#hera is allowed to make jokes based on her being an AI and the perception people have of her because of that

[commsroom]

i don't think early-series hera gets enough credit for how funny she is. "scans do indicate a percentage drop in the tank's capacity that is commensurate with the amount officer eiffel could stuff into a crewmember duffel bag"? she saw him do it. she probably talked to him while he did it. it's the tonal dissonance between highly technical phrasing and a very blunt observation. like when eiffel asks her for her top five 'stick it to the man' songs and she asks him things like 'top five lanthanides?' until he says "you're just yanking my chain, aren't you?" and she responds by quoting anarchy in the uk at him. sure, sometimes there are things she genuinely doesn't get and/or would express differently, but the way she frames it is playing with the false expectations people have of her. she knows exactly what she's doing.

[herawell]

#things like 'upping sarcasm to 74 percent' ... she's doing that on purpose#i'm trying to think of the right way to express this but like. hm.#hera is allowed to make jokes based on her being an AI and the perception people have of her because of that#but other people making comments or jokes about it clearly bothers her so it does. almost come across as a defense mechanism too#in the same way eiffel presents himself as an idiot to lessen the sting of failure#hera will sometimes play up perceived differences or assumptions because when she's sincere and people treat her as if she can't relate#that's worse.#and i think there is some kind of. way that aligns with autistic experiences like both that#the way you express yourself will be perceived as Different even if you are trying to relate to Normal Human Experiences#but also that people will make assumptions about the things they think you won't get or relate to without even asking#and there's. i don't know. there's something i see there#in the way hera navigates that and how intentional her framing is and how much of it. lessens over time#because the way other people see her and interact with her changes#more than anything about how she thinks or what she values. that's always been pretty constant.#i always kind of end up back on a version of this topic. and this was meant to be a lighthearted post. but you know... wolf 359...

i don't think early-series hera gets enough credit for how funny she is. "scans do indicate a percentage drop in the tank's capacity that is commensurate with the amount officer eiffel could stuff into a crewmember duffel bag"? she saw him do it. she probably talked to him while he did it. it's the tonal dissonance between highly technical phrasing and a very blunt observation. like when eiffel asks her for her top five 'stick it to the man' songs and she asks him things like 'top five lanthanides?' until he says "you're just yanking my chain, aren't you?" and she responds by quoting anarchy in the uk at him. sure, sometimes there are things she genuinely doesn't get and/or would express differently, but the way she frames it is playing with the false expectations people have of her. she knows exactly what she's doing.