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[redvsbluemicrofic]

Freelancer Roleplay surprise for my daughter update...

Okay, our internet has been down and I only just now got our router going again, so I’m probably going to call it a night and set everything else set up in the morning when other more productive people are at work or school. 

Tex, York, Florida and North are all taken.

Wash, Maine, Connie, Wyoming, South and Carolina are all still on the table. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll send you the info you’ll need!

For anyone who has missed the details up until now - I have Freelancer presents for my daughter (a personalized audio recording from Jen Brown, a Freelancer ID card from an awesome awesome friend, and her own Freelancer dog tags) that I want to give to her as close to her birthday as possible.  And I want to give it to her in a special way, so I’m setting up a series of Tumblr accounts for all the Freelancers, and then use them to give her clues for a Freelancer themed treasure hunt so she can find her presents.  Doing it on my own meant that I’d be setting up 10 different accounts, making profiles and putting up pictures and making up posts for all of them.  So I’m asking anyone who is willing to step up and take a Freelancer and create a Tumblr you think they’d have.  Once they’re all set up, I’ll send out the names of all the accounts, and people can interact with each other, do whatever they feel is fun, just to flesh things out a bit.  Then on the day of the surprise, I’ll just make sure that everyone has a clue to post for her and the search will be on!

I am so grateful for everyone who has stepped up to help so far - so, so grateful - and who knows?  Maybe after this is all done, we can find a different creative use for these accounts.

I’ll get everything fixed in the morning and send out info to people who haven’t received an account yet.  Thank you all again so much.  You’re all absolutely wonderful.

[themachofan]

I plugged my description of Maine from one of my oldest fanfics into an AI art generator for laughs. The results were fairly accurate to what I envisioned. Although I do find it a bit strange, it always added a beard despite that never being entered in the prompt, haha.

[textsfromchorus]

[Image Description: A medium shot of The Meta. There is text that reads (215): You poured all their beer into ziploc baggies so it would be “better on the go”]

[thegreatbaerri]

Is it too much to ask for someone that will RP Mainewash with me and NOT drop off the face of the earth?

[thesunshinecaboose]

I’ve been having a lot of thoughts about Theta lately.

Maybe it’s because I’m the mom friend all day every day, but Theta has always been one of those minor characters that sticks with me. Mostly because his character is so strong and clear, and yet we don’t get very much of him at all. So I’m just left with my thoughts about this tiny, childlike AI.

So, we know that the AI fragments have independent thoughts and feelings. At least, I’d like to think so. They do each have that predominant personality trait, but each is more than just that. So I find myself wondering about Theta more than I do any other AI.

All the other AIs have adult voices. They behave like adults. At least the ones that we actually have time to see (this excludes Eta and Iota). Because of this, when they go out into the field to help the Freelancers kill people in more astounding ways than ever before I don’t care very much. However, Theta doesn’t behave like any of the other AIs. I wonder about Theta’s comfort in the field and helping North kill lots and lots of people. This is the same AI that gets excited over the idea of getting a dog and doesn’t quite grasp that the comment about getting one was facetious. How is Theta okay with war? More precisely, is Theta actually okay with it? 

We know that Theta is scared to shut down and it takes North a lot of time and effort to get him relaxed. North loses a great deal of sleep trying to make Theta comfortable. It surprises me, then, that no one seems to equate this to a childlike personality program being exposed to death and ultra-violence while simultaneously being made to be directly involved in said violence. Of course Theta would develop and even greater panicked personality after being exposed to such things!

This line of thought brings me to Theta’s capture and North’s death. The Theta we see in the later seasons, the one that is made of Epsilon’s memory, is not by any stretch of the imagination, the same Theta that North had. Epsilon Theta may behave like the one we see in season 10, but we do not see Theta at the moment that probably marks a turning point. We do not get the chance to see Theta not only coping with the knowledge that North is going to die, but also the knowledge that he will be stolen and used by the Meta. Not even Delta is forced to deal with something like that!

Delta has time to be resigned to death. He gets to make a choice. What choice does Theta have? None. What Theta is ultimately faced with is something horrific: The knowledge that he wasn’t strong enough to save North’s life, and the knowledge that despite all the work North has put in to keep him safe, it will all be for naught. I am not saying these are rational thoughts. Far from it, it is very obviously not Theta’s fault. But Theta is first and foremost, innocent and trusting. These are thoughts that I feel would come naturally to a character like that.

Delta gets to share York’s last seconds. Delta probably gets last words. Gamma gets to stay with Wyoming, even when they don’t share a body. Sigma gets to carry out his plan with almost unbridled strength. Theta does not get any of this. Theta doesn’t get a chance to say goodbye. Theta doesn’t get to see North right until the end. Theta doesn’t get to chose what happens to him. Theta doesn’t get the time to cope with the inevitable. 

The only AI that is presented as innocent, trusting, loving, scared, and shy is the one that is faced with the most gruesome of ends. The best moments of Theta’s short life are spent on the battle field under the control of someone he trusts. The worst are still spent on the battle field, but now with the person who killed that someone he trusted. I wonder what Theta was like with the Meta. I wonder if he was still that bright, nervous little AI that we love so much and that Epsilon remembers.

I’ve been thinking a lot about Theta. I don’t like the thoughts that have come to mind. 

[churbooseanon]

80 with Maine and Wash please

Words

He remembers her boyfriend on the football team and some mornings his tongue probes at his artificial tooth that had taken the place of the one the guy had knocked out. I love you. There had been a guy in his unit, his first unit just out of basic. His eyes had been a strange yellow that came from the sorts of genetic testing that were prevalent these days. They called him Jackie for reasons David hadn’t known and Jackie had been confident, controlled, and experienced. David remembered how it felt to be below him, holding on as his body drowned in sensation. He also remembers the shock on his face as a group of Covvie needler rounds burst into his skin. I love you.Maine says it without getting the words out. Doesn’t mouth them, just gives them in the touches. In the way his arm settles around Wash’s shoulder as they sit together. In how their feet brush under a stable. In so many ways that Wash is scared to think about. He’s worried Maine will find a way to say them someday and then…How does he recover from another loss?