#seek web serial

[eddathegreat]

Oh this is gonna get fucky

[artbyblastweave]

Now a trend I’ve noticed, not necessarily in the culture at large but certainly in the circles I run in on tumblr, is this sort of persistent association between extreme transhumanism and atomization (positive). Transhumanism as escape, transhumanism as abdication or repudiation of familial obligation and hidebound tradition and societal expectation in favor of absolute individual autonomy and self realization. Which is why I found Winnifer’s first chapter very interesting because it’s like, no, actually. Not necessarily. Now watch us turbocircumcise this baby

[blogishdaj]

Seek 0.1.0 spoilers

> guy with full arm tattoos

> thrown blind into a situation where he's in way in over his head

> dark, possibly traumatic, troublesome past

> surprisingly chill in the face of the horrors

> trusted people who betrayed him

> cannot look directly at the enemy

> amnesia and altered/false memories

> handyman-ish skills

> implied to have mad rizz

Close enough, welcome back Blake Thorburn

[estavionpira]

Wildbow serial settings

Worm:

Pact:

Twig:

Ward:

Pale:

Claw:

Seek:

[titanfortuna]

friend and I made a seek bingo...

[thepariahcontinuum]

Okay so Wildbow has gone in reverse order with the protagonists in Seek hasn't he?

Winnie's stuff is clearly happening first: There's still overcrowding and scarcity, the planet mining is at an earlier stage with actual people involved in the hard work and the cybernetics are full-on surgical procedures and irreversible

Basil's stuff is after, at the high point of human civilization: All needs are apparently met, other planets can be brought to earth to mine for resources and discarded at will, the actual mining and other labor is done by robots so there's no need for heavy duty mods like Winnie and her family. At the same time the Onboards are now much more than a souped up Siri, they're effectively a symbiote and mods can be done seemingly at will (Gender can be altered at will and things like horns/blue skin are an "Ask mum" deal) on the other hand privacy is a thing of the past, even thoughts are subject to scrutiny and humanity is stagnating and without purpose.

Orion's stuff is set after everything's gone wrong: We don't have as much detail here, but there's something sensible about starting at the end and working back in certain kinds of sci-fi. A stagnant humanity, literally sharing their minds and bodies with AI from birth and becoming decadent seems like a recipe for disaster (It's giving Aeldari in Warhammer 40k) and now we're at a point where the machines are hostile, things that should have been built are left damaged/incomplete and, I think most tellingly; Orion does have something that's doing the work of an onboard but it isn't talking to him like the others do.....In fact, and this might be an out there theory far too early in the game but, I think there's a chance that Orion is the onboard and the human is dead/suppressed.

Also....."Subvocalized" is his new word of the day isn't it? Do we think he's gonna use it more or less than "Copacetic"

[ronthedunedain]

Really interesting depiction of full-body dysphoria there. Poor Winnifred, stuck in a debt trap.

Very thin line between a machine and a body, but the brain wants one or the other.

You cannot live like this.

[sincerelynotserious]

An ai(?) called basilisk, surely this will not go awry

[victoriadallonfan]

NEW BANNER ART!?

WINNIE MY BELOVED

[gengarguy27]

Favourite part of the latest Seek chapter was Winnifred using an airlock as detention for her rambunctious siblings. 10/10. Funniest shit I've ever seen. What parent hasn't wanted to shot their child into the void at some point?

[eddathegreat]

NAUGHTY CHILDREN GET VENTED OUT THE AIRLOCK

[tiffany-loves-broadway]

what if Wildbow names his next book "Help"

[blogishdaj]

I guess Seek is going to force me to learn how to draw mecha now 😩

[estavionpira]

Reading Seek 0.2.b and it's somewhat concerning that A isn't anywhere in the list of people for Basil to listen to. AI that has control over your entire body and only does what you say because it's what your parents want.

[titanfortuna]

Oh so this bit in ward was definitely a seek reference

[thepariahcontinuum]

Thoughts on the first chapter of Seek?