#cybernetic rambling

[noose-lion]

Born too late to be a lighthouse keeper, born too early to be cybernetically enhanced as part of my transition.

[amplexadversary]

Completely self indulgent post but here's one of the post-canon scenarios I have in my head for G Gundam.

Maybe skip this post if you don't like dark themes. Not all of what I've outlined is dark (most of it isn't), but I do cross the line past what appears in the show in regards to DG cells and abduction.

The shuffles all get roped into restoration projects on Earth between the 13th and 14th gundam fights, partially to have something to do alongside their training, partially out of inspiration by the common points of the Kasshus' and Master Asia's goals, and partially because netting their countries some decent publicity is likely to earn them favors during the Gundam Fight's off-years.

Sai is contacted by Kyral about an effort to clear out the infamous buildup of trash and cadavers on Everest; he wants Sai to leverage Neo China's help as something of a reparation kind of deal and Sai goes sure why not.

Sai recruits Argo because Bolt Gundam is built to withstand the cold, and he thinks Argo and Nastasha could help reverse engineer that quality to enable the use of their Gundams as both heavy work equipment and protection from the harsh environmental conditions that normally prevent this kind of operation.

George gets involved because someone he knows has a distant relative who died on the mountain a century ago, and they wanted him to check in with the forensics team on the project. This detail is important because eventually it becomes clear that there is a mystery to solve (that I myself haven't figured out all the details of yet but broadly know the setup and conclusion); DG-infected people are disappearing and not being investigated due to stigma. Our heroes are naturally going to be pissed about this, and will need an "in" with the field if they want to do anything about it.

First massively self-indulgent element: The forensics/body identification team inexplicably includes the real-world author Kathy Reichs, who somehow exists in this universe, and there's a little side bit about her having written a Bones book right before the 12th fight that featured a cooked cadaver found inside a gundam after entry into the Earth's atmosphere. There are a lot of weird coincidences in the book that parallel the DG incident, which creeps everyone out, but the similarities are merely born of the writer threading the needle of being believable and interesting in a way that became very true to life.

What does become relevant is when the Shuffles eventually meet up, she's able to explain the implications of a bunch of weird shit the fighters discovered (also Marie Louise read her book, and one of the in-universe liberties Reichs took writing about the gundams' black boxes that she explains in the afterword leads to ML realizing something important; that Neo Germany does not have its gundam's remains.)

While the Everest project is happening, Domon, Chibodee, and Allenby all want to continue their training somewhere on Earth, and receive a proposal from (an OC of mine who is) a historic preservationist (and an acquaintance of Allenby's): she has acquired the grounds of an abandoned castle in Europe* after submitting a plan to restore it, and needs to hire people to help with the labor.

*the castle is probably somewhere in Germany because I also want this pitch to have drama over Schwarz (pre-13th fight), Schwarz (Kyoji), and Schwarz (the next guy who was supposed to inherit the mask when the older ninja retired). Also Germany is fucking pretty.

In exchange for the help of the three gundam fighters, they and Rain get paid, plus room and board anywhere on the grounds, plus full access to the grounds and miles of sparsely-inhabited countryside for training purposes, and the privacy and ability to practice with their gundams that comes with being in the middle of fucking nowhere. Rain sets herself up to work a clinic in the next town over as well as practicing pro re nata wilderness medicine (I'm convinced every medic supporting the gundam fight would need to be able to do this.)

The group involved in the Castle project sticks around for a time, makes some good progress, and engage in occasional Shenanigans that come up when you put a bunch of weirdos in a Situation.

They aren't in town a lot save for Rain, but when they are they eventually start to pick up on gossip and news about the Mysterious Disappearances correlated with DG cell infection (as well as details that turn out to be important later). Eventually Rain brings this to Domon and Chibodees' attention and they decide that, yeah, this is tied to the DG, this is their problem, they should convene with the rest of the Shuffle Alliance about it.

Also of course Schwarz is involved because I'm the one writing this; the culprits' DG-tissue harvesting operation relies on having him captured and helpless, using cells from his body to "update" other victims' DG infections to a less aggressive strain. One thing I haven't decided is whether I want a reinstantiated Wong to head this shit, or make up my own morally bankrupt opportunistic asshole looking to twist the DG to their own benefits. I also need to decide where on the planet the center of all this insanity is, and it needs to be a place that isn't going to have any unfortunate implications (because that's a genuine risk with dark story elements)

... That's about as much as I have that is thought-out enough for me to explain. I return to thinking about this scenario a lot because it puts most of the characters way out of their element (and has a bunch of details that appeal to me specifically), and it kind of evolved into an incomplete plot outline that I don't currently have any plans to flesh out.

I think it's an interesting enough direction to go, because it follows through with a lot of the themes present in G, but takes advantage of the genre shift to avoid DBZ-crazy power scaling and adjusts the conflict more to a matter of where the main characters' prowess is most effective (Both in and out of the gundams. I'm assuming there are a ton of guys similar to Michelo's gang that just need fighting interspersed with everything else I described. In fact, kicking Some Group of Douchebags out of their protection racket is probably how team Castle even gets ahold of evidence related to missing persons.)

[flamingredanon]

Ever find an old wip of something and you have no idea what your brain was thinking at the time?

[aceollo]

So, I managed to start watching Transformers Earthspark! And immidiately,(as of 1-5, 5 being the current episode im streaming,) I have taken a liking to Twitch!

So, the drabbles are me going through, getting a feel for Twitch's design as a whole so I can draw earthspark characters in my own style with some intermidate level.

I gave a potential human holoform/human au concept for Twtich too, since hehe drone go wee.

[cxffeeshxp]

~Me after accidently clicking on the 'Snow Bright' theme for Tumblr.

[to-elysium-and-beyond]

I think I've become a fashion icon, of sorts.

Just look at how the girls dress in Avalonia! Is that not just me??

[handsomesorcerer]

what is it about borderlands that has me sobbing violently over it right now huh. What could possibly be the reason

[clockworkreapers]

Yikes. If Falmea SOMEHOW gets out of the rubble and debris to find Diavel in his wounded state, I could only imagine how unpleasant her reaction would be.

She just works with him, so she would be unhappy either way since a handful of her people in general got either injured or taken out.

Tiz to be seen how all of this is going to get back to a state of calm.

[a-vampire-culturelover]

WINGNUT!!!!! MY BABYGIRL!!!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖

[silverselfshippingchaos]

when you can see his eyes behind his shades, I get all 😳

[qtubbo]

Tumblr user cabinetduo setting off sunny stans in the exact same way

[rambunctioustoons]

I'm not saying I was going through tftbl brainrot around the time I got back into security breach but... But. 👀 ... Literally named my sona Rhys so. askflakfkak.

[flamingredanon]

Wip but I am finally getting regular Left's ref sheet done.

[staticymaticyyourlifeisatravesty]

Personal head canon about Charon if we assume that he's at least two hundred and forty by fallout 3, and has a military background, is that he's a cyborg.

It's not a too often seen in fanfiction and if it does shows up in a fic it's either because Charon went through the same procedure with the lone wanderer, or it's what ties him to his contract.

I like using it to explain away Charon’s loyalty to the contract myself, but I like going further. I like to think that the implants we can get in fallout 2, Charon is also in possession of, aside from the intelligence implant. It helps explain why Charon is still in pretty good condition for a ghoul of his age and lifestyle.

Take for instance Raul, the ghoul mechanic/gunslinger from new vegas, he suffers from arthritis due to how he was in his youth. Keep in mind that Raul was only in his twenties when he went ghoul, while Charon was probably in his forties. Bit of a large age gap and difference in how the body functions.

Of course, we could explain it by saying that Charon’s just lucky or that he does have these issues, he just never mentions it. We could. But where's the fun in that? I'm sure Charon is probably pretty stiff when he's free from being a bouncer, but honestly I think anyone would be stiff after spending god knows how many years standing in a corner day in, day out. But the idea that he's a cyborg, one that was aumented to better serve his employers who were probably meant to be high ranking military officials, means he was likely made to be faster, have better reflexes and endurance.

Maybe his augmentation was combined with a a serum that further enhanced his abilities, but kept him from breaking free the contract, which is where I like to think that Charon’s brain is a fucked up mess of wires, mechanical bits, and organic flesh. Give me Cyborg Charon who looks relatively normal, but is enhanced to better serve his functions as a glorified slave.

Hell, to take it further, why not in areas in which bone is present, one can spot metal covering the bone, and maybe the reason his perception is so good, is BECAUSE his senses have been augmented. Maybe one of his eyes, though looking like a normal eye, there's just something off about it. Something that makes you think it might not be real.

[dougielombax]

Your plastic pal who’s fun to be wiiiiii-*GETS SHOT AND DIES VIOLENTLY*

[zhakyria]

Kahl’ryn’s Cybernetics

I played around with Kahl'ryn's cybernetics for 2 hours and ended up just staying with the efficiency scanner design that he wears in game. I did make some modifications though. I defined the ear piece and added a comlink.

He became visually and hearing impaired when he received the burns that cover the right side of his face, neck, and upper torso. He has cybernetic sockets installed that he can attach external equipment to. In most cases he uses an ear piece and comlink combo, with a scanner/targeting computer, both of which assist with his disability.

He opted for the external attachments instead of replacements or fully integrated cybernetics because  he has a higher chance of cybernetic rejection and allergic reaction. He does have other implants, like the ones installed by Watcher X, but with each new implant the risk increases and he has to monitor his toxicity levels. There is the constant concern that he’ll go into full rejection and the implants will kill him.