#its based on matrix

[aliveko]

I’m the Chosen One

some edited versions under cut

Plus referenceee

[sangthael]

season 8 premiere hooked me fast

[glitteringcrab]

Does anyone else think Evil Morty's space suit looks like a suit of golden (the metal) armor...

...and the sky on his space snowglobe like a literal gilded cage?

Is this a visual cue that he's still scared and trying to protect himself from the world?

[fiouldomestique]

I can not stress enough how much I love my banner. I love keanu reeves too much so my friend drew him throwing a beer at my head ❤

[magicat1337]

sometimes i wonder if any of you guys have seen that one matrix drawing from like 2003 where it was like the architect scene but in an anime art style and the architect's face was replaced with a PNG of Colonel Sanders and you forget that i didn't draw it because the art styles are literally exactly the fucking same

[istherewifiinhell]

oh yeah also re: my off the dome annotations

[ID: Close on the autobot leader group shot from the trigger x tf animation. A blue bot with wings and gold fins on his helm is circled, text reads "WTF is this. If he's from TFV OVA "Zone" I s2g" END]

[ID: Tfwiki side bar for the Zone Ova. The poster includes the same blue bot with gold helm fins.

Caption: Zone of the Tail-Enders "Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!" 新総司令官ダイアトラス登場! () (Shin Sōshireikan Diatlas Tōjō!) END]

ohhhh baby my process of elimination in UNMATCHED. mwah mwah. dai atlas baby im gonna be so real i DO NOT remember you so much, but u have that vibe about u.

[bringbackmaes14]

@ The Wachowski Sisters when they were making the Matrix

the more i try to explain gender to cis people the more i understand plato's allegory of a cave

[sed-official]

dear anyone publishing a tui, please include inbuilt help. i dont want to go to your website, i dont want to be shown two basic commands when you have two hundred - and the only way to find those commands is your docs on your website. hell! i dont even mind man or info pages! sure, leaving your profram is annoying, but at least its better than your docs only being on your website!

[random-cockroach]

I never created the world, I just gave it inquisitiveness. I never wanted to be something big, I just wanted to be a part of something. And sometimes it felt like the world itself got as curious about me as I was about it. It started creating new plants, ground started taking new bizarre shapes, new creatures, flying or walking. I had the notion about everything, but never knew where from the knowledge comes. Yet it never felt fulfilling, world felt like it's not what it's associate needs. I never knew what I needed, I just had the subtle feeling of something. I was searching in the very origin of everything. Everything had thin lines of life, each with its own. Crystals were the greatest concentrations of life. It was a good place if crystals were growing here, it was soothing, it was warmer. He was full of life and warmth. He was radiating persistence of the oldest crags yet was warmer than any presence from crystals. How could I know if I'm the same? He was different, we have been the same in our nature but his path was always sturdier, broader, it never was cold in his shadow, he never let me walk in his shadow, I was walking with him facing the light. I never had the need to speak, there was no one to speak to, and I didn't notice how we started communicating through ideas, little scrubs of voices and gestures until it became our own voice and language. It felt like the world finally started taking the shape I could be part of, and Prima was next to me to make it's formation. He had the name. He looked at me with his apatite optics with expectation, but I had nothing to tell him. We looked at forming canyon. "Reminds me of you. Platforms little by little making new paths, craving new patterns." Small crystals grew on the rocks and the water hit them with a slight ringing sound. Prima smiled and looked at me. "Rung." Oh how he smiled, does the warm of his spark even has borders. Rung wouldn't exchange his name on anything. He is Rung. He wasn't lonely no more. He was Prima's. Prima was his. He never wanted to be something big, but he became a part of something tremendous, because Prima was as big as the world. And Rung was his world, where he was as free as cyberbirds but never planned to fly away from Rung, not without him. That's how the nature of this place must be. Every mech must be a part with someone, not one should be alone, never. Living without warmth beside, without a look of understanding, without light soothing touch is what feels insufficient. To be whole no one ever should feel alone. Prima couldn't see the markings of life. His spark even if was beating as strong as the core itself, wasn't as strong as Rung's. He wasn't here for forever. Rung didn't want forever without him. Rung never created something with his own hands, not something new, he loved the making of his shared inquisitiveness and was basing everything from it. Everything still was his creation but he loved to feel like he accomplished in their independency, not became their sole creator, looked over them but not intervened in their growth. He created only one thing with his own hands, not based on anything but his own life and world's life - matrix, to share forever with who he loved more than anything.

[snapscube]

What's your favorite "lie detector" mechanic in Ace Attorney (psyche-locks, perceive, and the mood matrix)? I can never decide on one lol, it changes based on which one I played most recently

As much as I really enjoy Apollo's perception and the mood matrix mechanics, I think the psyche-locks were unfortunately the only mechanic that ever felt like it was used to its fullest potential. By the end of T&T they knew exactly how to drop a surprise psyche-lock into the mix for the absolute MAXIMUM shock value. They also feel a lot less overly scripted than the other two. Like, there isn't a single moment where you, for example, see that a character's emotions are suspicious but you don't have the right evidence to refute it just yet so you have to come back later. It's always just a dedicated linear courtroom sequence. The psyche-locks being an investigation-based mechanic really allows them to fit the pacing around those segments a lot smoother and it often feels a lot more satisfying to come back and finally nail a tough one.

Also, tbh, this is admittedly so vapid of an opinion to have, but the perception mechanic felt a lot worse to me when they changed the "Gotcha!" sound effect in the 3DS games. Apollo Justice's "Gotcha!" was literally perfect.

[cloudysonder]

great post op

There's a small part of your meta I want to expand on and hear your feedback on, though-- you said,

"interestingly, when she gets out of the matrix, she defaults to her standard self. she rejects wisdom [From Beth] and feedback [From Beth], and decides to live impulsively [In Front Of Beth]."

A lot of Summer's character (to us viewers, her "standard self") has been built on her relationship with Beth, her mother. We see it as early as S1E8, when she sees all of the (arguably better) futures where Beth decided to abort her. She almost runs away, calling herself "the cause of [her] parents' misery," and telling herself that she would "have better judgement than [Beth] had at [her] age."

In many ways, she is still very much her standard self in the Matrix, and she is doing all the things she said she would do (learning from her mom's mistakes) -- she leaves her deadbeat husband + doesn't have a kid with him, she focuses on her career, and makes it big as a Tech CEO.

**it also does not escape me that Summer is now mentally 34, the same age as Beth.

In those 17 years in the Matrix, despite Beth not being in the Matrix with her, Summer was still very much influenced and driven by Beth's decisions (Summer sees them as mistakes). Which is why Summer trying to show Beth what she could be (had she aborted Summer, abandoned her family, etc.) didn't work.

Because Beth has long since stopped seeing her family as a mistake.

Summer still does.

rambles and thoughts on Summer of all Fears - a meta

what really stands out to me about this newest episode is how it portrays how both summer and morty respond to stress.

EPISODE 1 SEASON 8 SPOILERS UNDER CUT

morty goes off the rails. he lashes out in every way he can think of. he becomes violent, vengeful, antisocial. he focuses on clear but short term goals like getting out of jail and fighting a war. when he's not doing these things, he fixates on things like engineering and firefighting, that have very set in stone rules but that are complex enough for him to get lost in. his hobbies are distractions but they are also productive. he opts not to use the productive side of him in times of stress. perhaps this isn't even consciously chosen. it's his instinct to self destruct.

and that's where he and summer differ. when she faces the same challenges, she focuses on mastery. she wants power, perfection, and order. she results to manipulation. she focuses on long term goals. on becoming untouchable to others around her. she becomes president and doesn't just become a master of her reality, but also a master of herself. she becomes fixated on achievement. she's able to do this by working extraordinarily hard, planning things out elaborately, and pulling strings like a puppeteer. it's her instinct to take charge.

both of them, when put in a situation outside of their control, do what they can to reclaim their power. morty is unconventional and chaotic, summer is traditional and lawful. he tries to reclaim power himself, summer tries to reclaim power over the situation.

id be remiss not to mention the feminist reading of this. that in times of stress, women are expected to remain composed and rational or otherwise be labelled emotional. summer has the same societal learning as us. she feels pressured to prove herself to even a fake society. perhaps even to rick and her brother. she takes conventional means to gain power so she not only appears as in control but feels it. although she doesn't place particular value on what she's doing, she knows its a typically respected profession and she can make it suit her.

i think she's smart enough to realise this but i don't think she's able to solve it for herself. interestingly, when she gets out of the matrix, she defaults to her standard self. she rejects wisdom and feedback, and decides to live impulsively.

in the real world when put under stress, morty tries to control the situation. he often goes to rick to get help, someone who he believes can do and fix anything. but summer tries to control herself. their roles switch.

[tooies]

trying to learn tech is so fucking hard there's so much jargon. "what gooble are you using" "what's a gooble" "you use the gooble to respink your matrix" "what does respink mean and what is a matrix" "respinking means unpiling a component to change it back to its base spink. a matrix connects your device's AKD to your networks z jamper" how does anyone understand any of this

[waterfowlhours]

FINALLY FINISHED THIS DRAWING

the first drawing is based off of this idea had that G1 oppy lives in the matrix and her job is to make it easier for the newly dead sparks to transition to being reincarnated from all different universes. Sometimes her friends leave her parts of themselves so she isn't alone (hence skybound bee's helm and prowl's shuriken) its bittersweet cause she has to see them leave all over again but she knows she is giving them some peace.

additional mini comic. imo shes talking to another version of oppy but it can really be anyone

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Rob Zombie - Dragula 1998

"Dragula" is a debut solo single co-written and recorded by American rock musician Rob Zombie. It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from his solo debut studio album Hellbilly Deluxe. Since its release, it has become Zombie's most recognizable song as a solo artist. It is based on the drag racer "DRAG-U-LA" from the 1960's sitcom The Munsters.

The Hot Rod Herman remix version of the song appeared in the 1999 film The Matrix. It was later heard in several video games including Sled Storm, Jet Set Radio, Gran Turismo 2, and Twisted Metal 4. In addition, the latter franchise featured the original version in the 2012 reboot and in Fortnite Festival. The song is featured in the films Idle Hands and The Watcher, and in the TV shows Daria, King of the Hill, Alias, The Flash, and Echo.

"Dragula" received a total of 76,2% yes votes!

[polaroid-petals]

It's done!

I've wanted to make a Stranger emotion sheet for a while, so for the past month, I've been working on this. This has taken me at least 30 hours to draw, and another 15 to fully and properly animate and save. Possibly one of the largest projects I've drawn!

Below the cut, I've added a little bit of extra info behind the design choices as well as the lineart-only version and the dark version.

Since the full sheet is rather low-res, in the reblogs, I'll also add individual versions of each emotion—one for the full version, one for lines, and one for dark version ;v;

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Neutral

The basis for all emotions was based on how many Stranger fan artists draw him. While his eyes are more hooded in his main sprite in the game, I went for more open eyes to make him more expressive in the others. He received the shirt that current day Basil wears and is based on his 16-year-old design. His mouth isn’t visible in this state.

Injured

Beaten and bruised. Might resemble something else bloody that could potentially disturb Sunny when he’s reminded of her, so that even damaging Stranger threatens Omori’s purpose.

Defeated

Like Omori, Stranger does not succumb, as he is an intrinsic part of Sunny’s psyche. His physical form lets loose, and his colours invert.

Happy

When Omori looks at you :D

Ecstatic

A winner’s grin and jolting shoulders betray Stranger’s emotional state as he tries to hold in his laughter. Whether he’s mocking you or he’s just happy to see you is up to you.

Manic

Now having snapped, Stranger full on lets out a nasty snicker and a boisterous laugh, looking down on his enemies in mocking amusement.

Sad

When Omori ignores you :(

Depressed

Ghosts can cry?

Miserable

End of life type of misery. Paralysed by grief, Stranger might choose to put an end to himself rather than waiting for defeat, but might in turn damage Sunny’s brain by harming part of himself. In a last-ditch effort to guilt him into facing the truth, he uses familiar imagery that might shock Sunny enough to snap him out of this nightmare.

Angry

Stranger isn’t easy to anger, so his first stage of anger is more like exasperated annoyance.

Enraged

As his anger ramps up, Stranger prepares his vines to grab and skewer any enemy who might seek to enrage him.

Furious

Molten fury tears into the fabric of the dream, collapsing it into a mess of glitches and weaving his tar rage into its matrix as he seeks revenge on not just Omori, but the dream itself. This is the point of no return.

Afraid

Nervous, Stranger tries to control his breathing and stay calm.

Stressed Out

As his pulse hammers through his body and he heaves, Stranger’s outlines have inverted in sheer panic.

Terrified

The whites disperse into cyan, magenta, and yellow. Some say it is a survival instinct to evaporate into nothingness.

Dark version

Lineart version

[omega-e123]

Warning: Suggestive (nsfw)

Based by: “I wanna be your slave” by Måneskin

I love you since this morning, not just for aesthetic. I wanna touch your body, so fucking electric. I know you're scared of me, you say that I'm too eccentric I'm crying all my tears and that's fucking pathetic

Every time you and Shadow get heated up, he backs off. It never gets past a make out session. Once it feels like he’s gone too far, he pulls apart and apologizes. Opting to distract himself from you.

You thought that maybe there was something wrong with you. That’s not right. The theory was easily written off seeing as Shadow has chosen to stay with you all this time. He’s blunt. Most of the time, you don’t need to ask what’s wrong because he’ll straight up tell you. It’s what you love about him. No need to walk on eggshells or play the guessing game.

So why… is it when it comes to this, he’s dodging the situation like he’s in the matrix?

It came up again. You two were on the couch, supposed to be watching a show. One thing led to another and now here you are, straddling his lap. Bare hands graze along your spine. Lips connected in an intimate tango.

He wants to pull you closer. Tighter. Shadow needs to feel more of you. An animalistic growl escapes him. Your touch is a drug he’s horrendously addicted to. You are his lifeline. Separated, he’s nothing. Yet..

Shadows fingers twitch, feeling the need to claw up your back. To mark you so everyone knows you’re his. Fuck, he wants to sink his nails and fangs into you so bad.

Abruptly he stops. Eyes snap open and his hands rest on either of your shoulders, pushing you away. Breathing synchronized, panting, slowing down into a steady rhythm.

Your dumbfounded expression twists into a worried face. It’s your chance to ask what’s wrong. This time you will get an answer. Shadow is not allowed to leave until he spills.

His gaze goes everywhere but you. He can’t bear to look at you. It’s almost as if he’s.. ashamed? No. Under careful observation, the look on his face appears more afraid.

Once confident hands now tremble. Shadow’s head hanging low as his forehead rests on your chest.

Quiet as a mouse, he whispers, “I’m sorry. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Clarify. Please. Those words sound awful all on their own. There are a million different things that sentence could mean.

'Cause I'm the devil who's searching for redemption. And I'm a lawyer who's searching for redemption. And I'm a killer who's searching for redemption. A motherfucking monster who's searching for redemption

“I don’t know what I’d do with myself if I hurt you. Physically,” Shadow adds, finally making eye contact. A stray tear or two has found its way down his cheek.

“Trust me, I do want you..” Fangs sink into his bottom lip, drawing blood. He sighs, admitting, “I’ve never— done.. with anyone.”

You couldn’t find it in yourself to chuckle. Not when he’s in this state. Cupping his face, you wipe the tears with your thumbs, giving Shadow a reassuring smile. There's no need to rush things. Take it slow, take it easy. You're perfectly content with waiting however long. Silence follows after pecking his forehead.

Chaos, he doesn’t deserve you. Every fiber of his body screams at him, ‘he doesn’t.’ After all he’s done in the past, what he’s been through. Shadow is so lucky to have you. It’s a wonder how you could love a ‘monster’..

That’s not who or what he is. Not to you.

Shadow the hedgehog.

The ultimate life form.

For you he’s… your partner. Your lover.

A friend. A rock.

The one who has been by your side no matter what.

To him, you are a beacon of light. One he should protect. Another reason for him to keep existing. He’d follow you to the ends of the earth.. Like a.. Well a shadow, of course.

I wanna be your sex toy, I wanna be your teacher

I wanna be your slave, I wanna be your master. I wanna make your heartbeat run like rollercoasters

“Teach me,” Shadow speaks up.

Tilting his head, he leans in towards so that it rests on your shoulder, breath hitting your neck. The urge to bite and suck on your neck is overwhelming.

Shadow tentatively licks your throat before placing a kiss.

“Teach me how to make you feel good.”