#queer robots

[xixistar]

gabeeve...... I feel happy when I draw them

and also

whatever it is

[faytelumos]

Wait, oh my goodness, an idea—!

*chasing it, flailing across a desk, spilling my colored pencils*

Wait, wait—!

I have this universe where there's this popular line of companion droids who gain sentience. It's all very soft, kind of a slice-of-life place.

The robots all have their bodies and looks and such chosen by the family or individual who orders them. Then their base mind (which personality traits that can be selected during that order process) are loaded in, and the robot wakes up for the first time in their new family's house.

But what if a robot learns that they… actually wanna be the other gender?

Well, this company is run by one single dude who really, really loves his robots, so he makes everything as affordable as possible. A robot realizes their body makes them unhappy? Okay! Go ahead and place an order for a new body, and you can just trade in the old one!

Cool! Now the robot is happier with themselves, and there's a body that's been pre-made and freshly wiped and refurbished for anyone who wants a companion but couldn't quite afford it before!

Except that… well, you know what muscle memory is, right? Well, what about computer memory?

When you delete data off of a computer, it's not actually deleted. The "space" it occupies is instead marked as "available" to write new data over.

So this body may have been wiped, but there are five main computing centers in it that have the memories of its past life on them. It may be empty, but it still holds all of the sights, sounds, smells, and reflexes of the entity who was there before.

So a new robot is "born" into this body, but there are ghosts of the past in it. If they scrape and scratch under their surface enough, they can discover that there's someone else in there with them.

Just… data ghosts. A body that's haunted like a house. Disassociating droids. The scars dysphoria leaves even when you thought it was all over.

I just thought it was a cool idea.

[pluralsword]

Windblade in Transformers: Cyberverse is so good at fighting that she defeated sword wielding Slipstream by using her two turbine fans as melee/throwing weapons.

Obviously there is a comparison/nod to be made to the martial arts/historical warfare use of Japanese 鉄扇 (てっせん, romanized: tessen, meaning iron fan) because they’re fans and because Windblade’s design is inspired by onna musha (Japan has quite a history of pre-Meiji period women warriors, we actually wrote about this for a paper years ago back in undergrad on women warrior groups and individuals prior to the Cold War but anyway). From what little we know of tessenjutsu (definitely not something familiar, when it comes to hand-to-hand we are more familiar with e.g. taekwondo and longswords, so if anyone wants to comment please do) the fighting techniques of an iron fan are rather different due to being able to use the fan folded for e.g. stabbing and the fact they aren’t round when unfolded... so this is also Windblade using her transforming robot plane anatomy to fight in a way human bodied people don’t (do you have a return to thrower buckler shield at home that also is an engine for flying and can blow away opponents when attached to your wings?). 

This is a long way of saying that in martial arts terms; Windblade is extremely badass.

We wanna see her and jetpack using dual wielding sword Arcee spar in a duel it would be so beautifully gay equivalent...

ID: an image from Transformers: Cyberverse Season 1 Episode 14, “Siloed,” of a combat focused Windblade from the chest up with wings out, in a duel with Slipstream, who isn’t visible in this shot, only the pink curved energy sword Stormfall (Windblade’s) that Slipstream stole is visible, clashing against one of Windblade’s turbine fans she’s holding in her right hand, just as she is holding one in her left. The background is dramatically streaking lines of green, which started earlier in the fight when the two were running in parallel, waiting for someone to make the next move. End ID.

[izzy-lyzard-illystrates]

Monday is terrible, have a big robot. This one is named Sugared Peaches.

[jyasjwrose]

FREE, queer-centered games for Pride Month

FREE, queer games (mostly VNs) for Pride Month gaming, recommended by an acquaintance on Steam.

Copy & pasted quote from her:

https://robohaven.itch.io/ robo-tea series (the cutest queer robots ever omg)

https://paperstarstudios.itch.io/naomi Naomi (short story about coming out as trans)

http://twinturtlegames.tumblr.com/games The Yule Fabulous (short queer friendship story) The Milk of Human Kindness (created for a game jam focused on breasts not existing solely as sex objects for men)

http://loveisstrange-vn.tumblr.com/…/after-a-wild-journey-l… Love is Strange (Girls love Life is Strange fan game. I haven't read it yet, but mentioning it since you liked Life is Strange.)

http://endlessseasons.ch/cardiff/ Cardiff_Insane Letters (autobiographical art game-y VN)

https://makiokuta.itch.io/caught-by-a-lure Caught by a Lure (bittersweet mermaid romance with a non-binary protagonist)

https://arden.itch.io/kindness-coins Kindness Coins (short monster girl anti-dating sim)

https://laurakindie.itch.io/acceptance-jam-for-leelah-entry Acceptance (intended for cis readers to experience what it's like to be trans)

https://ncase.itch.io/coming-out-simulator-2014 Coming Out Simulator 2014 (autobiographical narrative game)

https://krinndnz.itch.io/monstergirl-mansion Monstergirl Mansion (queer and kink-positive monster girl romances)

http://games.softpedia.com/…/Sketchbook-Schoolgirls-in-Love… Sketchbook: Schoolgirls in Love and Other Assorted Heartbreak (coming of age story by Christine Love)

[izzy-lyzard-illystrates]

WIP of my fuckin gay space robot OC for Lancer. Feeling good about the direction my coloring style is moving finally.

[chaoticfemme-art]

Flax, the Messenger - God's most adorable murder machine

Based on: Messenger by Kay F. Atkinson

[quaint-robots-comic]

Invasive.

Quaint Robots Comic © Lara D.