#rethink robotics

[dreams1nc]

explaining to my brother how we catch students who use AI and being asked how can we tell: idk most humanities require you to be human so....

[istherewifiinhell]

Okay also the wrestling with images and meaning. Conceptually. I think ive come to terms with....... that image is like. A pinup. On the sauciness scale. it ISNT really. objectionable in any reasonable way or particularly.... scandalizing. (I think???) but. certain viewers may. may. pick up on the authorial intent. or perhaps. mood or mode in which it was produced.... just a thought.....

[fandroidrobotheadcanons]

beepo picked up the phrase "what the scallop" from fandroid and it's now a permanent part of his vocabulary and he doesnt know how to feel about it.

[elbiotipo]

Not a bold take here, but I believe nevertheless that our current way of producing and consuming electronics (I speak globally here) is not sustainable and built on huge human suffering. On the logistical level, virtually all of the world's microchips are made in a single factory on Taiwan because every single technology company outsourced it to them. Any conflict or disaster could simply stop the delicate supply chains that have their point here and make anything related to microchips, that is, our entire lives become much much harder. It is, in fact, very likely this might happen in our lifetimes and might lead to a major crisis in the first world.

This does not mean that computers or robotics shouldn't get produced anymore because that's a stupid idea by jokers. It means that the world needs to rethink how we make and consume electronics. Stupid fashion items like iphones are only possible because of this system; a tool, like a smartphone is, a very useful tool, shouldn't be needed to be replaced with each new model but endure. Computers should last longer and be upgradeable. I'd even go as far as to say that the power of a device should be proportional to its function; if a rugged brick phone can do the job, it will do the job. The exploitation of African countries for mining cannot continue, any international trade must be done in their terms and with the rights of their workers fully respected, no matter the price the end consumers will have to pay.

This cannot happen in a world where computers are seen as luxuries instead of tools and where capitalism creates demand.

[playertwotails]

I have an idea that Shadow doesn't actually know Tails' age.

Like no one ever told him and he just assumed that he was only slightly younger than the rest of them, by like maybe a year or two. But him thinking Tails close enough in age to everyone that he never felt the need to get a concrete age on Tails. Shadow mainly drawing this conclusion because of how smart Tails is, the fact they bring him everywhere, and that Eggman even has admitted to have been fighting Sonic AND Tails for years now. (He thought Tails was just short for his age).

Later though this comes back to bit him in the ass.

For what ever reason Tails and Shadow have to team up on a mission just the two of them and right when he's about to leave to meet Tails, Rouge drops just a little unthinking comment of

"You better keep an eye on that little 8 year old genius. He's smart ~buuuuut~ he was raised by Sonic."

And that makes Shadow full stop pause because

".....I'm sorry....what do you mean he's 8????"

And thus Rouge has an absolute delightful bit of news to drop on their resident angsty hedgehog and enjoys watching him go full 404 error mode over it.

Shadow meanwhile is rethinking every single interaction he's ever had with Sonic and Tails. MAINLY all the times he's attacked Tails (mostly kicking the back of his head). Because now he has the context of he was straight up attacking a literal child that hadn't even hit the double digits yet.

So now Shadow has to have all this circling his brain while also on a mission with said child and tasked with keeping him safe (as threatened by Sonic who had to go on a separate mission from them).

And he's just there watching as this 8 year old not only hacks circles around Eggman's firewalls but also dismantling his robots as he fights them and holds his own fairly well the whole time.

And like Shadow is impressed but also still in little bit of the mindset of "OMG THAT'S A BABY!!!!!"

It all comes to a head when Shadow keeps hovering around Tails and Tails is getting a little annoyed/stressed about it because Shadow has barely let Tails go two feet without being RIGHT THERE with his usual resting bitch face and not saying anything. So Tails snaps a little bit asking if Shadow has a problem with him or what he's doing since he's hovering and Shadow just replies with

"Are you really 8?"

Which was not what Tails was expecting to be asked so he just confirms and Shadow just goes quiet and gets a far off look on his face.

After that though he does start actually talking with Tails and they both end up having a good time hanging out on the mission together and find they get along well. Shadow secretly can't wait to bring his bike and guns to Tails for him to modify with what modifications him and Tails started to basically geek out over (not that Shadow would ever admit it).

The mission goes fine and they're meeting back up with everyone but then for some reason when Shadow sees Sonic it's ON SITE. Just attacks him and they speed off in the now random fight while everyone is asking Tails if something happened to which Tails has no answer for them.

Shadow meanwhile start just laying into to Sonic about how stupid and irresponsible he is to let such a young kid go with Sonic and everyone on such dangerous missions/adventures.

Sonic finally getting an idea at least why Shadow decided to start a fight. Keeps retorting with how he'd be a hypocrite not letting Tails be free to do what he wants when he's been fighting from a young age too, etc, etc.

It goes on for a bit with insults, ideals, and hits thrown back and forth before they both finally calm down and in the quiet after fight Sonic goes into the story of how he meet Tails and WHY he had to bring him everywhere with him since neither had a place to go (and the one time he tried to find Tails a permanent home it was a trap from Eggman). And how their only home turned into wherever the other was.

Which almost makes Shadow want to hit Sonic again because that means Tails was even younger than he is now when he started to fight Eggman. He doesn't but it's a close thing.

After the fact Shadow has a whole new little bit of respect for Sonic but he mainly has a lot of respect and almost awe for Tails and his capabilities at such a young age.

And if he now checks on Tails and brings him things to modify to the point he starts to actually bond and form a friendship with Tails...that's no one else's business.

(p.s. this is not shipping them, I see Shadow as another older brother for Tails so please to tag as shipping them)

[nosyp]

Ignihyde boys reacting to you dating an NPC

Heartslabyul ver | Octavinelle ver | Savanaclaw ver | Pomefiore ver | Scarabia ver | Diasomnia ver

Ortho Shroud (platonic)

He doesn't have any romantic interest or feelings towards you but he's not any less disappointed than any of the other guys. Aren't you supposed to be with Idia?

However, he brushes away all these thoughts and just decides that he'll support your relationship as long as your happy, kinda still prefer idia tho.

But, the moment he sees even a GLINT of a frown or unhappiness. Say bye to your boyfriend, it's game over. He's gonna give him a left right goodnight all the way to the next world. Nothing slips past his robotic senses after all.

If you do stay longer with him that Ortho expected, he'd 'accidently' press something wrong and your boyfriend... might be expecting some tech issues. Don't accuse Ortho though, he never did anything wrong. I mean why would he?

Idia Shroud

He's internally screaming when he finds out. Like "NOOOOO I WAS TOO LATE TO COLLECT THE ULTIMATE CHARACTER OF MY LIFE"

He immediately goes on social media to search for him. Then he spends HOURS scrolling through your boyfriend's posts. If he finds a single post about a video game or anything online. Goodbye, he's going to go beat the same game in HALF the time, ngl he probably already did that without knowing tho.

Sighing, he rethinks about how stupid he is and just decides you are out of his league so he leaves it alone. "I mean... of course they'd choose someone else... i'm just a background character in their lives after all..."

When your relationship crumbles, he can’t hide the tiny, smug smile on his face as he pretends to be surprised. Then he changes the topic, "Well... relationships aren't always gonna last... anyways, do you wanna play some co-op?" as if nothing was happening.

[in-tua-deep]

I’ve seen critique of the way show!murderbot said it felt good after killing leebeebee (thank goodness, I really disliked her - though at the same time I actually think that it’s interesting for the preservation team to have someone very blatantly objectify murderbot right in front of them and show them how other humans likely treated it)

but,, I didn’t really read it as it feeling good about killing someone so much as feeling good that it has made the team realize that it isn’t some little robot that wants to be human, and it doesn’t want to be assimilated into their group because it isn’t human. It’s a construct. They cannot and should not assume that it wants to be like them - it shouldn’t have to change or be human to be accepted

So I thought it was more of a “it feels good that this is making them rethink their little uwu poor little meow meow narrative when that’s kind of condescending and I am way more familiar with how fucked up my situation is than they are?”

Idk, any thoughts?

[floatingonalilypad]

Maybe He’s Not So Bad After All Reese Wilkerson x Reader

Reese Wilkerson. If you had to describe him you’d say he was rude, obnoxious and a total dick. To put it shortly you hated him. If you could you would avoid him at all costs. But obviously your life couldn’t be that easy, he was your best friends brother. You walked into the Wilkerson house, stepping over a broken robot toy as you enter. “Hey Malcolm? I’m here”

You lean against the couch and sigh. School had been an absolute disaster today. You’d failed two tests, gotten whacked in the face in gym and you still hadn’t found a date for the dance. Your hair was frazzled and your makeup was slightly smudged from the heat of the day. You sit fixing your hair and makeup when Reese walks into the room. He had a towel slung around his hips and his hair was damp. “Malcolm’s at Stevies doing a project, why are you still here?” He says, annoyed. You look up at him and your cheeks flushed when you saw him shirtless and glistening from the shower.

“I uh I didn’t know he wasn’t, he wasn’t home” you stumble over you words and can’t seem to rip you gaze away from him. You pull yourself together and go back to fixing your hair.

“put a shirt on, weirdo”

He smirked at you and walked away, leaving you sat there rethinking your whole life.

From then on you tried to avoid Reese more than usual. You couldn’t actually like him, could you? No. He was just a pretty face and a gorgeous body with a disgusting personality. Right?

You were laying across Malcolm’s bed as he ranted about the thing that had pissed him off today. You tried to pay attention to his problems but you couldn’t stop your mind from wandering to thoughts of his brother. His dick head brother. His really cute brother. Reese comes into the boys shared room and flopped onto his bed. You sat there trying to stay as still as possible in hopes that you wouldn’t do anything embarrassing.

Hours went by of strained conversation between you and Malcolm, with Reese chiming in with unhelpful thoughts on Malcolm’s issue. Your heart drops when Malcolm gets up to go get a snack leaving you alone with the boy you’d started to fall for.

Reese looks up from his magazine and stared at you. He sits up and throws his legs over the edge of the bed, facing you fully. “why are you acting weird?”

You freeze and sit up, locking eyes with him.

“what? I’m not acting weird” you wave your hand and laugh awkwardly.

“yeah, you are. You’ve been avoiding me”

You cross your arms and avoid his gaze. “We don’t usually talk, do we?”

Reese pauses and narrows his eyes. “You used to tell me how much I annoy you. And how you thought I was a dick for beating people up”

You smile slightly and look up at him. “Well maybe I stopped thinking about you like that.”

Reese lays back down and smiles to himself.

***

Things had escalated with Reese since you had started to fall for him. You were stood in the middle of your bedroom with your hands around his neck and his hands on your hips. Your lips were locked and your hands were in his hair.

Malcolm walks into your room looking down as he rummaged through his bag.

“Hey y/n? I’ve got your English assignment you asked me to do”

You jump and push Reese away, standing awkwardly and fiddling with your hands.

Malcolm stands there, mouth agape.

“Reese what the hell?! What’re you two doing?!”

Reese just stands there and smirks. He wraps his arms around your waist and ignores his brother. Malcolm stands there staring in disgust before putting your homework on your bed and beelining out of your house, not wanting to see anymore. You laugh and move your arms up to Reese’s neck.

You look up at him, a huge smile on your face.

“you’re not that bad, y’know. I think I judged you to hard”

Reese smirks down at you and pecks your lips.

You grin and look up at him.

“Do you wanna go to the dance with me?”

Reese smiles and kisses you again.

“yeah, okay. If you’re okay with me coming in an old suit”

You smile and kiss him, running your hand through his hair. Maybe he wasn’t so bad after all.

(I hope this is okay, it’s my first fanfic)

[cressidagrey]

now we need a bee and McLaren meeting like Oscar randomly bringing her on a meeting and her making small comment and them being "is this kid a robot or something?" because wdym a cute quiet kid with a bee stuff toy and flower dress is making comment and almost telling them they should rethink things before really doing it

I do have Bee at Silverstone half-written, where she diagnoses a problem with the car 😂🫠

Like mother, like daughter 🩷😂

[ramblingguy54]

What genuinely gets to me with Wild Robot’s story is how quickly and well done the liar revealed trope is handled. Chris Sanders has experience pulling off this same execution with the likes of How To Train Your Dragon’s first film, when Hiccup had to come clean to his dad about secretly harboring Toothless. Didn’t think it would be covered so fast as it happened though, considering most of the time it’s saved til that inevitable third act, so mad respect to them shaking things up in Wild Robot’s writing.

Much like that other respective film, Wild Robot is immediate and thorough in addressing Brightbill’s family being accidentally killed by Roz crash landing into their little nest. We see that crushing realization, along with Brightbill’s conflicting feelings toward Roz, play out in a manner working highly effectively. It may have been a terribly unfortunate accident, but it doesn’t take away whatever weight Brightbill feels. Imagine looking up to someone you always believed to be your parent, only to find out they played a part in your biological family’s untimely demise before even being born.

Obviously, it’s not Roz’s fault because she was flung into the nest by outside forces, but damn it all if his reaction didn’t hit like a truck. What stings most of all is Roz’s calculative reasoning unintentionally adding more fuel to the fire, making Brightbill feel like a mere “task” to her, instead of what she really means. Roz was still learning about what it means to be a mother. To feel truly happy and alive. This right here was the be all end all boiling point when her son shouted, "You don't understand anything! You don't feel anything! You're not my mom...”. Every parents’ worst fear is their son or daughter rejecting them out of painful circumstances, which made Roz completely rethink her entire purpose. Getting the necessary reliable help to make Brightbill achieve excellent flying consistency.

Brightbill’s bittersweet migration take off scene wouldn’t have landed anywhere near as hard as it did, if they hadn’t chosen doing the liar revealed scene so early. It builds a serious foundation of competent writing and massive heart for Roz & Brightbill’s chemistry. You want to see them talk it out, as soon as possible to clear the air. However, both are still internally sorting things out and aren’t ready, either. You get why it has to be this way, while having your heart stomped on by their silent goodbye to each other.

The migration scene brilliantly portrays those complex hardships any family, be it biological or a found one, can go through. There’s so much anyone wants to say to another loved one, but sometimes can’t find the words in their heart and you know what? That’s completely okay. Sometimes communication isn’t always needed. Sometimes a sweet expression of unconditional love and compassion is enough, too.

[aliteralsemicolon]

honestly, the whole ai fight or disagreement thing is kinda insane. we’re seeing the same pattern that happened when the first advanced computers and laptops came out. people went on the theory that they’d replace humans, but in the end, they just became tools. the same thing happened in the arts. writing, whether through books or handwritten texts, has survived countless technological revolutions from ancient civilizations to our modern world.

you’re writing and sharing your work through a phone, so being against ai sounds a little hypocritical. you might as well quit technology altogether and go 100 percent analog. it’s a never ending cycle. every time there’s a new tech revolution, people act like we’re living in the terminator movies even though we don’t even have flying cars yet. ai is just ai and it’s crappy. people assume the worst but like everything before it it will probably just end up being another tool because people is now going to believe anything, nowadays.

Okay so...no. It's never that black and white. Otherwise I could argue that you might as well go 100% technological and never touch grass again. Which sounds just as silly. There are many problems with AI and it's more than just 'robots taking over'. It's actually a deeper conversation about equity, ethics, environmentalism, corruption and capitalism. That's an essay I'm not sure a lot of people are willing to read, otherwise they would be doing their own research on this. I'll sum it up the best I can.

DISCLAIMER As usual I am not responsible for my grammar errors, this was written and posted in one go and I did not look back even once. I'm not a professional source. I just want to explain this and put this discussion to rest on my blog. Please do your own research as well.

There's helpful advancement tools and there's harmful advancement tools. I would argue that AI falls into the latter for a few of reasons.

It's not 'just AI', it's a tool weaponised for more harm than good: Obvious examples include deep fakes and scamming, but here's more incase you're interested.

A more common nuisance is that humans now have to prove that they are not AI. More specifically, writers and students are at risk of being accused of using AI when their work reads more advance that basic writing criteria. I dealt with this just last year actually. I had to prove that the essay I dedicated weeks of my time researching, writing and gathering citations for was actually mine.

I have mutuals that have been accused of using AI because their writing seems 'too advanced' or whatever bs. Personally, I feel that an AI accusation is more valid when the words are more hollow and lack feeling (as AI ≠ emotional intelligence), not when a writer 'sounds too smart'.

"You're being biased."

Okay, here is an unbiased article for you. Please don't forget to take note of the fact that the negative is all stuff that can genuinely ruin lives and the positive is stuff that makes tasks more convenient. This is the trend in every article I've read.

Equity, ethics, corruption, environmentalism and capitalism:

Maybe there could be a world where AI is able to improve and truly help humans, but in this capitalistic world I don't see it being a reality. AI is not the actual problem in my eyes, this is. Resources are finite and lacking amongst humans. The wealthy hoard them for personal comfort and selfish innovations leading to more financial gain, instead of sharing them according to need. Capitalism is another topic of its own and I want to keep my focus on AI specifically so here are some sources on this topic. I highly recommend skimming through them at least.

> Artificial Intelligence and the Black Hole of Capitalism: A More-than-Human Political Ethology > Exploiting the margin: How capitalism fuels AI at the expense of minoritized groups > Rethinking of Marxist perspectives on big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and capitalist economic development

I want to circle back to your first paragraph and just dissect it really quick.

"we’re seeing the same pattern that happened when the first advanced computers and laptops came out. people went on the theory that they’d replace humans, but in the end, they just became tools."

One quick google search gives you many articles explaining that and deeming this statement irrelevant to this discussion. I think this was more a case of inexperience with the internet and online data. The generations since are more experienced/familiar with this sort of technology. You may have heard of 'once it's out there it can never be deleted' pertaining to how nothing can be deleted off the internet. I do not think you're stupid anon, I think you understand this and how dangerous it truly is. Especially with the rise in weaponisation of AI. I'm going to link some quora and reddit posts (horrible journalism ik but luckily I'm not a journalist), because taking personal opinions from people who experienced that era feels important.

> Quora | When the internet came out, were people afraid of it to a similar degree that people are afraid of AI? > Reddit | Were people as scared of computers when they were a new thing, as they are about AI now? > Reddit | Was there hysteria surrounding the introduction of computers and potential job losses?

"the same thing happened in the arts. writing, whether through books or handwritten texts, has survived countless technological revolutions from ancient civilizations to our modern world."

I think this is a logical guess based on pattern recognition. I cannot find any sources to back this up. Either that or you mean to say that artists and writers are not being harmed by AI. Which would be a really ignorant statement.

We know about stolen content from creatives (writers, artists, musicians, etc) to train AI. Everybody knows exactly why this is wrong even if they're not willing to admit it to themselves.

Let's use writers for example. The work writers put out there is used without their consent to train AI for improvement. This is stealing. Remember the very recent issue of writer having to state that they do not consent to their work being uploaded or shared anywhere else because of those apps stealing it and putting it behind a paywall?

I shouldn't have to expand further on why this is a problem. Everybody knows exactly why this is wrong even if they're not willing to admit it to themselves. If you're still wanting to argue it's not going to be with me, here are some sources to help you out.

> AI, Inspiration, and Content Stealing > ‘Biggest act of copyright theft in history’: thousands of Australian books allegedly used to train AI model > AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway

"you’re writing and sharing your work through a phone, so being against ai sounds a little hypocritical. you might as well quit technology altogether and go 100 percent analog."

...

"it’s a never ending cycle. every time there’s a new tech revolution, people act like we’re living in the terminator movies even though we don’t even have flying cars yet."

Yes there is usually a general fear of the unknown. Take covid for example and how people were mass buying toilet paper. The reason this statement cannot be applied here is due to evidence of it being an actual issue. You can see AI's effects every single day. Think about AI generated videos on facebook (from harmless hope core videos to proaganda) that older generations easily fall for. With recent developments, it's actually becoming harder for experienced technology users to differentiate between the real and fake content too. Do I really need to explain why this is a major, major problem?

> AI-generated images already fool people. Why experts say they'll only get harder to detect. > Q&A: The increasing difficulty of detecting AI- versus human-generated text > New results in AI research: Humans barely able to recognize AI-generated media

"ai is just ai and it’s crappy. people assume the worst but like everything before it it will probably just end up being another tool because people is now going to believe anything, nowadays."

AI is man-made. It only knows what it has been fed from us. Its intelligence is currently limited to what humans know. And it's definitely not as intelligent as humans because of the lack of emotional intelligence (which is a lot harder to program because it's more than math, repetition and coding). At this stage, I don't think AI is going to replace humans. Truthfully I don't know if it ever can. What I do know is that even if you don’t agree with everything else, you can’t disagree with the environmental factor. We can't really have AI without the resources to help run it.

Which leads us back to: finite number of resources. I'm not sure if you're aware of how much water and energy go into running even generative AI, but I can tell you that it's not sustainable. This is important because we're already in an irrevocable stage of the climate crisis and scientists are unsure if Earth as we know it can last another decade, let alone century. AI does not help in the slightest. It actually adds to the crisis, we're just uncertain to what degree at this point. It's not looking good though.

I am not against AI being used as a tool if it was sustainable. You can refute all my other arguments, but you can't refute this. It's a fact and your denial or lack of care won't change the outcome.

My final and probably the most insignificant reason on this list but it matters to me: It’s contributing to humans becoming dumber and lazier.

It's no secret that humans are declining in intelligence. What makes AI so attractive is its ability to provide quick solutions. It gathers the information we're looking for at record speed and saves us the time of having to do the work ourselves.

And I suppose that is the point of invention, to make human life easier. I am of the belief that too much is of anything is every good, though. Too much hardship is not good but neither is everything being too easy. Problem solving pushes intellectual growth, but it can't happen if we never solver our own problems.

Allowing humans to believe that they can stop learning to do even basic tasks (such as writing an email, learning to cite sources, etc) because 'AI can do it for you' is not helping us. This is really just more of a personal grievance and therefore does not matter. I just wanted to say it.

"What about an argument for instances where AI is more helpful than harmful?"

I would love for you to write about it and show me because unfortunately in all my research on this topic, the statistics do not lean in favour of that question. Of course there's always pros and cons to everything. Including phones, computers, the internet, etc. There are definitely instances of AI being helpful. Just not to the scale or same level of impact of all the negatives. And when the bad outweighs the good it's not something worst keeping around in my opinion.

In a perfect world, AI would take over the boring corporate tasks and stuff so that humans can enjoy life– recreation, art and music– as we were meant to. However in this capitalist world, that is not a possiblility and AI is killing joy and abolish AI and AI users DNI and I will probably not be talking about this anymore and if you want to send hate to my inbox on this don't bother because I'll block your anon and you won't get a response to feed your eristicism and you can never send anything anonymous again💙

[strawberrymitsuriii]

Junk

Android class 1-A x fem reader

Manga Time skip class 1-A characters!!!!

Warnings: yandere themes,imply NSFW, weird androids,imply dubcon, horror themes, uhh if I forgot anything please let me know!

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A Series of knocks on the door woke you up from your deep sleep. You tried to ignore it at first, covering both of your ears with your pillows and while trying to go back to dream land but it was impossible by how loud the knocks were getting.

You groan in frustration as you got up from bed and slipped in your comfy slippers before making your way out your bedroom and to downstairs.

You looked through the peephole on your door. Ready to curse the hell outta the person who decided to ruin your precious sleep by how loud they were banging on your door but you frown as you notice it was your friend. You opened the door, ready to curse at him for banging on your door this late at night and to also ask if he needed anything.

But before anything can leave your mouth he pushes you inside before locking your door and looking through the peephole. His hair was disheveled and his glasses were crooked and he looked like he hasn’t slept or eaten in days!

Yeah something was definitely wrong

“Damn you look….horrible” But he doesn’t say anything. Not even a quick comeback or an offended look. He was just…quiet.

“Hey…is everything ok-”

“Hey can you do me a favor?”

“Eh?” You were dumbfounded. You didn’t expect that to be the first thing that comes out of his mouth after rudely waking you up at 2 in the morning.

“Uhh I guess? What is it”

“Can my androids stay here? For a week or two?”

“Hell no” With no hesitation you declined his request.

“Please! C’mon don’t be like that y/n!”

“Have you seen your creepy robots? HELL NO”

“C’mon just this once! I’ll pay you even but please can I have them stay here!” He was practically begging at this point. Kneeling down on the floor as he clung to your legs.

“H-hey! Get up loser! FUCK okay I’ll do it but please get up! It’s creeping me out” You didn’t see or notice that HUGE relief that washed over this man’s face. He quickly gets up and thanks you before grabbing his keys from his pocket.

“I’ll bring them in now!” Your eyes widen as you quickly stepped up in front of him. Blocking the door with your body.

“Whoa slow down buddy. What do you mean “bringing them in” ????”

“They are all in my truck”

“All?!” Your eyes were practically bulging out of your sockets. Mouth wide opened and all.

“Yeah now get out of my way!” He opens the door and you shiver as the cold air hit you.

“You’re going to be the one bringing them all in! It’s too cold and slippery for me out there!”

“Whatever!” He yells from outside.

You flip him off before yelling for him to close and lock the door on his way out after bringing in his “creepy bots”. He of course yells out a quick “I will!” Before turning to look at his truck.

Multiple glowing red eyes stare back at him. He feels a wave of guilt and he’s now starting to rethink this whole thing.

Maybe I shouldn’t leave these things with her

I should’ve burned them when I had the chance

I can’t do this to her

He quickly begins grabbing the droids one by one as he wanted to get rid of them as fast as possible.

Once it came to the last one, he quickly makes his way to the door.

“I’m sorry. I can’t deal with those things anymore” he whispers before locking and closing the door.

-

The next morning you woke up by the feeling of being watched. You sat up but the moment you did you screamed at the thing at the foot of your bed.

There at the foot of your bed stood a women- er well women droid?

She has short brown hair, rosy cheeks, and brown eyes.

She looked…so real. So alive.

You placed your hand over your beating heart as you cursed at your friend.

“Fucking prick. He probably thought this was funny and decided to place his creepy droid at the foot of my bed” You say to yourself as you got up.

Fuck she looks so…real

You took one last glance before walking to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Unbeknownst to you, you don’t notice the glowing red circle on her neck and the deep glow of red eyes before they switch to brown.

-

The following days went like normal. You did the small tasks your friend sent you like brushing the girl androids hair, specifically Momo Yaoyorozu. From what he said she tends to get a bit more upset by having tangles on her hair.

Whatever the hell that means

Some other tasks were small and short

Like making sure to clean one of the male droid, Tenya Iida’s glasses.

And others were kinda, weird.

For example, making sure you always leave a notebook and pen near Izuku midoriya. He says the droid can’t live without it.

Another weird one is to always check up on the droid denki kaminari. Saying he doesn’t like being alone for long periods of time.

And so that’s basically how you live now. Doing the small tasks and since you work from home, you always are there to do the stuff you need to do.

But you wouldn’t lie about how creepy the androids are. And you swear you saw one of them move this one time. But you quickly brushed it off as something you imagine.

You remember calling your friend about it but he quickly tells you to not worry about it. He was stumbling over some of his words but other than that he said everything is fine. That the droids can’t move or do anything without being activated which means, they aren’t on.

And you felt huge relief when he told you that.

Yeah must’ve been your imagination

But there was one thing kenji didn’t tell you

Once it’s activated, it can never turn back off.

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It was a Sunday night. You finished your work for the day and tasks. You were currently sitting in your living room couch snacking while watching one of your favorite shows. You decided to move the androids in a spare room since you didn’t like how they basically took all over your living room.

So far living with your friend creepy robots wasn’t bad. Yeah it was weird and uncomfortable for the first two or three days but you grew use to it.

Plus, you have a huge mansion to yourself that your parents and grandparents left behind for you so having those droids here isn’t a big problem.

As you continue to eat your snack, in the corner of your eye you swear you see a head peeking out. You quickly turn to look but it was like nothing was there. You turn back to the show that was playing but you continue to sneak glances at the corner that you saw the head peeking out from.

After a long shower you decided to throw on a huge black t-shirt and some sleeping shorts.

You took some sleeping pills after your shower and you can already feel it starting to kick in. Getting comfortable and cozy on your bed, you close your eyes and drift off to dream land. Unaware of the glowing red eyes coming from your closet.

….

….

“Is she sleeping?”

“Those are sleeping pills no? Those knock her out like a light so yes, she’s asleep”

“So pretty”

“Agree” Soon your bed was surrounded. All 19 androids surrounded your sleeping form.

“Stupid kenji, he should’ve destroyed us instead of dumping us on his friend”

“Did you see his face when he brought us here? He looked like he was regretting his choice” One of the girls giggle.

“Yeah, and guess what? He still took us to her!”

“I’m glad he did. It’s interesting watching her live her life normally as if she isn’t being watched 24/7”

“What a pretty sleeper”

They watch as you slept. One of them then slowly pulled down the covers and they all leaned in closer as they noticed how little clothing you had on.

Mina giggled before running her cold metal hands down your legs.

“Soft!” Another one of the girls quickly pulled down your shorts. Everyone watched as you squirmed. Probably because of the cold room.

Lastly, your underwear was pulled down and your legs were spread as everyone looked.

“So this is what the vagina looks like”

“So cute!”

“After doing some research, this is the area human women feel good in”

“Okay, who’s first?”

-

The next day you woke up sore. You wince at the uncomfortable ache between your legs and you lift up the covers.

Everything looked normal

You still had your shorts and underwear on

“Weird” You turn to look at the clock.

8:00 am

You sigh and got off bed. It was almost time for your daily hair brushing routine that your friend, kenji, told you about.

You finish your quick morning routine in the bathroom and quickly started making your way downstairs with the stuff that you’ll need.

You unlock the door to the spare room and felt relief seeing that everyone was in their usual spots.

You took a seat at an empty space on the couch and started pulling out all the different combs and hair brushes.

Follow this order

First to get their hair brush is Momo

Second Mina

Third tsuyu

Fourth hagakure

Fifth Ochako

And lastly, six being jirou

Not a difficult task at all. You were working on hagakure when you swore you heard the sound of a camera go off. You stopped brushing the droids long locks as you turned around.

The only thing that was behind you was the izuku and katsuki android. You frown before brushing it off and doing what you were doing.

Until you heard it again

*Click*

Now you were starting to get a little creeped out. You placed the brush back on the table before getting up and turning around.

Kenji told me these androids were off. So it can’t be them. Right?

You eyed the two behind you before walking around the room to see what was the cause of the noise.

But after minutes of searching you didn’t find anything.

“Okay maybe I’m just going crazy” you took a seat and decided to finish brushing the droids hair so you can get up and out of this room.

You were onto your last android when you heard the noise again and this time you were fast enough to catch the red glow that was bakugo’s eye.

Your heart dropped and that’s when all the androids in the room knew their cover was blown.

“Aw I wanted to continue scaring her!” You gasp and you turned around to see the android, Mina, glaring at the blonde.

“What the hell-“ You were cut off by a groan.

“The hell katsuki!”

“Shut the hell up it wasn’t even my fault!”

As everyone kept bickering back and forth, you were still left confused, scared, and angry.

Kenji told me these damn bots were off! What the hell!

“Hey where do you think you’re going?!” Everyone heads quickly snap towards your direction and you froze.

“I um…bathroom?”

“She’s lying. She’s planning on running away” you felt chills down your spine as you watched all of their eyes turn red.

“Don’t you dare leave like how that damn kenji did”

“W-what?”

“He dumped us here to get rid of us! But living here with you isn’t bad so this time we’ll make sure you don’t leave like how he did!” Said the android named sero.

Kenji…he? No! That’s impossible he would never!

“We’ll make sure you never leave us!”

First post!

[holylulusworld]

Our beautiful Christmas - Snippet (2)

Summary: You and Bucky spend your first Christmas together.

Pairing: Beefy!Bucky Barnes x Plussized!Reader

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson

Warnings: language, established relationship, fluff

A/N: I just couldn’t let them go. I’ll write more for them. For now, here’s another Christmas snippet.

Our Christmas - Snippet (1)

You are beautiful masterlist

“Uh—where do you want to put the snowman and its family?” Steve asks. He looks around your front yard, frowning because there’s not much space left. “On the roof or do you want to give it back?”

“We won’t give the snowman and its family back!” Bucky snatches the snowman out of Steve’s hands. “How can you even think about bringing them back to the store.”

“Y/N, you should rethink your decision to live with bird brain. I think his brain short-circuited while buying the decoration.” Tony grins as you punch his upper arm. “Just saying, he’s all over the Christmas decoration.”

“It’s his first Christmas after—” You bite your tongue and glance Bucky’s way, “Everything. Bucky never had the chance to celebrate Christmas after he fell off the train. Let him have his fun.”

“Hmm…” Tony nods thoughtfully. He didn’t consider that Bucky is excited to celebrate Christmas for the first time since he’s free from Hydra’s grip. “Maybe we can find something better for the roof.”

“What? I didn’t mean that you…” You huff as Tony is halfway toward his car. “Wait! No more decoration, Tony. Please…the neighbors will think we are crazy.”

“What do you say, doll?” Bucky proudly puffs his chest. He points at the snowman and its family, smiling. “Do you like it?”

The decoration is too much, but you don’t tell Bucky so. He put his heart into decorating your front yard and the house. “I love it, Bucky!” You giggle and wink at him. “Do you think we are done for today?”

“No!” Tony runs back toward the house, and one of his robots walks beside him. “I got one more. This will be a shining star.”

“What do you mean?” You look at the robot, frowning as it flies toward the house to land next to Santa’s sleigh. “Tony, what did you do? Don’t tell me you bought more Christmas decorations!”

Tony snorts. “Buying Christmas decorations is for beginners,” he dips his head to look at the suit. “Number 68, transform. Show bird brain how to do it,” he says. The robot transforms. It turns into a Santa robot monstrosity. It plays Christmas songs and tries to look cheerful.

“What is that?” Bucky grunts. “Hey, get that piece of junk off my lawn!” He walks toward the robot to poke it with the tip of his boot. “That is enough. Tell it to transform and leave my lawn. He looks ridiculous next to the sleigh.”

Steve chuckles while Sam rummages in the backseat of his car. “Hey, will anyone help me with the rest of the stuff Bucky bought or can I take it home?”

“He bought more?” You hurriedly walk toward Sam’s car to poke your head into the car. “No, Buck! That’s a lot.”

“It’s not,” Bucky argues. “Only a few more…snowmen.” He walks toward the car to show you all the nice decorations he bought. “We’ll need all of them.”

“Bucky.” You turn around to cup his face. He looks even more exciting than this morning. You smile, and say, “It’s going to be an even better Christmas with all the decorations.”

“I knew you’d love it,” he hums. Bucky pecks your lips before pulling you into a hug. “It’s going to be beautiful.”

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[yan-lorkai]

Good Morning/afternoon/evening! Can I request a headcanon with a reader who comes back to Twst (after they have returned to their world) and finds yandere Idia made a robot (like Ortho) that looks like them and have the same personality as them? Thanks! ✨💖

Returning to Twisted Wonderland this time was a choice you made after thinking and rethinking the pros and cons, after remembering everything you would be leaving behind. But the pros were greater than the cons, at least you thought. And when you came back, you knew what you wanted to do, look for Idia.

It wasn't really difficult to imagine where he would be, even though a few months had passed you knew he wouldn't have changed that much. However, you should have known how wrong things were when you saw Ortho and he looked surprised, and fearful, trying to dissuade you from opening the door. Trying to keep you from seeing what his brother had done.

But his attempt was futile. You opened the door, received Idia's permission and entered. But nothing could have prepared you to find your own face staring back at you when you entered Idia's room, the emulated expression of surprise making everything more uncomfortable. You and Idia were paralyzed for different reasons, inert, not knowing how to react. However, you recovered faster while he were still processing the entire situation.

"What the fuck is this?" You curse as you look with a mix of admiration and apprehension at your copy. Every little detail was exactly perfect, the same as the original, the same skin tone, the same hair, even the gestures were the same. It wouldn't matter if Idia had a plausible explanation for this, it was clear that he had created a robot to take your place to fill the void in his chest when you left. And it made you feel a little sorry for him, just a little.

"W-well, you see..." Idia can only mutter and whisper gibberish, his hair turning completely pink at being caught with such a strange creation. All this while said creation continues to maintain an impeccable posture, erect and proud, observing you, analyzing.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Yuu." The robot introduces themselves, without knowing or noticing the tension around them. It's so strange. There is no life behind those eyes like there is in Ortho, it is empty and dull plastic. It's uncomfortable to look at. "I'm Idia's lover and we're planning our wedding for after we graduate. Should we invite them, honey?"

Silence. It's embarrassing, invasive and wrong, this all felt too much, should you feel betrayed? Sad? Happy? Or honored that Idia created yet another robot? You didn't know at that moment. All you knew was that you needed to get out of there and you needed it now. But the door was now closed and locked, and no matter how many times you open it or yell at Idia nothing works. He has you now, he doesn't want to let you leave again. He can take your fear, he can take even your hate but having you leave again, even if only for your old dorm? That he can't handle. He won't.

"Prototype Yuu, shut down." He announces, finally recovering from his shock. He acts nonchalantly but you know he feels really awkward and anxious. "Listen, we can talk about it. It's not what it looks like."

You scoff. "Lover? Marriage? Yeah, it's exactly what it looks like, Idia. You created a robot that looks like me, that sounds like me. Because you still don't know how to deal with loss and you need comfort in the only way you know how to receive it."

Touché. He looks like a wounded dog that you kicked. But you find that you don't care at all. "You didn't have to call me out like that, you know." He mumbles but doesn't deny how right you are. "Plus how I was supposed to live without you? I felt so empty, so cold. But I didn't want to stop you from going home because it would hurt you. I can always destroy this prototype if you want, just please don't leave me again!"

He grabs both of your hands, holding onto them as if they were his lifesavers that keep him above the water so he won't drown while he stare at you without blinking, tiny little tears starting to run down his face. Now, can you forgive him or not?

[supd00dle]

Hello! I just wanna say a couple of things

LOVE LOVE LOVE your art style and Organic M Sonic AU. I always have a big dumb grin seeing your art on my timeline and I wish you the best of health, yummy snacks, vibes and all good things heading your way! 💞💞💞 Truly incredible

I have been snooping on your site ( im embarrassed to say every day lol ) and I noticed some old art of what looks like organic Metal Knuckles? Will you do anything thing with him and Tails doll in the future?

3. Also what are your thoughts on Android Shadow from Heroes/SHTH, Hard Boiled Heavies from Mania and Fang MK2 from superstars? Since they are in the eggman robot family ( ? )

Anyway I hope you have a fantastic day and keep up the good work! :) 🎉🌟

Here's a 2 min doodle as a gift! Sorry my drawings are chicken scratch lol

I have a couple of things I wanna say to you too.

1. Thank you so much for your kind words and support!! I'm happy to hear you feel that way about my work! 💕 I wish you the very best and I hope you have a good day or a good night! ✨

2. "Organic" Metal Knuckles was just a concept.. nothing much to it as I was only focusing on Metal. BUT!!! As I'm developing new ideas and other stuff. I'm rethinking of a new design for both Metal Knuckles and Tails (doll) in the future!!!

3. Android Shadow is pretty cool. Piss man yellow man. I know there's more colors than yellow but that one is my favorite.

I never got to finish Mania but I love the Hard Boiled Heavies from their awesome colorful design. I actually drew Heavy King not too long ago...

Unfortunately, I haven't played Superstars yet but, holy shit?? BIG FANG MECHA ROBOT??

Anyways, Thank you so much for your support and the AWESOME DOODLE!! I LOVE IT!

[md-confessions]

I've gotten so stupidly connected to the characters in MD to the point where I see them everywhere I go. I read so many fanfics whether it'd be canon compliant or a super interesting AU that's basically its own original story but uses vaguely similar characters with similar names. The dynamics between all the characters are so amazing and I love when the community explores these dynamics in ways the original show understandably couldn't because of limited runtime. I love Uzi's relationship with N, I love N's past with V, I love J's loyalty to Tessa and her jealousy towards N, I love how Thad's the only worker within the colony to tolerate Uzi, I love Lizzy's demeanor and her bond with V, I love how similar Doll and Uzi are and how Doll represents Uzi's fate if she hadn't stuck with her friends and accepted help, I love how Khan suffers from the loss of his wife and tries to better himself after he realizes the damage to Uzi has been done after his neglect. I love whatever the fuck is going on with Cyn. Of course nothing is perfect, this show is far from it. But despite its clear flaws, I love it TO DEATH! Long after this show ends I'm gonna look back on all the fun stories this community has made based off the original story of these doomed angsty robots who murder each other and smile (but also possibly cringe like I always do). Even though this fandom is kind of insane and a lot of the people apart of it make me rethink being in the fandom, those amazing writers, artists, animators, and musicians who create wonderful fan projects that bring people together always fills me with so much pride that this fandom was able to create these masterpieces despite itself. I've enjoyed this journey since episode 3 and im grateful. I'm sure episode 8 will amazingly conclude the story and that we all enjoy it!! And even if it doesn't, be respectful to the people who put so much work and effort into it and just read fanfiction.

Submitted August 20, 2024.