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WCDT 21-25 January 2019 (3921-3925)
TheEvilDog:
I was going to say a joke about spooky toast, but honestly, I realised most of you would find it stale.
And that haunts me.
OldGoat:
Roko's testing Spookybot's sincerity, knowing full well they can zap her into oblivion. What the Hell, she's just come back from being squished into oblivion and isn't so certain she likes it (being back), so there is an element of recklessness in her behavior, too. Apropos pronoun policing, she's gathering information to decide if Spooky is a "they" or an "it" as she knows nothing of SB's multiple iterations and, given SB's ability to appear seeming out of nowhere, until she socked them she wasn't entirely sure they're a corporeal chassis like her own or a sophisticated holographic projection. Now she knows.
Roko's also coming out of an environment where a level of physical horseplay is sometimes tolerated - it's good to know what your partner is capable of if you get into a wrestling match with a suspect. A side effect is that while both knew Spooky could invoke their eldrich abilities and instantly have the upper hand, they now know that chassis-Roko can physically overpower chassis-Spookybot. The pecking order is a little more clear. If it was strictly a rasslin' match, Spooky would most certainly be toast.
Magniras:
--- Quote from: Netherdan on 24 Jan 2019, 10:37 ---Why are some people referring to Spookybot as "her" when they clearly are a multigendered, multichassis, overpowered AI that even refers to themselves as "we" instead of I? Stop imposing a gender label on them, they can be everything! I bet there's a Spookybot toaster on their house
--- End quote ---
Because they've got a feminine form, Jeph gave them the standard femme Android face, and have feminine mannerisms. Plus, IMHO, a feminine voice suits them more.
As far as the friend thing goes, if my friends weren't all massive nerds I could see them acting just like this.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: Magniras on 24 Jan 2019, 12:57 ---
--- Quote from: Netherdan on 24 Jan 2019, 10:37 ---Why are some people referring to Spookybot as "her" when they clearly are a multigendered, multichassis, overpowered AI that even refers to themselves as "we" instead of I? Stop imposing a gender label on them, they can be everything! I bet there's a Spookybot toaster on their house
--- End quote ---
Because they've got a feminine form, Jeph gave them the standard femme Android face, and have feminine mannerisms. Plus, IMHO, a feminine voice suits them more.
--- End quote ---
I actually thought they were masculine-looking their first appearance. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TheEvilDog:
From the off, Spookybot was meant to be androgynous. A slightly feminine face, a non-indicative frame, paired with a masculine style of suit (a shawl lapel though if you notice, rather subtly Spookybot wears the buttons are on the left, which indicates a suit for a woman). On paper, it sounds like a mish-mash of ideas that shouldn't gel together. Visually though, each disparate element of Spookybot leaves the casual viewer wondering.
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