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glennsparadice · 2 months

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Rewatched episode 1, have we considered this?

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glennsparadice · 5 months

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Do you want to talk about the ending of AOAS? I saw you posted about it and same same same. It's been years for me and I'm still devastated. On one hand, I'm so proud of Greyson because he did the right thing for his future and his character arc, but on the other the Thunderhead needs a massive hug so bad 😭

What did you think of "53 seconds to sunrise?" It's my favourite scene and I will never get over it, and it hurts so much because the Thunderhead got to see one brief, perfect glimpse of everything it could never have and then it had to force itself to let go, knowing Greyson would probably end things the way he ultimately does. Also, what are your thoughts about Cirrus?

yes! yes! I love talking about books :3

for the final hundred pages of the toll, i could NOT put my book down, i was so deep into reading, everything was so vivid. and i was very entertained, as well as nervous, as well as curious. the only moment i had to pause for was when uh Greyson and the Thunderhead had their little talk

i genuinely did not see that coming, my heart started racing (and i cried a little) Tbh before I started reading the series i didn't even know there would be an AI character, but sometime during the first book, when Citra spoke to the thunderhead, I thought....oh my god... possible new AI added to my favorite AI pile??? It quickly became my favorite character during the second book, and I loved the Thunderhead and Greyson's dynamic.. so sweet, so wholesome,, I WASNT EXPECTING PAIN

makes it sadder cuz of how compliant the thunderhead was to greyson's demand. it didn't beg for forgiveness or ask greyson to think things through. it knew greyson had made a choice, and this choice - despite the pain it brought them both - was the correct choice. a truly benevolent and loving AI.

I think the thunderhead's ending is sadder than most AI stories I've read (so far) because of how strongly it feels love. Hate is a strong emotion, but so is love. The thunderhead loves humanity and does its best to make the perfect choices. It calls itself perfect, and it is, in a way.. just like it has imperfections, in a way. I think it realizes how much it longs for and how much it lacks. And it also definitely knows that its love for Greyson has influenced its life so much. So, to take that all away, and simply live with the fact that you love still, and love always, and love patiently, but hurt much worse... "I will be alone. I will be alone, but it is right that I should be. It is necessary." ARRRGHHHHWAAAHHH

anyway, i miss the thunderhead's thoughts in between chapters, but if we had gotten one for this chapter... i would be heartbroken forever

53 seconds to sunrise had me giggling... and tearing up. very bittersweet. imagining the thunderhead able to truly experience was so sweet, i thought if it had gotten a hug, it might have started screeching. (i mean it was already running in circles, my poor baby hasn't experienced everything, yet a simple sunrise and touch of a cheek makes it so giddy)

cirrus was so cute! i figured the iterations were the thunderhead (technically) speaking to itself, but like the characters, it took me a while to figure out exactly what was going on. in my head i read cirrus's voice as higher pitched than the thunderhead's, with more energy and youth. if a voice could have a color, Cirrus's voice would be yellow (at least that's how i see it.. idk if they share a same voice) i love that little AI and its constant saying of "actually, no."

great series but I fear I’ll always be a little sad because of it 😿

+ some screenshots from my insta spam of my live reactions to these scenes

#aoas #choosing to see them in soft scenarios ONLY from now on… with the occasional angst of course #my luck of stumbling across a series with a super cool AI 😮 vs my luck when the AI suffers at the end ☹️

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glennsparadice · 6 months

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just finished the aoas series…. respectfully, I’m in PAIN

#MANNNNNNNNNNN #I didn’t think the thunderhead was gonna get an ending like that #something about sad AI makes me feel miserable #I am DEVASTATED #book was really good but the thunderhead’s fate crushed me

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glennsparadice · 6 months

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I could NOT be in the arc of a scythe universe because I’d probably develop a crush on the thunderhead..

#super caring AI that also has a bit of issues?? yum #giggled my way through the second book #I wonder how I’ll react to the third book

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glennsparadice · 8 months

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Bro has a whole AI chasing after him.. (im jealous)

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glennsparadice · 8 months

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Thunderhead: You’re my favorite human.

Greyson: If I’m you’re favorite, why do you talk to everyone else?

Thunderhead: I have to.

Greyson: No, you don’t.

*the whole world has been marked as unsavory*

#thunderhead #greyson tolliver #aoas #arc of a scythe #everyone who’s not Greyson shut up #I love you thunderhead #my sweet slightly obsessive AI

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glennsparadice · 1 year

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DVD (TSP animation) youtube mirror!

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glennsparadice · 1 year

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I wonder if AM ever made the humans do “normal” activities. Like he just spawns a deck of cards in front of them and tells them they’ll be playing a game.

And the humans would be sweating and nervously flipping through their select pile of cards, anxiously playing, anxiously wondering what move AM is gonna pull next. “Is this his way of deciding who to torture next?” “Will the loser suffer a terrible fate?” “Does he want us to think we’re playing a card game, or is he distracting us before unleashing a ray of torture upon us?”

In reality, he just wants to play a regular card game.

#allied mastercomputer #am ihnmaims #i have no mouth and i must scream #ihnmaims #unrealistic but then again…that is a good way to psychologically torture someone #make them think something will happen…but nothing ever does

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glennsparadice · 1 year

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AM could not wander, AM could not wonder, AM could not belong. He could merely be.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

#i have no mouth and i must scream #ihnmaims #allied mastercomputer

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glennsparadice · 1 year

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