I think calling them robots dehumanizes them. It makes it too easy to forget they used to be people. They have robotic bodies but they aren't robots. They have souls and feelings.
Calda?? She sounds really cool if she tells stories like that.
You remember Tim? He's the tailor I go to all the time & invited to my wedding? He and the random priest I got to officiate my wedding ceremony are dating now. It's really cute! He likes coming up with new ideas for Ohma-themed sashes to make for Sudryl, and toys for the temple cats to play with.
The smithy natives are also really cool. They have the tools they need built right into their bodies! It took a while of proving myself to know what I'm doing before they let me rent forge time and be unsupervised. We don't talk much because there's no need, and there is a fun camaraderie.
Yeah I think that something has gone wrong with their memory archives. Either from running out of storage space and placing parts of their memories into archives bit by bit over time until eventually they forget the important things, or by someone tampering with the system.
They remind me a lot of the Amaurotines... They are kind and curious and keen of mind, seeking ways to be creative and help their community, but also are naive in a way that is sometimes childish. They thought going into mechanical bodies would save their dying world and all it did was make things worse.
I wonder if the scientists feel guilty for that? Whoever came up with the concept, and all the people who worked on it... And then the people were reluctant and pressured into it.
When I was still knew and learned all of that my first instinct was that they wanted to make clones of us, or use our DNA to make themselves new biological bodies. I'm ... If I'm honest... I think that may still be a very real possibility, but I don't believe it to be quite so nefarious anymore. If they are desperate... I cannot blame them. The things Ardbert and I have done and sacrificed to save our worlds and our people... When you are backed into a corner like that you will do anything.
I think... They don't necessarily see us as competent due to our biological limitations, and sometimes it feels... infantilizing. I don't like it, but I know it comes from a good place. They forget mortal limitations and are still learning. It's up to us to remind them, isn't it? What our limits are and how far beyond them we can push.
The bridge between us and the natives isn't their fault, but ours. It's why I've been working hard to build more relationships with them this year...
What if we threw a party for the natives this year?
They had a big party for us last year. Why don't we return the favour? We could make displays about things from each of our own worlds, maybe a little fashion show, some music from our homes. A big party to share our cultures with them, and thank them for all the ways they have tried to help us?
guess they're back to tl;dr monstrosities now
Calda?? She sounds really cool if she tells stories like that.
You remember Tim? He's the tailor I go to all the time & invited to my wedding? He and the random priest I got to officiate my wedding ceremony are dating now. It's really cute! He likes coming up with new ideas for Ohma-themed sashes to make for Sudryl, and toys for the temple cats to play with.
The smithy natives are also really cool. They have the tools they need built right into their bodies! It took a while of proving myself to know what I'm doing before they let me rent forge time and be unsupervised. We don't talk much because there's no need, and there is a fun camaraderie.
Yeah I think that something has gone wrong with their memory archives. Either from running out of storage space and placing parts of their memories into archives bit by bit over time until eventually they forget the important things, or by someone tampering with the system.
They remind me a lot of the Amaurotines... They are kind and curious and keen of mind, seeking ways to be creative and help their community, but also are naive in a way that is sometimes childish. They thought going into mechanical bodies would save their dying world and all it did was make things worse.
I wonder if the scientists feel guilty for that? Whoever came up with the concept, and all the people who worked on it... And then the people were reluctant and pressured into it.
When I was still knew and learned all of that my first instinct was that they wanted to make clones of us, or use our DNA to make themselves new biological bodies. I'm ... If I'm honest... I think that may still be a very real possibility, but I don't believe it to be quite so nefarious anymore. If they are desperate... I cannot blame them. The things Ardbert and I have done and sacrificed to save our worlds and our people... When you are backed into a corner like that you will do anything.
I think... They don't necessarily see us as competent due to our biological limitations, and sometimes it feels... infantilizing. I don't like it, but I know it comes from a good place. They forget mortal limitations and are still learning. It's up to us to remind them, isn't it? What our limits are and how far beyond them we can push.
The bridge between us and the natives isn't their fault, but ours. It's why I've been working hard to build more relationships with them this year...
What if we threw a party for the natives this year?
They had a big party for us last year. Why don't we return the favour? We could make displays about things from each of our own worlds, maybe a little fashion show, some music from our homes. A big party to share our cultures with them, and thank them for all the ways they have tried to help us?