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Post by DonDueed on Jun 21, 2019 17:53:16 GMT
I wanted to count the fingers (and toes) since Robot's first hand only had three, but both hands and feet are hidden, so I'm going to assume he has twelve of each until proven otherwise. Are those expressions on his face? How did he learn to make those? When we last saw Robot speak I said he probably still had a robotic face and voice because learning to use the vibrating windy flappy bits required for talking is going to be one of the hardest thing to do with your first body, will Arthur just prove me wrong? I don't see much expression on his face so far. Seems relatively neutral and doesn't seem to have changed much over these first few seconds.
What is rather impressive is that he was able to sit up and look around almost immediately. That compares favorably with Robot's first experiments with his new arm. |
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Post by The Anarch on Jun 21, 2019 18:09:12 GMT
"Put me back! Put me back! THE SHIELD IS GOING TO-"
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Post by jda on Jun 21, 2019 18:33:39 GMT
"-Finally! Someone let me out of my cage!
Now, time for me is nothing 'cos I ain't counting no age"
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Post by jda on Jun 21, 2019 18:34:29 GMT
"aw, jeez... this is awkward..."
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jun 21, 2019 18:48:23 GMT
Just looking at the nose, that's not how you use anti-snoring nose strips.
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Post by mturtle7 on Jun 21, 2019 18:56:32 GMT
I...huh. I have to admit, we're not QUITE into the Uncanny Valley yet, but we're kind of teetering on the precipice. His features are just barely different enough from everyone else's so that you can suspect he's not quite human, but not so different that it's actually disturbing. I'm not sure I've ever seen that before.
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Post by avurai on Jun 21, 2019 19:13:18 GMT
I...huh. I have to admit, we're not QUITE into the Uncanny Valley yet, but we're kind of teetering on the precipice. His features are just barely different enough from everyone else's so that you can suspect he's not quite human, but not so different that it's actually disturbing. I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. That’s the magic of 2D art. An abstraction is more malleable than a realistic recreation. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jun 21, 2019 19:45:25 GMT
This is going to be LEGEN-wait for it... *20 pages later*... DARY! |
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Post by Necropaxx on Jun 21, 2019 20:59:40 GMT
*cue Careless Whisper
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Post by somebunny on Jun 21, 2019 21:32:25 GMT
I've been dreading this moment for quite awhile now. I can't shake thinking about how Robot already had such major epiphanies and experiences from taking this transition slowly, and Arthur is just jumping into human perception, feeling, pain, all at once. I am so afraid Arthur is just going to immediately go insane and start screaming, and then the chapter ends. His lack of presence (not noticing Juliette) is not reassuring to me.
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Post by QuotePilgrim on Jun 21, 2019 22:46:07 GMT
I've been dreading this moment for quite awhile now. I can't shake thinking about how Robot already had such major epiphanies and experiences from taking this transition slowly, and Arthur is just jumping into human perception, feeling, pain, all at once. I am so afraid Arthur is just going to immediately go insane and start screaming, and then the chapter ends. His lack of presence (not noticing Juliette) is not reassuring to me. Well, just because Arthur looks more human than Robot, it doesn't necessarily mean he's any closer to being human than Robot is. |
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Post by faiiry on Jun 21, 2019 23:00:07 GMT
Arthur’s hairline was found in a galaxy far far away with Luke Skywalker.
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Post by bicarbonat on Jun 21, 2019 23:35:55 GMT
The "some men just like to watch the world burn" part of me kinda wishes that he'd emerged as an aardvark.
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 21, 2019 23:54:51 GMT
Imagine getting a new body, and it already has a receeding hairline like that. I would complain a bit. It's still a lot more hair than he had before.
Not-that-wild spec: Kat found it for some reason easier to just put hair on the back part of the skull because she might need to remove his face for maintenance once in while.
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Post by warrl on Jun 22, 2019 2:11:58 GMT
This is going to be LEGEN-wait for it... *20 pages later*... DARY! I've heard that the Legen Dairy has really good ice cream. |
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Post by csj on Jun 22, 2019 3:02:26 GMT
This all begs the question: did Kat or Tony go in there to put pants on him, or did they put the pants in first and then grow the body into them? Asking the important questions, SS if robots wore pants would they wear them like this or this |
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Post by Runningflame on Jun 22, 2019 3:15:33 GMT
Not-that-wild spec: Kat found it for some reason easier to just put hair on the back part of the skull because she might need to remove his face for maintenance once in while.
That's properly horrifying and therefore probably true. |
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Post by The Anarch on Jun 22, 2019 4:13:31 GMT
Are those expressions on his face? How did he learn to make those? Maybe he just has Resting What The?! Face. |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jun 22, 2019 5:51:23 GMT
The "some men just like to watch the world burn" part of me kinda wishes that he'd emerged as an aardvark.  |
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Post by netherdan on Jun 22, 2019 14:51:52 GMT
I...huh. I have to admit, we're not QUITE into the Uncanny Valley yet, but we're kind of teetering on the precipice. His features are just barely different enough from everyone else's so that you can suspect he's not quite human, but not so different that it's actually disturbing. I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. It's like Tom managed to overcome the uncanny valley and Arthur is barely hanging on the other side of the precipice. But I'm sure if this wasn't 2D he would be at the Rock bottom of said valley |
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Post by saardvark on Jun 22, 2019 15:03:01 GMT
odd that there are no tubes or connections to Arthur; its just a padded vessel. Im puzzled how the body was grown in that chamber with no visible connections to it, to supply nutrients, etc.
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Post by The Anarch on Jun 22, 2019 16:49:49 GMT
odd that there are no tubes or connections to Arthur; its just a padded vessel. Im puzzled how the body was grown in that chamber with no visible connections to it, to supply nutrients, etc. Was it ever said that the body was grown in that particular chamber? |
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Post by Mylian on Jun 22, 2019 16:50:28 GMT
Well, we can see where all of Juliette's input on the design went.
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Post by apache on Jun 23, 2019 3:17:34 GMT
Well, we can see where all of Juliette's input on the design went. About time SOMEBODY referenced Rocky Horror, I was getting worried.
We DID get a Gorillaz shout out early on at least.....
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Post by stevencloser on Jun 23, 2019 9:53:32 GMT
"-Finally! Someone let me out of my cage! Now, time for me is nothing 'cos I ain't counting no age" Finally! After 10000 years I'm free! It's time to conquer earth! *Mad guitar riffs* |
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 23, 2019 10:38:57 GMT
"-Finally! Someone let me out of my cage! Now, time for me is nothing 'cos I ain't counting no age" Finally! After 10000 years I'm free! It's time to conquer earth! *Mad guitar riffs* "How do you feel, Arthur?"
"I feel like I could... like I could... like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!!"
Cookies to who recognizes this.
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Post by saardvark on Jun 23, 2019 14:25:01 GMT
odd that there are no tubes or connections to Arthur; its just a padded vessel. Im puzzled how the body was grown in that chamber with no visible connections to it, to supply nutrients, etc. Was it ever said that the body was grown in that particular chamber? no, but they are the same chambers the Court used to grow bodies for the fairies, so I assumed... (perhaps wrongly?) |
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Post by The Anarch on Jun 23, 2019 14:40:06 GMT
Was it ever said that the body was grown in that particular chamber? no, but they are the same chambers the Court used to grow bodies for the fairies, so I assumed... (perhaps wrongly?) Perhaps, because looking back on that chapter, it doesn't seem to be stated those chambers were used to grow the bodies for the fairies or animals either. It is said that the bodies aren't all ready yet, but a pie cooling on a windowsill also isn't ready yet even though it's no longer in the oven. These may very well be just transference chambers rather than the actual growing pods. |
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Post by saardvark on Jun 23, 2019 20:13:35 GMT
no, but they are the same chambers the Court used to grow bodies for the fairies, so I assumed... (perhaps wrongly?) Perhaps, because looking back on that chapter, it doesn't seem to be stated those chambers were used to grow the bodies for the fairies or animals either. It is said that the bodies aren't all ready yet, but a pie cooling on a windowsill also isn't ready yet even though it's no longer in the oven. These may very well be just transference chambers rather than the actual growing pods. I was thinking of this page www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1481though its possible that Annie made the same (wrong?) assumption I did. |
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Post by DonDueed on Jun 23, 2019 20:27:40 GMT
Perhaps, because looking back on that chapter, it doesn't seem to be stated those chambers were used to grow the bodies for the fairies or animals either. It is said that the bodies aren't all ready yet, but a pie cooling on a windowsill also isn't ready yet even though it's no longer in the oven. These may very well be just transference chambers rather than the actual growing pods. I was thinking of this page www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1481though its possible that Annie made the same (wrong?) assumption I did. Even if that isn't a growth pod, one might expect some kind of hookup for the mind transfer, which we know for sure was done in that chamber.
Maybe Kat figured out some type of wireless link. Bluebrain? WiMind?
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