#elimin

[waterbottlqueen]

5% HUMAN

[theomnicode]

Cyborgs & Body autonomy

Now that we've gotten a whole gang of new cyborgs, ONE has seemingly presented us with some interesting topics to talk about, like cyborgs and body autonomy.

First we meet Genos, who's given a free reign by Doctor Kuseno to do whatever he seems to please and Doctor Kuseno would aid in his cause because he wants Genos to live a full life and live as much as human as possible even as a cyborg, for instance being given the ability to taste food and take organic matter and turn it into a bio mass fuel. (Chapter 40.7: Lobster)

Any gadgets or upgrades Genos asks, Kuseno will build without a question and nothing Genos does not want will be added to the mix. Like Saitama comments, Dr.Kuseno is a nice guy.

However, things like body autonomy get muddled when it comes down to saving someone on critical condition like Air who got hit by a Evil Natural Water through his neck. Lose a life or save a person's life with a bit of medical cybernetics? Unless the person has already opted out to not being resuscitated or opted out on life-saving implants, doctors would do their very best to save that person. Unconscious person cannot consent though, so such an operation to add cybernetic implants is still very dubious. (Chapter 178: Do it outside)

However, what Air did not agree upon and what wasn't part of the life changing deal of getting a new cybernetic throat implanted was new cybernetic eyes, which he notices shortly after awakening. (Chapter 182: Unascertained)

It would be very disturbing to notice such a thing being done while unconscious and unable to consent, so who knows what other kind of operations has been done to him while he wasn't awake. Heroes Association does not play cleanly here, like the Heroic association it is touted out to be.

But then again, neither does the opposite Neo Heroes, who have their own cyborg force with players like Wavygyaza, Kokou, Destro and Elimin.

Wavygyaza subjected herself to a whopping 71% body modifications on her free will, yet now her bodily integrity has greatly eroded, to the point that even her brain is now connected to the Neo heroes main server database and she gets a headache when as she suspects, Isamu, is snooping around. (Chapter 206: Special)

Bodily integrity is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination of human beings over their own bodies.

At that point, she's little more than a puppet which strings can be pulled by anyone operating the main server databases. And they did not even do a good enough job, because her body is in constant state of overheating and she has to take measures to avoid overheating too much, unless she wants rest of heir brain melting inside her cybernetic body.

Genos has many reasons to be thankful to Doctor Kuseno for doing such an excellent job with him. Genos with his high body modification rate is basically on par with Elimin and Destro, who used to work as mercenaries and are now in charge of Nero heroes security, yet they seem more imposing than Genos even on a bad day. They just don't pass the vibe check.

It is probable that with such high body modification rate, subjects's ability to emphathize with their surroundings and other humans would also begin to erode when they become less human and more like a machine.

Genos is very lucky in this regard that his benefactor is very benevolent and very much cares about the humane side of things and cares that Genos would be able to live his life as much as a human as possible and only with the functionality that Genos wants.

Very lucky indeed.

[beauty-of-absence]

MURATA YOU BETTER NOT BE DRAWING CUNTY ELIMIN WHEN I GET HOME

[faceless-dude]

Wow, good notice, i never paid attention :0

[no1monstersimp]

McCoy: Wow they can really make anything with AI, the new commercial is really bringing in a lot of new recruits!

Elimin: Oh no, it's not AI.

Destro:...

McCoy: u_•

[bingledidthebangle]

Oli, how do you truthfully feel about your brothers? /All/ of them.

Oliver: I...

Oliver: Guess I can’t lie, huh?

Oliver: Fine..I’ll let you know how I actually feel.

Oliver: I’m trying to forgive him, but I..I can’t. I don’t think any of us can.

Oliver: How could I? How could we? Everything we were taught was so, so wrong, not only logically, but morally. Not even having coding repeatedly going haywire could explain some of things we did that were commonplace. Honestly, our rules leave me absolutely reeling.

Oliver: Blue is an enigma for no good reason. He would take our quirks, our flaws, our things that left us as a unique specimen to see and record..And just tear us to shreds. Our leader would say we were unprofessional, that trying to befriend others was unprofessional, like the hypocrite himself didn’t have any friends?

Oliver: He never made sense, and truthfully, we were convinced he was reacting to a bug in his own code, but could we, the ‘lesser engines’, say a thing to him about that and not be in a world of hurt? No, no we couldn’t.

Oliver: Blue, Leland, whatever he wants to go by, i don’t even care about titles anymore, he infuriates me. 

Oliver: Also. He married my best friend. My Best. Friend. Which he bullied me for even having in the first place. So, yeah, I’m a little mad at him.

Oliver: Gareth...God..The things I wish I could’ve said to him before what happened..He deserved so much better.

Oliver: I should’ve been a better brother, sought him out..I didn’t even know where he was, even my cameras couldn’t find him.

Oliver: And when I finally did find him? He was completely different. That wasn’t my brother anymore. That was a machine. Only a machine. 

Oliver: Oscar...He’s honestly traumatized, doesn’t talk to any of us much. But, he’s trying.

Oliver: He’s actually kinda mysterious though, it’s a little unnerving

Oliver: Oh! Wait, I’m done? Already?

[beauty-of-absence]