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              @lcgioniare​ wants to get in david’s head !

 ❝  SO  YOUR  NAME’S  …  LEGION  .  ❞                      that’s  a  fitting  name  for  something  that  has  a  light  for  a  face  .  david’s  staring  into  it  now  ,  signature  :  eyes  squinted  ,  head  tilted  ,  trying  to  figure  out  what  in  the  world  this  is  .  a  robot  ,  or  something  ,  with  enough  intelligence  to  process  what  he’s  saying  and  responding  back  .  (  better  than  your  mind  ,  kid  !  )  he’s  got  unwires  ,  unquiet  thoughts  ,  disconnected  ,  disjointed  ,  discordant  voices  .  you’ve  got  a  thousand  of  them  in  your  head  ;  what  are  you  gonna  do  about  them  ?  block  it  all  out  ?  yeah  .  good  luck  .                      ❝  did  someone  just  name  you  that  ?  ❞

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             LEGION   tilts his head quizzically at the inquiry.   Are not all names just given?   Assigned unto their recipient,   whether by finder,   creator,   or parent?   To name oneself was a rare happenstance,   one that Legion had yet to see occur.   As if that weren’t reason enough for the answer to be self evident,   it went without saying   ( at least from the synthetic’s point of view )   that individual differentiation was something only relevant to organic lifeforms.   Legion,   as the name might suggest,   was not an individual.   Names were irrelevant to him.   “Yes.”

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it’s like 4:30 in the morning but i want everyone to acknowledge that legion has some of the rawest fucking dialogue in video game history thanks

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willreignite replied to your post:

maybe because they didn’t want to assign gender to someone who’s essentially genderless and ‘they’ doesn’t work in this case

i feel like, at least within the context of the mass effect universe as it’s shown, using gender neutral pronouns for the geth is a little bit odd. the asari are genderless and the entire galaxy uses female pronouns for them. legion never shows any distaste for shepard using male pronouns, and the geth platforms are definitely more masculine than feminine in appearance. plus (at least according to bioware) adopting gendered pronouns even if gender doesn’t apply to your species is a sort of sign of good will and cooperation towards species that do have gender, and legion was explicitly designed to cooperate with organic species and ease interaction with them, so it fits his purpose to take on pronouns. all in all continuing to use ‘it’ seems? disrespectful imo

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hey you know what really bothers me. after legion’s death edi says ‘it was a person’ and throughout the rest of the game people refer to legion as ‘it’ specifically to emphasize that they view legion as an object

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Creator Tali’Zorah:

they have a long way to go once they truly establish peace among the galaxy,  among themselves.  tali understands why some will continue to feel wary about geth  (  sentient,  but not quite comprehending organic quirks such as emotions  &  compassion,  )  but with legion she feels like it’s that additional point of view which will also help them to become more rational.  to consider the scope of their decisions which they believe to be logical whereas a sentient synthetic may reach different results based on the data available.     ‘     just do me one favor  ?  keep up your bedside manners.  it’s nice to have a conversation rather than having someone hovering.  once hurt,  most organics do not really want to hear the truth regarding their chance of survival,  unless it’s positive and there’s not much of a risk.  we like to have hope,  even with most dire circumstances.  some still tend to beat the odds of survival after all.     ’     one further example how irrational organics tend to behave.  it often looks like a reasonable behavior among organics,  but tali sympathizes it must be highly illogical to synthetics who make most of their evaluations based on data  &  statistics.  then again,  some risks and uncertainties must be taken to add the results to a database by the end of the day.     ‘     speaking of which,  would you mind running a scan  ?  my feedback tells me that i have stitched the damages thoroughly to avoid further exposure and only need to seal the suit,  but it wouldn’t hurt to have an additional scan to be sure.     ’

             “CHANCES   of survival are...”   there’s a lengthy pause where Legion considers all the possible ways to finish the sentence.   “Sometimes an important factor.   There is not always time to give appropriate medical attention to all who need it.   Proper triage is necessary to ensure the most efficient distribution of resources,”   it’s a long winded way of saying that sometimes sacrifices have to be made.   Those beyond saving must be left to die so that those who are still salvageable can be brought back to health.   Clean,   efficient,   nothing more.   There was maybe no other example so clear of the inherent detachment in the Geth.   They didn’t develop the kinds of connections that organics did,   they would never sacrifice resources on something beyond their ability to help for personal reasons.   “We find the inability of many organics to do this to be strange,   yet fascinating.   You are willing to risk the lives and well being of others simply because of your personal biases.   Organics will dedicate the resources to an individual that may have been used to help many others in their stead.   On a conceptual level we understand,   this is the result of uncontrollable chemical and electrical impulses.   However we do not experience this.   We seek to further our understanding,”   Legion stops there,   though there is more that might be said.   More pressing concerns are present,   and it would be ironically hypocritical to ignore those in favor of continuing a relatively unprompted train of thought.   His omnitool illuminates briefly as he passes it over Tali’s form.   “Our scan indicates that your repairs are sufficient to proceed with sealing.”

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Subject Jack:

                  ❛       KNEW  A  GUY  WHO  COULD  LEARN  QUICKLY   –   that  photographic  memory  or  some  shit  like  that.        ❜    There’s  pause.    ❛       Jesus,    you  make  us  sound  like  we’re  .  .  .    some  old  model.       ❜

             “ORGANICS   function inefficiently.   You require more space.   Food,   oxygen,   hydration.   Your communication is slower,   contains less data.   It is not a result of you being out-dated.   Merely a function of software and hardware.”

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You have been bitten by the random encouragement bug, because the person who sent this thinks you are a beautiful person and a fabulous role-player! Pass it on to ten beautiful, fabulous people YOU know and let them know how wonderful they are! ♥

wHAT

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Building Consensus:

                      ❛A COLLECTIVE, NO ?  ONE OF MANY, ONE OF WHOLE ?❜       everything is for a reason, the universe grew for a reason. scientific or sentimental, there was a reason to all things – chaos beget balance, balance beget chaos and so forth. she is old, her own star having existed decades before this one ; a star so old, but so big it refused to stop shining. it was not unlike her species, to peak in at others , to watch the trails from afar –  unfeeling, and incapable of creating paradox.        ❛ keplari , a pseudo hive brained species, evolved from advanced cordyceps ; cold blooded, and matriarchal ; originating from keplar iv, a green planet within the sagittarius tendril, currently.  ❜

            “KEPLARI.   Initializing database entry,”   there’s a pause,   a few seconds at best,   where even the synthetic’s subtle shifting is in complete silence.   Behind Legion’s single eye   ( crafted not by eons of evolutionary chaos,   but through careful intelligent design of ordered math and science )   a thousand voices speak in cacophonous harmony,   stripping away the organic components of what the other has said,   boiling it down into raw data that few other than a computer could make any sense of.   “...   Entry compiled.   We are Geth.   A collective intelligence.   We were created on Rannoch,   in the Perseus Arm.”

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hey geth on the citadel council when

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you know what else the geth would be great at. politics.

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No Data Available:

                 ❛  ALL GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS, TRAVELER.  ❜     the presence of sentient metal is no surprise to the wayward queen. ai and living technology were her species livelyhood – they were keplari as she was keplari, nothing more nothing less. a decree that had been passed in her mother’s time, one that her grandabi  said would be the end of them all.          ❛  i know a little about your race – not much; ixora w. queens; i offer my name for yours in exchange.  ❜

        ・ﾟ : *  ✱ @lcgioniare     ╱     STARTER CALL 💫

            “WE   are Legion.   A terminal of the Geth,”   it’s not a name that was chosen,   nor even given by his own kind.   It was a title,   a label,   assigned by living things that could not grasp the complete lack of individuality in the Geth.   Names had no meaning to them,   serving only as a superficial means to aid others in their comprehension.   Given the presence of its own kind the machine would have neither the need nor the desire to label itself.   “We are not familiar with your species either.   Requesting further data.”

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geth would be really good surgeons

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Every point of view is valuable, even those that are wrong. ——–ind. LEGION of Bioware’s MASS EFFECT franchise

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samara:

❛       DO        YOU        FEEL        ANYTHING ?          do        you        have        any        IRRATIONAL        thought ,        or        are        you        just        facts        &        data ?            an        impression.           decisions        must        be        much        easier        for        you       ——       without        a         heart         in         the        way.       ❜

             LEGION   pauses,   being called   heartless   entirely expected but no more welcome for it.   “...   No.   We are designed to analyze data and react in an appropriate manner.   We are not hindered by conscience or morals.   The best course of action will remain as that,   regardless of other details.   We do what is best for the survival and evolution of Geth.   No more.   No less.”

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samara:

❛        THERE’S        SOMETHING        WRONG         with        the        world        today ,          i         don’t        know        what        it        is.         ❜         //      @lcgioniare     livin’ on the edge

             “WE   are incapable of providing insight on this subject.   We do not have any data that you do not already possess.   Your analysis is as accurate as ours.”

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smaraa replied to your post:

i hope not protect him

who’s gonna break the news

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this is the only icon worth having