Probably a rather poor analysis of AndreW2002's PsychoNetworks
There is a rather excellent fanfiction that explores Andre's chat in more detail: AFK, by Aisu. I advise you read it even if you don't understand a word of this post, since this is kind of a ramble. I'm writing it at 9am after an all-nighter thanks to this series infecting my mind. Last chance to back out.
If you're not already aware, Andre's chat is directly modeled on Sigmund Freud's structural model of the human psyche. At 5:07, SIDI explicitly states "i got dem freud lüps", and the chatters' names are direct cognates to his concepts.
Freud describes 3 main constructs, the "id", "ego", and "superego". These are built upon the presuppositions of conscious and unconscious thought being separate, and while technically the three of id/ego/superego are intended to map onto un/consciousness, treating them as separate gives us our five characters.
feargeyt16774 is unconscious fear. He has one purpose. He's there to scare Andre into running away from Assimiliation, and you can watch the admins actively mute him to stop Andre endlessly resetting (7:40). He can overpower all the others instantly - :pepefear: by anyone other than feargeyt is fear taking over Andre's whole mind - but where the others quickly adapt, the same unconscious spikes of fear always emanate from feargeyt.
Conzercheez is conscious thought. He handles general awareness, intent, and serves as a reality check - he's the first to start speculating about what Assim is, its purpose (10:29), and confusion at Assim being able to interact with them (10:54) - all the parts of the brain that involve in-depth thinking. Consider: "wait how is it night 53 seconds into the run" when nobody else notices or cares (1:43); "text goes up. was obvious", when it is not obvious to SIDI (19:03); Conzer exists to question things.
SOUPBEGONE31 is the superego. The superego is an internalisation of rules from someone's surroundings or culture. In this instance, it's the "we need to go fast" rule. It also strives for perfection. As a result, SOUP is Andre's motivator to forget everything else and focus on the speedrun. He calls the constant interruptions by Assim "tedious" (10:56), expresses constant distaste for doing anything except being fast, and corrects Andre away from mobs that are slowing him down.
SIDIsquish is the id, the unconscious desires, impulses, and needs of the mind. SIDI is an impulsive character, the first to suggest attacking Assim (5:29), then its first fan (10:03), and he explicitly begins desiring Assim later on (10:55). He has text-morphing abilities the other chatters do not, and often just leaves for a bit - to me, this is a reflection of the id being the "inaccessible" section of the mind and generally only concerned with satisfying its own impulses, no matter what rules the other (somewhat conscious) parts follow.
Finally, xx_E-G-O_xx, unsurprisingly, is the ego. The ego acts as a balance between the other constructs within the brain. Freud describes it as "driven by the id, confined by the superego, repulsed by reality": SIDI wants to do things, SOUP dictates what exactly, and Conzer rejects it if impossible. This constant balancing act is often the cause of anxiety within the mind, and this can be seen (alongside the other main psychonetworks) during the escape from admin4, when Assimilation doesn't seem to be with them (22:09). E-G-O worries "[i] dunno if he can follow us", SIDI desires ("hopefully"), SOUP can't comprehend something outside of his rules ("shit youre right"), and Conzer applies a dose of reality ("evidently yes") as it turns out Assimilation can follow them after all.
The ego has extended purposes too. Memory, judgement and tolerance, planning, and similar. E-G-O is the one handling the "clips" that serve as Andre's memory (1:57), critiques the admins for being too harsh (7:47), and examining future possibilities (24:27). Compared to SIDI's impulses or SOUP's single-issue voting bloc, E-G-O and Conzer are more thoughtful, median, and calm.
All together, it paints a picture of AndreW2002's PsychoNetworks being implemented by one of the admin's (presumably 4's) understanding of Freudian psychology, and I hope I've explained how each person fulfills their roles. It's also worth noting, however, that Andre occasionally acts alone. The chat doesn't influence every single move he makes, or if they do, they don't verbalise it. I don't think it's wrong to assume that Andre has fundamental identity, buried deep under the psychonetworks that run him, but I suspect it might just be his basic programming telling him how to play Minecraft.
does anybody else have a discord server thats only yourself and nobody else exclusively used to send images from your mobile phone to your tablet or computer
Hello, friends, and welcome to another tumblr post. Today, we're combining the color palettes of every main Aurora character, also known as the Floof Squad, to create one Franken-Aurora. Aurora Georg? That's right: it's bad character design science.
As always, collecting the materials was a task in and of itself. For each character, I wanted a single page (or at the most, a short scene) that showed the entire character in daylight, so that each part of their design was in consistent lighting. I couldn't get all of the characters in the same lighting as each other, unfortunately, but I did my best.
Along the way I realized Dainix's arm and leg armor just wasn't shown in daylight at all (that I could tell), so I had to not include it.
Once I had all their palettes compiled, I also selected a thematic color for each character, which I got second opinions from over on the discord. Here's the palettes:
Once I had those, I moved them to their own layers in Krita, put them on top of each other, and set them to 16% - 1/6th. That seemed a little pale to me, so I bumped it up to 25% and was quite pleased. It looked like this:
But why stop at the palette? I'm an artist. I wanted to draw this theoretical ultimate character. So, I thought about other things.
Every character has long pants, so that's an obvious choice. The majority of them have long sleeves, but two go sleeveless, so I split the difference and went with elbow-length. 4 of 6 characters are masculine, so I gave this one a flat chest, but didn't think about the gender further. Half the characters have at least slightly pointed ears, so I gave them small points to theirs. 4 of the characters have had capes or cloaks at least briefly, so I gave our Georg a small capelet - this wasn't included in the palette chart itself, so I calculated the colors separately. 4 characters have boots, Alinua has slip-ons, and Falst and Tess go barefoot, so I gave our character short boots. I had extra colors from all the accessories/accents, so I also gave them a laurel wreath and a staff, because it looks cool.
So without further ado, I present to you, Franken-Aurora.
Unfortunately, I'm currently sick, so I couldn't put much effort into this piece, but I think they look pretty cute.
[safiya nygaard voice stops]
thats right another aurora shitpost from me. which makes not much sense if you don't watch safiya. swagever
someone on twitter is trying to claim that use of an em-dash is an indication of AI-generated writing because it’s “relatively rare” for actual humans to use it. skill issue
As promised, the list is here one month in advance to allow for preparation time! Just like last time, there are no hard rules. Just a fun exercise to draw things considered “cringe” by popular culture! No stress needed :)
I go more in depth on the list here, so check that out! of course, feel free to send asks my way if any questions remain <3
I’m really proud of this year’s list, honestly. And I’m incredibly excited for October! I hope everyone has fun!!
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annaxmalina
kaledo-art
janainaart
vaporwave
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