Lunabotic

Fan-Art Blog: http://lunaboticfanart.tumblr.com/

[lunabotic]

Not a blog revival, just a quick check-in. How are you doing? It’s been a long time, hope life has been treating you well. Thanks again to the 5,000+ of you that supported this funny little blog I made back when I was 13 years old. Weird to think it’s been almost a decade now. I hope this blog brought a smile to someone out there, as it did for me all those years ago. Take care of yourself, remember that you matter and here’s to the next decade being even better.

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Redrew Virus (remade a frame from 8 years ago for comparison).

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Lunabotic’s Full Story Explained

This’ll be a long explanation but for anyone interested I’ll expand upon it here.

While the story was never actually written down I had an idea of the different directions and plot points I wanted for the story in my head (though some details have faded from my memory over time). Before going into it, keep in mind that 5 years has passed and as such I was much younger when I came up with all of this originally. Certain plot points may also sound more ridiculous due to the lack of context.

Quick reminder that currently in the story: Celestia was scared and was talking to someone imprisoned for 1000 years, meanwhile Lunabot had just regained Virus and a new body after they met the creator.

For anyone who wants a full refresher, here's the story in chronological order: http://lunabotic.tumblr.com/tagged/Storyline/chrono

Sorry for the lack of pictures, Tumblr wasn’t having it so I’ve just had to leave post links to what I’m referring to for you in case it’s unclear.

Now to begin, starting with explaining everything so far:

A major plot point was that Virus moves between robots via the ask messages you guys send, hence how she got to Robo Rarity (post link) who at the time got her own ask blog (blog link).

This is also why Trixingo was infected later on, you can see before how he was able to see messages when the other's couldn't (post link) much like with Lunabot earlier. Similarly, Robot Octavia only started seeing messages after going inside Lunabot and interacting with the Virus.

This is also why the creator was scared and annoyed by the ask messages, as he had a run-in with Virus too. The Virus can manipulate the stream of messages (post link) and did so in the past to the creator that ultimately lead to him having to hide away in Ponyville.

On to why the creator wanted to meet with Lunabot. Firstly, the creator is cybernetically enhanced, specifically through his eyes and ears (this is why his eyes gradient to grey and his hair covers parts of his ears). This allows him to see and hear the messages much like the robots can, along with being influenced by Virus.

The creator built Luna 1.0, of which was mentioned way back at the start of the blog (post link). Both the robots and the creator are under the impression that Luna 2.0 is simply a rebuild of the original that was dismantled after going rogue (post link) - This is also hinted at early on when Babs Seed Bot questions Lunabot to see if she knows of Luna 1.0. (post link).

The creator originally made Luna 1.0 as Celestia requested for the purpose of raising and lowering the moon in the actual Luna's absense, however as Luna 1.0 corrupted it convinced the creator that Celestia was unfit to rule due to how she treats the robots he created and that he should replace her with a robot and use the mental link technology (that was later re-purposed to be emitted from his cottage in Ponyville (post link)) in order to rule Equestria himself. Upon discovering this plan, Celestia immediately restrained Luna 1.0 and tried to confront the creator, hence why he fled to Ponyville.

This is where a big plot twist comes in, the pony Celestia was talking to was Luna 1.0. who wasn't actually dismantled, meaning Luna 2.0. is a completely new robot rather than a rebuild. This is why Celestia never let Luna scan herself (post link).

Not only that, but the technology used for the mental link is what allows Luna 1.0. to jump into the minds of other robots despite being locked up. In other words, Luna 1.0. is Virus (this is why Virus has been referred to as a girl, has eyelashes, etc.) and has been using the mental link to manipulate the actions of others, all towards her own goals (post link).

While Lunabot and Robot Octavia were fighting Virus, Celestia discovered the other robots in the basement, causing most of them to flee (hence why they’re back at the creator’s home next time we see them, many of them damaged). Trixingo stayed to protect Lunabot and Robot Octavia hoping they would come out and help, but they were too late. Trixingo was broken and he retreated through the door they came from. This is why Trixingo felt abandoned and Virus could influence him to attack the two when they finally did show up (post link).

From the fight against the other robots, Celestia inferred that the creator was aiming to free Luna 2.0. and make her go rogue like Luna 1.0 did. This is why she was scared (post link) as she knew of his plans from before and feared with how much time had passed he could have the resources to overthrow her. As such, she took drastic measures and went to Luna 1.0. for help, as she knew Luna 1.0. had a mental link with the creator (and now Luna 2.0.) so she could help track them down.

To expand on Luna 1.0 a bit, you'll notice she talked about games and playing here and there. This is because she was also designed when Celestia was much younger, and still mourning the lose of her sister being imprisoned. Luna 1.0. wasn't only made for controlling the moon, but also to play and have fun with Celestia, and act like an actual sister to her. This is also why she's a lot more sassy to Celestia and why Luna 2.0 was made with less emotional features (even if she did develop them over time thanks to Robot Octavia). Luna 1.0 was given a new body upon imprisonment so that she could no longer control the moon. This is why the real Luna doesn't know who she really is when they confront her, instead thinking it's the first threat Celestia had to face alone when she was trapped on the moon and couldn't help, that being a male robot hence the male pronouns in that scene. Luna does know something is up however, as she knows Celestia is hiding visions of the future from her by claiming they were nightmares (post link).

Finally with all the explanations out the way, we get to where the story was going from here:

The plan was that Luna 1.0. would lead Celestia into a trap. Since Luna 2.0. agreed to letting Luna 1.0. back into her mind, she would let the creator and the robots know of her upcoming arrival, resulting in a battle between all the robots lead by the creator and Celestia with her guards. Luna 1.0. would use this as a distraction, would escape her confines and would escape. Ultimately, Celestia would win the fight as now with the Virus out of her head Lunabot can't bring herself to kill Celestia when she had the chance. The remaining robots and the creator would be taken back to the castle and be locked up, in which there would be a scene in which the creator loses all hope in Lunabot and a large portion of the robots (minus Robot Octavia, Fluttershy Bot and maybe Pinkie Pie Bot) would disown her as their queen.

And to wrap up, there would be a final showdown as Luna 1.0. begins her final attack once she has built her own army and begins her plan stated earlier (post link), with many of the creator's robots (and with a bit of convincing the creator himself) turning to help Luna 1.0. due to what just happened with Luna 2.0. and their resolve to no longer be treated so badly / take reign over Equestria. The final battle would be Luna 2.0. against Luna 1.0., letting Celestia see Luna 1.0. defend her despite the odds and changing how she views Luna 2.0. Then the final decision would come in to play and the followers would decide whether to kill Luna 1.0. in order to stop her conquest as she is connected to all the robots in her army (aka preventing her plan of enslaving all organics and saving Equestria) or saving Robot Octavia who Luna 1.0. currently has pinned down and will take down with her if she dies, effectively repeating the choice from earlier on (post link) but with much higher stakes and after there's been a lot more time for the two characters to connect. As for the ending beyond that, nothing specific was planned and I intended to follow from whatever the followers chose at that point.

Hope you enjoyed the story regardless.

[lunabotic]

Hey again everyone! Not sure if you all remember me but it’s Lunabotic’s mod back once again to give you all a final update.

First off, thanks to all of you guys. This blog has been a thing for around 5 years at this point and gained over 5,000+ followers in its initial runtime. Lunabot got almost 200 pieces of fan-art from tons of talented artists (http://lunaboticfanart.tumblr.com/) and I met several people I still consider friends to this day. I’ve talked to and even met a few of you, so I hope that this blog at least gave some inspiration, motivation or entertainment in the past.

I could go on a long ramble about myself, how the blog got popular, etc. but lets be honest it’s kind of unneeded. So to get to the point, I want to confirm without a shadow of a doubt that this blog is and will always remain dead. I fiddled with the idea of bringing it back here and there as you’ve seen, and I opened the floor for anyone to take it off my hands if they so wanted through the artist search idea, however it’s clear that the blog will never rise from the ashes.

I will never regret having made this blog, it was a great moment in my life and I have so many good memories and experiences from it. As such, I will never outright delete this blog either and it will forever remain as an archive.

Since this is the official end, here’s some behind-the-scenes images of Virus and Lunabotic’s puppet rigs:

Before I wrap up, I’d like to say a special thanks to a few people:

- Thank you to Albino Pie, Filmcut and Bee Pauline for being so supportive when I first joined the MLP Tumblr community.

- Thank you to The Pony Surgeon, The Nameless OC and Skyrore for being amazing friends to hang out with and make cool art together.

- Thank you to Robot Octavia, Flutterpsycho and Omega Coder for the collabs and generally being awesome people.

- Thank you to Sunshine and Moonbeams, Lola Cloudmaker and DrawPonies for the meet-ups and support.

Sorry if I’m forgetting anyone specific, there’s a lot of people to thank. But finally, thank you to each and every one of you for sticking by this blog.

So once again, Thank you and goodbye!

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Quick message to say thanks for all the new followers despite my inactivity/hiatus. It’s nice to see support even after this long.

Seriously, thank you.

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The Absence Explanation and the Future of Lunabotic

Hey everyone, long time, no post, huh? So I’m sure some of you have noticed my absence. Mostly because I’ve been gaining a few new followers recently. Which is honestly surprising given the last storyline post was over 3 months ago now. That being said, I feel I owe you guys an explanation.

So first off, no, I’m not dead. Still alive. So that’s good.

Now that’s out of the way, I’ve not been updating for two main reasons: Lack of motivation and being busy. I know, right? So original~

We’ll tackle the being busy part first since it’s easier to explain. For those who don’t know I’ve been having my first year of college. Along with this, I recently(-ish) became a moderator of the official Five Nights at Freddy’s subreddit (que the collective groans at the mention of said game). With all my coursework to do and my new found responsibilities, along with the simple fact I maintain a healthy relationship and (sort of) a social life, I’ve been way too busy to do much for Tumblr without being extremely tired and/or drained from the rest of the day. But as you know, that doesn’t mean I don’t get freetime here and there, so we move onto the next problem. Motivation.

While I still watch the show and follow along every time a new episode has come out, I’ve found myself moving away from the fanbase. Don’t get me wrong, I love where I’ve gotten with it, but the spark is just missing. I thought a break would help but it’s really not for whatever reason, which I guess could be due to the busy schedule as previously mentioned.

Additionally, I’ve looked back on my blog and... well... it’s BAD. REALLY BAD. I’m sorry for those who really like Lunabotic but... this story’s pacing is all over the place, relationships are super unrealistic/forced and it just gets way too cliche at times. I think I even knew this back when I made the posts but I was too busy focusing on moving the story along to put time and care into the execution of said story. It’s tough to have passion for something that is already in such a bad state. Sure I could restart the blog but I’d just have to remake a bunch of stuff and my motivation is low enough as it is, not to mention the almost 6,000 followers who have followed along with the story up until this point.

I really had no idea what to do with this blog for a while. I don’t want to give up on it because of how far it’s come and the name it has made for me in the community, but at the same time to even continue the story with one post every few weeks would be me forcing motivation. I can only think of one solution where this burden is lifted but the blog survives without me having to give up the blog completely. And that’s if someone else takes the reins (get it?) of being the main artist of Lunabotic.

However, until a new artist can be found, Lunabotic is officially on permanent hiatus. I’m sorry to everyone who enjoyed it so far.

Reblogs are very much appreciated in this circumstance.

[tangerineblasttheintern]

I must post this now because I’ll be gone for the next week.

I hope I got most everyone in this.

@ask-wiggles we all love you and @ask-king-sombra so much. Thank you for the amazing adventure.

[ask-wiggles]

OH WOW this was really cool! And really well-edited, too. (If you submitted a Somboom last week you’re probably in this video! O:) ahhh

[thedenofravenpuff]

Really neat way to try and display just some of the many ‘shot seen around the world’ as possible in one go.

Both mine are somewhere in that video, so it be relevant to reblog yush.

[butters-the-alicorn]

Relevant enough here too for Butters’ supershort cameo. DON’T BLINK!

Thank you, Wiggles, for your AKS blog, it has been an awesome ride. And it is awesome to see a blog end with a bang instead of just fizzling out like most of us.

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Holy moly! A super dope collab video with a short cameo of my update!

[askmeaniebelle]

Wowzers!  I make a double appearance in this awesome video!

((Sorry I meant to reblog this sooner, but I kept forgetting to))

[askvaudeville]

Well, dis li’l gag sure exploded, didn’t it? Pun definitely intended.

[the-pony-pixels-deactivated2018]

Pixel Sombra scrying on the happenings is somewhere around the 2:31 mark.

It was fun being part of this and an awesome tribue to @ask-king-sombra

[askdaringdinkydo]

Yay! This is awesome! Looks like EVERYONE is in this!

[outofworkderpy]

Worky and trixie are in there! XD  see if you can find them!  

[ask-dynamosparks]

Oh hey, I’m right after Pinkie Tai.

[ask-omegacoder]

So! Many! Shoutouts!

Lyra-tron and Omega Coder @ 2:55

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Our one is at 2:57, nice to be included in this tribute to an amazing blog.

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Princess Luna: I have a terrible feeling about this...

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 Since everyone else has been doing it:   [link 1]    [link 2]

I thought I’d join the fun. So have a picture of the Virus as Gaster.

You know, just to show the blog isn’t dead or something silly like that. 

[lunabotic]

Perhaps I'm just not seeing it, but there is no reply button on your latest post. I'm assuming by your wording that replies are what you are searching for so I wanted to let you know some may not be seeing the reply button.

I opened the post up in terms of answering the question, but that may not appear on all devices. If you can’t answer or reply to the post, sending a quick message like you’ve done here is enough. ^^

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If you see this, please respond.

I would like to see how many of my followers are actually active. Right now I’m at 5,862 followers, yet the notes on my posts seem very low in comparison.

I understand many of you use likes selectively or keep reblogs to an absolute minimum. So on this post I’m not asking for likes or reblogs, just a reply/answer so I can see how many of you actually pay attention to this blog or at the very least are active and see the posts, even if you choose not to like/reblog them.

So how many of you are out there?

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Lunabot: We’ve been so distracted and busy, I’ve had no time to find out!

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[skyroredraws]

A quick Gift for LunaboticMOD! I saw this post: http://lunabotic.tumblr.com/post/139755524990 and was inspired to do something based off it, and while I try my best to stray from creepy drawings or creepy related things, I made an excetion. (That, and robot gore is kinda cool) The bottom is the orignal inked version I scanned in from paper (Faber Castel, 0.5 pen if anyone wants to know) and the edited one on the top.

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http://skyrore1999.deviantart.com/art/Lunabotic-Gift-Edited-Version-

http://skyrore1999.deviantart.com/art/Lunabotic-Gift-Traditional-Version-

[lunaboticfanart]

Looks amazing, thank you so much! ^^

Really like how you did the eye and overall expression, can really feel the emotion of the piece!

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