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They/She There is a you that remains, that remains and remains. Will you carry this?

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · Feb 13

BUZZSAW HALO (WIP)

Pencil drawing of a girl wearing an overall dress over a blouse and combat boots, looking at the viewer, grinning confrontationally. Her left side has a chunk missing from it, in its place a swirling explosion of viscera. A buzzsaw halo spins behind her head.

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myo / 묘호테 @myoxote.bsky.social · 14h

WORLD OF FIXER
#1000xRESIST #WORLDOFHORROR #恐怖の世界

a pixel art portrait of fixer from 1000xRESIST standing in front of a mirror. the game that she's modded into is WORLD OF HORROR, using the in-game palette "ABYSSAL".

a pixel art portrait of fixer from 1000xRESIST standing in front of a mirror, wearing an awesome summer shirt. the game that she's modded into is WORLD OF HORROR, using the in-game palette "ABYSSAL".

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 1d

The Turning Point slogan in that image is uh. Looking a little different from how I think it probably goes normally

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pocho @pochorm.bsky.social · 2d

#1000xRESIST
#fanart

I want to see the Healer's eyes...

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Grimlockimus @grimlockimus.bsky.social · 8d

"Transformers One: Shattered Glass Thundercracker"
By popular and colorful demand!
(Reposts appreciated as always!)

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Grimlockimus @grimlockimus.bsky.social · 1d

The full Stunticon crew has assembled

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Sae @crownedsaeraphim.bsky.social · 2d

The one and only.
Commission for @smiley.bgay.social

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2d

the protomen be like "this city"

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 1d

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 1d

everybody has that one friend with the hand that Fucking Gets You. Sometimes their other hand is a hand that Fucking Gets You in a different and more creative way

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure this person got on very well with the themes of Beast Machines. Assuming they didn't first get mad at it for entirely more superficial reasons and was too mad to process the themes. Which is more likely.

AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 1d

all roads lead to meduka... that's how you know IBO is an all timer

Meduka meguca.

Very funny looking characters from frames of Madoka Magica, captioned as follows:
Madoka: must not fight!
Kyubey: do not throw souls!
Kyoko: what is happened?

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Tokusatsu GIFs @tokugifs.bsky.social · 2d

GARO (2005)
Episode 21

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Dima Derzhavin (COMMS OPEN) @derzhavinart.bsky.social · 3d

Been enjoying some Silent Hill lately!

#silenthill #silenthill3 #heathermason

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gundampixel @gundampixel.bsky.social · 6d

Gundam IBO 10th Anniversary key visual has dropped 🔥

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 3d

Stolen valor frankly. Tamamo Cross is the one with lightning powers, everyone knows this

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lum @ commissions open!! @itslumboy.bsky.social · 4d

gold ship fanart: (flexes muscles) heh… think you can keep up with the goddess of the track? (lightning generates with each powerful step)

gold ship in the game: hey trainer! i got afflicted with a case of “dope ass swag” and now i’m going to make it your problem for the next ten races.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 3d

me, not wanting to do chores: i'm the best house cleaner in all of japan

out of nowhere, ken hayakawa:

the character ken hayakawa from 70s show kaiketsu zubat. an ongoing part of the show is characters declaring they are the greatest (golfer, billiards player, trumpet musician, etc) in japan and ken stepping up to declare they are only the second, and he is the best

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Vile @vitalvile.bsky.social · 4d

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Monogatari Pics 🌈📚 @postgatari.bsky.social · 4d

Numachi Rouka · Hanamonogatari anime

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raum @raum.bsky.social · 4d

Hurt
#madokamagica #madoka #illustration #digitalart #まどマギ

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Pike, Tiny Comet Fairy ☄️🍩 @redcomets.net · 4d

Good morning and happy Suletta Sunday

Suletta Mercury text post meme. "soon as she unblocks me the wedding is back on"

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 4d

Part of same thing "it seems like in humans consciousness just appeared when sufficiently complex systems. So you can't rule it out for LLMs"

Yes we can. The way it makes mistakes is exactly indicative of nonconciousness.
Of a lack of any sense of comprehension of its inputs.
And of self awareness.

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 4d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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AURADESCENT @auradescent.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a big season 2 defender. Obv I watched it ages ago and I interface with media somewhat more critically now but it really, really stuck with me.

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marulka @marulka.bsky.social · 4d

RX-105

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