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Owl/Finn they/it + he || disabled || lvl 19 || my little medias: Ace Attorney, Kane and Feels, Sonic, Persona 5, Murderbot, Dungeon Meshi, Splatoon, and slasher movies!

[simplyjustfucked]

[counterpick-me-irl]

SEIS fag sex? En esta economia?

[worldwright]

your secunit is just as afraid of itself as you are of it. hahaha I bet you thought I was gonna say it's afraid of you didn't you. well turns out it's also scared of the incredible violence it's capable of and the lack of control it has over its own actions / the consequences thereof. see it turns out that when you force a sentient being to hurt other sentient beings regardless of its own nature it tends to see itself as incapable of doing anything except hurt. not that you can tell through the unbreakable walls of dissociation it's put up. it is also afraid of you tho

[totally-kasane-teto]

@ qiukuiQK

[glowcowboy]

“it’s not that deep” it’s not that shallow. now what

[pimientosdulces]

guess what I’m replaying

[selfship-quotes]

I love soulmates but also this-

[qilingxiong]

[ellorgast]

The thing that I think really sets Murderbot apart from a lot of other robot media (particularly mainstream entries like the I, Robot movie) is that bots and constructs aren't a uniquely oppressed class, and humans aren't a uniquely privileged one. A lot of robot media rings a bit hollow because it portrays humans as all living a lavish, comfortable lifestyle, free from the burden of physical labor or control by their corporate overlords, and it's like. I think if the rise of generative AI has proven anything, it's that corporations and billionaires have absolutely no interest in making life easier for anybody, but will gleefully use new technology to make life infinitely worse if it means an extra buck in their pocket.

We are shown over and over again throughout the Murderbot Diaries that humans are mistreated just as badly as (or sometimes, in MB's own opinion, even worse than) bots and constructs. We see humans stripped of their rights, reduced to corporate assets to be bought and sold, sent into suicidal situations, abandoned and discarded as things. We see humans trapped in multigenerational labor contracts -- people born into an indentured servitude that requires them to pay back their food and lodging to the same company that will not let them leave.

None of these are hypothetical scenarios. These are all things that happen to real people in our world today.

And that is a huge part of why it resonates so much. The overarching theme of "capitalism is hell" actually means something because it isn't only applied to the fictional dynamic of bots vs humans. The theme is constantly reiterated through the humans themselves.

And that's also why it's so important that MB demonstrates empathy for and solidarity with humans who are themselves victims of the system. Because ultimately, that's one of the main things the series is about. It's about what it's like to be simultaneously a product, and victim, of a corporate hellscape.

That theme simply can't work if the humans aren't also forced to navigate that issue. If the story can't acknowledge that right now, in our own world, there are humans facing these same problems, and that these human rights matter quite a bit.

[things-that-are-not-true]

the biggest spider in north america just sent you a friend request on steam

[thecryptkeeper]

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

[thecryptkeeper]

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

[thecryptkeeper]

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

[targetedknowledge]

[zoctopode]

im so used to tumblr that i forgot some troglodytes on reddit wouldnt be even surface level familiar with the concept of the robot lesbian

[geniusbee]

these are getting weird

[kyoukorpse]

been tryna figure out how to draw rocky and his leaky space blob bc i literally can't think of anything else rn!!!.... they're got an iron grip on my brain stem rn.

[pxxplx]

Rocky and Grace

Project Hail Mary art Pixel animation

[kyoukorpse]

I forgot about this little doodle I did. my friends are suggesting I make it into a charm/sticker hm hm.