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Z-list YouTube guy on a mission to make cool things. 🔞 PFP: @Iriomot_aoneko Banner: @mattun_8230 📧: [email protected] 🐦: https://twitter.com/Axelayer 🎥: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealFolkBlues OC 🎨 tag: #CrossArt

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · Oct 18

I've never properly introduced my OC before... so here she is! Her name is Cross: a navigator-type robot girl. Her red scarf is NOT made of metal and often gets stuck in doors.

Her design & ref sheet were handled by the phenomenal @fushark.bsky.social; please check his work out🙏

#CrossArt

The reference sheet for C.R.O.S.S. (Content Relaying, Operating Service System; serial number DBN-X727”). She's oddly protective of her red scarf, insisting it's "cool" - despite its tendency to catch onto doors and drawers. She's overall quite responsible, but tends to be something of a mischievous instigator (when she believes she can get away with it). She also seems to love fighting games; when asked if her advanced processing ability gives her an edge against human opponents, she reasons that high-level play wearing down her hand joints "makes it fair." Tends to get very touchy whenever she's compared to "artificial intelligence models" or household appliances.

Cross is one of numerous next-generation androids - man-made machines that possess the ability to feel, think, and act for themselves. These machines were originally created in response to growing public concern that the general populace was growing too dependent on a technological infrastructure which had begun to outpace their average understanding of it.

Cross herself is part of what's generally considered to be the 7th generation of her kind. Her imprinting (the process in which an android is personally raised & taught from "childhood" to "adulthood") took place over the course of 14 months, after which she was certified for communication and management.

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 16h

It's technically closer to an expansion or interface port, but it can be used as a charging port!

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 19d

"C'mon, there's no limit! Where's your sense of rhythm?"
#CrossArt
🎨: @gonzarez1938.bsky.social

A drawing of Cross flashing a peace sign towards the viewer, as she bounds in a concert hall, with her assets front-and-center. Her right palm presses down on her hat to keep it from falling off her head... even though it connects with a magnet.

Early on, a major point of concern with the accord project was how exactly to develop the actual minds and personalities of this would-be breakthrough in robotics. Even those close to the heart of the project were skeptical of Lyanna Light's vision, as the volume of prototype machines continued to grow. There were some who proposed alternatives, such as an emotion circuit to counterbalance a "logic core" - proposals which Lyanna refused, on the grounds that programming emotions into machines would be contrary to the very idea of emotions themselves. She would argue about how it was important that they created a foundation from which those emotions could be felt from within, rather than analyzed and dryly executed as a dull piece of code.

While some engineers splintered off from the project and pursued their own path towards artificial life (leading to LLMs and their successor, GAIs), Albrite Industries' efforts would pay off, as accords became the first machines capable of truly independent thought, free will, and real emotion. Accords will even display idiosyncrasies or odd habits akin to humans - though in some cases, these quirks defy conventional explanation. This can be most commonly seen through nostalgic whims some accords feel for certain places or sensations - despite having no prior engagement. Songs that seem to stir sad memories, locales that feel welcoming or inviting, and - in Cross's case - an aversion to fire and explosive sounds.

Some yet remain doubtful that accords aren't simply following a set of basic directives, but one thing is certain: there's still much about these machines that we don't fully understand yet.

This piece was a Skeb drawn by the phenomenal @gonzarez1938.bsky.social!

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 26d

"So, d'you wanna go hang or somethin' after this?"
#CrossArt
🎨: @mattun_8230

A drawing of Cross stretching, crossing her arms up overhead as she stares at the viewer with a relaxed, casual expression. Come to think of it, what would a robot even need to stretch for...?

Knowing that the the advent of truly autonomous machines would inevitably be met with some degree of public hesitance and pushback, Albrite Industries made it a point to create a support system early on to ensure that the emotional and mental well-being of accords were taken seriously. One of these initiatives includes routine check-ups with certified technicians; while the frames of accords can simply be reconstructed if needed, their mental state isn't a mere component that could be replaced or a state that can be voluntarily toggled. These routine diagnostics aren't meant to harvest data - though they've been accused of such - but are meant to catch any potential logic errors or signs of mental instability before they cascade into a serious problem. The company is well aware that a single incident spurned by such a defect would be latched onto by those who'd sooner see themselves dead than to share a seat with a "coghead".

While the ideal outcome for these diagnostics is to return rather unremarkable results, it doesn't mean accords will always act and behave within predictable or perfect parameters. With regards to Cross herself, her extremely normal diagnostic reports belie a curious tendency to avoid discussing her upbringing and distant past. While she's eager to liken current events to her various odd jobs of the past, she'll get rather dodgy about particular subjects, such as old friends or her penchant for weirdly accurate pen-tossing.

Even when accords are operating nominally, they still have their quirks and secrets beyond what a diagnostics scan can detect.

This piece was a skeb drawn by the fantastic @mattun_8230 over on Twitter!

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MORPHEUS @illbleed.bsky.social · Nov 10

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋, 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄

𝐈'𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓

Kratos from God of Ware before having his melanin drained, begging for Ares to grant him the strength to defeat his enemies

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 2d

Was streaming CotM randomizer with friends when @illbleed.bsky.social somehow managed to encapsulate the average Killer7 cutscene in about 30 seconds

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 2d

Cute!!

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 2d

Also starring @shanraisins.bsky.social who toppled the first domino while I was performing the arduous task of "playing Castlevania Circle of the Moon"

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 2d

Was streaming CotM randomizer with friends when @illbleed.bsky.social somehow managed to encapsulate the average Killer7 cutscene in about 30 seconds

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Lumin @screwy.bsky.social · 3d

Josh Fairhurst will walk on stage and kick at least one dog before each game announcement, and multiple gaming news outlets and Youtube channels will still cheer

Gematsu @gematsu.com · 3d

LRG3 2025 – Limited Run Games showcase set for October 29

Limited Run Games will host games showcase LRG3 2025 on October 29, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

LRG3 2025 – Limited Run Games showcase set for October 29

Limited Run Games will host games showcase LRG3 2025 on October 29, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

www.gematsu.com

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 3d

HOLY FUCKING TRUE

Terra from Final Fantasy VI pointing at Truth Ultima, drawn by @mariocraft31

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Rolo 🐇 @solarolai.bsky.social · 3d

These are like anti-Directs because the last thing you want is for your favourite game to show up in one

Gematsu @gematsu.com · 3d

LRG3 2025 – Limited Run Games showcase set for October 29

Limited Run Games will host games showcase LRG3 2025 on October 29, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

www.gematsu.com

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 3d

It's just like that game... the one where evil is within us, too...

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 3d

It's October. You know what that means...

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 4d

I was gonna say "someone has to make the overproduced Night Slave video" and found out the Basement Brothers finally made a Night Slave video, so uhhhh

We'll find another obscure PC-98 game in need of love fellas, it's a big ocean out there

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 4d

One of these days, I'm gonna pick an obscure Japanese-only PC game from the early 90s to make a video on, and go out of my way to give it the highest production values possible despite the fact it'll bomb in performance - just to prove that every subject deserves equal respect and care

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毒薔薇 @dokubara.bsky.social · Sep 8

skeb commission
#skeb
#commission

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 4d

They FEAR armpits
It's the only reasonable explanation

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

Nahhh, that randomizer started as a fanmade one that the dev officially patched into the game later down the line

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

bsky.app/profile/thev...

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

"Man Blue you're talking about this video a lot today"
Yeah 'cause I finished the script and realized I actually have to make the video now

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

When I inevitably perish from working myself to death on yet another long video about a highly niche topic, please be sure to remember my adorable robot girl OC and how cute she is

Let her be my legacy instead of the Monster Hunter Wilds hitstop video...

A close-up of my OC, drawn by @Iriomot_aoneko

A close-up of my OC, drawn by @teamDiaverik

A close-up of my OC, drawn by @hoshizoralone.bsky.social

A close-up of my OC, drawn by @videajames.bsky.social

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

Fun fact: This is actually the exact same reason why my video about VGM samples looks like Ridge Racer Type-4! I said "To make this easier on myself*, I'm just making it look like the first thing I think of"

*𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

My next BIG video is going to be so large that I need to decide on a consistent visual style before production starts. So, I'm going to mimic the first visual style I can think of.

With that being said, please look forward to my video that will look like adhoc Party for the PlayStation 3

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Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

Imma be real: if anyone ever told me "you remind me of my late husband Lowtax", I'd follow in his steps on the spot because my ass is NOT recovering from that mental damage

Blue @bluestigma.bsky.social · 5d

bsky.app/profile/wari...

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