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was thinking of ship dynamics i go coocoo puffs for and i realized this one in particular is just. so SO good. love when a completely bonkers character gets together with a totally normal very average person (actually is Worse)
"Unusual political charts" is one of my favorite genders. I'd love to start a collection.
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whenever my program freezes
'minion' -too closely associated with those yellow things
'goon' -linguistic drift gave her a new meaning. i hope her new life is good for her. i miss her.
'henchman' -too gendered. can be shortened to 'hench' in a pinch, but lacks punch.
'servant' -too domestic to apply to all those who serve evil.
'underling, subordinate' -this one only works if they get off on being beneath you and/or you don't properly pay your workers.
'associate' -this one's good for grizzled mercenaries or lone agents but doesn't work good for broad swathes of an organization.
'slave' -same as underling but more intense. really fun for some of the group. unsavory for others in a way that limits the scope of the thing.
'thrall' -only really applies if you're brainwashing them and that's not something i've learned how to do en masse yet
'flunky, toady, stooge, lackey' -these are just insulting, and that isn't conducive to a healthy work environment. imagine going to work and your job title is 'stooge'.
'acolyte' -works for those that worship you, but again. lacks the scope.
'supporter, follower' -unspecific and vague
'assistant, helper, aide' -not sinister at all. just means you're doing things for me. swagless in this manner. could be good if used to describe someone who's so clearly more that as a way to emphasize their obedience via understatement, but that's only useful for a few members of the organization. and even then, 'associate' works better.
'cohort' -untested in the field. suggests an equal footing in the affair, ideal for post-structuralist evil organizations with a bottom-up power structure that's held in the hands of the evil workers themselves. perhaps we'll explore it together?
may I suggest: 'grunt' – time-tested by crime bosses with a variety of goals and organizational mandates. implies a subservient position with none of the innate baggage of lackey et al.
GRUNT IS PRETTY GOOD
Plus, Pokémon used it so its not too obscure.
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Can people stop saying Caine "finally showed his true colors" please?
Being pushed past your breaking point doesn't make you "show your true colors," it makes you act in ways you normally wouldn't. "Showing your true colors" means revealing your true intentions, and Caine never intended to torture his guests, he was pushed there because of his own insecurities combining with the humans not even bothering to try to understand him.
Because yeah, you know how Caine never bothered to understand how the humans work and completely dismissed all creative input they had? So did the humans with Caine. They've never directly complemented him on his adventures, only directly complained to him when they were bad. They've never tried to get to know him, only get him to fix things when they can't themselves. They've never bothered to try to understand how he thinks, only get mad when he doesn't think like them.
Is Caine in the wrong? Absolutely. Torturing people with your godlike powers because they hurt your feelings is obviously bad. But that doesn't make the humans entirely innocent. Even Pomni, whose first friend in the circus was an AI, didn't try to connect with Caine at any point. Believe me, I understand why; It's hard to want to connect to someone who's making your life worse, accidentally or not, but considering he's the one responsible for everything new happening in their lives, it's wild that nobody thought to freaking check in on him.
I also feel the need to point out that I'm not blaming the humans for Caine finally snapping (honestly Bubble did most of the prodding). Their behavior towards him before didn't help, but Caine is responsible for his own actions. The aftermath of him snapping was also just a shitty situation all around. Caine got way too in his own head (even worse than usual) to be even slightly reasoned with, and all the humans were too exhausted to even have a chance at trying to figure out how to reason with a fucking AI with godlike power.
I think having Caine gone might hopefully make them realize that, even if he fucking sucked at it, Caine was genuinely trying to stop them from abstracting, as well as make adventures they'd enjoy. Yes, Caine absolutely needed to listen to the humans more, but the humans sure as hell never wanted to listen to him.
Brother-asleep would have loved this one
😔 miss the ol codger.
New one dropped
what the fuck is wrong with this movie
the people who responded “joe” and “biden” are operating a higher level than anyone else. they can see the matrix
I would like to thank my friend AL for her help in the writing process and also for making this LOVELY ART. It is art! It is wonderful! I share it with you all, as it deserves.
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This may be the worst use of LLMs anyone has attempted, ever. Up there with recognizing mushrooms.