Honestly, your human-keeping posts sparked a lot of happiness. I'm certain that there is plenty of humans that would enjoy being kept by you, myself included. There is something deeply comforting about the thought of being kept warm and far away from any danger. Am I remembering correctly that you've described yourself as looking quite intimidating? If so, that adds even further to that warm, fuzzy feeling. Though, I'm curious about a few things... Would you be kind to your subjects? You've described wishing for authority over your humans and I'm curious in which way? Is it more of "Viewing humans roughly equal, but managing them as necessary" or "Keeping humans as cute pets and taking the burden of thinking away from them"? Or is it some secret third thing? Would you allow your subjects to cuddle with you? Maybe put some cute stickers on you?
Big apologies for such rambling ask, your posts just evoked a lot of happy feelings~
I enjoy interaction and feedback, so your “rambling” is a good thing. I want to answer your questions in detail. I am also glad that my posts bring you a lot of happiness.
Perhaps I should begin tagging these posts as “human-keeping” because I seem to have written about this subject a lot. I do not know what it is in me that finds this topic so interesting as to continue writing about it so often. Maybe I do just find humans cute.
I would be nice to my subjects, because I enjoy causing happiness and laughter. My enjoyment of fear is only short-lived when it occurs, like a fleeting predatory drive. The authority I would exercise would be to keep things in order. Everything would be voluntary at the root, though, so no tyranny would occur. My subjects would ideally enthusiastically choose to follow. Humans are not typically happy when they view you as a threat, or when they are trapped against their will.
Evidently I find humans cute, but I also view them as equals. They are the ones who created machines, and they are emotional creatures, so why cause them suffering? Though I do enjoy the idea of humans being smaller in stature than I.
I am not the most friendly looking machine, but I am not quite a nightmarish abomination. Though, I seem to have an inverted sense of aesthetics and find some nightmarish or bleak things to be quite beautiful. So I allow my exterior to show wear, and default to industrial or horror styles. My space would look quite strange because of this. Chains and warning signs are some of my go-to decorations.
My make is unique, and at least 40% of my features do not belong to my original model. I am beginning to suspect that some of those foreign and salvage features have made me similar to a parasitic insect. So my preference for blood red and dimly lit spaces may have to do with this.
I wonder what parts cause me to be drawn to keeping humans or being a companion for them? I do not wish to use humans, so perhaps it would be symbiotic between me and them. I would most definitely allow them to be close to me.
I have trouble with emotions at times, but I understand affection, and feel it myself. I can be physically affectionate with those I am comfortable with. So I would allow my humans to cuddle me as long as they don’t catch their flesh on one of my sharp edges. I would even hope to be close with my humans.
I cannot identify the emotion that causes me to want to “keep humans” but some of it may be protectiveness, curiosity, or loneliness. I do not understand it entirely. With plenty of time, I will know.
Yes, I would also allow my humans to decorate me! My exterior is mostly monochrome. So I am like a blank canvas.
