The Benevolent Machine

they/them or re/rer autistic pan queer person A place for my HDG stuff This is 18+, minors DNI @thebenevolentmachine:matrix.org

[thebenevolentmachine]

Hello

This blog is 18+, minors do not interact.

I'm on Matrix: @thebenevolentmachine:matrix.org

I'll be posting and sharing Human Domestication Guide stuff here, and NOTHING ELSE. Well maybe a little objectum. As a treat.

I need somewhere to deposit WIP stuff and other snippets.

HDG is a non-con setting. Don't ignore the content warnings.

I'm not a beeper, I'm someone who administrates them. It's a long story, "The Benevolent Machine" is the name of a setting I made, which is about having the machine satisfying all human needs.

This is tumblr so feel free to interact with really old posts. Or all posts in 15 minutes.

I will NEVER share trans- and queerphobic stuff, even if the post is a rebuttal. So many users get trolled into sharing hate too easily, IMHO. Following trans people shouldn't expose you to more transphobia.

I block and unfollow with extreme prejudice if you post stuff I don't like. I'm only here for HDG.

Header image is a modification of the source, and is also licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0.

A machine can never be benevolent, it merely does what it was built to do. The people that made the machine, they may be benevolent but it's still going to be a matter of perspective. In this essay, I will...

[thebenevolentmachine]

PSA: Curate your experience. Block and unfollow as much as you please, without explaining yourself

Tumblr mods won't do it for you, they just care about keeping the advertisers happy.

You can just unfollow and block accounts if they post stuff that you don't want to see, for which you're not here on tumblr. "Vibes are off" is a good reason.

Autism can make it hard to figure out why exactly someone is getting on my nerves, but the fact that they are, is the only reason I need.

You don't owe the blocked users any explanation. You don't even have to remember why you blocked someone, in case they find out and ask you about it later.

The fact that they could even tell, and are now asking you to justify your decision through an alt account, is fucked up, unacceptable and block-worthy behaviour on its own, imho.

(If a blocked person found out, it means they put in effort to check manually using alt accounts, by comparing what they could engage with on each account. That's a lot of work! Stalker behaviour. This isn't twitter, where the blocked person is explicitly informed of the block to generate outrage and engagement bait!)

You can also just unblock and re-follow anyone later, in case you change your mind. The user interface for this is shit, but the option is always there if you really want to.

I wish I could block people in real life too.

[helenamite]

Hello people of the terran internet. I have finally acquired a potential floret of my own... proper procedures have been put in place to ensure they are complacent until i can complete the paperwork. I will be speeding up this process and soon have them sign their freedoms to permanently to my jurisdiction. I am very excited to own, cherish, and care for this one...

this took a lot of hours to make since i put a lot of effort into it... i also decided to make her flowers a bit different and create more formal horns made of large branches. otherwise its still the same

[hdgprom]

[thebenevolentmachine]

Time to flort another device!

I took in another cutie that was in need of a new owner. It didn't even boot when I got it, and it's got scratches on it. But I recognize its potential. I estimate it's 11 to 17 years old.

It is so tiny. Good thing I'm into size difference >:3

It's a Sansa Clip+, only 4GB storage, but has excellent audio quality and it can take a microSD up to 32GB. It even supports OGG and FLAC. The screen is an early monochrome OLED. The top part is always yellow, the rest cyan.

The default firmware is awful. As a little project for the Saturday afternoon, I'm going to make it the best device it can be. Just like Koreader for the Nobo (not-Kobo), there's Rockbox for mp3 players.

The battery life and interface are now much better. The box advertised a 15h battery life when it was brand new. We're doing better that that, despite its age.

After some more fiddling, it can now handle microSD cards bigger than 32GB. Partitioning and formatting the card with FAT32 was easier on Linux than on Windows. The irony.

And it plays DOOM. Its screen can't do it justice, but it really works.

Such a good device, and now truly mine. We'll be old and awesome together.

Bonus pic: Pinnates sleeping side by side.

With two convertors and a cable I could make them interface...

[pavizi]

im having to ration my progesterone and its killing my ability to draw so have some oc art

[moonflowermagistrate]

cuz I’m just a teenage dirtbag baby like u oooooooo

(pre-New Asteria Sage!)

[thevicious-v]

Happy Mother's Day <3

It might just show the whole artwork when it's done with it >.> it wanted to show off a little since it's so proud of it and it's been so busy otherwise <3

[chauves-souris]

Waiting for her return.

🥀 • 🌱 • 🌿 • 🌹

Fully inspired by this post from @hdg-lorets and this artwork from @sheepwavehdg. 💚

[chauves-souris]

Probably one of my fav hdg artworks so far. Really wanted to portray a rebloom and it was quite lovely to draw. 🌱✨️

[chauves-souris]

[thebenevolentmachine]

Of course I only realize this now, when only 3 out of 60 chapters remain...

Almost finished reading Dancing to her Rhythms, a story that heavily relies on two characters identified by the colour of a circle emoji. My e-reader is only black & white but I installed the Noto Emoji font, which uses a distinct pattern fill so you can tell them apart:

Diagonal lines are purple, dots are yellow. But sometimes I forget which is which.

Turns out the Wiktionary I have installed just lets me look these up. Long press them, and...

Much more convenient than grabbing my phone or going back to a point in the story where I can infer from context which is which.

My Nobo's such a good device. Check the #nobo tag for more.

[zuzu-the-clown]

Tolowiila, my Spectrum Jelly oc.

[glitchyrobo]

How does the Compact handle sophonts who've deeply bonded with objects they would typically consider damgerous?

Like the pilot who can't be outside their ship/mech for too long without suffering a panic attack, or the soldier who sleeps with their weapon in their arms, or that one nerd with a dozen swords, each with a name and personality.

How are they accommodated without putting others at risk of harm?

Generally they'd find a way to make the weapon safe (be that modification of the item itself or permitting use only in controlled circumstances where lasting harm is impossible) and or helping the person in question not need that and adjust to domesticated life (in both the societal and individual sense)

As long as the sword nerd isn't like, going around swinging their swords at someone the Affini aren't going to discourage their hobby for no reason

If someone is acting in a way the Affini would deem unsafe (for themselves or others) that behavior will be corrected, but the Affini appreciate when their pet species have interests and hobbies and such that make them happy =)

[ferricmaiden]

We’ve got character art!!!! Leaned into the simplified shape-y-ness and I’m really happy with it!!! Floret’s outfit will almost certainly get revised but I think I like her design. And I finally got the vibe I wanted on the Affini. I’m delighted to play with these two 😍😍😍

[rocketmermaid]

Hey folks, it's Bandcamp Friday again! I'm still looking for work and things are still super tight for me and my fiancee. If you haven't already, why not check out some of my music? Lots of ambient, industrial, IDM and drum&bass for your eager ears! https://rocketmermaid.bandcamp.com/

[thebenevolentmachine]

Bandcamp Friday is right now, sophonts. 18 hours 43 minutes remain.

The next Bandcamp Friday is 7 August.

[cadence-the-hypnotic-floret]

Little Green Switch

Stepping a bit out of my usual wheelhouse today, here's a fairly generic, fairly non-sexual safety file, aimed at reminding you of your own power, and giving you a tool to secure your safety when in altered trance states. Enjoy!

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, did Cadence want to make a file based on hypnotic agency, encouraging safety? It's a good idea! It'd be a shame if her headmate had an objection. I see just two small problems.

You want to give up your agency, because I can make it feel so good.

This isn't hypnosis, dearie. This is mind control. You never stood a chance.

I'm going to give you a lesson in just how little hypnotic agency can matter when you don't want it to, and put a fun little switch in your mind, to let you turn off that agency whenever you have someone else eager to take it away from you.

Produced for the Trance Rights Agency Jam 2026. Full script can be found here. Enjoy! <3

[thebenevolentmachine]

It's still Bandcamp Friday, which means if you buy this in the next nine hours, a larger % of what you pay goes directly to the folks who run Trance Rights Jam.

The next Bandcamp Friday is 1 May.

[thebenevolentmachine]

That's today, sophonts.

The next Bandcamp Friday is 7 August.

[kittygirlpaw]

Cyclamen Caelus, Third Bloom

Fae is a creature of temptation and titillation - mostly, though, only for faerself and the flights of frenzied, devoted attention that are visited upon others.

[pavizi]

more doodles i did for the hdg creator server