#this is also probably a byproduct of my getter brain rot lol

[no1ryomafan]

Forgot to mention awhile ago I started Big O-ITS GOOD-and this is something that hasn’t been touched on yet but is that the robot is sentient, which got me thinking about why this aspect is appealing to me in mecha context pasts “already preferring robots with sentience to begin with”.

There is something both intriguing and horrifying about the idea this giant man made machine your piloting that cannot speak at all is still technically aware. It doesn’t have a free will per-say as it needs you, its pilot, to operate it, to make it move and fight, but it still has its own thoughts and feelings. And whether or not this sentience means anything to humanity-if it freaks out other people, if it means anything for the general scale of evolution and the future as technology continues to grow-you still have the duty to pilot this robot because there’s no other way to eliminate the enemies, and only you can do it. Even if you didn’t choose to, the robot needs you as much as you need it.

#meg text #mecha rambles #this is also probably a byproduct of my getter brain rot lol #I don’t expect every mecha to be like getter-that’s dumb-but any similar narrative with robot sentience makes me 👀 #of course there’s the level of vagueness to it all but that’s what I like about it because it’s perfect analysis material #also characterization of robots being sentient but not speaking>>> #honestly this might be why I couldn’t get into tf or brave didn’t tickle my brain even though I should try again #I love my talking robots obviously but with mecha this approach makes the most sense #having them talk or “only be metaphorically representing something” doesn’t appeal to me unlike this in between #only expectation is like- the pilot is literally the robot but I can only think of Jeeg for this lol #and even then it’s just for OG but Kenji is essentially a toku protag so I like the metaphorical part there #he’s not literally Jeeg nor is his robot sentient but mentally they are intertwined #oh and can I just say so far with big o I like how it manages to balance big robot with human looking robot #the fact Dorothy is ACTUALLY connected to them is so fucking cool but I’ll save that for another time #(also I really gotta watch giant robo after I finish this show even though I got a pile of other things huh)