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freebooter4ever · 1 year

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I feel like people sometimes forget that janelle has been radical, gender nonconforming, and an epic storyteller from the start \o/ this SONG. Man this song was the entirety of my 2013 (the whole album really), i have all the lyrics memorized. I think ive listened to it even more times than the archandroid even

#They be like oooooh let them eat cake #but we eat wings and throw them bones on the ground #Im cutting up dont cut me down #Is it peculiar that she twerk in the mirror #and am i weird to dance alone late at night #and is it TRUE we're all insane #ARE WE A LOST GENERATION OF OUR PEOPLE?#Add us two equations but they'll never make us equal #She who writes the movie owns the script and the sequel #so why aint the stealing of my rights made illegal?#They keep us underground working hard for the greedy #But when its time to pay they turn around and call us needy #March through the streets cause im willing and im able #CATEGORiZE ME i dEFY EVERy LABEL #And while youre selling dope were gonna keep selling hope #Were rising you now you gotta deal you gotta cope #will you be electric sheep?#will you sleep?#Or will you preach?

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ghouljams · 7 months

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You’ve made allusions to an android AU, may I venture a hc?

König (my beloved) is the most likely out of all of the guys to just. Literally not have a face. This boy was built exclusively for heavy combat - he’s probably got five cameras for eyes on a composite ceramic face. There is no synthskin. Briareos from APPLESEED vibes.

OK Android au is a Ghost au because that's my husband. I love the idea of König as a heavy duty mech. Let's run through what my thoughts on the au are and then never speak of it again

So Ghost as an android. Military grade, top of the line. I mean literally irreplaceable, no one knows how they made him, where he came from, or how he's able to think and do the things he does. It's almost unbelievable. You, the 141's mechanic, don't believe it. You've fixed up plenty of androids, you'd rerouted circuit boards and rewritten enough code to know that Ghost should not be doing the things he's doing. You think he's thinking. He shouldn't be thinking. Not the way he seems to be, at least.

Androids think, to a certain degree, but artificial intelligence is... well it's not exactly real. It's pattern recognition and computers running simulations. It's math. Complicated math, but still math. Ghost isn't doing math, he's making decisions. The 141 lets him out, free range, in the field and trusts him to think and act within the parameters- Fuck do they even set parameters for him?

He comes to see you the same way the men go to see the doctor. Reluctantly. Another thing he shouldn't be doing, that he's hiding from the rest of the unit, feeling. That's what first tipped you off that he was thinking, the way he lingered in your doorway when other androids would be marched in by their COs. Ghost stood in the door to your workshop and hesitated, like he didn't want to see you, or was hoping you wouldn't be in. When you'd made eye contact with his cameras, the red glow behind sculpted bone, he'd marched right in and sat down in front of your work bench.

"Need some maintenance," He's said, the transmitters for his voice box warm and rumbling behind the slight static. You'd never heard false vocal cords like that.

He's a wonder of mechanics. His back plate is dented, the synth-skin charred and bullet ridden, and when you take too long poking around trying to figure out how to get it off he reaches back and presses a button at the top of his spine. The black composite plates lining his spine -what a human would call a spine- release with a hiss and the back plates on either side pop up with a quiet click. You could spend hours looking at the motors running his muscles, like cogs in a clock. They spin silently, just on the edge of warm when you touch them, expanding his synthetic muscles almost like he's breathing. A cooling system you assume, or exhaust exchange. You grab a few tools from your bench and tug your safety goggles on to get started.

It's strange, you feel like a proper doctor working on him. Ghost sits like a rock for you, but he's sitting, he's active. You glance at his face like you'll catch him flinching away from the laser you drag against powder burns, or think he'll roll his shoulder to test the fit when you tighten one of the millions of tiny screws. You'll have to come up with something new to use on the tight coils of synthetic muscle he has. You've never seen anything like it, you'll need something custom if he comes in with anything bigger than a bullet wound. He's patient as you reshape his back plate, banging the dent out and soldering a patch over the hole.

"You'll need a new one of these," You tell him. He makes a noise almost like a hum, you chalk it up to motors whirring. Strange when they'd been so quiet before.

"Battle scars," He jokes, and you freeze, "That's what Soap calls them." He covers, but- He made a joke. He's covering, it's a good cover, but- He made a joke. Androids don't make jokes, they approximate jokes.

You're still thinking about it when he leaves. You're a good mechanic, a great one, but you can't explain Ghost away as subroutines and ai. You stare down at your diagnostic report, your repair report. You hesitate and mark "functioning optimally" before jotting down the repairs you made. It's probably nothing. No reason to snitch on the 141's prized android just because you're a little spooked.

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welcometogrouchland · 1 year

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[ID: an 11 panel comic featuring characters from the owl house. Panel 1- a cloaked Darius sneaking around a wall. panel 2 he peaks around the corner, saying "well? Did you retrieve...the package?". Panel 3 Hettie Cutburn (who has old Hollywood style text announcing "surprise Hettie Cutburn!" next to her) says "Darius! Of course! Took some digging but I found them eventually. Tell the boy I say 'hi!'". Panel four- she hands documents labeled "classified" to Darius. Later, Hunter (post timeskip) walks through a door in Darius' home, saying "hey Darius, hey Eber, I'm ba-". Next panel- Darius, Willow, and Eberwolf on the couch. Hunter says "...willow?", She replies "hey hunter!", he asks "what are you guys doing?

Darius says "oh nothing...except looking at pictures of you as a baby!" Holding up the documents from earlier. We see two pictures of a younger hunter framed like panels- the first is of hunter as a baby/toddler aged hunter freshly sprouted out of the ground with a blanket around him, covered in dirt, while the second one shows a young scout Hunter covered in bandages receiving his sprig plushie. Darius' narration reads "courtesy of Hettie Cutburn- she found the only surviving copy of your early life medical records and gave them to me". Willow says "aww, you were so cute!". The final panel shows Hunter looking embarrassed/stunned as Willow takes a photo of the documents, and Darius says "I'm considering it an early father's day present- so, thank you, Hunter". End ID]

MERRY DADRIUS WEEK!!! Thank you to @sergeantsporks for hosting! There's other prompts I wanna do but they'll probably be late (maybe I'll do them in bulk and upload them on the final day). Til then here's a silly comic!

#the owl house #toh #dadrius week #hunter toh #hunter deamonne #darius deamonne #won't tag eber and willow cause they're barely there #also i realize that op isn't really a fan of hubtlow i. literally forgot while making this the brainrot was so strong #it's not explicitly romantic though so hopefully it's not obtrusive. i know ships are allowed but i don't wanna annoy anyone yknow?#anyway this was 90% an excuse to draw baby hunter even though it was 90% me practicing drawing Darius #he's fun to draw! i just struggle w drawing him consistently but like. i do that w/ most characters from illustration to illustration #i finished this right under the wire. executive dysfunction and exams really got my ass #but it's finished now! not perfect but i haven't really made a proper comic since my final piece this year #on account of that one took me like 6 months #i needed comic recovery time 😭#also hope the ID isn't an issue for anyone since it's a bit spartan. i was trying to trim down it's length since a) it's long as fuck #and b) this fandom is- respectfully- whimpy as hell abt image IDs #but anyway yeah! happy dadrius week #and also happy fathers day if you celebrate!#i got my dad 'do androids dream of electric sheep' and he was really happy w/ that :]

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raayllum · 10 months

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He has nightmares, afterwards.

Callum has always been a night owl, staying up too late in his office, and he'd been better at actually going to sleep on purpose once Rayla had come back, uncertainly settling in Ezran's old room across the way, but...

He wakes her up one night crying and sticks to the cot in the high mage study after that, neck damp from chilled sweat as he stares at where the mirror used to sit. She doesn't need this, and he knows if he tells her about the dreams, he'll have to tell her why they're happening, and how much she'll blame herself right when she was starting to get better, and—

Half the nightmares are about being possessed again, the snakes from Finnegrin's office ensnaring his wrists and hissing in his ears. Biting his neck with sharp pointy fangs and injecting poison in his blood. Turning him to nothing more than Aaravos' puppet all over again, but by his own hand.

You knew the risk you were taking, Aaravos' voice mocks, cold and deep, his upper lip curling in a sneer. The irony isn't lost on either of them. By setting yourself free.

The worst of those dreams is a carousel of his loved ones — Soren, Ezran, Rayla — strangled, bloody, him helpless to stop it, to stop any of it, the primal stone like prison smashed at his feet, the glassy shards piercing his eyes. He's played right into Aaravos' hands and lost everything, and—

The other half — the worst better half is when Aaravos doesn't need to possess him to get what he wants. There's the same fear, the violence, the same pool of blood collecting at his knees, the same result — Aaravos, out — and yet...

If you want her to live, little mage, you'll do as I tell you.

When he wakes up from those dreams, it's still with a cold sweat, but with a steadier heart. And he hates it — hates how it reminds him of all the parts of himself he doesn't want, the parts of himself that he doesn't like, that scare him. How could he possibly be that selfish? And yet, he knows... he knows—

The tides are true as the ocean is deep.

The ocean arcanum thrums alongside the beating of his heart. He wakes and looks towards the window Rayla had climbed through, haloed in light, and him unaware of the dark creature he'd found in the mirror. He swallows hard.

He knows which nightmares he'd choose to have come true, his fingers folding over his knees.

I would do anything for you.

He knows exactly what he'd choose, because at least he'd still have her.

And the worst part of it all is that he knows, somehow, in his bones, that Aaravos knows it too. Has known it for much longer than Callum has, anyway.

It's almost what scares him the most.

"Your bedhead's getting worse," Rayla says cheerily at breakfast, combing her fingers through it, a butter knife clasped in her other hand.

That's the best response I could think of to your stupid request. I'm not going to kill you!

Almost.

#tdp callum #devil and the lovers #rayllum #i need you to kill me #if there is longing on the mirror of my heart #tdp #ficlet #fic #my fic #post season five #realized none of the projects i have going except 'electric sheep' (that will need to be tweaked anyway)#for post s5 have had callum pov so hard to fix that #poor boy #arc 2 #s5 #is the implication clear that he fears her death even more. is it clear #snake boi callum #i would do anything for you

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liu4ka · 1 year

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top 5 cat explotano

#WHY DID I-#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #otto mentallis #compton boole #psychonauts fanart #okay i kinda like interactions between these two..#i tried to understand how i feel about electric sheep #then boom #this shit happened #mentallis has zero personal boundaries btw #he held compton like a hamburger #what are you talking about #i want the world to see this so i'm trying to post it again #sorry not sorry ahahha

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themightyhumanbroom · 8 months

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Lanolin: (on the phone with Surge) Can you please tell Tangle and Whisper I'm gonna be late.

Surge: Sure thing Lamb Chop ~! But why are you going to be late?

Lanolin: Kit fell asleep on my lap.

Surge: I completely understand.

#you are not allowed to move #surge the tenrec #lanolin the sheep #surgolin #surge x lanolin #electric sheep #kit the fennec #tangle the lemur #whisper the wolf #idw sonic #sth #sonic

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bangobeep · 11 months

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trailer guy's name is probably fucking . johnny it's gotta be.... i just KNOW luis hernandez would name him johnny. i can SMELL it

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bugeyedfreaks · 10 months

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hi influx of new followers 👋 like this if ur real

#how many of you are robot #how many of you dream of electric sheep #anyway hi

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malewifehenrycooldown · 6 months

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I was going to write up a post about my ship with Android 18 but then realised I had to explain the whole 'But what about Krillin?!' question. So here's a meme I quickly put together to demonstrate how the ship works.

#i know i could easily make a drawing version of this but i'm too lazy + i need to design my dragon ball self inserts #yes i said self inserts. there are MULTIPLE dragon ball self inserts lol #don't worry krillin is okay with this arrangement. he does love his wife but also wants to ensure her happiness too.#which in this case 18 having feelings for TWO people is okay with him. plus krillin has a pretty good friendship with ripley #so it makes the arrangement a lot easier. plus also marron gets an extra family figure so theres that too #<- marron gets a lifetime supply of free piggy back rides on ripley because they can turn into a dinosaur.#the only issue is that feathers get everywhere and krillin gets annoyed when feathers get everywhere.#shallow rambles #shallow shitposts #saiyanposting #[r]: android 18 | beauty and grace from outer space #💘 Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #dragon ball self insert: raptor ripley #🦖 | edge of the earth #image described #[p]: krillin | the best of humanity #queue awaits you at the garden of madness

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blue-sleeps-in · 5 months

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my dream today was some videogame thing but the few things i remember from it were:

-finding an old cassette tape and playing it and it's a record of someone's last words before a monster gets them but the person is skyler white (i have never watched breaking bad)

-getting sent to home arrest for eternity by optimus prime. while that was happening because the sea creature died the river was drying up revealing piles of human skulls and also an old dream chaser wreck was in there somehow

-sitting at the edge of a cliff watching a sunset with my friends because it would be the last one until optimus prime seals me in a house for all eternity

#fuck you optimus #electric sheep

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poisonandpages · 11 months

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"An android,” he said, “doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for." “Then,” Miss Luft said, “you must be an android."

Books Read or Re-read in 2023;

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick

#this is yet another book that's significantly different from the film adaptation in case anyone was wondering #some parts you can really tell were written by a man in the 1960s and certain bits have aged terribly #the protag is kind of a dick in multiple senses of the term #but I can also understanding why it was considered such a groundbreaking piece for its time #as a speculative work it's pretty fascinating #do androids dream of electric sheep?#philip k dick #blade runner #file under my collages aren't good but I'm having fun anyway #books 2023 #amusing myself by casting Hedy Lamarr as Rachael #sosy don't look #litedit #bookedit

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libraryspectre · 1 year

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I honestly didn't like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when I read it for a sci fi lit class and I think I had legitimate reasons but I don't remember them because I always come back to the petty reason, which is the fake toad. I cried so hard over that toad being fake. I've never felt more betrayed by a narrative. I'm aware this is ridiculous because the toad being fake was SUPPOSED to be upsetting and that goal was achieved remarkably well. But I was so upset that it's all I remember clearly about that book now

#do androids dream of electric sheep #hey staff fix the glitch where if you try to italicize anything it italicizes the entire paragraph its driving us book bloggers up the wall

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melonisopod · 3 months

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Okay so I was basically wrong about all my predictions for featured Abnos in Canto VI except for Portrait of a Certain Day which was practically a given anyway so it doesn't count anyway I should just give up forever.

#i get zero points for portrait #kinda sad we didn't get the little voodoo doll girl #scorched girl was me wild guessing though i hardly expected her #no hurting teddy? oh well #and no marriage spider? rip we believed in you we loved you...#but at least we have electric sheep! let's hear it for electric sheep!

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somebirdortheother · 1 year

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Oh no Roy Batty is leaking into the final chapter of See You How You Really Are and it looks like someone is cutting onions now 😭

And this is why I ended up with a fistful of amusing one-shots to delay the inevitable.

#writing #somebirdortheother wip #see you how you really are #foundation #foundation fanfic #I gotta kill Cleon XIII one way or the other #At least he’s going to go out in style #Somewhere between making you roll your eyes and weep #that’s the sweet spot #roy batty #Bladerunner #do androids dream of electric sheep

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artisanalpeanutbutter · 5 months

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I'm so glad my friends are (mostly) not book lovers bc holy shit I hate she who became the sun so much and if I was surrounded by people who love it I would not be able to talk to them until they got over the hype. I only liked abt half of it and I would explain my feelings but I don't feel like doing that rn.

Tldr though: I didn't think it was feminist at all and going in thinking it was a feminist piece of literature made it a bad read for me. I liked how the author explored another gender class through the eunuchs though. Should've contested the other main character's misogyny & toxic masculinity (maybe that's not the right term here but idgaf this is just a tumblr post) though (can't remember their name bc i read it so long ago. The monk)

#same with iron widow and this is how you whatever the time war #so disappointed #they were hyped up so much but were riddled with issues #i liked all the other books i read last year though!!!#couldnt finish mexican gothic though bc i think it just wasnt the right vibe. i want to give it another shot though bc i usually love the #genre :3 #it wasnt bad i just wasnt in the right mood at ALL #OH also i think the bladerunner movie is leagues better than do androids dream of electric sheep but the book was still a good read yk?#i think there were additional elements in the book that just weren't tied together well enough #and didnt pay off well enough #like the religion payoff felt bizarre relative to the rest of the contents of the book. didnt feel fleshed oht enough #but perhaps that was the point and it just didnt click with me #no hate to the ppl who liked these books btw #oh i forgot about babel entirely. picked it up bc i was told it was like. decolonial magic and language but it sooooooooo wasnt. maybe im #just stupid or expecting too much idfk

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no1islost · 5 months

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I only managed to read 13 books this year. Two of them were for work, and my goal was 10, so technically I surpassed that goal….But considering how crazy this year was, I’m content. Yet again, no one asked, but here is my 2023 reading list (minus the two):

January

1. Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta

2. Godslayers - Zoe Hana Mikuta

March

3. The Last Hero - Linden A. Lewis

June

4. This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar

August

5. The Genesis of Misery - Neon Yang

October

6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick

November

7. Bluebird - Ciel Pierlot

December

8. Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton

9. Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree

10. Feral Creatures - Kira Jane Buxton

13. Lord of the Flies - William Golding

#absolutegarbage’s reading list #2023 reading list #books #the genesis of misery #this is how you lose the time war #the last hero #gearbreakers #godslayers #do androids dream of electric sheep #bluebird #hollow kingdom #legends and lattes #feral creatures #lord of the flies

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