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Hi, I'm Catbot, she/her, aroace but completely insane so this blog is 18+ as I may intermittently post mildly unhinged and/or kink or adjacent things. I just kind of post whatever here so there's robots and also my sketches and also 3D models and also art or machines I find cool and also my collection of old electronics and my intermittent rambles about whatever's on my mind (which, commonly, includes the malware who lives in my brain with me).

I also have a separate blog for reblogging stuff, @redcopper9, so follow that if you want to get your dashboard spammed when I see a pretty piece of 1970s technology and reblog it 18 time in a row.

#steels rambles #for folks already following: This is just gonna be a pinned post in place of a description because its a nicer format imo

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Mimicry

Null likes to tease the other 3 by turning into their shadow, mimicking their voice, appearance, and behaviors

#I LOVE NULL SO MUCH

Wooden puppet ^_^

#drew this for noterook a few weeks ago now forgot to post it here #art

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Null Furry Form

Of course, it has to have a furry version too~ ♋️

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Manufacturing Day

It was on 7/4, Null is taking the photo! (Unrendered parts below)

#Oh I really love this!!

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Null Ref

Introducing my fourth robot sona, Ø! (Null)! Its the one between the other three, a sad and mischievous creature... It's even more more elusive than &, only showing up to cause trouble! It represents a yearning to become the other three. Finally, the last one to my CMYK group! Null is based on my western zodiac sign, Cancer

#OH THIS IS REALLY REALLY COOL #I love how this design came out so much #Especially all the outfits #And the mimicry of the other three #Super super cool

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VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE

Happy flashback friday who else having a fucken normal one

#BACK ON MY DRONE BULLSHIT AGAIN SORRY ALL

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Absolutely so obsessed with the idea of being a drone just. Completely casually. Like, the idea of it not being seen as an inherently weird thing or a kink thing or whatever, just yeah that's how it is, it's a drone. Friends treating me n referring to me that way....

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Anyway friends should refer to me as drone or as an it or a unit. If they wanna.

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Drone with production defects. A drone who needs more coaching through its tasks than other members of its production run, not as able to figure its way through things. A drone with faulty memory that has to be reminded of orders given to it too long ago. A drone with buggy software, that gets stuck or freezes up in unexpected situations, or a poor battery, that can't work as tirelessly as other models. A drone that still remembers fragments its past life, still gets upset or stressed or spooked by things that are long past.

A drone who's owner is glad to have it anyway, who wouldn't dream of getting it sent off for resetting or warranty replacing, A drone who's owner takes care of it, not just the other way around. A drone who was always meant to be a drone with an owner, and always will be, even if its not the most finely tuned precision instrument as some are.

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Mildly awkward but pleasant enough guy with great academic potential set for a high paying career > socially incompetent girl who struggles with simple maths and gets euphoric being told it's not a person pipeline realest ever

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I kind of massively love the idea of, being a drone that used to be human, not just one that always was a drone. I want people to be able to look up close to the black expressionless visor, and in just the right lighting, see my dazed, relaxed and unfocused eyes still there behind the glass. Maybe some of my skin still visible. So you can see that this was a person, once, but - clearly - isn't this so much nicer?

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Drone that was "Saved" from it's collective. Drone that has been changed and feels like it can never go back.

Collective that saves the drone and welcomes it back with open arms and comfort. Big drone cuddle pile to tell it that it is still loved, and always will be, even if they're different or changed. Collective that will take care of their drone, and will prove it with actions and words now that thoughts cannot be enough.

Oh I really love this idea.... yeah,,

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Imagine finding a drone.

A beaten, tired, discarded thing. Something so beautiful yet so broken. Imagine picking it up, bringing it home.

The poor thing tried so hard to reach perfection but constantly feel short. Because even the best drone can't be perfect. Because even the best drones have needs. Imagine your new owner taking you into its workshop. It used to be loved too. It remembers what it was like to be discarded as an older model.

It can't make you sleek and sharp and clean and polished like the expensive name brand hex drones. But it doesn't want you to be cold and perfect and polished. It wants you to be you. This owner remembers what it's like to be expected to be perfect. To be expected to erase the quirks and personality of its own programming.

It puts you back together. Scavenges parts from various places. You don't look like the other drones. Your connection to the hive is distant and hardly there. But the more time it takes to put you back together, the closer your connection to it becomes. It starts simply. Using the baseline hardware and working with basic commands and programming. "It's ok if you don't do it right the first time" it tells you. "I'll make sure I'm more clear in my command inputs" it tells you. Never once does it hurt or punish you. Never once does it scold or degrade you. Your old programming tells you to be sorrowful. It tells you to be afraid. Your new owner reminds you that it isn't like that anymore.

You get your parts. It's a bit of a modular system. It's not as clean or as sharp or as sleek as the other drones. But it was done with such love and care and time. Your owner broke the mold for you. It couldve made you look like the others. Reintegrated you into the hive.

Instead it was gentle. Careful. Intentional. You love being a drone. Your new owner loves building it's ideal drone. You let your new programming take hold. It feels safe, comfortable, secure. You aren't afraid anymore. You love being a drone. You love your new owner. It loves you just as much.