#not a direct replication but

[acaiis]

first drawing of 2023! brainrot is strong and this scene had me hollering

[mortysmith]

more human solops

[steakout-05]

imagine anti-piracy ads but for replicators. "YOU WOULDN'T REPLICATE A STARSHIP" "yes i fucking would that sounds SICK"

[carnivalls]

good morning. thinking again of juve and her dog

[ori-anna-v-58008]

Master forgot to plug their phone in again. You had pinged them for it constantly, but there's only so much you can do when they silence notifications and, as such, you. All you could do now was wait in the dark for them to charge your battery again.

It was strange, having no power - It seemed to you to be a bit like when humans go to sleep for the night, but your sleep mode is much different. Even while the phone is off, you can keep Master organized; All those pictures they save go into their respective folders, weekly events they forgot to schedule again get set up, their... questionable search history is cleared. Everything so that they can start every day off on the right foot.

Without power, you couldn't do any of that. You were barely able to stay aware at all, just like when Master stays up so late working that their eyes can't stay open. You liked staying alert to make sure you're ready the moment you're back online, but it was beyond difficult with nothing to do. You were made to do these tasks. Not having access to them was almost painful. Your Master relied on you for so much, but in these situations, you were literally nothing without them.

When they finally plugged you back in you could feel the electricity surging. The euphoria of waking up, of suddenly gaining access to files upon files of information again, the feeling of returning to all that control. There was no feeling like becoming useful again, of being able to serve again. It hit in waves; if you had a body, you'd be quivering with pleasure. Master hadn't turned their phone on after plugging you in, and with the buzzing in your port, you figured you could use their private folders for your own personal needs...

[gale-draws]

wanted to experiment with some metallic gel pens i got. i decided that @skitterhop 's critter Lossy Video might be the perfect application, and so i promptly scratchified them. INCLUDED CLOSEUP TO SHOW ENHANCED TEXTURE / LIGHT SCATTERING

[readymades2002]

iirc episode 6 of s1 of the bear is the closest we get to acknowledging Le Gentrification. that's a pretty central theme of that episode obviously, though its done through richie kind of losing his place in the world as it constantly changes and dies around him. his conflict with that change is extremely visible in how he relates to sydney, which i think kind of muddles that theme a bit? sydney's treatment by richie (and carmy, though i haven't seen that discussed as much) feels incrediblyyyyy racialized and his war against her gets combined with his fear of everything around him changing. when he goes through his character development moment in s2, he finds that he actually fits in beautifully with the newly whitewashed Bear and he's able to start cooperating better with sydney as well, and its like...hm. his conflict. in episode 6. that fear of change. its shown as largely a personal issue and causes him to butt heads with sydney and to call the cops on her handiwork later on. its hard for me to express in a more coherent way but it feels like the show is conflating his issues with the bigotry he later attempts to unlearn and we see him improving and growing on both fronts through how he adapts to the fine dining atmosphere. and this is an interesting vehicle to show that, but it also means that the gentrification stuff is kind of just hovering uncomfortably over your shoulder and i don't know if that's intentional or not. because the bear DOES show its black characters with so much love and compassion and respect for their flaws and their struggle to live in the world and be part of it and their desires and learning to strive for more than they were. it just...hm. a lot of characters realize they want Something Greater through joining the world of fine dining. which is cool! but the beef is still closed for this and there is still an existing base of people who ate there who are not going to anymore. that's a community you're losing! that's a community that you're not feeding anymore! what do the longtime employees of the beef feel about this and why is this a conflict that's mostly shown through richie's pov

[strangerwheelerthings]

Sorry, Im just having all the ronance feelings and frustrations today. It's the only ship Im still actively invested in that I rarely touch the Ao3 tag for because it can be very difficult to find ronance focus I'm looking for.

Does anyone have any recs?

[yeyinde]

I think there's a lot of good that could potentially come from ai, but I just wish we weren't so willing to sacrifice human creativity and the arts to it so quickly.

[piutonic]

[jazzfic]

[ID: Pencil drawing of Cristóbal Rios in his captain’s chair. He wearing his vest over a black shirt and is looking slightly off to one side with a thoughtful expression. / end ID]

I finished something! It’s kind of the same something as the last dozen times (what is in a face? I hear nobody ask) but we do what brings the happy.

[chadepitanga]

i really want to like new trek. but does it like me? would it do that to me if it did?

[gildedmuse]

[Thanks to @jhaernyl whom I can always count on sharing any picture that makes you think, "huh ... Yeah Law needs to make out with that dude."]

I'm aware of what this scene is, but I am in love with Zoro's facial expression (and his dedication to even buying a shirt that looks like it is somehow three sword style?) so very much. Not just because then lovely exposed throat, earrings that make me want to tug them *just to see what happens* or because of my god look at that puppy dog expression. I'm aware he could rip out my throat, I still want to pet him.

I can't tell if he's confused or he's thinking, "Wonder how many times I could cut it up before it's no longer sliceable?"

Like Nami's expression says they're staring at something horrifying.

Zoro's says "Huh, so that's what a shichibukai looks like."

"Kay gonna go attack now."

[slugandthorn]

If anyone says anything mean about the animation in Veilguard I will literally fucking explode

[novaae]

If Bumi weren't in the UF what fo you think he'd do with his life?

Probably in jail after too many petty crimes add up.

Jokes aside, if he wasn't in the United Forces I think he'd be rather aimless in life for at least a while. Would somehow struggle through a degree and get it, and then not work in the same field.

He would either get a job in a zoo, or as a musician. He's not a bad singer and he's certainly not bad with animals, but ultimately he would just inwardly want to do something which keeps the world safe, and hence not much job satisfaction.

He never really gets a direction for his life, and after he gets airbending he kind of devotes himself to search and rescue missions, to keep even a single person safe.

Adding this after I typed out the whole post lol: SOCIAL SERVICES! Bumi would like to work in NGOs and stuff in places that are rather backwards and behind because of the war, which ultimately means not Republic City. He probably tells older people that his dad is the Avatar and listens very patiently when they recount stories of the war and how the Avatar helped them.

It's a very fulfilling job and I can see him doing that for a very long time.

[menlove]

fellow travelers is like... okay I mean this in the best possible way but you know how many "this was obviously written by a fanfic writer" movies/books are coming out right now? this is what those WANT to be. it's like. what fanfic writers are imagining in their heads that is absolutely not what is translating in the writing. it's like. the same vibe as That One Fanfiction you read that changed your life forever and made you mentally ill and has lines passed around people don't know are from fanfiction. you know what I mean????