No thoughts, only robots

| Iris | she/her | artist | too shy to interact | Current interests: sfth | transformers | lantern corps | hermitcraft

[rustediris]

Hello! Please call me Iris. I'm a longtime lurker in fandom spaces who has finally gotten brave enough to interact. I don't post very often, but I would be happy to talk about any of my interests! I am still learning Tumblr etiquette, so if I'm breaking any rules, please let me know.

I'm currently interested in:

-Shoot From The Hip and Roll From The Hip! I just gave in to the siren song of the SFTH Patreon, and am frantically trying to catch up on everything there before my subscription expires

-Formula 1! I've only been a fan for a little over a year, so I don't know a lot of history, but I'm happily keeping up with the chaos of the 2025 season

-Green Lantern! I've read pretty much everything written after 1990 and will happily annoy anyone with analysis and theories about my favorite lanterns!

-Trigun! Maximum is my favorite, but '98 and Stampede are also great !

-Marble Hornets! I have also watched a few of the Slenderverse series, but haven't finished them yet

Things that I like, but am not up-to-date on:

-Transformers! I love all forms of Transformers media, but my favorites are Transformers Animated, Rescue Bots, the IDW comics, and G1!

-Hermitcraft! I started watching Season 8 and have been a fan ever since. Life got busy and I've only watched parts of the last few seasons, but I still wander back and catch up pretty regularly

-TMNT! I am also new to this fandom, and have only finished ROTTMNT. Recommendations on where to start with other shows and comics would be much appreciated

-One Piece (I know most of the spoilers but haven't kept up with the manga or anime since Dressrosa...yikes)

Other interests include:

-Team Fortress 2! I haven't played the game (multiplayer things scare me), but I love the comics, animations, and gameplay footage

-Phantom of the Opera (ALW musical, though I do like the book)

-Daft Punk

-The Raven Cycle

-Grishaverse

-Fullmetal Alchemist

-Dungeons & Dragons

I am also a literature major turned English major, so I might occasionally ramble about books!

[vampyre-daisies]

If you're a TV only Doctor Who fan sad about the recent news of the special being cancelled and want to dip your toe into the wealth of other Doctor Who media out there, here are some pointers that might help <3

Classic Who (pick a Doctor and just start, it's paced differently but trust me it's so good!) - All on Internet Archive (as of posting this)

The Big Finish Audios - Potential Starting Points: - Eighth Doctor - helpful resource with starting points and listen orders - Thirteenth or Ninth Doctor Adventures - still currently releasing bi-monthly so you can hop in with your fav NuWho Doctor! (they've also announced a Tenth Doctor series upcoming) - Classic Doctors, New Monsters - these boxsets are so much fun and were where I started with Big Finish so if you're unsure of the audio format, this is where I started - Sixth Doctor Main Range - starts with The Marian Conspiracy

The Novels - so many ranges to choose from, get stuck in there! - Generally split into Virgin New Adventures (VNA) featuring the Seventh Doctor after the end of classic, Virgin Missing Adventures (VMA) / Past Doctor Adventures (PDA) featuring other Classic Doctors, Eighth Doctor Adventures (EDA), and the New Series Adventures featuring nuwho doctors - Pick a Doctor or Companion you want to hear more from and maybe consult Tardis Guide.

The Comics - again, pick a doctor and eat good

Other helpful resources:

Tardis Wiki (better than the Fandom one)

Tardis Guide (help keep track of stories and where you're going and discover new stories - plus a great community)

Image of Steven Taylor (for comfort in these trying times)

I hope this helps someone <3

"Everything ends and it's always sad, but everything begins again too and that's always happy. Be happy." - Twelve

[thevulturesquadron]

text: [ “Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5000 years.” ]

[rudjedet]

And they're absolutely specifically pushing it, make no mistake. It's not just a matter of "it's there, it's convenient, so people are going to take the path of the least resistance", it is a legitimate and concerted effort on the part of these companies to get people to outsource all these things to their models.

They're preying on insecurities to do it. Yes, you can write an essay - but can you write a good essay, they ask you. Do you not want to improve your output? Do you not want people to think of you as competent and very clever? Why go through the mortifying process of failing and failing and failing until you succeed if you can just skip the "learning" part of doing, and simply generate a ready-made product?

I'm preaching to the choir here obviously but it's a concerning thing to witness nonetheless. My kid is 6 next week and I've been teaching her that failing at things is morally neutral and in fact necessary even before the advent of AI, but it's becoming ever more important that we teach the kids that criticism and failure and discomfort aren't necessarily bad things, but just a part of the growth process.

AI companies are heavily invested in making themselves relevant. They want people to believe they can't do the things they have done unaided before and to make them become reliant on the AI models, so the AI models' existence is artificially justified.

[pinkcadillaccas]

Im listening to a podcast ep about AI usage and the guest is saying he completely understands why people refuse to use it out of fear because he shares the same fears, and it's just so weird to me that it's never ever acknowledged that some people don't use it not because they're afraid but because it just holds no appeal. There are things I'm sure learning models are very useful for but none of them have anything to do with me. Yes I'm a bit of a ludite but I completely failed to resist the lure of the phone, or social media, I've never used chatgpt because I have just never wanted to. I feel like the entire debate is instantly reframed once you acknowledge that it's not a necessary service that people either work to resist or avoid out of fear. For most people it's just an online tool, and for me and I know for lots of others too it's just not that important.

It's not that interesting or useful to me, it's holds no appeal, I am resisting nothing. I could already do everything I wanted I don't need a new tool. It really is that simple and I would feel this way even if it wasn't worrying and evil in various ways. We HAVE to resist this narrative that AI is everywhere because people want it, because it's necessary, because it's an improvement, because people can't live without it. AI is everywhere because tech CEOs and investors want to make something from their massive investments. It is incredibly resistable to me. Just don't have an interest in it. This needs to be part of the AI conversation if we have any hope of saving ourselves from the data mining clutches of big tech (AI specifics aside)

[rustediris]

I realized that if I waited until I felt confident drawing paws that this would never be finished, so have some slightly unfinished trolls! Bertie the Goat looks entirely too peaceful here, considering the menace he actually is. Wine Under the Bridge might be in my top five favorite longforms, it's a great mix of endearing characters and barely restrained chaos

(ssssshhhhhh don't think about the sizes in this drawing, the trolls should be way bigger but the only references I could find of people holding goats were of, you know, actual human sized people, and I did not feel up to changing the scale)

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Finally feeling bold enough to start posting some of the SFTH art I've made over the last few months

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Last day done!!! This whole month has been so much fun! Thank you so much to the lovely mods @hermitadaymay, y'all did such an amazing job, and seeing your kind notes on participants' posts every day was so uplifting.

I've never been able to keep up with a monthly challenge for more than a few days, but this time I was able to get something done for almost every day! This month has been such a great opportunity to learn and grow. For the days I missed, I plan to finish and post them sometime in the next few days. There are also a few pages of ideas and design attempts I'll post with that, if anyone is interested.

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Day 30 done! I don't really watch Doc, but wow is his skin fun to draw! The extremely impractical glasses are my favorite part of this design, they look like they're about to fall off at any moment

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Day 29 done! My weird headcanon for Skizz is that he isn't actually an angel or a regular avian, but rather in a sort of grey area between the two. He's an albatross, which is a bird with a lot of legends and superstitions surrounding it. Albatrosses have mistakenly been associated with burdens and bad luck (like in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner") However, they only symbolize misfortune to people who mistreat them. They're actually symbols of perseverance and guidance, as well as healing and protecting lost souls. This means that Skizz counts as a supernatural being, but it isn't really noticeable. He's got a good sense of direction and is remarkably good at telling when someone needs guidance, but other than the giant wings, he seems normal

(Thanks to anyone who read that whole thing! I warned y'all I was a literature major, rambling about bird symbolism was inevitable)

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 28 done! I couldn't decide which of the many friends of Hermitcraft I wanted to draw, so I just fit as many as I could into today's square. If it wasn't clear from the rest of this month's drawings, all of my hermit-a-day pieces are part of a big grid of 2 in x 2.5 in boxes. I figured having boxes ready to fill in, plus a small size that limited how much detail I could add, would make it easier to actually complete the whole month. And it worked!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

[rustediris]

Love the idea of weresheep zed (I have a similar idea in the most roundabout and weird way lmao)

Thanks! I wish I had a cool backstory for it, but really I just couldn't decide whether I wanted him to be a human or a sheep. I'm curious about your take on a weresheep! Roundabout and weird seems like a very fitting description for any version of Zed

I'm hoping to post some weresheep concept sketches along with all my other hermit-a-day practice designs at the end of May, if you want to keep an eye out for those

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Day 27 done! Today is everyone's favorite knight, who I imagine as having griffon features. Since griffons (griffins? gryphons?), as well as lions and eagles, show up in many coats of arms, I thought it would be fitting for a knight. Plus, the idea of Wels having wings and a tail was too cool not to draw.

As a bonus, have a Zedaph for day 26! I'm especially happy with my design for him. He's a weresheep: the bigger the moon, the more sheep features he gets!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 25 done! Another hermit that I don't watch nearly as much as I should. I wasn't able to fit it into this drawing, but I imagine that his apron is covered in pins representing moments, storylines, and accomplishments from each season, like a TCG card or a llama face

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 24 done! Behold...the Juppet

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 22 done! Meet my take on Keralis: robo-Keralis! When looking at his skin, there's no interpretation of him as a human that doesn't horrify me, so I imagine him as a silly little robot guy

And, as a bonus, have an XB for a late day 20!

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach!

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25

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Day 21 done! Usually I like drawing armor, but this drawing really fought me. My favorite details are the little antenna and the tally marks for each season of hermitcraft.

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Day 18 done! All of Bdubs' builds are beautiful, but this little starter house is my absolute favorite. Everything about it makes me wish it was a real place I could visit

Don't forget that Hermit-a-Day May is raising money for Gamers Outreach! 

https://tiltify.com/@teamhadm/hermit-a-day-may-25