#deep?

[totterz]

anya from mouthwashing :3

[mackbag]

Maybe I just want someone to hold me. Maybe I want them to look at me and without a word passing between us, I’ll know I’m gonna be okay. I’ll know that they will keep my secrets even if what we have falls apart because they once loved me, and that was enough. My vulnerability forever safe in their hands.

[toastmasteryep]

Fellow Feeling and D:BH

Okay guys time for a deep rant let’s get this bread. So I was walking home from my run when Porter Robinson’s masterpiece, Fellow Feeling, played on my phone. Now if you read the comments on youtube there’s a lot of insightful talk about Porter’s meaning behind the song, and I don’t want to downplay that, but today it reminded me of some things from Detroit: Become Human.

So usually lots of people are most moved by Connor and Markus’ stories, but this time I felt that this song could only truly describe Kara’s route best.

You see, both Connor and Markus’ stories are about being human, when to the eyes of other’s you are nothing but an android; a being incapable of feeling. Kara’s story isn’t like that. Her journey is one of found family and the unconditional love of a mother towards a girl she risked her life to protect.

At the beginning of “Fellow Feeling,” we’re greeted by a gorgeous strings arrangement, not something you’d often see from an EDM artist. This is important, as Kara is the first to truly show humanity and move against her code with almost complete disregard for her own safety. She’s the furthest from robotic from the very beginning. But then we get into the (purposefully) ugly, grating drop. It’s mechanical, harsh, and unforgiving. Nothing like the heart wrenching piece from earlier.

So what does this mean? I said earlier that Kara’s journey is not about choosing to be “human” or “Android,” it’s about love, and protection, who to trust and who is deserving of love. Despite this, despite Kara’s only wish being to protect her daughter, not even to be seen as human- she’s still treated as though she’s damnable for making a choice. For “trying” to be human.

This is where that drop comes in. Kara is surrounded by hatred towards androids, especially deviants, and without even picking a side, one is forced upon her. Her love, her desperation; fought back by ignorant humans’ hatred towards the choice she never actually made. 

There’s never a middle-man, in life. So often we’re forced to pick a side in a war we didn’t start. Kara’s journey is always affected by the choices of humans and deviants alike. Throughout D:BH we fight both sides of the war; Connor’s obligation towards humanity (which, if played right, eventually switches over), and Markus’ dedication to his people, androids who wish to be free, like him. But Kara plays neither to humanity nor to androids; her only wish is to keep Alice safe, and bring her to freedom.

It’s only now that I truly realize how close to real life Detroit: Become Human truly is. How often is it that we force people into two sides of one stupid war? How often is that those people are harmed because of ignorance, and bad choices?

At the end of the day, this post is too long and I am too emotional. But what I really, really want to drive home is this; Kara is every single person who could never just be. Every single person who was either one way or the other, never just a bystander trying to live their life. Kara is the most human character in the entire game, because she represents every single person, at least once in their life.

Fellow Feeling - Porter Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ardc3nrQMxw

[mangasnips]

The limitations of humanity.

[murkdew-blog]

It’s important you imagine a world with exceptions. Powerful abilities come into play such as your mind and love - which can be both a curse and a blessing. It’s all a rabbit hole, it just depends on how far you dare crawl.

Murk (excerpt from a book i’ll never write)

[doodle-leah]

This came in my feed on Pinterest and that stopped me dead in my tracks. I never thought about that, how old the earth is, and then the chances of finding these two dorks because only god knows why. There’s just a lot of things that have to be lined up and I find that crazy. The fact that we’re all alive this day and age is astounding. Aside from being alive the same time as @markiplier and @therealjacksepticeye We see a lot of things. Some good and some bad. I remember watching a video about a girl “made of glass” though she’s is way more fragile than that. Though she still put a smile on her face, that was the happiest I’ve ever seen a kid. It’s just amazing. There are some people who don’t care at all what they are going through, they are willing to put that aside to explain something or to bring a smile to someone’s face, or even just talk to someone who needs it. We’ve got the most amazing examples of what and how we as human beings should act, what we should do for others. Unfortunately, there are also some downs... Like for some reason we have yearly challenges, earlier this year was the tide pod challenge. For some dumb reason some of us who are teenagers decide to ignore logic and go for fun. “Fun” Another thing, we could’ve been the ones who got executed for being Christian, or could’ve been the one who was the slave or killed in war but we’re not. I really think we ALL need to be more grateful for the life we have because we could have it worse. We could have it way worse... instead we have silly boys and girls. Amazing artists, awesome music, the internet and conventions and the list just goes on and on and on... We live with games too! Both console and board games! I don’t know it’s just mind baffling to me. So yeah... just a thought I had.

[andthenrealitycrashesthrough]

We all have a story, but I do not have an arch nemesis. There is no mutual hatred; no archetypal villain; no single designated antagonist.

I am the enemy of my own story. I am simultaneously the protagonist and antagonist. I am a self-saboteur.