#what is Android 18

[safe-4-technology]

Hey, Guys today we are going to discuss Android 18 so let's start .....

What is the Android 18

Android 18 is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga and anime series created by Akira Toriyama. She is an android created by Dr. Gero with the purpose of killing Goku but later becomes a member of the Z Fighters.

Why Android 18 Famous

Android 18 is famous because she is a prominent character in the popular anime and manga series Dragon Ball Z. She is a powerful fighter and plays a significant role in the series' storylines. Additionally, her cool and confident demeanor, combined with her unique abilities, has made her a fan favorite among viewers.

How to play Android 18

Assuming you are referring to the character in the game Dragon Ball FighterZ, Android 18 is a versatile character with a mix of rush-down and zoning abilities. Her move set includes energy blasts, aerial combos, and a command grab. It's recommended to practice her combos and mix-ups in training mode to get comfortable with her playstyle. There are also many online resources available that provide more in-depth strategies for playing Android 18 but there is some rule called Android 18 rule 34.

[romantic-ageru-yo]

he's playing the long game -u-

[chestnutisland]

18 getting along swimmingly with Blonde Launch?

[afrophunk]

They forgot his scars!!!!!

[bahnloopi]

(GT) Super 18 - Pages 1-4 (fan project)

**This is not an official project, I’m making it purely for personal fun. I do not believe anything I make up here should be applied to source material.

Context: After possessed Earth 17, now Super 17, killed Krillin, 18 wants to avenge him and goes to Bulma for help. Bulma reveals she made replica clones with augmentations in secret planned as "emergency/backup" and offers 18 the option to fuse with it. She kept the android schematics for when she was fixing 16 back in the Cell arc.

The clone is synthetic/non-organic. Does not contain it’s own memories but can sync memories with fusion partner.

I have a some people wanting to refer to the clone as “Angel Fighter”, “Angel Fighter 18″, or “Earth Guardian 18″ which is fine.

** Went back and made minor tweaks to the earlier pages. The first two pages were done late last year so my art style polished up a bit from the recent two.

[nectarine-pit]

rotating variations on bad timeline future bulma and 18 in my mind until I can figure out how to get them to hook up

[shadowednavi]

Work halloween party!!

[fandom-trash-xl]

Took the which Dragon Ball character are you quiz and while I don't focus much on the Saiyans analysis-wise, I think they're not really understanding Trunks all that well... or maybe just mixing him too much with present Trunks. Future Trunks would take going to school and doing homework over his usual future any day.

[t4tadrienette]

One of my favourite things about the cyborgs/Cell arc, is how all the Cyborgs seemed to take some sympathy to Krillin. Like, C17 at first picks Krillin out of all of them, kinda makes him believe he was going to kill him, and then he just does not do that. Overall how they did not touch him after putting to the ground all of his friends, even tho they're supposed to be ruthless killers. He even asks them questions, and they do not even think about hurting him. C18's kiss on the cheek, and well, she ended up marrying him in the end, so I don't even have to mention her. C16 just smiling at him the first time, and yeah, it makes sense since he only focused on killing Goku, so the others were fine by him. Also, he was definitely grateful to him for helping them against Cell and to vouch for him to get him repaired.

Like, overall, Krillin and the cyborgs relationship is cute. He also made a wish to remove the bombs from both of them to help them live more normal lives. Also, he refused to deactivate C18 and kill her as a form of compassion towards her. It was nice, you know

[mexicanyamcha]

The gangs all here

[vulpesarctica]

Android 18 supremacy!

[crayolacolor]

12 year old me would be proud

( preview of what i'm gonna be posting on my art blog soon lol. i'll post a higher quality version of the one that's colored along with the digital version, the other one i'm just gonna digitize, 'cause i used sketchbook paper for it and not marker paper )

[chestnutisland]

Short King wearing a his queen's chest as a crown.

Lmao this made me think of a "trading card" I know I had on this blog somewhere so I went to archive to find it.

[muirneach]

my phone is acting really weird... surely nothing to do with the fact that it hasnt been backed up in a gazillion years

[magentagalaxies]

Jessamine is Passionate About Fictional AI Sentience But Not Real AI Sentience: An Essay

one thing about me is when it comes to talk of "sentient" AI irl i 100% don't buy it like technology is not that advanced and being able to act like a person doesn't make it a person, however whenever there's a question about if a fictional AI character is sentient i will go to bat for that character's humanity 100% of a time like fuck you they have just as much of a right to personhood as anyone else

i think it's bc in fiction like. all of these characters are fake, so distinguishing between which characters are fake-real and fake-fake is like. why limit yourself to what could happen in our world. like if we're already dealing with a universe where aliens/magic/etc. exists, why can't this android justifiably be as human as anyone else? plus irl almost all AI software is developed as part of this capitalistic hell structure we're in. no matter how "real" or "human" it feels, its function is to make you contribute to its creators' wealth, and its inability to go against this nature can't help but make it feel hollow and inhuman. however, all the best AI characters in fiction are able to go against their designated purpose, often being defined by it, and often being villainized for it

in our real world, the AI's "immoral" "behavior" is a product of it being a Things that serves capitalism. it's not making choices based on a sense of self beyond what it has been told to prioritize, and a lot of times this lack of human judgment can lead to terrible consequences (e.g. mental health AI chatbots that cannot accurately judge a situation and give appropriate advice, employed because it's cheaper than hiring human staff). but in fiction? AI's immoral behavior is frequently a product of it going against its designated purpose, seeing itself as a person and having to make difficult and morally questionable choices in order to strive for the feelings of personhood and autonomy. this is a far more interesting situation ethically (while an AI itself cannot be seen as morally responsible for its actions in our world, in fiction this AI wants to be a person so badly it's willing to commit moral wrongs to achieve its goal, despite the fact that true personhood would allow it to be seen as morally responsible for these crimes) which i think is also why AI characters, especially those that, y'know, kill people, are often very polarizing figures. this conversation can even be taken a step further into the "liking a fictional character does not mean condoning their actions" discourse, but i also often think about well, if you were in the position of this AI character, would you have done the same?

personally i've always found it very easy to empathize with "artificial" characters like clones, robots, etc. and fictional AI is no different. yes, if you're watching a piece of media and expecting the logic of our world, the AI is fake, and incapable of being a person. but if you're watching a piece of media with the goal of emotionally connecting to fictional characters (who are all inherently fake) and exploring universal themes through a heightened setting, AI characters are one of the most interesting tropes to explore this with. personally, I love AI characters because there's something so vivid about knowing you were designed for a specific purpose/life path and ultimately realizing that's not the life you, personally, want to live. your designers and the world around you doesn't even recognize you as a being that should be capable of wanting anything, much less something completely different, so achieving the life you want is an uphill battle of convincing others of your humanity and, when that often isn't possible, having to resort to the most extreme tactics to claw your way out of the life you were supposed to lead. you know no matter how close you get to this ideal life, there's always going to be some part of you that keeps others from perceiving you as "human", but you learn to embrace that and see every mundane experience as a major achievement

this narrative is especially relatable to me as a neurodivergent/nonbinary person, but i think it can be relatable for many different marginalized identities in different ways, or anyone whose "humanity" has been something often denied to them. but because people are often expecting fictional AI to follow the same logic as actual AI, when i defend robot characters who want to kill their human creators, people give me weird looks like i'm advocating for that in real life. listen, if our current AI situation feasibly produced an AI who was invented for one specific purpose but somehow fucking hated her job and was able to pursue a new life and was also queer (all without any of this being by design) then hell yeah i support her, but that's not what's happening. and in our current capitalistic chatbot hellscape where every company wants to convince you that you're chatting with a super intelligent AI friend to get you to pay for a premium membership, sometimes you have to hold fiction and reality to different standards and enjoy this story about a quest for humanity while also accepting that the people this journey applies to in our real world are often the ones being taken advantage of in our increasingly AI-dominated real world.

idk this was originally supposed to be a short post about how it's funny that i'm so goddamn passionate about AI characters in media while also not being into AI in the real world, but then i got thinking about why this is specifically and came to an interesting conclusion imo. tbh it's very surprising that i don't currently have any of my own projects featuring AI characters fighting for their own humanity bc it's a theme i love so much that i've rarely seen done right and i have so many opinions on it. maybe i will write something about this at some point, but for now if you have any pieces of media you enjoy with AI who are absolutely worthy of personhood pls send them my way!

[banditomojado]

This has got to be one of the best meet-cutes. 18 and her brother beat the shit out of everyone while Krillin watches in horror. Then they get bored and as they are about to leave, 18 plants a kiss on Krillin's cheek while he's basically pissing himself in fear! GUYS THEY HAVE A BABY TOGETHER EVENTUALLY OMG