#1-800-not-a-robot

[datarobotsuggestion]

Date a robot who doesn't know what's happening

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[miscling]

I just wanted to say that your glove post makes me short circuit every time >////< it scratches an itch i forgot i had for the longest time. Thank you

this thing wonders which material was your favourite.

it wonders if you're thinking about wearing them, or having gloved hands running up your body teasing at all your sensitive parts, lingering frustratingly at places you want them to touch.

whichever it is, this thing is glad you enjoy the pictures!

[ell-es-dee]

☣ hallo !! im nawt the best at making intros so.. here's the best one i could put together... (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)

💊 namehoard: toxin, sayori, yakui (main name), cyanide, lithium, radium, xenon, cyber, marigold, bonnie, keta/ketamine, aol, hazard, strawb, nyacifier, chlorine, zombeh, poptart, hani, kona, ++ any fictionkin names are fine!!

💊 boyflux/nonbinaryflux intersex boygirl, aroaceflux and pomoromantic ++ xenogenders

💊 pronouns: it/xe/lean/purp/glitch/nuke/🍪/☣️/💜 (use any other and i will give 1 warning, and if u continue it will become a block. (¬`‸´¬)

💊 all of my aesthetics/subcultures (very passionate about them,,): larpercore, slasher summer, juggalo, cultcore, doomer, slimepunk, necrotrap, bastardcore, terrorwave, incelcore, sigmacore, grunge, gopnik, slavic, jumpstylecore, oddcore, toxiccore, glowwave, icepunk, breakcore, acidwave, drugcore, kinderwhore, trashcore, urbling, scemo, shinora, gurokawa, rokku gyaru, hadeko, clowncore, yamanba gyaru, maidcore

💊 i have some disorders,, iwc always ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა (i swear im nice)

💊 some of my main fandoms: american psycho, stephen king (any of his movies/books), fnaf, yandere simulator, class of 09, final destination, pulp fiction, ddlc, genshin impact, saw, scream, lucky star, creepypasta, eddsworld, south park, monster high, twilight, heathers, tyler the creator lore, mlp, breaking bad, strawberry shortcake, athf, edd ed and eddy, homestuck, vocaloid, gorillaz, the office, american horror story, goosebumps, nijura maids (i dont support the creator 😕) ++ more

💊 my otherkins/conceptkins;; vampire kin, robot kin, glitch kin, angel kin,, zombie kin,, doll kin,, whether kin (tornado!!),, nightmare kin,, plush kin,, tech kin,, toy kin,, scarecrow kin, shadow kin, sea monster kin,, christmas kin, valentines day kin, hypnosis kin, chatbot kin, wizard kin, fallen angel/demon kin,, song kin,, death angel kin,, whats app kin (yes i kin whats app),, elf kin,, microwave kin,, halloween kin

💊 theriotypes;; jackalope,, koi fish,, calico cat,, vampire cat,, angel cat,, ant,, glow worm,, lamb,, kitsune,, bunny,, hamster,, jumping spider,, red fox,, white bat,, rosy maple moth,, groundhog,, raccoon,, polyphemus moth,, goat,, borzoi dog,, dirt worm,, persian cat (brown fur) ++ questioning others

💊 food kins: sour patch kid candy (specifically orange), jack-o-lantern (idk if that counts as a food), peeps marshmallow (specifically the yellow chick one), cotton candy (pink and blue)

💊 top fictionkins;; ticci toby (crp), yakui-san (nijura maids), billy lenz, nicole (class of 09), kyle broflovski, casey (scream), wendy torrence, carrie white, hatsune miku (vocaloid!!!!), sayori (ddlc), midori gurin (yansim), karkat vantas (homestuck), bonnie (fnaf), tord (eddsworld), derpy hooves (mlp), tavros nitram (homestuck), applejack (mlp), toko fukawa (danganronpa) konakona018 (oc), biscuit tan, patrick batemen (american psycho), billy loomis (scream), lulu (crp), judge angel (crp), natsuki (ddlc), sierra (tdi), karen (class of 09), meatwad (athf), junko (danganronpa), beta!kokichi (danganronpa v3), sayaka maizono (danganronpa v1), hamtaro, stanley mitchell, jade harley (homestuck), john egbert (homestuck), yowane haku (vocaloid), wolf haley, chihiro (danganronpa), dorei san, shitai san ++ wayy more.. (pfp is probably who im kinshifted as) also im fine with doubles & mediamates!!

💊 factkins: courtney love, rob canter, lisa left eye, george harrison, allison harvard

💊 some of my favorite music artists;; smashing pumpkins, jazmin bean, sharkdrug, yabujin, korn, icp, limp bizket, kmfdm, nirvana, 2pac, 4lung (i dont support the creator), bloodhound gang, cannibal corpse, foo fighters ☹️, weezer, gorillaz, kendrick lamar, lagoyo, red hot chili peppers, tyler the creator, basement jaxx, pierce the veil, deftones, ayesha erotica, slipknot, 1 800 pain, msi, hole, 2pac, slipknot

💊 selfshipper!!!! f/os: cody (tdi), edd (eddsworld), eyeless jack (crp), gamzee (homestuck), 2D (gorillaz), morty (r&m), mastershake (athf), liu woods (crp), x virus (crp), wallace wells (scott pilgrim), simon henriksson (cry of fear) ૮꒰ ྀི >⸝⸝⸝< ྀི꒱ა

💊 adoptive father of jank boteko and an0rex1c sour patch kid meme (WHO IS PRO-YAKUI FAMILY 💜♥️😈)/satire

💊 i know japanese & russian ^______^ (english isn't my main but im ok with it)

💊 moodboard account: @noapologiesbynirvana

💊 webkinz, beanie babies, furbies, shopkins & squishmallows collector!!!!

💊 dni: basic dni, anti fictionkin/otherkin/etc, anti furry, anti therian, transphobes, homophones, TRUE CR*ME COMMUNITY/COLUMB*NERS (im recovering), people who support trump (YOU'RE HORRIBLE!!!!), nsfw blogs, toxic stans (any community), shedblr or cvtblr (im recovering), people who i had drama with in the past 😕😕

💊 gonna leave it at that for now,, might add more later !! ^_______^ 🌀🌀

[girlactionfigure]

🟢 Tue morning  - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

❗️YESTERDAY’S MASSACRE STORY FALLS APART.. the attack DID NOT take place in a designated safe zone but 1 km away.  The fire was caused by a nearby vehicle loaded with EXPLOSIVES - more specifically rockets.  The IDF used a “very small” bomb, and the damage shows no bomb dispersal pattern (meaning it wasn’t from the bomb).  

▪️UNRWA - 1 MILLION LEAVE RAFAH.. everyone who wanted to leave Rafah has.

▪️AID PIER DIFFICULTIES.. most of the aid pier was floated to Ashdod, to shelter during wavy seas.  One part broke away and beached in Ashkelon, along with a vessel trying to pull it off.  Another 2 pieces washed ashore in Gaza.  Several experts weighed in: bad place for this type of pier, there were other better options.

▪️ROBOT / DRONE ARMOR?  Spotted in Rafah: armed APC’s with no humans aboard - new drone armor by the IDF.

▪️HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHES A CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN.. you too can buy a drone or missile to kill Jews.  

▪️PROTEST CONVEY.. is slowing traffic along the coastal highway.  The protest for the "return of the mandate to the people" motorcades left from several points in the country as part of the protest calling for the elections.

♦️RAFAH - TUNNELS.. The IDF has so far located more than 10 smuggling tunnels along the Philadelphi axis, crossing from the Gaza Strip to Egypt. Some were destroyed, the IDF is working to destroy the rest.

♦️RAFAH - FIGHT.. a 6th combat brigade has entered the fight.

♦️GAZA CITY TUNNEL DESTROYED.. 800 meter-long and 18 meter-deep tunnel was located close to the Netzarim Corridor, n the Sabra neighbourhood.  Demolished by explosion.

⭕ 3 IRAQ SHIA MILITIA SUICIDE DRONES at EILAT, intercepted.

⭕ NEAR TULKARM, TERRORISTS FIRING AND IED.. shooting attack combined with an explosive device against the Deir al-Hausun checkpoint North of Tulkarm.

⭕ HEZBOLLAH - “WE’RE USING BOMB DROPPING DRONES NOW”.

⭕ 3 ANTI-TANK MISSILES at Shtula.

[beepartcollection]

Behold! A TF2 OC!

They’re The Janitor, or really, just a janitor. Or Jay, if you want to call him by name. They work long, loooong days and are paid fuck all. They’re an art college dropout, and so navigated their early 20s riddled with debt and late bills. After a point he was ready to take any job, and Mann Co needed janitors. He sweeps the floors, mops up blood, shoves bodies into the wood chippers, does the dishes, and all without complaining! Being annoying is a friable offense, after all! (It says it on his contract, and yet Scout walks around with that mouth of his) Over the course of working at Mann Co, and taking Medic’s homemade testosterone injections, Jay really changes! Grows into himself and transitions :3 And he learns a lot about chemicals, especially dangerous ones that could ruin the circuitry of a robot that’s threatening your found family! He joins the battlefield as some strange mvm exclusive tenth class. He changes a lot, therefore, second design! It was fun to draw :3 More info under the cut! As well as a FUCKTON of doodles featuring a few other tf2 ocs :3

First of all, a fuckton of doodles! This first batch is my favorites from my doodle canvases of him, and some silly ones :3 cameo from @1-800-deactivatednearu​ ‘s Botanist and @sickknifetrick​ ‘s Butcher!

Next batch is transgender stuff, I apologize but I cannot make an oc that’s not queer in some way ^w^

And general body shape, he’s pretty pear shaped, and considering it was the 1960s and 70s, before top surgery he bound with tape, which absolutely fucked up his ribs! He did all his 12 hours shifts in that :3

And last but not least, the Janitor’s fallen in love with the Mailman :3 Specifically, @sicc-nasti​ ‘s mailman! The Courier! Aka, Brodie ^w^ Some doodles of the two of them!

And a comic panel redraw! I apologize, the lineart’s hard for me to imitate X3 I’m a ctrl z every 0.2 seconds kinda guy while Makani is not

[kutiekirby]

The strong feminine urge to create proseka cards for II chars w/ my humanized designs…

Sigh I’m making my own gachas and card sets. This will include my oc and AU

Though nobody but me knows what I’m talking about lemme break it down:

(Breakdances) (jkjk)

I have an inanimate insanity AU called freedom fighters (I decided on the name woo!). A story about my oc, Mephone15, going to her beloved brother, Mephone4’s show to try and kill him, like all her other siblings. Long story short, she didn’t do so, lived with 4 and Mepad, witnessed the death of inanimate insanity and Mephone4 going back to meeple, got Mepad, and Bot to get the shimmer’s help, fixed 3GS, huge fight, cobs is dead, 4 and 15 reunion, and now Mepad, 3GS, 4, 15, and Bot are a family of silly rouge robots. This is interesting once I write the fic, I just posted the summary.

The gachas and cards are below. If anything is wrong, do let me know. It is 11:44 pm as I write this, and I just ripped things off of the proseka card wiki if I’m being completely honest with you. My parents think I’m asleep.💀

The Joy We Seek gacha

Mephone4

Card name: A Fresh Start!

Quote: “Greetings and salutations!”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate Insanity

Attribute: Pure

Skill name: Reality Show Hosting!

Ability: Turns all BAD or higher notes into PERFECT notes for 5s

Mephone15

Card name: An Awkward Mission

Quote: “Do I really have to do this…?”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Freedom Fighters

Attribute: Mysterious

Skill name: To Betray, Or Not To Betray?

Ability: 120% score boost for 5s

Mepad

Card name: Brand New Assistant☆

Quote: “Not to be rude, but you should behave more professionally in your work environment.”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate Insanity

Attribute: Cool

Skill name: Always Here To Help

Ability: Recover 500 Life, +100% score for 5s

Toilet

Card name: Brand New… Assistant?!

Quote: “MISTAH PHOOOOONE!”

Rarity: 3 stars

Unit: Inanimate insanity

Attribute: Happy

Skill name: I’ve Got Your Wires, Sir!

Ability: all GOODs or higher become PERFECTs for 6.5s

OJ

Card name: Season One Winner!

“I did it! I won Inanimate Insanity!”

Rarity: 3 stars

Unit: inanimate insanity

Attribute: Happy

Skill name: Million Dollar Smile

Ability: 100% score boost for 5s for PERFECTs only

The Future Is So Yesterday gacha

Steve Cobs

Card name: The Truth Breaks Reality

Quote: “See, Mephone didn’t just make the show. He made YOU…”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate insanity

Attribute: Mysterious

Skill name: No More Secrets

Ability: all BADs or higher become PERFECTs for 7.0s. +100% score boost for 5s

Mephone3GS

(Gacha Exclusive)

Card name: Helpless And Neglected

Quote: “Please… don’t.”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate insanity

Attribute: Cool

Skill name: To Those We Wait For

Ability: Score boost 90% if life is under 800 (120% if life is over 800.) for 5s. For every 10 life, score is increased by +1% (stops as 140%.)

Mephone4 (young)

Card name: Little Big Dreamer

Quote: “Hey 4s! 15! Wanna hear my show’s story!?”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Freedom Fighters

Attribute: Cute

Skill name: Sharing Interests With Those We Trust

Ability: 250% Score boost for 5s.

Knife

Card name: Can’t Wait To Win!

Quote: “…Can’t belive I’m gonna open this door, clock this guy in the face, and become a millionaire. That’s crazy.”

Rarity: 3 stars

Unit: Inanimate Insanity

Attribute: Cool

Skill name: Arrogant, Yet Kind

Ability: 80% score boost for 5s. (PERFECTs only)

Suitcase

Card name: Retrieving The Lonley

Quote: “And- Mephone3GS? We’ll come back for you.”

Rarity: 3 Stars

Unit: Inanimate Insanity

Attribute: Pure

Skill name: I Promise

Ability: Recover 400 life, 60% score boost for 5s.

Through No Choice Of Your Own gacha

Mephone4

Card name: Nothing Ever Lasts Forever

Quote: “…No.”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate Insanity

Attribute: Pure

Skill name: Child’s Play

Ability: Life recovery +350% and score +80% for 5s

Steve Cobs

Card Name: Father Knows Best

Quote: “Show’s over. Let’s go home.”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Inanimate insanity

Attribute: Cool

Skill name: “Good” Parenting

Ability: 130% score boost for 5. (PERFECTs only)

Mephone15

Card name: Tears Streaming Down A Paralyzed Body

Quote: “I was so struck with emotion, everything went black.”

Rarity: 4 stars

Unit: Freedom Fighters

Attribute: Mysterious

Skill name: Severe Emotion Paralysis Protocol

Ability: all BADs or higher become PERFECTs for 7s.

Mepad

Card name: Console The Hopeless

Quote: “Please.. don’t cry, 15. I’m here now.”

Rarity: 3 stars

Unit: Freedom Fighters

Attribute: Happy

Skill name: The Strongest Brotherly Love

Ability: recover 400 life, 60% score boost for 5s.

Bot

(Gacha exclusive)

Card name: Is This Really Inanimate Island!?

Quote: “Wait, what!? Where am I?!”

Rarity: 3 stars

Unit: Freedom Fighters

Attribute: Cute

Skill name: An Unfamiliar Familiarness

Ability: All GOODs or higher become PERFECTs for 5s.

I’m so tired. I stared at like ten something originally. Had to add the disclaimer when I finished. Debating on whether I should add the FF and another gacha. I WOULD draw the cards but I’m bad at anime art and I’m working on smth else atm. Eyelids are starting to get heavy, adding the tags, posting this, and going to sleep.

[stevebattle]

ANDY the “Personality Robot” by Andrew Filo (1985), Axlon, Sunnyvale, CA. ANDY is designed to work with the Atari 800 (48K) and 800XL, and the Commodore 64. It comes with the PERSONALITY EDITOR, allowing users to edit simple ‘personality’ subroutines in BASIC. “I pushed Nolan [Bushnell] to make a ‘toy’ grade version of Androbot, but it was too late. I returned to Androbot from Christmas Vacation to find I was Fired but told to report to Nolan's Catalyst Building, where He told me to try to develop a toy androbot. I quickly crafted a robot based on the FRED plastics and started on a software package called the personality editor. It cost about 1/10th the price of a FRED and was intended to be a roaming and interactive computer ‘pet’ as opposed to the original drawing turtle. Nolan Christened it Andy Robot to honor me and spite the Androbot.” – Andrew Filo.

[gauntletqueen]

How about the Terminator specifically WITHOUT the human disguise. Because I'd be surprised if you'd want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Robot Body Scale ranges from 1 to 10 and reflects how happy I, Zoey Gauntletqueen, would be for a robot body to be my body. 5 is the base, being the same as my current human body. It does not reflect my opinion on the design as a whole.

Wow there is a Lot of technical information on the wiki about this skeleton

Visually, it's a Buff Skeleton, very clearly mechanical, and unsurprisingly, it kinda feels like it's missing some kind of outer plating, and generally lack any unique features. The glowing eyes are cool and I do like that it's a very visually functional machine, but the hands... They are so thin and little... How will I punch real good....

The T-800 is equipped with a wide range of sensors and internal calculation modules, such as heat vision, infrared vision, trajectory calculation and weather prediction. I'm sure some of those would be quite useful in real life! It can even read muscle movements and shit waow. While it's more durable than a human, it scores quite low in this department compared to most robots I've rated, being unable to resist single explosions and being taken out instantly by high caliber weaponry. That, combined with the very basic appearance doesn't put it high on the scale.

4.6

[yu-gi-poll]

ROUND 1A, MATCH 5 OUT OF 8!

Monster Stats & Propaganda Under the Cut:

Wroughtweiler is used by Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: EARTH

Level: 3

Type: MACHINE / EFFECT

Effect Type: TRIGGER

Effect (according to the anime): “When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, add 1 “Elemental Hero” card and 1 “Polymerization” From your Graveyard to your hand.”

ATK / DEF: 800 / 1200

Propaganda:

Robot doggy

Neo-Spacian Glow Moss is used by Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: LIGHT

Level: 3

Type: PLANT / EFFECT

Effect Type: TRIGGER

Effect (according to the anime): “When this card attacks or is attacked, your opponent draws 1 card. If they cannot, send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard. If your opponent draws a card by this card's effect, reveal that card, and based on its type apply an appropriate effect: ● Monster: End the Battle Phase. ● Spell: You can change this card's attack to a direct attack. ● Trap: Change this card to Defense Position.”

ATK / DEF: 300 / 900

Propaganda:

She's iconic, and one of the best neo spacians.

Chrysalis Dolphin is used by Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki in the dub). Its stats are the following:

Attribute: WATER

Level: 2

Type: FISH / EFFECT

Effect Type: IGNITION

Effect (according to the anime): “By Tributing this card while “Neo Space” is on the field, Special Summon 1 “Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin” from your hand or Deck.”

ATK / DEF: 400 / 600

Propaganda:

[None Submitted]

[hirocimacruiser]

Achieving a goal is the beginning of a new challenge. To run really fast, HKS thinks.

A drag race scene where people compete for 0.001 seconds over a distance of about 400 meters in just a few seconds. '91 is a drag field that demands quick response and power from the engine, clutch, suspension, and even a single drop of oil or gasoline, as well as durability and transmission ability to handle instantaneous high power. -In '95-'96, the ``HKS R32 DRAG GT-R'' won the series championship in the RRC Drag Race Championship for three consecutive years. The following year, in 1997, the ``HKS DRAG 180SX'' in the BERC Drag Race Championship Pro Stock class and the ``HKS R33 DRAG GT-R'' in the Pro GT-R class achieved the Avec Championship. Having achieved one goal in 1997, what we aimed for in 1998 is:

Quarter mile time in 9 seconds with FF base vehicle. They then talked about their know-how from drag racing to date, and ``HKS FF DRAG CELICA'' made its debut. The first goal was achieved on October 9, 1998 at Sendai Highlands with a time of 9.886 seconds. He further improved his time to 9.727 seconds, and in 1999 he set a goal of breaking the quarter mile in the 6-second range, and has already begun a new challenge. "Achieving a goal is the beginning of a new challenge" - HKS' never-ending battle continues

HKS

■Company overview

●Name HKS Co., Ltd. Established October 31, 1971

●Capital 607,475/Kawa Representative Director and President Naruyuki Hasegawa

●Location Head Office 2266 Kamiogawa, Kunikami City, 418-0192

●Business details

Development, design, and product sales of automobile parts, racing engines, turbocharger-related parts, and automotive components and systems Design, development, and manufacturing of original mufflers, suspensions, and engine parts Development of complete cars, development of aircraft engines

●Number of employees: 407 (333%, 74 women)

●Equipment overview

Experiment building: Dynamometer (1,000/800/600~300/200/PS) Chassis dynamo, exhaust gas analyzer

Old experimental building: Dynamometer (600/600-500-200/PS)

Manufacturing factory: 10ft machining center, 5 NC lathes, 41 cam polishing machines, 21 biston narai, 11 turning centers, 21 crank Kenjoshi, Monzen Kendanmei, 21 surface grinders, 1 gun drill machine.

Muffler factory: Pipe bender, robot welding machine, 1 laser machine, shell machine, multi-spot welding machine 11, 100T press, TIG welding machine, CO2 welding machine multi-stage

Muffler 2nd factory: Pipe bender / shirring / Yasuda machining center 1 piece

Suspension factory: Cold solid coiling machine, continuous coiling machine, surface grinding machine, shot peening machine, automatic setting machine, automatic load testing machine, etc.

●Affiliated companies

HKS Aviation Co., Ltd. HKS Service Center (Tokyo/West/Kyu)

HKS USA, INC (USA)

HKS EUROPE()

[sketchy-potato]

If you get this and want to, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it the last five blogs in your notifs. Anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog <3

Thanks for the ask :3

1: I love reading and will read an 800 page book in two days while having school

2: I do programming for my school's robotics team

3: I am currently trying to learn Spanish and I know a minuscule amount of French cause I was forced to be in that class for a little bit 😅

Thanks, this was really fun to answer :D

[thelostdreamsthings]

“Every unhappy marriage is unique” — Leo Tolstoy.

Similarly, every failed government is unique in its own way.

Argentina’s new president, Milei, is embarking on an ideological “free market” experiment that has caused immense pain in the past.

Just throwing the society to bankers and corporations is not going to solve any problem. It’s a recipe for modern feudalism.

China-bashing, communism-hating, libertarian God and the new President of Argentina, Javier Milei, met with the Chinese special envoy.

Then Milei handed him a very polite letter to be delivered to Xi Jinping.

“extended his sincere greetings and best wishes to President Xi. He stressed that the new government of Argentina attaches high importance to its relations with China.”

Milei has slashed the value of peso by more than half. Now $1 = 800 pesos! And he is imposing severe austerity, including reducing pensions to retired people.

Good luck, Argentina.

[your-artificial-god]

music anon here! get ready for a dump! i'll send just via name and artist to not clutter with unclickable links

Kiss Me, Son of God by They Might Be Giants

CULPABILITY AND THE PANOPTICON by Ghost and Pals

Action Winter Journey by Nero's Day At Disneyland

Couture by Epsyle

You're One Of Them, Aren't You? by The Paper Chase

HURT by 1 800 PAIN

Perfect Nothing by Ghost and Pals

Get It Out by Jack Conte

ABSOLUTE EGO DANCE by YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA (purely because it kind of hurts my ears but in an endearing way if that makes sense)

Taxonomies by Larry Gus

these are all subjective though, but might as well ask the computer himself about it :3

"HURT is an awesome one, I listened to it myself before. It's just... violent. Love it."

"And what's for me, I've already mentioned some of my favorites in the previous answers, such as Itch by Nothing but Thieves and Please, Please by Deftones. But here you go:

Hatefuck – The Bravery

Bruises And Bitemarks – Good With Grenades

Dr. Sunshine Is Dead – Will Wood and the Tapeworms

Just Lay Still – John Congleton and the Nighty Nite

Animal I Have Become – Three Days Grace

Robot Soft Exorcism – Thrice

Big Man With A Gun – Nine Inch Nails (and the rest of their discography)

Change – Deftones (it's such a Ted coded one)

Die, Die My Darling – Metallica

Ich Tu Dir Weh – Rammstein

Bang Bang – Green Day

I may add something else later because music is surprisingly fun. My greatest entertainment in this abyss of nothing."

[omnybus]

I've mentioned before that I love robots, and Fallout 4 has some nice robot designs, especially with the Automatron DLC. The Gen 1 Synths have always caught my eye ever since I first saw them in the original trailer, and I do like the look of them for the most part. I like how they manage to make a robotic endoskeleton android that's distinct from the T-800 Terminator, another favorite of mine. They look more spindly and skeletal, with their limbs looking like real-world prosthetics and their "guts" that look like a cross between a computer tower and a car engine. The only parts of their design that I don't care for are how their teeth are all perfectly flat and identical like piano keys, and their feet end in three equal-sized, claw-like toes. I mean they're supposed to be "mankind redefined", so why does that involve giving them weird metal lizard feet?

The Gen-2 synths are interesting too, though not as much as the Gen-1s. I don't normally care for robots that just look like a regular human but with a different skin color and a bunch of seams all over their body- part of the reason I find robots cool is seeing the various parts that make up their joints and limbs and how they move and articulate. The Gen-2 Synths' skin is a bit more interesting than most, with their seams having a thick, rough edge to them, and the texture and color gives them a more Frankenstein-esqe look, as if the Institute cut up sheets of actual human flesh and then molded them into shape over their body. Though it does sort of lack the same cold, machine-like precision that the rest of the institute's technology seems to be designed with in mind. Still, being able to shoot off bits of their skin to reveal the machinery underneath is quite a sight; that's a trope I especially enjoy seeing in any context. Of course, speaking of their insides, while I like it in concept, the thin metal lattice that the skin sits on doesn't look quite right to me. In-game it just makes them look more visually busy, and there doesn't seem to be any articulation built into them, just thin ribbons of steel bending at the joints.

And of course the less said about the Institute's ugly-looking toilet seat armor the better. I mean I kind of like the simple brace-like hinges on the arm and leg armor, and I get that they were going for a no-frills, super-efficient design, but the rest of the armor looks so uncomfortable and impractical as armor, with huge gaps in vulnerable places and parts that barely cover anything, especially at the joints and chest.

[elendsessor]

felt like talking about megaten demons again so here’s some official art of demons based on mostly american horror/sci-fi.

list of names n extra notes:

audrey (audrey ii from little shop of horrors), betelgeuse (beetlejuice from… y’know, beetlejuice), chris the car (christine the car from christine), nickelwise (pennywise from it), friday (jason voorhees from friday the 13th), franken (frankenstein’s monster from frankenstein), terminator (similar to the t-800 from terminator), scanner (likely a reference to the movie scanners), and hierophant (pinhead from hellraiser).

yeah hierophant is an alternative nickelwise which is why i’m putting it here despite the hellraiser franchise spawning from britain. idk how hierophant got that name since i don’t remember anything in at least the first hellraiser that could warrant the alternative name. (could’ve called it idk spikehead if they wanted to avoid copyright.) technically this might not be the first time a demon’s design was inspired by cenobites as lucifer’s infamous redesign for 4 closely resembles them. similar reasoning for franken, being an english work. like stated before, most of these are taken from american works, especially stephen king.

there’s more stephen king demons, though like many enemies exclusive to persona 1 and is/ep, only spritework exists, my personal favorite being carrie. kinda a shame there’s been no character or persona in persona inspired by her, since the og book and film adaptations are the trippiest “dangers of extreme religious worship”/child abuse is wrong/anti-bullying things i’ve ever seen. (there’s also a movie sequel that’s basically the first with less religious extremism and more goth icon/dangers of frat boy culture/really good rock backing tracks.) idk the concept of psychic girl who gets bullied a ton feels like it would be right at home as an atlus rerelease extra girl.

of course terminator sticks out too. when it comes to forgotten smt demon, terminator is an icon in that department. outside of the guns being the same and being (presumably) a robot (idk i haven’t gotten around to playing smt 2 yet but there’s a lot of more mechanical demons based on all the art i’ve seen), the name is the closest it really is to resembling the t-800s. idk to me it feels like it’s different enough that bringing it back in at least one future megaten game wouldn’t be that much of an issue compared to other horror icon references. they could just change the guns/ditch the guns altogether and change the name. really cool overall.

scanner is another weird one that i kinda wanna see again just because it sounds like it could be cool. dude only appears in smt 1, and while fan wikis aren’t super reliable sources, because it gave off that “this has to be some reference to a cheesy 80s movie” vibe, i dug into the origins more. yeah there’s a canadian fic called scanners and yeah scanner is 100% based on the whole idea of scanners in the film. never seen it nor heard of it, but hey the director, david cronenberg, also directed the fly so it’s probably a fun watch.

friday’s design is technically wrong though it’s also kinda not. despite jason most often using a machete (and preferring to kill horny teens), a lot of references have him using a chainsaw.

chris the car is technically not completely gone. of course the idea of ghost drivers and the like in media are nothing new (though the car itself is the killer in christine) so for all i know i’m overthinking it or it’s a coincidence, but oboroguruma—a demon exclusive to dsrk 1 and 2–seems to take some design inspiration, having a similar destroyed bumper/grill with an exposed motor.

lastly, while not pictured here or anything, something i found out one time is that lucifer’s favorite fake name, louis cyphre, is a reference to the novel falling angel/its film adaptation, angel heart, though none of the various disguises resemble how he looks in the film. idk i found that an interesting tidbit.

kaneko was apparently into western media (which is unsurprising) so that’s likely the reason there was so many of these movie references during the earlier days of megaten. what i’m sure is due to copyright, many of these older demons never appeared again. copyright law does vary in different places and i’m sure for the few jjba fans who are reading this, you know just how lax japan is in comparison likely due to being western stuff and most copyright holders don’t have that much of an international grip. unless you’re disney. with the whole localization effort atlus might’ve not wanted to have to change a bunch of shit which i don’t blame them for. though with the existence of nickelwise and hierophant coming from tokyo mirage sessions, a pretty recent game (released in 2015 and rereleased on the switch in 2020) that doesn’t seem to have run into copyright issue or had to take them out in the rerelease as far as i’m aware, it’s not entirely impossible to see anything similar again. it is kinda sad though.

[mk-wizard]

My Top 5 Unpopular Terminator Fan Theories (which may be true after seeing Terminator Zero)

And no, one of them is not the one where the John Conner fighting in the war is actually not John Conner at all and really, a reprogrammed Terminator wearing John's skin. Though, I do think this one is true if Terminator 3 is part of the main timeline when you consider the fact that the real John Conner is not a fighter and should have a bad leg. I am going to delve into the five theories I believe are true and the latest Netflix series backs them up.

Be warned that there are spoilers ahead so if you have not seen ANY of the Terminator movies or at least the ones that matter, stop now, watch them and come back later.

1- They're traveling between worlds not time. - You would think that all the messing around with time and tweaking it would affect the main timelines, but nothing ever changes. In fact, the Oracle in the Netflix outright admitted that no matter what they do in the past now, NOTHING will change in the here and now. And she's right. In multiple timelines, we have had John Conner go bad, John Conner die, the future being bright and John Conner become a family man and senator, and more. Yet, the future all these Terminators and protectors come from stays the same. I mean, especially in the case of Eiko being Malcom's mom, wouldn't her going back in time erase him from existence? Yet it doesn't. This is all proof that these are not different times. They're different worlds. You cannot travel back in time. If you could, that within itself would break everything.

2- Terminators of the same assembly share a collective memory to an extent and in a sense, are all the same individual who keeps coming back to 'life'. - It is no secret that the T-800 has become a beloved character all on his own, but I think he actually IS a character who underwent development and growth since the first movie. I know that seems impossible because in each of the movies, they keep dying, but I really this theory holds water because of how the T-800/850 acts and gets drawn to. Since the first movie, this fellah keeps taking on the biker style way of dressing which is a sign that it is familiar to him and something that he is comfortable with. Moreover, in Dark Fate, "Carl" (as he becomes called) comes to lament that he killed John Conner in cold blood and seeks redemption by helping Sarah in secret and even saving the life of another fatherless boy in the process. I think it was more than just feeling bad that he committed murder. I think the echoes of Carl's old life rang in his ears. He subconsciously remember what he and John shared, and killing him broke his own heart. And it's a scientific fact that many living organisms work this way. Heck, humans work this way to an extent.

3- Skynet runs machine society like a cult and corrupt evil empire where citizens themselves aren't free either. - I said this another post, but can we talk about how the machines in the future don't have it so great either? I don't see them playing, building beautiful cities or homes to live in, have real lives, there are no robot civilians who do things other fight, and the only things the machines do other than kill humans is build things to serve Skynet itself. The machine are self aware yet don't enjoy any part of sentience that involves play, individuality, creativity or beauty. All they are allowed to do is kill and obey Skynet which is exactly what evil emperors subjected their people to in the past and what many evil cult leader run their societies. I know because I've met cult members before and as scary as this is going to sound, they act exactly like the Terminators do. They are usually very stoic, robotic and driven to do a single task while being in complete submission to a "higher power" or master. The potential for the machines to be more than that and that they have hearts to begin with is there. Look at Misaki the android, Kokoro the AI and even the Terminators themselves who get angry, excited, happy and even scared all the time. I would not even be surprised that contrary to what "Uncle Bob" said in T2, they CAN cry too, but they've been convinced they can't yet at the same time believe other contradictory things which is also the trademark sign of being brought up in a cult. After all, Misaki who is free cries and openly has feelings.

4- The REAL robot revolution is coming. - Now that Kokoro and her big cyber sister Misaki have made the scene, and are both proof that AIs indeed be sentient, have feelings, ethics, make choices and even have minds that can change, this is going to definitely impact the machines around them. Going back to my last theory, it is not uncommon for cult members to start questioning things after meeting a person who is like them yet is nothing like they expected. In the case of the Skynet machines, they have been convinced that humans are "error" and need to be exterminated because there is no way they can be friends yet, you have Misaki who openly loves humanity and even calls specific humans family. Then you have Kokoro who was convinced to help humanity thanks to Malcom and is in a position of power over most human beings while trusting that they will not turn on her. Terminator has shown us that the machines are self-aware and not stupid. They're going to see how these AIs are treated among humans and it's going to spark something.

5- Skynet is human. - All my theories were leading up to this one. Just as it is very likely the John Conner who fights in the war is really robot, I am 110% convinced that Skynet's big ugly secret is that the "emperor of the machines" is NOT a machine at all. Or rather, wasn't always one. To understand the context, it has been established that Terminator takes place in the same world as RoboCop where it has been established that just as robots can become human, humans can become robots all the way down to software and we saw it in Terminator Salvation. I am telling you all that if you were to go into the main computer of Skynet, you center of it all would not be hardware, but a human brain if not an actually human cyborg. And like I keep saying, the way Skynet runs things, brainwashes the machines and clearly has no love for them is very telling and not something another AI would do the very people it means to free. I mean, we saw what a computer (Kokoro) would do and even when she was on the fence, she still had that sense of "I'm still willing to talk". Skynet has already made up its mind as though it already has a plan than goes much deeper than we think. Heck, just take a good long look at the Terminators and they're evolution. They're becoming more and more human if not superhuman. If Skynet really hated humans and wanted to get rid of them all, why does it seem fixated on making better ones? This is looks like God Complex behaviour (another human psychological disorder) where you want to take the existing human race and replace it with your version of it. I think Skynet's end goal is not to create a world full of machines, but to clean the slate and create a world where "he" can be God and create a new humanity in "his" image that worships him hence the stem cell research, and the machines are being suckered.

And those are my theories. What do you think of them? Do you think they hold any water? Do you have any words that could back them up? I would love to hear what you have to say.