself was a criminal! There was nothing wrong with just making sure she wasn't! It was his job to keep people safe and ask questions when necessary. It didn't help that she was the only female on the show and was often compared to the female victims of murderers! He needed to keep what tabs he could on her and make sure fans didn't get any funny ideas! It wasn't smart for them to put thoughts like that into people's heads.

It wasn't long before his life revolved around the podcast. It wasn't long before he had listened through each and every episode and consumed every piece of media he could find about it. It wasn't long until he felt absolutely empty waiting for a new episode to be released. One episode a week wasn't enough for him. What was supposed to keep him occupied besides the one hour of entertainment he got on Saturdays. What was he supposed to do when they took breaks for holidays and vacations? Relistening to old episodes was the only thing he could do. What was he supposed to feel if Y/N wasn't there to tell him what to feel?

The longer he spent obsessed with the show, the more his emotions became twisted. His sick fascination with serial killers only deepened. It wasn't sick, right? He wasn't the one making a whole show about it! He wasn't the one talking about people who built entire structures and hotels to rape and kill victims! He wasn't the one that made jokes about Y/N being trapped in a basement, all tied up, being forced to have things done to her without her consent. He didn't have those thoughts. He didn't have those feelings of excitement and thrill at the idea of holding her down and having complete control over her. He didn't.

He didn't fantasize about being the one to save her from a murderer or a kidnapper. He didn't.

He didn't think about finding where she lived and going to her house. He didn't

He didn't think about finding out her schedule and 'accidentally' running into her at the coffee shop she loved. He didn't.

He didn't think about the best ways to impress her.

He didn't daydream about her every waking moment.

He didn't think about what it'd feel like to hold her lovingly.

He didn't think about what she'd feel like in his arms. Writhing and screaming.

He didn't.

[x-heesy]

Now you've got something to die for....

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Now you've got something to die for

Infidel

Imperial

Lust for blood, a blind crusade

Apocalyptic, we count the days

Bombs to set the people free

Blood to feed the dollar tree

Flags for coffins on the screen

Oil for the machine

Army of liberation

Gunpoint indoctrination

The fires of sedition

Fulfill the prophecy

Now you've got something to die for

Now you've got something to die for

Send the children to the fire

Sons and daughters stack the pyre

Stoke the flame of the empire

Live to lie another day

Face of hypocrisy

Raping democracy

Apocalyptic

We count the days

Oh

We'll never get out of this hole

Until we've dug our own grave

And drug the rest down with us

The burning home of the brave

Burn

Now you've got something to die for

Now you've got something to die

For

Now You've Got Something to Die For by Lamb of God

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Darren Criss Does the Robot

He trained as a movement actor. Now he’s leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated “Maybe Happy Ending.” Darren Criss stood up, fast asleep, his head heavy. When he awoke, he reverse body rolled, slowly turned his head from side to side, then brushed his teeth, mechanically moving his toothbrush — left, right, left — like a cartoon character. But this was no cartoon come to life (that would be “Boop!,” playing a block away). This was a scene from the Broadway musical “Maybe Happy Ending” in which Criss and Helen J Shen play Oliver and Claire, android attendant robots called Helperbots. Playing a character onstage comes with its own process of world building. But playing a nonhuman character requires a different — or additional — calculation. Where is a robot’s center of gravity?

As Claire, a Helperbot 5 with a defective battery (and heavy dose of sarcasm), Shen moves as a human would. As Oliver, a Helperbot 3, an earlier model, Criss moves stiffly, his reflexes stilted. He’s all elbows and knees and sharp lines. Her limbs move in bell curves. The challenge of playing an aging robot has been a field day for Criss, an opportunity to draw upon his formal training in physical theater. “In many ways I joke that Oliver is my excuse to overact for two hours,” Criss said, adding, “the joke being how beep boop bop are we going here without it feeling too, frankly, ridiculous.” As humans, signals are sent from our brains to blink, stretch or bend. But a Helperbot’s physicality was a blank canvas. Though “Maybe Happy Ending” doesn’t have an official choreographer, the director Michael Arden doubled as one. (The show earned 10 Tony Award nominations, including for best new musical, Arden’s direction and Criss’s performance.) Together, Criss, Shen and Arden created their robotic anatomy from the inside out. As they prepared for the Broadway production, Arden left Criss a voice note asking him to think about Oliver’s operating system. “Like, ‘Where does all the information come from?’ is where I kind of wanted to start,” Arden said. “And that’s kind of how we began,” he added, “thinking about the joints and the musculature and what was underneath the skin of this robot.”

Shen and Criss stand stiffly onstage, angled toward each other but not looking directly at each other. [UHQ] Helen J Shen and Darren Criss in “Maybe Happy Ending.” (Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times)

Criss and Shen also met over Zoom with Moni Yakim, a former movement teacher for actors at Juilliard. (Arden called him a “legend in mime, mask and movement.”) But much of the “beep boop” was borne from Criss’s education in commedia dell’arte, or Italian physical comedy. As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, he studied abroad for a semester at the performing arts school Accademia dell’Arte, in Arezzo, Italy. “I’ve never played any part where I could really put this specific interest and training to any apparent use,” he said. “So I went ham on trying to utilize that skill set that has just been sitting dormant.” That passion was on full display in an interview last month in which Criss geeked out over geishas (“this sort of code of conduct that is based in constantly signaling deference and subordination”); the Disney animator Glen Keane (“the king of animated facial nuance”); the medieval Italian comedic servant Arlecchino (“the kind of ne’er do well fool”) and European clown lineages; and the Kabuki character type Aragoto (“a very bombastic, over-expressive performance”). Together, this swirl creates what he called his particular “cocktail” for Oliver. As older models, both Oliver and Claire have been discarded — or “retired,” in the parlance of their manufacturer and former owners — and now live out their remaining days in tiny apartments on the outskirts of Seoul. Much of their movement is confined to small studio-like boxes.

And, like all Helperbots, Oliver — whose hermetic tendencies were in part inspired by extreme recluses in Japan known as hikikomori — and Claire are seemingly physically identical to humans. At first. Oliver sits perfectly upright, his spine straight as a board. When he goes to pick something up, he hinges from his hips and bows forward. When Oliver walks, his chest puffs out slightly as his feet shuffle forward, or bends his knees at right angles in a kind of soft marching motion. But he also subtly expresses longing and disappointment, even self-consciousness. “I sort of have to translate, curate, aggregate, organize, maximize,” Criss said, and “offer something that is going to be accessible and effective.” When Oliver’s hands are not in use, Criss keeps his fists closed, slightly in front of his hip bones: a neutral resting position, deferential. “The secret here,” Criss said, grinning, “is doing this answers the age old question for performers, which is, ‘What should I do with my hands?’” Oliver’s disposition is rigid, but he has a childlike wonder and is eager to be of service. Claire’s is more fluid. She can twist a screwdriver. Her fingers are dexterous, her neck flexible. Helperbot 5s were designed to appear uncannily humanlike, but without the human tics. (A robot has no need, for example, to nervously pick her fingernails or tuck her hair behind her ear.) In an intimate scene in which the pair dance, Claire’s arm is bent, her fingers curled into a ballet hand. On top of her hand, Oliver lays his fist. In another, their charging magnets stick to each other as they kiss, Shen said. “It just becomes part of the given circumstances of how their bodies work,” she added. Moving with the magnets, the charger cords, the battery indication on their wrists, she said, “all of these are languages that we’re trying to introduce to help tell the story better, to make the audience understand how this robot could be breaking down.” In his review for The New York Times, Jesse Green wrote, “Under cover of sci-fi whimsy, it sneaks in a totally original human heartbreaker.” He called the performances “daring enough to tell the robot story yet not so extreme as to obscure the human one.” “The show is highly choreographed, actually,” said Arden, who wanted to ensure that Oliver and Claire weren’t anticipating their responses the way a human might, and that, like true robots, any movement was purely economical. “There’s a cleanness and a blankness to how they approached each moment,” he said, “which allowed them to truly listen to each other in such a beautiful way. And I think that’s what people are responding to.” That resonance might help explain the show’s remarkable turnaround from an underdog original musical to Tony-nominated hit with a growing fandom. Though delivered by robots, the messages — to savor what precious, fleeting time we have with one another, to move through the world with a sense of awe — couldn’t be more sentient. “Computers,” Criss said, “are a perfect analogy to the human experience.”

[UHQ] Darren Criss photographed by The New York Times

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Pairing: Android!Noah X Reader

CW: Android au, sentient being, Noah navigates new and big feelings, references to being "owned" in a vague context, angst if you squint

Heavily inspired by @saythatuwill 's android!noah au

Sorry if the formatting is a little weird, I started it as a one shot then changed it to headcannons

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At first, Noah thought his system was malfunctioning, but then again, thinking wasn’t exactly something that Noah was supposed to be good at.

As a companion model, Noah’s job was more or less to become a placeholder for the love and affection that his ‘owner’, so to speak, lacked.

You, however, had purchased him for an entirely different purpose.

Her desire to create a band and situate Noah as the frontman was something that he wasn’t programmed to do, but after various upgrades, he was perfect for the role.

He had the voice, the looks, the style, the only thing that he lacked was feeling.

You know when you watch someone perform live and it’s like they are living the song right in front of your eyes, it was never like that for Noah. Granted, he wasn’t a real person, so he wasn’t exactly going to be the most immersive performer, but you could see the rest of the band you put together were really living the music.

Noah just… couldn’t.

It was as if his new, state of the art music software was completely lacking any form of function in that regard.

That’s when it started.

He stood on stage, singing the songs and moving around the stage in the routine that he had carefully crafted for himself.

Walk to the right, then slowly step back, take three steps to the left before the chorus hits then step forward to sing it. 

You were always standing stage left, behind the heavy curtain, watching your band perform. 

As Noah looked at you, completely out of schedule from the rest of his routine. He never looked at you, that’s when it happened.

In the cavity within his chest, there was what felt like a spark, then his whole body felt like it had lit up.

The spark travelled from his chest, so the empty space in his stomach where nothing but wires and machinery lay, then travelled to his toes, until his whole body felt electrified.

It felt so right.

It felt so wrong.

Noah’s instant reaction was to presume that his system was combusting or something of the like, so he went into power-save mode.

His eyes closing, and head dipping down, he just stood on the stage completely motionless which didn’t affect the rest of the androids on the stage who continued to perform as they were programmed to do.

Luckily for you the two stage hands were big, burly men who were able to carry the now idle Noah off stage and back into the green room to await transportation back to the house. 

After that night, Noah was in a state of limbo. 

Never quite sure what to do with himself.

It was as though his programming had been re-written. 

Noah seemed more on edge around you than normal. Since he was a companion bot, his role was to care for his ‘owner’, but this time it seemed… different.

It was as if every time he went to do something in his basic programming, a switch went off that made his eyes light up and his mouth stretch into a warm smile.

Noah felt that little spark whenever Y/N was near and he was completely lost as to what it could be other than a malfunction.

You took him to get his system checked out, but nothing came up in terms of errors within him, so that ruled out Noah's only hypothesis for the situation.

Following a deep dive into some internet sites and various documents that he could access through his hard-drive, he discovered sentience.

And that became his only explanation for what was going on.

This was the hardest thing that Noah had to navigate.

Going from nothing more than a bot, programmed to love, to a sentient being who would willingly love was terrifying.

The prospect of getting it wrong hung over his head constantly.

And he did get it wrong.

All the damn time.

But you never made him feel bad for it.

He's new at this.

He's learning.

You know the scene from Bambi where he is trying to learn how to walk but his legs are all shaky and he keeps falling? That's exactly how Noah seems navigating his new life as a sentient being.

One thing that was hard for him was navigating the switch from not needing his programming anymore.

He doesn't need the programming that alerts him to hug and kiss you, he can just... do it.

He is no longer held back by his wiring, and that freedom is terrifying for Noah.

But he's getting there.

Slowly.

Noah had tried to voice his fears to you, but finding the words had been tough.

After all, you were human so how on earth could you relate to how he feels.

The rest of the band weren't sentient, so they couldn't relate to him either.

He felt so isolated.

So alone.

But that spark in his chest made it all worth it.

He never wanted to go back to the life he had where the sight of your smile didn't made his body light up with electricity.

[maryellencarter]

YouTube Downloads through VLC: Step by Step

[EDIT: I've been receiving reports for some time now that this method no longer works. I suspect something about the switch to YouTube Music as a separate app, and/or YouTube's ongoing attempts to force Chrome use, broke the compatibility with the Github version of youtube.luac -- I haven't managed to look into whether there's an updated working version out there yet. Sorry!]

So this guide to easily downloading off YouTube is super helpful, but there's enough important information hidden in the reblogs that (with the permission of OP @queriesntheories ) I'm doing a more step-by-step version.

Please note: these downloads will be in YouTube quality. My test video download is coming through at 360p, even though the video I'm starting from is set to 720p. They're legible, but they won't look great on a TV. For high visual quality, you'll want to seek out other methods.

This guide is written for Windows 10, since that's what I can test on. It's been tested on Firefox, Chrome, and Edge (which is a Chromium browser, so the method should work in other Chromium browsers too). So far, I haven't tracked down a way to use this download method on mobile.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

I'll try to make this pretty beginner-friendly, but I am going to assume that you know how to right-click, double-click, navigate right-click menus, click-and-drag, use keyboard shortcuts that are given to you (for example, how to use Ctrl+A), and get the URL for any YouTube video you want to download.

You'll also need to download and install one or more programs off the internet using .exe files, if you don't have these programs already. Please make sure you know how to use your firewall and antivirus to keep your computer safe, and google any names you don't recognize before allowing permission for each file. You can also hover your mouse over each link in this post to make sure it goes where I'm saying it will go.

YOU WILL NEED:

A computer where you have admin permissions. This is usually a computer you own or have the main login on. Sadly, a shared computer like the ones at universities and libraries will not work for this.

Enough space on your computer to install the programs listed below, if you don't have them already, and some space to save your downloaded files to. The files are pretty small because of the low video quality.

A simple text editing program. Notepad is the one that usually comes with Windows. If it lets you change fonts, it's too fancy. A notepad designed specifically to edit program code without messing it up is Notepad++, which you can download here.

A web browser. I use Firefox, which you can get here. Chrome or other Chrome-based browsers should also work. I haven't tested in Safari.

An Internet connection fast enough to load YouTube. A little buffering is fine. The downloads will happen much faster than streaming the entire video, unless your internet is very slow.

VLC Media Player, which you can get here. It's a free player for music and videos, available on Windows, Android, and iOS, and it can play almost any format of video or audio file that exists. We'll be using it for one of the central steps in this process.

If you want just the audio from a YouTube video, you'll need to download the video and then use a different program to copy the audio into its own file. At the end of this post, I'll have instructions for that, using a free sound editor called Audacity.

SETUP TO DOWNLOAD:

The first time you do this, you'll need to set VLC up so it can do what you want. This is where we need Notepad and admin permissions. You shouldn't need to repeat this process unless you're reinstalling VLC.

If VLC is open, close it.

In your computer's file system (File Explorer on Windows), go to C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist

If you're not familiar with File Explorer, you'll start by clicking where the left side shows (C:). Then in the big main window, you'll double-click each folder that you see in the file path, in order - so in this case, when you're in C: you need to look for Program Files. (There will be two of them. You want the one without the x86 at the end.) Then inside Program Files you're looking for VideoLAN, and so forth through the whole path.

Once you're inside the "playlist" folder, you'll see a lot of files ending in .luac - they're in alphabetical order. The one you want to edit is youtube.luac which is probably at the bottom.

You can't edit youtube.luac while it's in this folder. Click and drag it out of the playlist folder to somewhere else you can find it - your desktop, for instance. Your computer will ask for admin permission to move the file. Click the "Continue" button with the blue and yellow shield.

Now that the file is moved, double-click on it. The Microsoft Store will want you to search for a program to open the .luac file type with. Don't go to the Microsoft Store, just click on the blue "More apps" below that option, and you'll get a list that should include your notepad program. Click on it and click OK.

The file that opens up will be absolutely full of gibberish-looking code. That's fine. Use Ctrl+A to select everything inside the file, then Backspace or Delete to delete it. Don't close the file yet.

In your web browser, go to https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua

Click in the part of the Github page that has a bunch of mostly blue code in it. Use Ctrl+A to select all of that code, Ctrl+C to copy it, then come back into your empty youtube.luac file and use Ctrl+P to paste the whole chunk of code into the file.

Save the youtube.luac file (Ctrl+S or File > Save in the upper left corner of the notepad program), then close the notepad program.

Drag youtube.luac back into the folder it came from. The computer will ask for admin permission again. Give it permission.

Now you can close Github and Notepad. You're ready to start downloading!

HOW TO DOWNLOAD:

First, get your YouTube link. It should look something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123DEF45 If it's longer, you can delete any extra stuff after that first set of letters and numbers, but you don't have to.

Now open VLC. Go to Media > Open Network Stream and paste your YouTube link into the box that comes up. Click Play. Wait until the video starts to play, then you can pause it if you want so it's not distracting you during the next part.

(If nothing happens, you probably forgot to put youtube.luac back. coughs)

In VLC, go to Tools > Codec Information. At the bottom of the pop-up box you'll see a long string of gibberish in a box labeled Location. Click in the Location box. It won't look like it clicked properly, but when you press Ctrl+A, it should select all. Use Ctrl+C to copy it.

In your web browser, paste the entire string of gibberish and hit Enter. Your same YouTube video should come up, but without any of the YouTube interface around it. This is where the video actually lives on YouTube's servers. YouTube really, really doesn't like to show this address to humans, which is why we needed VLC to be like "hi I'm just a little video player" and get it for us.

Because, if you're looking at the place where the video actually lives, you can just right-click-download it, and YouTube can't stop you.

Right-click on your video. Choose "Save Video As". Choose where to save it to - I use my computer's built-in Music or Videos folders.

Give it a name other than "videoplayback" so you can tell it apart from your other downloads.

The "Save As Type" dropdown under the Name field will probably default to MP4. This is a good versatile video format that most video players can read. If you need a different format, you can convert the download later. (That's a whole other post topic.)

Click Save, and your video will start downloading! It may take a few minutes to fully download, depending on your video length and internet speed. Once the download finishes, congratulations! You have successfully downloaded a YouTube video!

If you'd like to convert your video into a (usually smaller) audio file, so you can put it on a music player, it's time to install and set up Audacity.

INSTALLING AUDACITY (first time setup for audio file conversion):

You can get Audacity here. If you're following along on Windows 10, choose the "64-bit installer (recommended)". Run the installer, but don't open Audacity at the end, or if it does open, close it again.

On that same Audacity download page, scroll down past the installers to the "Additional resources". You'll see a box with a "Link to FFmpeg library". This is where you'll get the add-on program that will let Audacity open your downloaded YouTube video, so you can tell it to make an audio-only file. The link will take you to this page on the Audacity support wiki, which will always have the most up-to-date information on how to install the file you need here.

From that wiki page, follow the link to the actual FFmpeg library. If you're not using an adblocker, be careful not to click on any of the ads showing you download buttons. The link you want is bold blue text under "FFmpeg Installer for Audacity 3.2 and later", and looks something like this: "FFmpeg_5.0.0_for_Audacity_on_Windows_x86.exe". Download and install it. Without this, Audacity won't be able to open MP4 files downloaded from YouTube.

CONVERTING TO AUDIO:

Make sure you know where to find your downloaded MP4 video file. This file won't go away when you "convert" it - you'll just be copying the audio into a different file.

Open up Audacity.

Go to File > Open and choose your video file.

You'll get one of those soundwave file displays you see in recording booths and so forth. Audacity is a good solid choice if you want to teach yourself to edit soundwave files, but that's not what we're here for right now.

Go to File > Export Audio. The File Name will populate to match the video's filename, but you can edit it if you want.

Click the Browse button next to the Folder box, and choose where to save your new audio file to. I use my computer's Music folder.

You can click on the Format dropdown and choose an audio file type. If you're not sure which one you want, MP3 is the most common and versatile.

If you'd like your music player to know the artist, album, and so forth for your audio track, you can edit that later in File Manager, or you can put the information in with the Edit Metadata button here. You can leave any of the slots blank, for instance if you don't have a track number because it's a YouTube video.

Once everything is set up, click Export, and your new audio file will be created. Go forth and listen!

[femsolid]

Video games recommendation for women part 2

The same criteria as before: has to have a female lead and little to no misogyny

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1. Shadow of the Tomb Raider

The seemingly invincible and endlessly talented Lara Croft goes on yet another adventure, this time exploring the Amazon jungle and South American ruins looking for a magical artifact hoping to prevent her enemies, an evil organisation called Trinity, from using it.

Tomb Raider is a franchise that has changed quite a bit over the years. Ever since the reboot, Lara has become a fully fledge character and she doesn't do rock climbing in a skimpy outfit anymore (which made the boys mad, boohoo).

But sadly she still suffers from her reputation of sexy girly indiana jones which I suspect is why women don't seem that interested in her. Shame!

It's not usually the type of games I like (very over the top "blockbustery") but I got hooked the minute I set foot (or rather crashed) in the Peruvian jungle. The game is visually stunning, I loved exploring all the ancient temples, the crypts, the jungle and seeing all the animals. The puzzles were challenging, the fights were fun, it was entertaining, well made, with lots of female characters and it takes place in Peru which is just the cherry on top for me.

The only thing I didn't like was Jonah but then I never liked him. He's Lara's best friend and is pretty much there to be kidnapped and rescued in every game, which is kind of a nice reversed damsel in distress trope I suppose, but still, you're useless Jonah I kept telling my screen.

2. Alien Isolation

In this game you play as Ellen Ripley's daughter who ends up trapped in a gigantic spaceship with a lethal enemy, of course, the infamous alien: the xenomorph.

This game is perfect if you are currently suffering from constipation. It doesn't rely on cheap jumpscares and gore to scare you no, it's all about the ~ambiance~. If you are found, you are dead, simple as. And you will die... A LOT. I got an achievement for dying 50 times. I was laughing hysterically whenever the alien caught me by that point and I think the alien was too.

They say "in space no one can hear you scream" but this alien can hear your footsteps so this makes for some tense gameplay, especially as the alien's AI is very good and you are extremely vulnerable. To survive you will have to be very mindful of the noises you make and the noises the alien makes. Oh yeah, you both crawl through the same ventilation system by the way. This could make for some awkward encounter... On top of having to deal with the alien you will meet androids and humans who aren't exactly friendly either. The goal is, of course, to escape from the ship alive.

I have to give the developpers props for really making us feel like we are in an Alien movie. The music, the ship's design, the alien itself, are all very faithfull to the movies and this game is rightly considered a classic.

3. Spiritfarer

In Spiritfarer you play as Stella (and her cat) who has become the captain of a boat on which she welcomes the spirits of different people who have died. She will accompany them for a while until it's time to cross the bridge and say farewell.

It's worth mentionning, given how rare it is, that the main character is a black girl. Your job is to manage the boat (make improvements to it) and become self-sustainable: you will grow your own food, build houses for each spirit and decorate it, grow trees, collect wood, fish, feed your guests. You can make a mill, a weaving workshop, a sawmill, a kitchen, a garden, etc and arrange it as you please.

Most importantly, you will travel the sea to meet new spirits, learn about their lives and fullfill their last wishes before they are ready to leave us. And then you will cry and cry and cry as the music rises and you give them one last hug.

It's a cosy game, slow paced, lots of dialogues, cute mini-games within it, and at times really funny interactions because it all looks so cute yet the characters act and talk like normal people (they told me to fuck off quite a lot) and they will often get into unprompted anti-capitalist rants. It reminded me of Spirited Away a lot, very strange and comfy at the same time.

It's a story about death, about how each person handles it, what they look back on, and yet it's a very pleasant game.

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As usual I will add more to the list as I reblog it and, of course, if you want to recommend a game too, you're more than welcome. I've been focusing on games with female leads lately so I'll have a lot more to add.