#next post.

[catboyebooks]

so here's an angle i wanna take this from: let's talk about asimov's 3 laws of robotics and their relevance to the events of this chapter. i may have already repeatedly mentioned that chapter 4 is basically a whole-chapter zero escape reference, and that zero escape characters have a habit of delivering infodumps on seemingly random and esoteric topics, like the symbolism of four-leafed clovers or morphic resonance theory or the very sexy mummy that was aboard the titanic when it sank. of course, as you continue playing it becomes clear that this is all relevant information for understanding the game's themes and story. sonia's little infodump about the 3 laws of robotics midway through this chapter deserves to be examined more closely, i think, given this context.

to explain the 3 laws really quick in case anyone isn't familiar, they're 1) a robot cannot injure a human or through inaction allow a human to be harmed, 2) a robot must obey an order from a human unless it conflicts with the 1st law, 3) a robot must protect itself unless this conflicts with laws 1 or 2. there's also a less-often-cited "0th law" which takes precedence over the other three and states that a robot must not harm humanity nor allow humanity to come to harm through inaction. i don't recall sonia mentioning the 0th law specifically (i regret not taking screenshots of this part!) but i think that's worth considering here as well.

now uh... nidai's obviously not the first robot/AI character in danganronpa and there's never been a hint prior that robots and artificial intelligences in this universe are 3 laws compliant. i'm not saying that i think nidai is literally bound by these laws, because i don't think it matters whether or not he is — these are the principles you'd kind of expect nidai to be abiding by anyway. this is the guy who only got turned into a robot in the first place because he used himself as a human shield between monokuma and owari, and as soon as he returned to the group in robot form he fucking did it again. nidai has already made it clear he would rather put himself in harm's way than let someone else in the group die. i don't recall specifically if gundam overheard sonia talking about the 3 laws (i think he did, but i'm not certain), but either way nidai's kind of the only person he could have picked for his plan. not only did his robotic attributes like the built-in clock and the sleep mode button allow for gundam to trap him in a way he couldn't have done with another person, nidai's personal principles &/or the 3 laws ensured that he would have agreed to enter into a suicide pact here for the good of the group. his fate was sealed the moment he encountered gundam at the tower. to make this clear let's consider the alternate ways this might have played out:

if nidai prioritized his own survival here, he could have overpowered gundam easily. however, killing gundam would have resulted in a very difficult murder case to solve, and if nidai got away with it the rest of the group would die, which is obviously something nidai does not want (also not 3 laws compliant). if nidai killed gundam and then simply confessed, it would have had the same end result (both of them dying, the rest living) as agreeing to go along with the suicide pact. an actual physical fight between the two of them wouldn't have been a fair fight and i don't think nidai would see any honor in winning a fight like that.

alternately, if nidai simply left (or incapacitated gundam without killing him, though this would not have been compliant with the 1st law) and then warned the others, there wouldn't have been enough time for someone else to plan and commit a murder. remember everyone but nidai was on the verge of total collapse from starvation at this point, and nidai himself would have run out of power eventually. this was really their one chance at ensuring everyone else could survive. neither letting the others starve nor letting himself succumb to power failure would have been 3 laws compliant, and it wouldn't jive with nidai's principles either.

when nidai awoke to find himself suspended in midair, he could have simply had a panic reaction and struggled causing the wire to slip free of the door handle. he instead exerted so much force that he tore the handle free, leaving crucial evidence for the others that allowed the case to be solved. it would have been very difficult to prove how the trap worked if the wire loop had simply slipped off of the door handle. of course, either way nidai would have died, but there was an action he took here (and we know it was a purposeful action because of the sheer amount of force it would have taken to get those handles to budge) in order to try and ensure the case was solvable and the others could live. this is again 3 laws compliant. protecting himself (3rd law) was out of the question, but he could still protect the group (1st/0th law).

i should be clear that at no point is it directly, explicitly confirmed that this was a suicide pact. that's something that has to be inferred here based upon what played out. the 3 laws being invoked is part of what makes this clear. the other main factor that makes this obvious is that this is a parallel with 1-4, where sakura killed herself to save the rest of the group — this is the same chapter where komaeda points out that the killing game they're in is mirroring a previous killing game, and there's a statue of sakura in the funhouse, so it's obviously something we're meant to be thinking about.

#not that i really have to prove what happened in this case was a suicide pact. it's quite clear despite being technically left ambiguous #i just like how we got a zero escape reference to lay the groundwork. and nidai being a robot has further relevance i'll get into #next post. #kes plays sdr2

[cozylittleartblog]

cant tell you how bad it feels to constantly tell other artists to come to tumblr, because its the last good website that isn't fucked up by spoonfeeding algorithms and AI bullshit and isn't based around meaningless likes

just to watch that all fall apart in the last year or so and especially the last two weeks

there's nowhere good to go anymore for artists.

edit - a lot of people are saying the tags are important so actually, you'll look at my tags.

#please dont delete your accounts because of the AI crap. your art deserves more than being lost like that #if you have a good PC please glaze or nightshade it. if you dont or it doesnt work with your style (like mine) please start watermarking #use a plain-ish font. make it your username. if people can't google what your watermark says and find ur account its not a good watermark #it needs to be central in the image - NOT on the canvas edges - and put it in multiple places if you are compelled #please dont stop posting your art because of this shit. we just have to hope regulations will come slamming down on these shitheads#in the next year or two and you want to have accounts to come back to. the world Needs real art #if we all leave that just makes more room for these scam artists to fill in with their soulless recycled garbage #improvise adapt overcome. it sucks but it is what it is for the moment. safeguard yourself as best you can without making #years of art from thousands of artists lost media. the digital world and art is too temporary to hastily click a Delete button out of spite

#not art #but important #please dont delete your accounts because of the AI crap. your art deserves more than being lost like that #if you have a good PC please glaze or nightshade it. if you dont or it doesnt work with your style (like mine) please start watermarking #use a plain-ish font. make it your username. if people can't google what your watermark says and find ur account its not a good watermark #it needs to be central in the image - NOT on the canvas edges - and put it in multiple places if you are compelled #please dont stop posting your art because of this shit. we just have to hope regulations will come slamming down on these shitheads #in the next year or two and you want to have accounts to come back to. the world Needs real art #if we all leave that just makes more room for these scam artists to fill in with their soulless recycled garbage #improvise adapt overcome. it sucks but it is what it is for the moment. safeguard yourself as best you can without making #years of art from thousands of artists lost media. the digital world and art is too temporary to hastily click a Delete button out of spite

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[emptyjunior]

Enough random notes that have a written story on them as environmental storytelling, explore the space, get crazier with it.

You move into a house and aw cute, it has the kids height on the walls but you notice there's a three foot difference in height between measurements, you check the date, they're a month apart. The final measurement is on the ceiling. It's dated two days ago.

You're part of a recovery team that have finally found a stranded ship, they were found too late and have all passed a long time ago. They all died of starvation. You enter their storeroom, it's filled with food. In the dining hall you find the tables laden with perfectly fine looking breads, cakes, cured meats, jams, candies. Your medic says all the people sitting at the table didn't eat a Thing.

You wake up in an apocalypse. You can't find anyone at all as you wander the streets but you do hear faint music playing from somewhere. You stumble into a supermarket, to see all the aisles still full, except for the shelf that was full of ear plugs, which look to be the only thing that was looted.

Like there's light, sound, props. Having a street where every house is decimated except for One. Landing on a planet known for having No Water and a plant is growing and you don't know where it could have possibly gotten moisture from but you can't find the citizens Anywhere.

I'm sorry, I'm just kinda over the "graffiti on the wall to show the bad guy is around". That's not environmental storytelling that's just normal story. Show me I'm in the villains territory by the rain suddenly cutting out above me as I'm driving, even though it's meant to be raining all night. I park the car and step out, and realise the constellations are Wrong, until I see they're Not constellations, they're the blinking lights of a massive ship-

I Will stop now because everytime I go to write a sentence it devolves into another prompt but I'm just saying we have a Lot of senses, engage them, show me the Environment in environmental storytelling.

#text post #why have I written a Rant Completely unprompted #print it out and leave it next to me skeleton like I'm in Skyrim I guess #video games #writing #prompts #writing prompt #gaming #environmental storytelling

[waitingforthesunrise]

don’t you love when you’re casually reading a random poem and suddenly come across a line that burrows into your bones and becomes the definition of your heart for the next 17 years

#poetry posting #Me with ‘lord we owe the world such tenderness’ #And ‘In the next life I’ll become something useful. like a staple gun. or in love.’ #Or ‘our great betrayal is our infinite gentleness’ #Like WHAT THE HELL #poetry #reading poetry

[pommegrantaire]

Au lit, le baiser by Henri de Toulous Lautrec but make it Aziracrow

#posting this late but i just finished it and i can rb it tomorrow #doing this digitally was wild and i probably could've done it traditionally with real live oil paints but maybe next time #i did have fun with this tough!! #i went to name the file 'smooch' but it ended up being 'smlooch' but thats still good #good omens #good omens fanart #good omens painting #aziracrow #air conditioning #ineffable husbands #ineffable partners #crowley #aziraphale #anthony j crowley #kissing #gomens #crowley x aziraphale #toulouse lautrec #pomegrantArt #im sure someone's done this already but i was Inspired

[deancaskiss]

rb to have a super gay 2023

#this was a hit last year so lets do it again for 2023 #here’s to being even more gay next year #gonna make 2023 the gayest year yet #also my 2022 post worked for so many people. including me ;) #bex talks #lgbt #lgbtqia #gay #bisexual #lesbian #transgender #asexual #queer #intersex #pansexual #pride #txt #txt post #text post #text

[chittychittyyangyang]

Listen, you should never film strangers in public without their consent, but I swear there need to be fines or something for people who do that shit in some spaces. For example: I had to go to the ER last night, and some jerk filmed a woman who just came in and was clearly having an asthma attack. She immediately got to go back, and he was unhappy about that. Believe me, I get that it sucks having to wait when you're in pain, but you don't get to pick who deserves care when. The medical system in the US is a nightmare, and the ER could be the worst moment of someone's life. No one deserves to be recorded because some jack ass believes someone doesn't look like they need care.

This is fine to reblog. People who film strangers should be shamed if nothing else.

#ccyy talks #sorry for posting this here but I'm pissed and this shit really needs to stop #For all I know he recorded me too cause I'm young and look healthy but got to go back next #Sorry about your cough buddy but the way things work I was a more immediate emergency #1k #5k #10k #30k #this post clearly has a life of its own now #and in case someone wants to know some clarifications for common points #people in a position of authority/actively hurting someone with the intent to protect/help the person is fine #so cops doctors nurses mental health workers and educators (to name a few) who actively are abusing their power and authority? free game #this post was filming random ass people for Content(tm) #random ass people more so those in distress aren't your content and you do not know the harm you can do to someone by posting that shit #50k

[sboochi]

Pretty sure "ease him" doesn't mean anything but I'm NOT rewriting that now >:/

First >> Next

#good omens #bbc merlin #aziraphale #crowley #arthur pendragon #merlin #magic omens au #crowley stop trying to look cool this is NOT the right moment #this took 16 hours im not even joking #entirely my fault bc i insist on drawing the speech bubbles manually #tune in for next part for some thrilling action! (more hostility) #my art #long post

[malacandrax]

On a splendid walk!

I finished making this guy, v inspired by @slocotion, old clown dolls, and Vanessa Stockard. I'm not sure what to call him, Timothy, maybe!

#just for me not for sale #I am not allowed to monetize other hobbies lol #see my next post for more abt making him #oofa doofa #ooak #ooak doll #mal crafts

[forgotmysword]

Doomed from the beginning

Unknown / Marguerite Duras / Blanca Varela / Ramona Ausubel / Anne Carson / Heather Havrilesky / Michael Cunningham / Lisel Mueller / Richard Siken x Dungeon Meshi by Ryoko Kui

#my tragic sweetie pie elf girl you will always be famous #i want to study her under a microscope #maybe ill make a nice and not angsty web weave next of farcille #we will see #but for now have this im going tf to sleep #marcille<3 #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi spoilers #my posts #web weaving

[s3an023]

THERES NOTHING BETTER THAN A BIG NATURAL TITIES

HIT LIKE BUTTON AND REBLOG THIS IF YOU A TITIES LOVER 🤩

#black beauty #black girl #black girl next door #legs and heels #mature big ass #mature pantyhose #maturesexy #black girls rock #ebony #great legs #18+ post #18+ content #18+ blog #18+ only #onlyf@nz #big titis #big tiddy committee #natural titts

[pinkravat-art]

messy gomen

#Uuww school is next week #im enjoying my freedon while i still can #illustration #these 2 are my muses for doing diff style art everyday #good omens #aziracrow #my posts #aziraphale #crowley #drawing #sketch #artists on tumblr #composition #art #digital art #character art #artwork #good omens 2 #procrate

[nicktoonsunite]

misc NU doodles part tres

last comic is based off off my nasb 2 clip

#nicktoons unite #danny phantom #jimmy neutron #the fairly oddparents #spongebob squarepants #el tigre #my life as a teenage robot #manny rivera #jenny wakeman #also HELLO HI ive been getting a surge of messages lately and i havent gotten to replying bc ive been a bit busy #and i also wanna say i love reading all the tags on my latest posts youre all so funny #thank you for enjoying my art theres more where that came from #im still i nthe middle of watching el tigre and i ended up getting hyperfixated i fear #mlaatr will be next hold ur horses jenny enjoyers #dewdles #comic

[dapper-lil-arts]

and somehow, that only makes her fall in love more

#i had a version of this where she was ranting about dead space 2 #and one where shes ranting about kid icarus uprising lmao #decided to go for borderlands the pre-sequel instead lol #MLP #my little pony #friendship is magic #twilight sparkle #sunset shimmer #pony posting #sunset sparkle #equestria girls #scitwi #twiset #sciset #shipping #love these girls so much #and their wardrobe rocks #could have done the rant about a lotta thing #lol #lord forgive me the next art might um. similar to the last rarity and applejack one i did last.