#the murder machine

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Dark Nights: Metal

By John Becaro

[maskofnova]

Peace and Love on the Earth <3

[vampyfrnk]

[comicchannel]

DC Multiverse Dark Knights Metal Earth 44 Batman Murder Machine - McFarlane

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[abs0luteanarchy]

I wanted to draw their back but I got carried away

[kaiserouo]

"Huh."

[freakyv2]

Hi *backflips in a really awesome way*

How to tag things......

[rotten-vision]

i dont care that much but like it doesnt make much sense

the context:

[truly-sincerely]

Obsessively reading everything in game by and about Gortash and the dude is

On a philosophical trajectory that ends in immortality thru technology / the machine

Doesn't have an original bone in his body, but he can backwards engineer anything

Halfway to being a decent scientist but doesn't have the education and is deeply impatient

Overconfident in the veracity of his own results and conclusions

Accurately predicted that the brain would metamorphose and become more difficult to control and then did nothing about it

Outsources his propaganda / arts and humanities

Charming, but he got there in a Pavlovian way (learned from trial and error and probably doesn't consciously know how he does it)

Vindictive af (learned / reinforced)

Darwinian (in the worst way)

Sociopathic, obviously, but extremely Rationalist about it

Never asks questions he doesn't know the answer to and probably thinks this makes him sound more authoritative

Completely incompetent as a strategist (but doesn't know it)

Not nearly as narcissistic / full of himself as he pretends to be

Thinks what he wants is praise but it's never enough because it's not actually what he wants (he wants to be wanted)

Bane makes him feel wanted (conditionally)

Durge made him feel wanted (unconditionally)

Understands intellectually that Durge got ambushed, but he feels abandoned

See also: thematic parallels between Gortash and

Silouv Yali (the Adamantine Forge & the construct Grym)

Oliver (in the shadow-cursed lands)

Astarion and Gale, obviously

[hirotheinkling]

Murder Drones Headcanon: Time Travel

In my personal Murder Drones headcanon, time travel is possible (although there is a limit to how far into the past you can go but no limit to how far into the future you can go), and all Murder Drones AUs coexist with the main Murder Drones canon as branching timelines which are the result of time travelers messing with the timeline (Changing the past does NOT change the future, but rather creates a separate, alternate timeline which exists independently from the main one. Basically MCU and DBZ time travel logic). There is also the Ministry of Timeline Preservation (MTP), an organization which is dedicated to preventing the further creation of new branching timelines and in some cases erasing existing ones if they are deemed as a threat. A total of 1,277 branching timelines have been created ever since time travel became possible, and 129 of them have been erased over the course of the MTP’s history, so 1,148 branching timelines currently remain.

Here is the full list of Murder Drones AUs I’ve compiled and their designations by the MTP!

TL-00 - Main Murder Drones Timeline / Timeline of Nyx Doorman (@thecosmiccrow)

TL-01 - Solver Uzi AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-02 - Murder-Verse by @captainparks

TL-08 - Reverse AU by @the-mighty-e

TL-12 - Revival AU by @solarspinel

TL-15 - Absolute Clone AU by Murdernoname on Twitter

TL-63 - Electric Shock AU by @leefl00f

TL-109 - Solver Khan AU by @mushiemooon

TL-115 - Bombberry AU by @shinyshade8026

TL-135 - Replaced, Reused, Recycled AU by @genericnam

TL-156 - Stationary V AU by @lilywily143

TL-196 - Intertwined Codes AU by @withered--s0uls

TL-200 - Pirate AU by @anxietyoverreaction

TL-248 - Murder-cons AU by @plastyi

TL-250 - Solver Virus AU by Tesedy1 on Twitter

TL-251 - Purple Terror Swap AU by @tirkras (Erased by the MTP)

TL-288 - JCJ Opposing Forces AU by @CUST0MIGHT on Twitter

TL-313 - My Immortal AU by @jazzstarrlight

TL-322 - Apocalyptic AU by @starlightohstar

TL-346 - Infested AU by ClockLeaf on YouTube

TL-370 - Mini Uzi AU by @megbanned

TL-372 - Requio AU by @cosmosaii

TL-425 - Nix Doorman AU by @devastator1775

TL-442 - Haywire Swap AU by @yadchi-i-guess

TL-448 - MD Feral AU by Shelly Humboldt on Twitter

TL-454 - MD Personality Shift AU by @reverienco

TL-486 - Dormant Absolute Solver AU by @withered--s0uls

TL-501 - Ghost!N AU by @Space_Dem0n on Twitter

TL-532 - Rare Bites AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-536 - Absolutely AU by @starryinkart

TL-588 - Doll’s Judgement AU by @rottentricks

TL-619 - Upgraded Disassembly AU by @waytowne

TL-639 - Tiny!N AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-643 - Parallel AU by @lunamoonxy

TL-652 - Haunted House AU by @roseofhybrids

TL-706 - Swapped AU by @nanarauwu

TL-741 - Trio Swap AU by @sifishsticks

TL-776 - Immortal Vuzi AU by @devastator1775

TL-799 - Serial Designation U AU by Zzsark_Stormbeard on Reddit

TL-814 - Fearless Four Swap AU by @sd-candydrone

TL-844 - Timeline of GlitchCyn by @jazzstarrlight (Erased by the MTP)

TL-845 - Swap AU by @lumineary-arts

TL-894 - Songbird’s Sanity AU by @miss-emmie

TL-906 - Double Time Loop AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-929 - Timeline of I.N.K. Uzi and N by @jazzstarrlight (Erased by the MTP)

TL-957 - Firebitten AU by CoffeeTheDragon on AO3

TL-992 - The New Dawn AU by @kkolg

TL-1008 - Late Solver Sam AU by @rory-multifandom-mess

TL-1027 - Oilrose Family AU by @chaotically-coz, @starlightohstar, @the-silliest-of-maggots, @serial-designation-jey, @serial-designation-vee, and @shinyshade8026

TL-1039 - Evil! AU by @megbanned

TL-1060 - Ghost Drone AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-1102 - Serial Designation Uzi: Reassembled AU by _SupremeCommand on Reddit

TL-1111 - N’s A Monster AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-1152 - Amalgamation AU by @electrozeistyking

TL-1164 - Telenovela AU by @bloomvictoryart on Twitter

TL-1186 - V-lociraptor AU by @dragons-hoard-of-fandoms

TL-1204 - Mercy Drones AU by @rory-multifandom-mess’s boyfriend

TL-1215 - SD-C AU by @bloomvictoryart on Twitter

TL-1238 - Fusion Protocol AU by StoryScripter on AO3

TL-1242 - Human Biker AU by @rory-multifandom-mess

If you would like for me to add an AU which is not currently listed, then feel free to reply to this post and let me know, and I will look at it and then add it.

Murder Drones Time Machine Design Contest!

I would also love to see a design for a Time Machine which is fitting for the Murder Drones universe, so I am holding a contest to see what all of you guys can come up with! You have until August 5th at 12:00 PM UTC to reblog this post and attach your art of your time machine! After that, I will conduct a poll including your submissions which will run for a week to decide the winner!

Edit: I originally set the deadline to July 25th, but @electrozeistyking suggested that more time was necessary for the contest, so I’ve extended the deadline!

[maxphilippa]

whenever you ask people why they think mephone4 is canonically a child you'll always get two responses:

a: they believe cobs' words despite the fact that he is an known abuser and is not afraid to dehumanize others. cobs infantilizing mephone4 is essentially cobs putting the blame on mephone4 for all the pain he caused to the guy. believing that cobs is saying the truth when it comes to mephone4's age is quite literally missing the point about how terrible is Cobs and putting aside the fact that he has broken mephone4. infantilization is a very common thing abusers do. Genuinely why are you guys believing an abuser who is as well a war criminal that stole literal baby eggs

b: they put the blame on mephone4's lack of skills/knowledge on certain areas. WHEN THAT LACK OF KNOWLEDGE WAS CAUSED BECAUSE OF COBS' ABUSE.

[gotham-at-nightfall]

The Dark Knights

By Peejay Catacutan

[izzystizzys]

The war doesn’t end with a bang, strictly speaking. It doesn’t even end with a political forum, or peace talks, or a slow, wheezing death of the Banking Clan’s pockets running dry, even though all of those are valid possibilities. Some more than others, Cody has to admit.

No, the war ends with an article in the Galaxy’s least reputable news source, Coruscant Rotational. Splashed on the front page for all to see is Cody’s little brother, next to the Chancellor.

CLONE MEWS CHANCELLOR TO DEATH IN MOGGING MOVE FOR THE AGES - LOOKSMAXXING TAKEN TOO FAR?

“What”, says Obi-Wan, eye twitching, fingers massaging over the bridge of his nose at double their usual speed, a real sign of an impending nervous breakdown if Cody’s ever seen one, “the kriff does that even mean?!”

Rex shrugs helplessly with one shoulder, other arm raised aimlessly. “No idea, General. I only understand about half those words. Maybe we’re all having a collective stroke? Maybe Fox is having a stroke? Whatever he’s doing with his jaw in that picture can’t be healthy.”

“Well, not for the late Chancellor, anyways”, says Cody flatly, in the long-suffering tone of one who’s seen too much Jedi banthashit in too little time. He screws his eyes tightly shut, scrubbing the backs of his knuckles in hard enough to see galaxies explode. Nope, still the same words on that datapad.

“It can’t be true”, says Skywalker, who’d gone white as a shitty military-issue sheet and has been steadily pacing the room ever since the equivalent of a sonic bomb hit the room. “I mean - think about it, this could just as well be a Separatist ploy, it would play right into their hands, and Coruscant Rotational isn’t exactly the most reputable source -“

“True enough”, says Obi-Wan, thoughtfully. “They do like getting their facts mixed up. In fact, I’ve seen about six articles just this month proclaiming our dear friend Senator Amidala’s super secret pregnancy. They even falsified hospital records, can you imagine?!”

Somehow, Skywalker loses another shade of colour, gulping soundlessly, and resumes his pacing more frenetically than before. Weird guy, that.

It’s Rex who breaks the awkward stillness of the room, perking up suddenly. “Oh, I know! Why don’t we call in Commander Tano?! She’s about the right age to understand some of this dribble, right?”

“I was going to suggest calling Corrie HQ, but sure, let’s ask the teenage soldier from the space monk order who spends all her spare time hunting your legion for sport”, says Cody, dryly. Rex deflates, and Thorn’s tinny voice sounds through Cody’s comm before he can make his reply. “Marshall Commander, I assume this is about the News.” Ominous capitalisation, ooooh, mouths Rex, and receives the nearest datapad Cody can reach to the face for his troubles with a squawk. The fact that he can read that sentence off his lips means their legions have spent far too much time together, and also that Cody’s grown soft in his old age.

“Good to hear you too, Thorn, and yes, we do have some questions concerning why the kriff my vod’ika is accused of murdering the chancellor through what I can only assume is some secret Sith magic?!”

“Oh, you mean when he defeated the actual Sith on the Senate through the power of his superior mog and made the kriffer explode in a thousand wrinkly pieces? You’re welcome, by the way”, says Thorn, instead of literally anything sane.

“Commander”, begs Cody’s General, with something glistening that might actually be tears in his eyes. “Commander, please. I do not understand any of those words. I am begging you to put me out of my misery.”

PALPATINE??? SITH?????!!!, screams Skywalker in battlesign, somehow spelling out each individual question and exclamation mark.

“It’s a game we’ve started playing in the Guard, sir, to pass time on patrol”, says Thorn, sheepishly, cowed by nearly driving the High General Kenobi to tears. “We’d do stupid faces we found the holonet, and, uh - well Fox is so high on black-market morphine most of the time cause we don’t get bacta that he sleepwalks on assignment sometimes, and, uh, he started making them at the Chancellor during a holocall meeting with Count Dooku and then the Chancellor tried to electrocute him again but accidentally blew himself up-“

“Breathe, Commander”, says Obi-Wan, and then - “That is SO much information I don’t know what to do with, Force preserve me. Why is Commander Fox on black-market morphine, or sleepwalking, or making faces at-“

“He signs reports in his sleep too, sometimes”, Thorn interrupts the General. “It’s actually kind of impressive if, y’know, it didn’t make Stabby bust another capillary in pure rage.”

“Who’s Stabby?”, asks Obi-Wan, confused.

“Meeting with Count Dooku?!”, bursts out Skywalker.

“Congratulations on Amidala’s pregnancy, General Skywalker”, says Thorn, like a man who wants to see the world burn.

[shadystranger]

and then would come the murder you will never survive– your brother, sam

the profoundly rattled face dean makes right after cain tells him he'll kill sam. like someone just grotesquely ripped his arteries out. he looks shaken and filled with cowardice. his steadfast mask of unshakable fortitude shattered completely. It's almost as bad as a helpless child at the end of the world. absouletly terrifed. nothing brings him to his knees and breaks his soul quite like sam. It's like watching a proud king stripped of all his grandeur. It's so satisfying bc he does not make these expressions because of anyone else

[writer-room]

Listen when people say they want Percy to go on a villain arc most times I see it as they want him to go dark, want him to start murdering, maiming, going full Luke, etc. And I support that. If anyone deserves to kill people it's this kid.

However, let us be realistic for a moment, because I quite like the other alternative. Villain arc Percy usually entails "he's finally had enough of the Gods bullshit & will do things his own way". Let us think on this. What would Percy most likely do in this situation? Would it really be murder right off the bat?

I think he'd be the pettiest, annoying little shit there is. And because one can't usually threaten the Gods in a way that truly matters, but they can make them sweat really hard.

This goes beyond ignoring their calls and leaving them on read. He refuses to give food offerings unless it's the nastiest shit known to man. Bribes the cyclops into hucking huge objects up Mount Olympus before they all scurry off. Finds the olive tree Athena gave to Athens, and while he wouldn't have the heart to destroy it, he'd for sure rip off a branch & mail it to her (Annabeth nearly had to put them in witness protection).

Eventually it gets to the point he has Nico on speed-dial and offers him a shit ton of fast food & a 'get out of Percy's quest bullshit free' pass if he could hop into the Underworld and yoink up some annoying spirits or dead monsters to piss off the Gods. When the Gods get pissed at him Percy just silently pulls out some safe-for-demigods phone like "hang on I wanna see how many happy meals I owe Nico for bringing Typhon back up". They know he is not bluffing.

Could the Gods counteract him? Yeah, sure, Hera gave him amnesia and it was like 90% effective for a while. However, he kind of went off the rails, everyone else went off the rails, and then they had even more Roman nonsense to deal with. If anything it both solved but also made even more problems. And a much angrier Percy. So, frankly, they're very confident it could work, but they're a little worried about what the aftermath would be.

Ares suggests just killing him. Poseidon takes offense to this. Artemis scoffs and says even Ares couldn't beat him. Everyone stops for a moment. The question is not asked verbally. But it is seen in the darting eyes and shifting seats.

Can they kill Percy Jackson?

Well, sure, they must be able to. He's a powerful kid, no doubt, with powerful allies, but they are Gods. Of course they can kill him. So that's not the real question, they wouldn't dare really entertain such a thing to ever confirm if it was true, but this is rather the layer of frosting hiding the real atrocity of a cake underneath it.

What will they lose trying to kill Percy Jackson?

What will remain standing in the face of some 18-year-old who lived one of the hardest knocks of life, loves so much it makes them sick, is so completely unaware of his own strength not even they know its full extent, and currently has absolutely zero fucks to give about the end of a reign longer than he will ever understand?

They decide to quietly shut the lid on that whole fiasco and let Percy do whatever he wants.

Unfortunately, they can't exactly ignore everyone else. And everyone else is who Percy cares about the most. So, think of it more like leaving a grenade in a locked box in the attic. Just hope and pray you've moved out before something gets curious and starts rummaging around up there.

[vincentbriggs]

I have discovered a magical spring of infinite dirt! It's called the lower portion of a treadle machine that's been sitting in a garage for 50 years.