#sentient objects

[buggyrulez]

i wish i didn't suck at character design or I'd have more to add to this

[benotafraid111]

Allow yourselves to believe that anything can be possible.

[anangelforsure]

I don’t know what love is, you never told me…

[ohmystarrynight]

Doodles on the conference room white board at my job (they haven’t used the room in a while let’s see if I get in trouble)

[hugg-bees]

oh baby, you set my heart on fire!

edgar :] I don't draw him much, but the people seem to enjoy him

(please do not repost my art to other sites without permission! please do not use my characters or art for anything without permission.)

[stuckasmain]

Something that really separates Hal from the AI charecters he grandfathers is his ambiguity and his lack of want, allow me to explain. I’m sure I talked briefly about this before but it’s come back to me recently, it’s been said that what makes Hal scary is the realization he’s not human. The humanity is ascribed by charecters within the narrative and people watching the movie and depending on who you are you give more or less than what’s really there.

What differentiates him from other AI charecters is that he knows what he is and is comfortable with that. He takes pride in it. He is a 9000 series supercomputer. He doesn’t crave or find himself jealous of humanity but he’s also not entirely lacking in it. The audience and human roles are left to wonder how much of his personality is to make us comfortable and how much is programmed. If it were any other movie it would probably over explain him and make him more human than computer but not here.

The government ascribes him more humanity than he has by assuming he’ll be able to interpret the “no lies” order properly. For as complex as Hal is he isn’t capable of that sort of nuance (yet). While his very nature and manner of glitching also provides him humanity that goes ignored. It comes across more as developing a mental illness. He is made to learn and thus, picks up human behaviors and mannerisms as he goes along.

This is derailing a bit so I want to share my particularly hot take:

If Hal had been of a sounder mind I believe he’d go along with the plan to disconnect him.

How much of the “self defense” aspect of his murder spree is prescribing human traits and how much of it is actually him? Hal’s breakdown makes it hard for him to proceed logically, thus making it a greater threat to him and murder all the more logical (self defense also plays a much smaller part than audience likes to state, as it was mostly getting rid of those he’d have to lie to). If he hadn’t been caught up in the loop and more aware of the fact he was malfunctioning he’d probably agree that turning him off or rebooting the system would be the best course of action. And they’d explain to him what it meant, again midigating the “sleep = death” panic.

[mewtillidae]

paper jam

[plentyofsoup]

Bright the sentient lamp dragon thing

[mushie-mushroom]

Im at school again my hiperfixacion for ai computers has return here some edgar art from electric dreams

[object-obsession]

Mario franchise > multiple characters throughout the video games

Inanimate Object Characters List | Entry: 51

I have played plenty of Mario games (far from all, but I'm a not-so-often-gaming gamer in general) and I've been a huge fan of some of them, so naturally, I would not forget about the eligible characters from the Mario universe. However, since it is a franchise so immense, I doubt if I have even come across all of these characters. Thus, I will put all characters I know in this list and add new ones if I find them.

Please notify me if you find a character is/characters are misses.

Also, I'm skipping food characters, so Goomba etcetera don't count.

And to save space, I'm not adding the video games' cover images.

Now let's begin.

REOCCURING ENEMIES:

Characters: Bullet Bill, Torpedo Ted, Banzai Bill, Chain Chomp

The Bullet Bill family (bullets) and Chain Chomp (wrecking ball) are definitely eligible for this list. Funny thing is that I actually had Bullet Bill as one of my most favourite Mario enemies before I actively realized it was, once again, an object. It may have been at that point that I concluded that it's not even a conscious preference. Haha.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Characters: Thwomp, Whomp, Wallop, Walleye

These are guys made out of stone, so they are not actual objects, but they are sentient regularly inanimate "things", so I'm adding them.

The mighty Whomp King (with the design he got in Super Mario Galaxy 2) was my favourite among these. I once started writing a story about him (may still finish that one day). Also, Walleye is cute.

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Now we go to the next set of eligible Mario characters, which are those that occur less often or solely in one video game. For this post, I went with the European release dates.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)

Character: Exor

Super Mario 64 (1997)

Character: Mad Piano

Super Paper Mario (2007)

Characters: Boomer (bomb), Thudley (weight), Fleep (window shade), Cudge (hammer), Picolo (music note), Sproing-Oing (slinky, I think, but it also looks like a hamburger - man's got seeds on his face), Mister I (eyeball) King Sammer (crown), Dorguy the First (door), Tileoids (tiles)

There's two more variation of Sproing-Oing [Boing-Oing, Zoing-Oing, Dark Sproing-Oing], one more variation of Mister I [Red I] and two more guardian doors [Dorguy the Second, Dorguy the Third].

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2006)

Character: Stuffwell

Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012)

Character: Kersti

Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)

Character: Huey

Super Mario Odyssey (2017)

Characters: Cappy, Volbonans

Cappy can transform in different types of headwear. Volbonans come in different sizes [2] and colours [5].

Paper Mario: Origami King (2020)

Sounds familiar? Yes, that's right!

I already did this one before, because they deserved a seperate post.

Characters: The Legion of Stationary [Jean-Pierre Colored Pencils the 12th, Hole Punch, Rubber Band, Scissors, Stapler, Tape]

[number1spongebobfan]

Here are all the titles of my humanized AU’s.

Thomas the Tank Engine - Thomas the Tank Engine Boy

The Little Engine That Could - The Little Engine Girl That Could

TUGS - TUGS: Mecha

Cars - Cars Boys

Bob the Builder - Bob the Builder: Rebuilt

A Little Curious - A Little More Curious

The Brave Little Toaster - The Brave Little Toaster Girl

*Yes, I will make A Little Curious and The Brave Little Toaster humanizations soon! :D

[ragequitezekielrants]

Ahah literally what the megafuck.

[benotafraid111]

[jocelynjournal]

I wasn't fucking lying but this is all i got.

Now I'm getting rid of it. U can ask about it i just dk how much I can say without the fbi or the cia or whoever the fuck making me disappear in the middle of the night for saying too much. actually don't ask me about it. this is gonna be someone else's problem soon.

[ohmystarrynight]

I think this whole “sentient vehicle” thing will forever have me in a chokehold. I can’t recall a time when I DIDNT love sentient thingies :)))

Anywho this is Vinny, my lil red Honda Prelude and his driver Skip!

Also- he looooooves car washes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[hugg-bees]

💙 💚 tiny thing because I'm in finals season hell. lines by the lovely @swagliostro , colors by me :] I love these two so much, they mean so much to me. miles harding and his robot,,, I want to get into their lore so bad (please do not repost my art to other sites without permission! please do not use my characters or art for anything without permission.)