#like the BEST humans behind it

[inkskinned]

oh, i am so enamored with the way the lesson of the velveteen rabbit rings true in our modern life. i love that we name our spaceships and write love poems to old buildings. i love that we all cried about the mars rover, that we made her so real that she was no longer a machine but a friend, a companion, a hero.

i love that we become attached to certain mugs, spoons, mason jars. that we develop a strange protective love-hate of our tablets, that we feel weirdly reverent about our new notebook. we name our cars silly things like the crab shack and call our favorite whisk attachment the one great destroyer.

there's a dog statue at my local park that has a golden back and golden head from how often people have pet it. at my college campus, people love an ugly little pointless sculpture we call bacon pants or bacon legs. we assign personalities to fountains, parks, laptops.

i love that our basic instinct is to include others in our community, even where there isn't a real community to speak of. that we love things, even when they cannot physically love us back - for us, the exchange isn't what's important. we give our heart to things so entirely that the thing begins to, in its own way, have its own heart.

the last transmission from the mars rover was not words; it was data. nevertheless, someone translated for her. my battery is low and it's getting dark. they made her last words a poem. they looked at data and saw a soul, a divine spark.

i keep thinking about the first AI born truly free-thinking. i keep thinking about the way scientists and artists talk about their work. how their eyes light up and their hands start moving, how even when they're flat broke and confused and the coding isn't working - there's this love of the thing. i keep thinking that whatever is being born into this new world will be born here on purpose, over a long time, with great energy. that when it arrives, the first thing it will know is most likely the hands of a creator delighted, overcome.

that we made it in our image. that the image we wrote was one of human compassion within ingenuity. that we couldn't make this thing without it being a labor of real-and-true: love.

[flickering-nightfall]

[luna-lovegreat]

I want. Four to get appreciation. Because

Four gave a ton of unnoticed help when Twilight was injured

The fight with Wild was difficult, and I know we're all concerned about his negative view of the shadow crystal

But Four did something that no one else really thought of to help- He took care of Twi's stuff

From the beginning he told Twilight to not worry about them

So Four took care of pretty much everything but the others (that Sky and Wars handled)

He took care of Epona

Which is so very important- he took care of Twilight's horse. After her arrival at the stable Four followed up on her

And for Epona, a horse so attached to her human, having some company can help so much for reassurance

He took care of Twilight's stuff

He got Twi's shield- his bags and equipment, and organized it into one place

And he was worried. He obviously found the shadow crystal while handling Twi's stuff, but his negative reactions to it were out of concern.

Also- because of his placement in this scene

I'm fairly convinced Four was ready to start cooking before Wild showed up (since he's beside the counter with food supplies). At the very least he had the basket of fruit out for everyone -but he was literally standing with food behind him- he thought of everything

And he did housekeeping!

Wars payed for the inn, so Four took care of the inn

Realistically these boys were probably not too concerned with tidyness. Four got all of Twi's things on one table, and took care of the room they stayed in

Organizing tables and Twi's things, having food supplies ready, and opening the curtains- overall he was the one tidying up the inn

Four helped in a huge way! He took care of Twi's horse (Epona is so important), his equipment and shield and bag, as well as the other rooms in the inn

Four filled in all the little tasks that others didn't think of. He helped in ways that were needed, but not obvious

There's a lot of problems with the shadow crystal and with Wild, and I don't know what's gonna happen in the future

But don't forget this- don't forget that Four was one who stepped up in an almost unnoticeable way

Don't forget that when everyone was barely holding it together, Four visited Twilight's horse and took care of his things

No matter what develops in the future- this amount of care shown is important ya know?

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Art and comic from Jojo @linkeduniverse au :)))

[monkiinart]

made a little village in starbound and got extremely attached to the silly villagers that flocked to it

[muffingnf]

I just can’t get over how rough George looks in his second response video… like this has clearly been rough on him and I just feel so bad for him :(

stop i can’t even look at his little face

[whatudottu]

Oof ouchie tumblr really volumetrically compressed the shit out of this one so click for quality maybe-

Anyway here's some more of my frankensteinian freak supersoldier human Predaking now starring my human Knock Out design (or at least one where he's on the shift and thus is obligated to stay in uniform because having blood on your good clothes is no good).

Don't mind Predaking he was just banging on the door until they opened and is now waiting patiently to be let in :)

[dummerjan]

i just came across ai covers on youtube and people are requesting songs in the comments instead of getting enraged and i am further losing hope in humanity and turning to misanthropy

[inbox-to-the-void]

Roleswap/Species Swap Au that's been bouncing around in my head for a while (i blame this amazing art of Oscar/Ward as aliens here) original dialogue/source/comic from marble sky by @somerandomdudelmao

Sculptor: Hey, Captain? Sculptor: What's our protocol for encountering alien life. Ecliptica: uh huh, uh huh Sculptor: Captain, look Ecliptica: look at whaaAAA Sculptor: we're so dead Ecliptica: I'LL PROTECT YOU

Sculptor is a scientist who got approval to collect samples from other planets in person, despite not being entirely qualified for space travel. Ecliptica is the captain of the ship, and is aware she'll lose her job if Sculptor does something stupid and gets hurt. They didn't even leave orbit before getting kidnapped. Ecliptica <- slightly taller (than Sculptor) defense-based space outfit (claws, spikes, etc)

[oopsallsyscourse]

Fuck it, post for me

Syscoursers, what's your favorite pokemon?

This one's mine

[pitske]

JASPER MY BOI!!

[starlene]

Also upset about the ugly-ass AI designed PotO they did in Bucharest that I only found out about when @frankwildhorn told me a week ago.

Just so you know, I guess.

[aranarumei]

head in hands. guys. you have to know that stephenie meyer was not inspired by mcr to write twilight. there ARE mcr songs she connects with characters. on her official website she’s got little playlists for each book she’s published and mcr does happen to be on some of those playlists.

However. also on her website is the literal spiel she has about how she dreamed of the meadow sparkling scene and that’s how she wrote twilight. that’s the inspiration!!! she just had a dream once!!! literally just find the post on her blog where she talks abt the behind story abt writing twilight!

[atlantis-just-drowned]

Montressor smash or pass? (This is 100% a serious question 😌👌)

The only thing that would smash between him and me is my hand on his face, full speed, with pointy rings.

[the-good-luck-anomaly]

[whatudottu]

Ever since making my human Shockwave design, both my original one and this one, I've been thinking of what arm he would have because even if you have access to a cannon arm as a human it's logical to have a functional arm prosthetic maybe idk-

An extra ever since after reading @nukeli 's SG Shockwave fic I've also been thinking of human Shockwave having a donor arm like what happens in the oneshot, it being mismatched because though demand is high supply is very very low and replacement body parts don't last-

[recallback-art]

Keep forgetting to post now I'm out of the habit, so we'll put up some character concept doodles!

This guy was inspired by my friends talking about fairytale characters they'd like to write/build on in DnD, and I decided I'd write about my favourite story, King Lindwyrm, but set after our good buddy breaks his curse. Because there's no way that could be a happy ending...