#not an mbs one so no mbs tags

[mysteriouseggsbenedict]

#augspolls #new tag i guess #not an mbs one so no mbs tags #this is me being sleepy and going hehehehehe polls

[asterlark]

me and den @unloneliest were just talking about murderbot and ART's relationship and i want to discuss how they quite literally complete each other's sensory and emotional experience of the world!!

there's a few great posts on here such as this one about how murderbot uses drones to fully and properly experience the world around it (it also accesses security cameras/other systems for this same purpose). but i haven't seen anyone so far talk about how once MB stops working for the company and consequently doesn't have a hubsystem/secsystem to connect to anymore (which for its entire existence up to that point had been how it was used to interacting with its environment/doing its job), after it meets ART, ART starts to fill that gap.

ART gives MB access to more cameras, systems, and information archives than it would normally be able to connect with while MB is on its own outside of ART's... body(? lol), but also directly gives MB access to its own cameras, drones, archives, facilities, and processing space. additionally, so much of ART's function is dedicated to analysis, lateral thinking, and logical reasoning, and it not only uses those skills in service of reaching murderbot's goals, it teaches murderbot how to use those same skills. (ART might be a bit of an asshole about how it does this, but that doesn't negate just how much it does for murderbot for no reason other than it's bored/interested in MB as an individual.)

we all love goofing about how artificial condition can basically be boiled down to "two robots in a trench coat trying to get through a job interview" (which is entirely accurate tbh) but that's also such a great example of ART fulfilling the role of both murderbot's "hubsystem" and "secsystem", allowing it to fully experience its environment/ succeed in its goals. ART provides MB with crucial information, context, and constructive criticism, and uses its significant processing power to act as MB's backup and support system while they work together.

from ART's side of things, we get a very explicit explanation of how it needs the context of murderbot's emotional reactions to media in order to fully understand and experience the media as intended. it tried to watch media with its humans, and it didn't completely understand just by studying their reactions. but when it's in a feed connection with murderbot, who isn't human but has human neural tissue, ART is finally able to thoroughly process the emotional aspects of media (side note, once it actually understands the emotional stakes in a way that makes sense for it, it's so frightened by the possibility of the fictional ship/crew in worldhoppers being catastrophically injured or killed that it makes murderbot pause for a significant amount of time before it feels prepared to go on. like!! ART really fucking loves its crew, that is all).

looking at things further from ART's perspective: its relationship with murderbot is ostensibly the very first relationship it's been able to establish with not only someone outside of its crew, but also with any construct at all. while ART loves its crew very much (see previous point re: being so so scared for the fate of the fictional crew of worldhoppers), it never had a choice in forming relationships with them. it was quite literally programmed to build those relationships with its crew and students. ART loves its function, its job, and nearly all of the humans that spend time inside of it, but its relationship with murderbot is the first time it's able to choose to make a new friend. that new friend is also someone who, due to its partial machine intelligence, is able to understand and know ART on a whole other level of intimacy that humans simply aren't capable of. (that part goes for murderbot, too, obviously; ART is its first actual friend outside of the presaux team, and its first bot friend ever.)

and because murderbot is murderbot, and not a "nice/polite to ART most of the time" human, this is also one of the first times that ART gets real feedback from a friend about the ways that its actions impact others. after the whole situation in network effect, when the truth of the kidnapping comes to light and murderbot hides in the bathroom refusing to talk to ART (and admittedly ART doesn't handle this well lol) - ART is forced to confront that despite it making the only call it felt able to make in that horrifying situation, despite it thinking that that was the right call, its actions hurt murderbot, and several other humans were caught in the crossfire. what's most scary to ART in that moment is the idea that murderbot might never forgive it, might never want to talk to it again. it's already so attached to this friendship, so concerned with murderbot's wellbeing, that the thought of that friendship being over because of its own behavior is terrifying. (to me, this almost mirrors murderbot's complete emotional collapse when it thinks that ART has been killed. the other more overt mirror is ART fully intending on bombing the colony to get murderbot back.)

in den's words, they both increase the other's capacity to feel: ART by acting as a part of murderbot's sensory system, and murderbot by acting as a means by which ART can access emotion. they love one another so much they would do pretty much anything to keep each other safe/avenge each other, but what's more, they unequivocally make each other more whole.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #asshole research transport #network effect #mine #idk what else to tag lol #BIG thanks to den unloneliest for helping so much with the drafting/editing of this!!! #we both were having some brain fog issues yesterday so we joked that with our combined forces we can make one (1) post lol #just like mb and ART fr!!!! #anyway im so fucking emotional over themmmmm #murderbot meta #the murderbot diaries meta

[foxprints]

Not sure who it beat the futz outta but I'm sure they deserved it

#kept going back and forth on whether i wanted to make the blood stand out more #like to i make it bright and very very red or do i leave it more realistic #i ended up sorta compromising and then adding a bit of MBs own fluids to the mix cause why not #Murderbot #fanart #the murderbot diaries #art (asshole research transport) #Murderbot Diaries #secunit #first look at my Perihelion crew logo! #based on some of my favorite shirts from my own closet #shitty background because im working on another pic with a much more elaborate background thats slowly killing me #i have work i need to be doing and a zine piece i need to finish buuuuut my head hurts and rn its just #easier to work on some self indulgent stuff rn #anyway the scene in Network Effect where MB eviscerates the Grey Targets by more or less #liberating them of their spines #lives in my head rent free #i was having a good chuckle at all the tags on my MB character sheet that are like #ITS SO FRIENDSHAPED AND SOFT #because i was already drawing this one of it splattered in blood djejdhsh #get u a blorbo that can be both i suppose!

[foursaints]

thoughts on evan and pandora siblings real?

i think about them a normal amount yeah

#mb #in full seriousness. oh they are gothic doubles and the same person and a boygirl and share bodies and you can’t have one without the other #beautiful precocious undersocialized children raised in a big pureblood mansion alone with no one but each other #one is a mad scientist and the other is an unethical surgeon. they switch places every day #a #rosier twins #what if we laid so close our skeletons overlapped because we share the same soul. because you’re my twin brother. #t #evan meta tag

[tinukis]

REF SHEET CEPT NOT REALLY A SHEET BUT STILL OF Z‼️‼️‼️ my one piece oc.... he is just a little guy that deserves the world ( + tried to imitate oda's style a little bit lol)

i am honestly too scared to like make a full on. Lore cause writing is hard (especially with one piece there's so many characters you need to consider- esp creating a new island with a villain and other important characters hfkwhdkwhdjwn)

you can read a little bit about Z here: info 1 / info 2

but uhh in short: Z is a 13 y/o boy that the strawhats meet on a small island. he strangely looks like younger ace which startled luffy. but at some point, they grew a brotherly bond. Z had always played the older sibling role to other children suffering as much as he was. so he kind of needed an older sibling to look up to and learn that it is ok to rely on others- especially if they are willing to offer to lend you a hand. since meeting luffy and his crew, Z was inspired to set out to sea someday and write incredible stories like the books he had read and helped him live on

#tinukis oc #one piece #one piece oc #fandom oc #fan character #monkey d luffy #luffy #luffy being an older sibling figure is very important to me #which is why i created Z.... #keep giving luffy an army of younger siblings‼️‼️ #also luffy's and Z's dynamic isnt rlly like the one he has with momo #Z had become incapable of crying And smiling #if anything his dynamic with Z is more like tama's #this is if i haD to compare dynamics #so like luffy does eventually grow closer with Z within the short time span they had and #learning that Z and other children were being raised as slaves really really ticked off the strawhats #robin and nami heavily sympathized/empathized with Z and took great care of him as well #anyway... #mb for hiding stuff in the tags im shy #tin art

[humanmorph]

"They found each other in the wreckage of optimism, and it took them a decade to decide that hope was not enough to save the Golden Branch from itself. It was in a library, not an armoury, where the Apostolosian became the sword and shield of Integrity, a Divine who’d lost its Candidate. Some climb into their Divines, others deploy them across the battlefield, or fight under the blanket of their shadows. But Integrity demands intimacy. It digs into the flesh of the willing, all metal and promises and penetralia, desperate to create an unbreakable unity. It is afraid, and wounded, and it cannot know the power it gives without seeing it first in the reflection of a Candidate's eyes: the loft, the velocity, the violence. And for the first time in centuries, Integrity doesn’t fear its Candidate. It moves with confidence, in muscle and ambition. It believes in Sokrates Nikon Artemisios." (COUNTER/Weight 22: A Broken Branch)

Great episode to get to after recent palisade happenings. I obviously remember the "Integrity demands intimacy" but there's so much other great stuff here.... "They found each other in the wreckage of optimism" is just incredible.

Edit: Noting the wording of " [...] the Apostolosian became the sword and shield of Integrity" because Integrity literally is both those things - they are the armor Sokrates wears and the weapon they wield - but it positions them here both as a protector of Integrity and someone Integrity acts through (divines & candidates!).

And I love that this gives Integrity pre-Sokrates interiority I had honestly completely forgotten about. "For the first time in centuries, Integrity doesn't fear it's candidate" A divine afraid(!) of what it can do together with it's candidate, the power it gives. And then what Austin describes in pal29 comes to mind, which is like, "if there was a time when Integrity was like, you know, 'Finally someone has come to help me get out of this situation.' That is not what's happening here." It's interesting because that phrasing of if not the current but a past state("that time has come and gone ")... it still sounds like fear a little bit. And that obviously isn't the case anymore (I don't feel like typing out this Austin quote but he said something about the notion of immortality & change that made me real happy. I love that shit) & I'm curious to learn more about this hopefully.

I love Integrity & while I don't think of it as "the good one", it's fate is important to me because is still one of the sickest divines (which is really saying a lot with like, Perennial and Motion et al. around).

#Integrity is in the description for todays ep & I'm not sure if that's because they're just mentioned like hey btw. or actually relevant #But I shall find out. After I finish this faction game that is #counterweightposting #Palisadeposting #Palisade spoilers #I couldn't fit it in up there but more than everything else 'It is afraid and wounded' made me think of pal29. Likeeee #Also I was like Austin come on give people some credit when he said that bit abt integrity fans going but that's the good one #But 1) likely something he's actually seen? and 2) I can't lie I would like it to be on MBs side. This is my wouldn't that be sick? part. #But ultimately I want whatever happens to to be interesting. And there's things that aren't interesting to me and some of those - #- even fall under 'on MBs side' so like. WELL I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE. #I could elaborate on what's not interesting to me but it's a little. What if I jinx it. (not real) (I'm being extremely silly) #Those tags could've been it's own post tbh but I don't want to type it all out again.

[redrattlers]

summertime and the living's easy 🍊

#luke hemmings #lrhedit #moodboard #mb #* #today was so grey and rainy #and molly reminded me of the existence of the blue and orange mb the other day #so this is like an attempt at making a new one!! #tagging luke in my mbs even if only a portion of his face or his eyes are visible 🥰

[khaotunq]

The Eclipse + Social Media: Wat edition

#the eclipse #theeclipseedit #the eclipse the series #asianlgbtqdramas #akkayan #thai drama #thai bl #userjamiec #mushiemaradame #my edits #mine: the eclipse #mine: eclipse socials #there is a second reel but it's gone forever til i figure out why it specifically blocks this post from being seen lmao #sorry namo. #i was gonna put this in the tags of everyone who's been gorgeous in the tags of the other socmed ones but i got Stressed #I WILL FIGURE OUT WHO U ALL ARE AND TAG U IN OTHER STUFF MB? #i love everyone who's been so nice about these edits i'm just so

[sssusuki]

How long has Ivan been wasting himself at this bar? His mind is a little mush, trying to drown out the thoughts in his head. He had recently gone on a date with Till, somebody he had been trying to charm for what was probably years now— and he probably just messed it all up by teasing the poor man when he admitted he hit a police officer with a guitar.

Now, here he is wasting his sorrows away and probable rejection from the man in a few hours. Oh, lord, he wasn't prepared. His head fell to the counter and he almost feels like sleeping, anything to get away and into his fantasies right now.

The bell to the bar chimes and he doesn't take note of it as he begins to doze off. The glass that is now empty with melting ice seems to mock him as he swears he can see Till in the glass reflection.

He musters a groan. Great, now even his mind is making fun of his rejection, "Hey, Ivan? That you?" The familiar voice rings and Ivan swears he sobers up on the spot.

"Oh, uh," Ivan licks his chapped lips. Oh lord. Till is wearing a loose t-shirt that shows his collarbones and all that previous alcohol is not helping his situation, "Hey, what are you doing here?" Ivan attempts to salvage what little charm he has left after this night as he makes a toothy smile.

Till only cackles at this, "Hey to you to, and I am here to see you, y'know that right?" Till has that cheeky look in his eye, like he is about to do something rebellious. Ivan always loved that look on him. He found it irresistible. Wait, what did he say?

"Wait, what?" Ivan finally, completely sobers up as he lifts himself up off the counter that he was sure he was drooling on, and good God does he kind of wish he wasn't such a mess right now.

"Yeah, you kind of just dipped on our date after you made that joke. You do know I was laughing at it because it was funny, not demeaning, right?" He seems to make an expression that says, You do understand, right? And goodness does he understand now.

"Yeah, mhm," Ivan immediately straightens up because that is exactly what he thought, "You wanna sit down?" Ivan says, hoping to everything that is holy that his desperation isn't showing.

Till doesn't even respond he simply sits right next to him on one of the precariously leaning stools and orders some sort of fruity, non-alcoholic drink before turning back to him.

"Soo..." Ivan begins, realizing how awkward it is as Till waits for the bartender to make his drink, "What?" Till asks, "Unless we are continuing that conversation about the incident, which, by all means continue," Till laughs. It's very melodic, almost harmonious as Ivan can swear he sees stars.

Yeah not the time to be in lala land.

"Well, to begin," He tries to smooth out his ever wrinkling white button up as he tries to come up with some witty comeback, "Are you sure that all that caused you to hit the guy with a guitar was him trying to sing during Karaoke?" Ivan seems to relax a little bit into the conversation, unconsciously leaning his bodyweight towards the boy, "I seriously think that was just a little bit overkill," Ivan giggles.

"Well, it was in the heat of the moment!" Till puffs, "I was singing and suddenly he was interrupting me so I hit him with my guitar." Till grins.

Oh lord, Ivan is so wasted he can barely keep up with the conversation and is trying his hardest not to focus on Till's lips. This isn't good.

"Well, uh," Ivan can feel himself licking his lips, he realizes how chapped they are and wishes he bought some chapstick before this.

"Well?" Till nudges Ivan with his shoulder and Ivan swears he spirals for a hot second. Were Till's lips always so soft looking?

Ivan audibly gulps as Till snorts, "I guess the alcohol is too in your system? I've never seen you so loose?" Ivan can only nod, not trusting his mouth to not try and connect with Till's.

Suddenly he feels a pair of hands around his waist hoist him up out of the chair. It's Till.

"We're gonna get you home, okay?" Till innocently says and Ivan feels like exploding on the spot to hide his visible embarrassment.

"Okay." Is all Ivan can say as Till, much stronger than he looks, practically carries Ivan out of the bar.

The cold, crisp air of the city is one to marvel at since it's usually so humid at night that you start sweating when you leave. This particular bar is a little hidden, but nonetheless gorgeous with all the neon lights around.

Ivan droops his head onto Till's shoulder as the boy seems busy finding them a cab. He recognizes that he and Till are settled down into a car just a few moments after, but all Ivan really focuses on is being able to hold Till. It seemed after Till finally got his big gig for some band as their guitarist, they never got to hang out anymore, and then when the date spontaneously happened, it was fumbled immediately. But goodness, did he just miss Till's affection and comfort the most. The boy's loud and exciting nature always comforted Ivan. Perhaps it was because he was nothing like that, perhaps it was because he always wanted to be like that. Who knows.

He recognizes that Till asks him where his apartment is as he lazily— and very slowly— says the address. Hoping to stay with Till even just a little bit longer.

Ivan wraps his hands around Till's neck is his half-asleep stupor as he nuzzles his head closer in the crook of Till's neck. He feels two hands hug him around the back as Till's head settles onto his own, and finally Ivan felt like the date went well, even if he dipped an hour into it because he embarrassed himself. It went well.

And yeah, he could get used to this. Very used to this.

#they kissed eachother goodnight when Till got Ivan to his apartment goodnight..wjhsk #I am not insane I am free #ivantill #alien stage #vivinos #alnst #alien stage till #alien stage ivan #I WANNA HAVE THEM KITH SO BADLY :( but I haven't ever written people kissing so..... skshsjsb #THE DISCORD MADE ME DO THIS #join the ALNST discord its fun 👁️👁️ #🦢 writes #a swan writes #cygnus writes #I FORGOT TO TAG THIS ONE MB

[buck2eddie]

fic moodboard inspired by into the fire by @gayhoediaz

Buck thinks he could be drenched in gasoline and lit on fire, and it wouldn’t make a difference - he wouldn’t know - he’s already there; they’re it. Their bodies together. Them together.

After all, this is what a fire is - it’s what a fire does. It doesn’t matter how controlled it is, or how contained - a fireplace, or even a harmless, small candle flame - all it takes is one mistake - one misstep - and it devours everything in its path with ruthless enthusiasm.

#reread this one today and was just as good as the first time and I really wanted to make something for it!!! #tried to fit as many stuff as i could hope i managed to get the vibes correctly #if you haven't read this fic look away from the next tags ok great #the elevator kiss. chris's book and what happened after. bobby at the hospital. buck and natalia's talk in the jeep. #buck going over to hen's at night (with the tea). and eddie's and buck's talk at the end #and the do better line with emerald green felt like it was a must #just incredible fic mwah hits all the painful spots #would read it ten more times #so yeah nie thank you for writing this fic and sharing it with us im very grateful for it <3 #buddie #fic moodboard #m*mbs #buddie fic

[gncrezan]

happy valentine's day najam!! 💕 love u so much, you always make my days so bright, i hope you enjoy that same brightness today

HAPPY VALENTINES QUILL !!!!! hope you had a good day, i love you MWAH !!!!!! using this ask like last year as an excuse to post various nickmancing content i've accumulated over the years do not mind me (buttonkenzie sneaking in but still)

#once i get my trillion tasks out of the way. i will become insufferable on your ao3. prommy. #mostly old regency au from when i was rewatching bridgerton #quill tag #please also note their stupid 90s-retro justice and fortitude sweatshirts #i cannot for the life of me fucking find any other nick drawings i fucking know i have more but my folders are so disorganised i gave up #there's one of nick cowering behind kiran when rosy is coming up to him and theyre like #'he's using me a barrier. i didnt do this but im obligated to protect him bc i love him. please dont fire me' #bhattarai is also the last name im thinking of keeping for non-mb thoughts that steal nick + laila away from their original setting #'this is my nick wiseman fanart' -> two years later 'this is my oc nikhil bhattarai' #i do like the last name wiseman so much though i just want to distance whatever im doing with them with mb. its not truly mb anymore #like it is when i want it to be. I CONTAIN MULTITUDES! #but thank you for the ask again quill LOVE YOU!!!!! #nik wiseman #agent kiran

[jonathanbyersneedsabreak]

#smth about this image #the hopeless rage in his eyes #he knows he's powerless but he can't help being so angry about the situation #because it's not fair #he didn't do anything to the world so why is it so cruel to him and his family #what has he done to deserve this #and how half his face is covered by the shadows so you can barely see his expression #but it still comes out so CLEAR #you can see the glistening of tears too #how red and puffy his eyes are from crying every night where no one can see or hear him #and how tense his jaw is #how furrowed his brows are #like he's holding back every vile thought he wants to scream into the world #because he doesn't deserve this #none of them do #jonathan byers #charlie heaton #stranger things #mb i shouldn’t have put all this in the tags lmao #jonathanbyersneedsabreak

[where-is-zoro-one-piece]

#long post #he was bigger but tumblr wont let u upload anything bigger than 20 mb #only kind of sorry for this post #im gonna be super nice and not tag it zoro so it doesn't destroy the tag #sfw zoro #so i dont lose this image #feel free to use him as wanted #but no i had this mf rly long as one point #like #almost crashed my computer long #i wish u could have seen it #is this guy bothering u queen kinda post

[blu3mila]

meet the sweethearts i based off Nick and Vashhhhhhhhhhhha-ha! their names are Cristopher and Bláth!

really proud of myself for pulling off this feat of backwards engineering. their faces are modelled after sketches of their Marriage and this delightful kiss from my next wip. been chipping away at it slowly and suddenly there were two new guys with a story...

they're in their late twenties/early thirties and all kinds of messes, but... hopelessly in love. bláth would be a tattoo artist recovering from the hell that was his brother (dead now) and trying out this 'life' thing everyone's been raving about. brown hair that he bleaches to hell and back, with bangs ironed. trans, of course.

and cris'd be a mechanic, also struggling for independence, but in the financial sense. maybe four years younger and trying to seem tougher than he is. like he'd be butch enough if he just stopped trying, but he's not there yet with his ugly sports glasses. he's also unlucky enough to fall into a bad gang. bláth's a survivor of that coming from the other side, putting his all into dragging the other out. he won't be too deep. they'll make it out. after they stop running from each other that is!

#ocs #here we go... #intros #bláth oc #bláth intro #still working out cris' name so he gets a tag later #do i tag trigun? .. mb for this one #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #cris oc #cris intro #engine heart

[crossedwiress]

we're on the borderline, dangerously fine and unforgiving

#so i. uh #really wanted to make a cake moodboard #yknow what they say - make the cake u want to see in the tumblr #or whatever #so yeah. #this happened #thanks for vibe checking this one aria <3 #cake #my moodboard #aesthetic #oh aND the caption is from borderline by tame impala #been looping it so much lately #calum #luke #moodboard #ive forgotten how to tag this. i'm like. im still reeling after aria called this cozy slutty #that's all i've ever wanted to achieve in a cake mb i am WINNING at mb which is normal to want and apparently possible to achieve #heheeeeeeeee #e*creations

[kneeslapworthy]

Kate: Yikes, it smells like up dog in here.

Sticky, not falling for this again: ...

Reynie, not falling for this again: ...

Constance, who never fell for it in the first place: ...

SQ, new member of the society: What's up dog? :D

*all hell breaks loose*

#inspired by that one post i saw that one time #i'd like to think i'm funny #tmbs #mbs #the mysterious benedict society #mysterious benedict society #mbs disney #why does this fandom have so many fucking tags #sq pedalian #sticky washington #kate wetherall #reynie muldoon