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Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.
Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):
In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.
It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]
The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]
Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]
In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]
In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]
Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.
#the murderbot diaries#murderbot#𓄿#hi i'm READY to write a thesis about murderbot i am having way too much fun with this#i created a pretty excel spreadsheet and everything#i don't know why i did this but now i can look at them while i think about this more! so i figured i'd share them haha#i didn't count uses of 'friendly' but special shoutout to when MB is all alone in its cold cubicle missing 20% of its body mass#and starts putting on a show because 'the friendly noise would keep it company' 😭😭#i feel sick thinking about murderbot all alone on its own not knowing what its like to have friends watching media for 'the friendly noise'#also YES okay i wanted to make a point about miki there but i just#couldn't bring myself to talk about that more so... yeah#also uhhh this data is very subjective#i didn't count particularly ironic uses of 'friend' and generally did not count every instance of friend and sometimes it was a hard call#also i probably shouldn't have counted the times murderbot refered to drones or secsystems as its friends (often after hacking them)#but murderbot does seem to care about them and shows kindness and respect and sometimes points out that a system is friendly#so while i don't think MB means “friend” in the same way referring to them as when it refers to ART for instance#i still think its CUTE and also kinda funny how many times that happened so i decided to keep those!!!#but yeah take my data with a grain of salt lol
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Hey y'all I am still working on the goat in a dress but am delayed by a POTS flareup so I will not be working on it more until tomorrow I forgot asparagus is a diuretic. Again. lol
(for anyone reading this with no context for why that matters, I have both POTS and salt wasting syndrome and am on medication that is literally the opposite of a diuretic to help keep my blood pressure up. Eating a bunch of asparagus kind of temporarily undid that effect and I am very tired but fine, and I'll be back to normal in the morning)
#the person behind the yarn#food mention#I am okay I am just way tired#I took some salt pills and they are starting to kick in but oh boy that was not fun#I think asparagus is one of those things like salt that for most people it won't cause a noticeable affect to your blood pressure#like. most peoples' bodies are really good at maintaining homeostasis#mine is an outlier and should not have been counted#ESPECIALLY when it comes to electrolytes and water I am SO BAD at regulating those#I mean I say that like I have any control over it?? but also there's not really a better way to word that#I stay hydrated take my meds take salt pills as needed#but that does not stop the fact that my body is bad at salt and water lol
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Salty-Salt n' Pepp at a Pool/Summer Fest in da Hotel OJ!
((zoom in for better quality!)
((wich might be obvious but: salt's the girl at the left girl pepper's the girl at the right))
((yeah i headcannon that ii takes place in the 90's-00's))
((this is jus a doodle that i frogor to colour lol))
#inanimate insanity#ii#inanimate insanity invitational#osc#object show community#iii#ii salt#ii pepper#object shows#object show fanart#ii fanart#inanimate insanity fanart#ii humanized#inanimate insanity humanized#ii gjinka#ii gjinkas#inanimate insanity gijinka#inanimate insanity gjinkas#does this count as saltpep?
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Me: writes an AU where Marinette is a terrible person, attempts murder, lets her miraculous brainwash people into liking her, uses her identity for literal profit, has a deeply disturbing obsession with adrien that falls under the textbook definition of erotomania, watches him sleep, did I mention multiple attempts at murdering people just because she could--
Also me:
#she's just so fun to write though that's why I love her#she's just so silly#miraculous fandom#miraculous lb#miraculous fanart#miraculous ladybug#lucky lucky ladybug#miraculous fanfic#mlb art#ladybug fanart#miraculous ladybug fanart#marinette salt#does this count? someone explain to me if what I'm doing qualifies as salt or satire or what
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doing my anatomy study is fucking torturous bc every time i read some shit like “birds dont have a diaphragm” my brains like “hmmmm…… birdperson…..” and then i end up thinking abt him instead of studying
#it is rlly fun tho. thinking deeply abt alien (bird guy) biology all the time#ok typing this bc its fun and counts as revision.#(if i get anything wrong idgaf. this is from memory)#birds only have tiny kinda rigid lungs so they have a bunch of air sacs instead for air to flow into#and no diaphragm! so they use the intercostal muscles to breathe in and out#which r like the muscles around the ribs#but also means if u squeeze them around the middle they cant breathe#birds also have a kinda weird digestive system due to not having teeth etc#but of course bp .. does. but his diet is similar to that of seed eating birds#we dont see him eat i dont think. ?#its possible he has a mixed style of digestive system.. with a stomach like a human and gizzard like a bird#assuming he just swallows seeds whole without chewing lol#hmmm… id say its probably more likely he just has a proventriculus/gizzard combo and maybe like. a larger proventriculus than normal birds#hard to say. we dont rlly know enough abt his diet ig#altho i imagine it to be omnivorous#also smth fun is birds often swallow stones to help digest seeds. now if he chewed it probably wouldnt be necessary. but think abt it. silly#ok take this w a pinchhh of salt. but diet aside the teeth could be used simply for speech.#i vaguely remember learning abt that in language.#also he does Canonically have a cloaca ! wont go into that rn. but hmmm. much to think abt.#basiclaly bp pussy reallllll#kinda.#in the ways that matter !#oooooh what else.#ooooh. yes. birds dont have vocal chords. they have a syrinx for vocalisation#but of coursee bp can talk.#butttt there are birds that can imitate human speech. so its possible bp just uses similar techniques for speech#but it also gives him a far greater control over his voice than most … making him perfect as the lead singer :]#oh and ummm. he veryyyy likely has hollow bones. so even tho hes huge hes deceptively light. TEE HEE#ok thats it. i need to actaully revise this shit now LOL#but ooohhgghhhg. i need him.
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Now in words I'm pretty sure the FL team doesn't know the actual meaning of: steppe
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You know what, I will never forgive ya’ll for labeling Marinette as a stalker just like how I don’t forgive you guys for labeling Chat Noir as a harasser.
These negative or misconstrued notions of these characters is absolutely why I don’t touch Marinette salt because of the amount of bs or OOC Marinette is in them. (Not like ML Salt follows any logic or canon characteristics because people just love salting on characters they dislike) (Except Lila, Chloe and Gabriel, they kinda suck so I hardly think salting on them ruins the character)
Salters and Marinette/Chat Noir haters don’t deserve them.
#miraculous ladybug#marinette dupain cheng#Chat Noir#Marinette Protection Squad#Chat Noir protection squad#does this count as Marichat?#probably not but it’s funny#ml salt#ml fandom salt#These two deserve better#marinette deserves better#chat noir deserves better
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I can’t wait for Season 6 of MLB to open with Lila burning down a children’s hospital or kicking puppies or some other wild nonsense before Thomas heads to twitter and posts “So we all agree we don’t like Lila anymore right? :)”
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Amelie is not what she appears.
So I have been going through Miraculous again with some roommates I got into the show. This rewatch has given me a new look and upon finishing Felix I think Amelie is just as controlling as the other horrible rich parents, she just uses different methods.
Amelie controls by kindness. In Felix I believe she is testing to see how far Felix will go for her, so make a big deal about getting the de Vanily twin rings to see what he does. When he gets a ring back praise him and thank him for doing this for you then give him a ring as a reward. This makes it really easy to approach Felix with a sigh looking at the ring he is wearing and saying truly what I wanted was the Peacock miraculous.
But why? Why would she do this? I think she is interested in owning all the miraculous. I think that she or rather her family "owns" the land in Thailand that Gabriel, Natalie, and herself went to and found the Peacock in. Therefore as far as she see's it she owns all the miraculous. Why she wants them now? I do not know, but I do not trust her.
#felix graham de vanily#amelie graham de vanily#ml theory#is this salt does this count as salt?#ml salt#ml salt?#miraculous fandom#miraculous ladybug#mlb#ml analysis
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ATTENTION, CLAUDRIEN NATION------
...this isn't actually Claudrien related. BUT IT'S LORE!
Pairing: Chloé & Adrien Summary: Adrien is forced into attending a charity ball with his parents, but at least there's someone else there his age. (Pre-TWEOS; circa 2001. Adrien is approximately 11 years old)
I'll admit, the conclusion isn't super satisfying since it was only a lore drabble, but I think it puts Chloé & Adrien's childhood relationship into good context. It also expands a little on the repercussions of, uh... Audrey Bourgeois's actions. (And, to an extent, lack thereof as the Agrestés were all but happy to cover it up.)
tag list: @dayochoco @everything163 @cutepastelstarsalior @myriadmi @joshua-the-phoeinx @wuhuislandresident @mxacegrey (HAHA FOUND YOU YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME ANYMORE)
#miraculous fandom#miraculous fanfic#thewarmembraceofshadow#audrey bourgeois#does it count as Audrey Bourgeois salt if I just give her new and even worse crimes against children?#eh#it's more a metaphor for the dehumanization of child stars and celebrities than anything
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"Just a bit of seasoning"
"That's the best salt in the Shire"
^How we know LotR is a British story
#sam honey i love you i do but salt does not count as seasoning sorry babe#lotr#bea rambles#bea rewatches the extended editions
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Naminé: Sorry, I'm late to the party. I've been doing things.
Xion, entering in an unbuttoned shirt: I got caught up doing things too.
Roxas: Wow, Naminé was late too! What a coincidence!
#namine#xion#roxas#namixi#namishi#heart hotel#sea salt fam#does this count as#dirty humor#kh incorrect quotes#kingdom hearts
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i usually don't talk about my problems with miraculous because i want this to be a safe and no drama space...
...and also cause if i did i would just change basically all the directorial and creative choices of this show. if it was in my power most of the plots or cringey scenes of this season wouldn't even exist or would've been fixed.
and i want to elaborate but i can't cause if i do i'll start thinking about it for too long, all of the things i would change or keep or fix for it to be a show that i can call good to this day
i could write a whole book about it like it was that deep
sooo since i have a life to worry about and im not rich enough to have the time to write everything down and buy the rights of the show or whatever, do it again but better, i usually just ignore what i don't like and live with fanfiction, fanart and my delusional self cause i love these characters so freaking much
#ml#started writing this after watching derision and thinking: wow i wish i could take this seriously but the writing is so lazy it's impossibl#i hope this does not count as ml salt or derision spoilers? i promise it's just me venting i want peace lol
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people overestimate how much spices are put in mexican cooking. its truly not that many. maybe a few herbs for caldos here and there, salt pepper ......................... we genuinely dont use that much. i mean i use garlic salt but its garlic salt. its just garlic garlic isnt a spice. most of the heat comes from chiles. of which we only use like 5 types regularly. maybe for some special dishes we need different spices like cinnamon or smthn but thats if youre making mole sauce which most of us would just buy the glass container from the store. indians actually use a lot more spices than mexicans even tho our foods r usually called super spicy we get heat from different places
#forgive me indians if im wrong u can throw eggs at me#but anyway its just im very upset watching great british bake off mexican week (MY OWN FAULT) like what the fuck are you DOING😭#good mexican food fr doesnt even need that much spice. i can fry a unseasoned thin piece of beef and pair it with red rice and ohhhh my god#and the only spices in red rice is. s. salt. does buillon count? Buillon that we do use a lot certainly. Buillon. its just tomato onions#garlic buillon Da Rice oil 2 fry Da Rice.................. i mean sometimes a serrano chile laying on top..........literaly idk its not#much#this could entirely be biased tho. my family is from michoacan and um they certainly did not have that many spices at the ranch#but it is central mexico at the same time soo idk#just trust me. my food tastes good. my whiteboy roomatebestie says so
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guess who just realized that he’s unknowingly been doing something that helps with a disability he just discovered he had?
i knew the salt was good for me :D (read: i very much didn’t know)
#the disibility in question being#vasovagal syncope#or#neurocardiogenic syncope#(i believe theyre the same thing but im not quite sure)#(also its technically presyncope but shhh close enough)#which means low blood pressure#and salt raises blood pressure#and ive always liked salty things#which is probably why ive never actually gone unconscious :D#good job me!#also- does vvs count as a physical disability? genuinely asking here#♡⊱a talks#vvs#syncope
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when you block the tags but you ✨don’t succeed✨
#this just in: blocking tags does ✨nothing✨ when no one tags their posts lmaoooooooo#(i have plenty of notps across different fandoms. too many to count; too many that still pop up despite blocking the tags… :( )#this is also one of the main reasons why i don’t visit the [redacted] anime tag lmaoooooo#(the other reason is just the plain and simple fact that i really hate the [redacted] anime lol. but also bc of the notp)#this kinda post is what happens when i’m feelin’ extra salty ig#(said moments after freakin’ whaling for yujiro’s event 5 star >:((((((( i d o n o t respect you anymore iv >:((( )#(<- got baited by the rainbow doors only to get an iv dupe >:( that’s it no more ft4 merch for the rest of the year. bye iv)#s o bs time to turn full yujiro anti ig ಥ‿ಥ#wait wasn’t i supposed to be salting about my notp? how did it turn into a gacha rant lol#anyway the event epilogue was pretty dry too. like the rest of the story. can’t believe i spent money on this freakin’ event >:(#inedible blubbering
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