#impostors

[boncottontail]

I love (murderer) husbands ❤️

[addicted2wasps]

Wasps are so cool and badass that other insects try to be like them! 😎 Batesian mimicry rocks! The impostors are: Clytus arietis (beetle), Sesia apiformis (moth) and Temnostoma sp. (fly).

[coolpistachio]

my hyperfixations fandoms are getting smaller by the second

[motherofmabari]

If I had a nickel for every time Scott Westerfeld fridged a male love interest for the sake of a female protagonist's development, I'd have TWO nickels, which isn't a lot but it's a great trope subversion

[quasi-normalcy]

Another thing that stood out to me is that Picard equating Ro's betrayal of Starfleet with a betrayal of him, personally, feels kind of like a throwback to his characterisation from 30 years ago. Like, Picard himself stepped away from Starfleet for 15 years because he thought that they had behaved immorally during the Romulan supernova crisis (although this season seems to be doing a soft retcon on that); surely that should have triggered some reevaluation of his attitude towards Ro Laren.

[flourdove]

One thing I really loved about the Impostors Series was that we got to know other cities and their specific culture. This was something I wondered about during Uglies, and it is super fascinating to see the different ways they all go, and their politics and all. Shreve, Victoria, Paz, Diego. I mean yeah, during the Pretties time, the differences were probably not as big because of the lesions, but still. Uglies was so focused on Tallys city (I am one of those people who believe Sealtec is Tallys city, by the way) and maybe Diego. It makes the world feel quite real. And yeah, I also love the idea of the city AIs.

the impostors series really opened us up to the world that we didn't get to see all that much in uglies! it was definitely really really fun to learn about the other cities though i mostly retained stuff from only paz & shreve since they played some bigger parts in the story. there's a lot i'm curious about diego's (the city) path after the mindrain because of diego's ai which was a VERY interesting character. uglies was definitely SUPER focused on tally's city/sealtec (+ a bit of diego) and while we didn't get to see much of the world like we did in impostors, it really did paint the details and felt like a real city. one of my favourite parts of the city was prettytown with all the cliques and stuff! and it felt super cool. city ais are so fun to think about because they are definitely reflections of their city in some way. they're all Very Distinct and that's what is so interesting about them! im super curious about tally's city and if they did get an ai - how it would be like. the thing is we don't really get a whole lot of tally's city post-mindrain anyway so! we will have to be stuck with our imagination and fanfics LMAO. omg i should try to write a fanfic for uglies/impostors, we don't have that many fics ahrag

[darkmatterishere]

Barracuda has two impostors?

[caring-for-crewmates]

my new-ish amongus keeps hiding under my furniture all the time. is this normal behaviour?? he seems to love dark solitary places but he's not skittish. i worry that if he gets injured or sick i won't notice cus i can't usually find him :(( do you have any advice?

Sounds like your little fella is an impostor. They like to burrow in snug, dark places. Set up appropriate places for him to "vent", such as a network of pet tunnels. Move them and switch them around from time to time so he has some variety. If he has a good outlet, he's less likely to vent into inaccessible places.

Secure air ducts, cabinets, etc. that you don't want him going into. Child locks should deter him.

[mesmoe-rizing]

Among us has ruined the Vashta Nerada for me forever.

Because when Proper Dave started going

"Who turned out the lights?"

and running around the Library and chasing everyone. I fucking burst out laughing. Then the Doctor has the fucking NERVE to VENT away like the clever git he is from both of the DavEs.

[darkamberdragon]

Beware of impostors

Loki first came to me in a dream in November 2010. In February 2011 He told me He wanted us to get married in a dream. I though He was joking at first. At that time I didn’t know anything about godspouses. He appeared to me in dreams the next two nights, repeating that He wanted us to get married. He suggested August the same year, but, He said, He could wait if I needed more time to make a…

[youngbloodmanifesto]

Anyone else think the Impostors series had a slightly darker tone than Uglies? I feel like by the end of most of the books there was a feeling that things were getting back on track. Maybe they weren't happy, but a cure is in the works, or Tally and David are going to do the hard work needed to save the world. At the end of every Impostors book it feels like everything gets worse and Frey ends up in the hospital with radiation *again* and needs surgery. It almost doesn't feel worth reading.

I know Scott Westerfeld wrote Impostors in response to us politics, and when he saw how even a good system can go bad. But does that have to mean the tone is dreary? Maybe I'm just a sucker for a happy ending, but I don't like when we see characters left on a positive note, only for that all to be thrown away a decade later.

Maybe it's just because I looked up to Tally so much as a kid. I want to see her flourishing. I want to know it is possible to flourish. I don't want to see heroes need full body surgery because their cells are decaying from radiation. I want the hope that Uglies had.

Or maybe book 1 Tally was a tricky and naive teen, where Frey was raised by an abusive dictator. Perhaps Impostors was doomed to its gloom.

[adamwooo]

I give people crewmates and impostors now thats my job

Don't worry i still random shoot n2

[the-real-tc]

Sad they had to come out and say this, but I’m glad they did.

[dare-g]

Impostors (1979)

[flourdove]

Hey sorry I just stumbled upon your Impostors series thoughts and can I just say! Hi!! Hello!! I am so happy so see someone else who is similarly climbing the walls about the AI characters as well!! I loved Diego so much they're terrible they're morally incorruptible they've never made a good decision in this whole series they're the only reason shit got done ever; and they also always have that subtle condescension towards humans going while clearly wanting to help (1/3)

And I just think that's an incredible way of Scott to integrate both the hyperlogical nature of an AI and the ways in which their logic vastly differs from what we know as normal human logic. And Paz! Paz is so great too! I think it was unironically my fav character in the series because it feels like its both the friend you have to explain everything too and the super supportive partner in crime. (2/3) And more than that I love how Paz is Diego’s foil in the way that it trusts humans and is willing to work with them not just for them (Side note- I love the pronoun difference between Diego’s they/them and Paz’s it/its and how that hints at their whole “should we literally create humans” divide later in the series). If you ever want someone to geek out with over these characters or even just Imposters/ Uglies in general hmu (3/3)

omg hello! sorry for taking so long to reply and post this ask lol, it took me quite a while to formulate one. i'm in absolute glee that someone else has similar thoughts as me on the AI characters in impostors RAAA its so nice since the fandom is so small. i love diego's characterization and they're fucking insane. you hit all the points of why i love them SO much - especially the condescension part. they want to help, they want to do good but their own sense of what's best and morality is Fucked Up. and that's why i love them and their 'the ends justify the means' way of thinking (almost! not exactly. you can't sum up their character so easily) oh god i love paz. like its just dopamine-inducing to see on-screen (on-page), its so sweet. they're definitely my favourite character as well, and frey is so real for it being her favourite ai LMAO. paz and diego being foils to each other makes them so interesting, i love them so so much !!!! i do find it cool how in uglies diego (the city) is like utopian and all that compared to tally's OG city (we never learn the name) (huh) but in impostors diego (the ai) is one of the antagonists. i like to think of the AIs as almost reflections of their city and its interests and needs so its certainly quite the train of thought to think about how far diego (the city) and its people have gone - and society in general. tysm for sending in an ask! its always super fun to find people to actually TALK to in super small fandoms that you're in. feel free to message/send me another ask if you ever feel like talking!!!!