#very cute and friendly

[creative-chaos-apparently]

I made a little friend last night

#Bugs #green lacewing #insects #flying bugs #garden bugs #cute bugs #i looked up the species and in my area it is a very good friendly species! #They keep away garden pests and help control harmful species in gardens #I let the lil’ buddy go free outside! #my art

[scificrows]

Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.

Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):

In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.

It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]

The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]

Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]

In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]

In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]

Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #𓄿 #hi i'm READY to write a thesis about murderbot i am having way too much fun with this #i created a pretty excel spreadsheet and everything #i don't know why i did this but now i can look at them while i think about this more! so i figured i'd share them haha #i didn't count uses of 'friendly' but special shoutout to when MB is all alone in its cold cubicle missing 20% of its body mass #and starts putting on a show because 'the friendly noise would keep it company' 😭😭 #i feel sick thinking about murderbot all alone on its own not knowing what its like to have friends watching media for 'the friendly noise' #also YES okay i wanted to make a point about miki there but i just #couldn't bring myself to talk about that more so... yeah #also uhhh this data is very subjective #i didn't count particularly ironic uses of 'friend' and generally did not count every instance of friend and sometimes it was a hard call #also i probably shouldn't have counted the times murderbot refered to drones or secsystems as its friends (often after hacking them) #but murderbot does seem to care about them and shows kindness and respect and sometimes points out that a system is friendly #so while i don't think MB means “friend” in the same way referring to them as when it refers to ART for instance #i still think its CUTE and also kinda funny how many times that happened so i decided to keep those!!! #but yeah take my data with a grain of salt lol

[popiellart]

#bg3 #the dark urge #oc wormwood #this is a crop of a bigger art where durge and gortash are being very friendly with a banite priestess aka gortash's bedroom meatshield #but since SOMEONE has decided to ban PORNEO from their SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE #now it's just my durge being shirtless and cute and only a lil murderous #myart

[portraitdelajeunefilleenfeu]

So, Alba hasn’t liked a single tweet or browsed anything on twitter in TWO YEARS AND OVER FOUR MONTHS.. NOT A SINGLE TWEET.. and she comes on and

THIS IS THE TWEET SHE CHOOSES TO LIKE??? THIS ONE. .. a video her co-worker and friend made about what it was like to kiss her… i-

@Mawica78 How the kissing scene was made. They didn't even prepared much 🫠🫠

#SaveWarriorNun #WarriorNun HYMM FOR HER

#alba baptista #kristina tonteri young #warrior nun #avatrice #sorry i know it’s been days but i am still very much HERE #i love alba so much #i know they are always in touch and all but #i hope it made her smile #and it was so cute how kristina qrt’ed that spoiler tv thing they both won just to tag her #also i need to see the other take #i wish i could’ve been meena that day lol #and kristina looks so friggin good in all of these cameos damn #alba and kristina #twitter #if you love avatrice come to twitter y’all #the fandom is really nice and friendly and we’re having a great time trying to save the show #it’s keeping the fandom so much more alive over there #1013

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[ Second Vacation: Keaton! ]

What better way to end the night than with your mom’s special recipe for asado and testing the waters of what cuddling on the couch might feel like? 👀 These two are very flirtatious, and maintained a steady Flirty moodlet almost the entire night.

There’s a subtle ease in their interactions, a comfortability in their joking, flirtatious vibe: maybe it’s being outside of the pressure of the house and it’s gaggle of contestants, but Keaton’s had no problem letting Daniel know just how interested in him he is!

Part 3 of 6 🌹

@duusheen

#ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 challenge #ts4 gameplay #ts4 bachelor challenge #;kmik #sim: daniel #keaton stratton by duusheen #|| #i will say… they look so very good together fhdhhf #i am so constantly torn bc taking pics of all these pairs have me in love with all of them #daniel boutta leave this show with a harem fr #they are both constantly stunned by flirty moodlets thanks to the attractiveness system #keaton favors daniel’s butt and dan can’t get enough of keaton’s muscles fhfhf #but it’s interesting how they interact outside of flirting #they could flirt as long as the day goes by #but friendly conversations quickly turn to flirting or to small talk #and i’m just BWUH so fascinated #i was so eager to see how dan would behave w keaton and its so cute watching him have such a lil first-glimpse crush on someone ok 🥺 #also thank u to the one and only becca rebouks for that final shot head turn 🙏 #dan’s love language: is cooking food #dan desperately trying to impress someone: hERE’S MY MOM’S FAVORITE IDK—

[booasaur]

Crush (2022)

#crushedit #crush 2022 #crush hulu #paige evans #aj campos #rowan blanchard #auli'i cravalho #crush spoilers #aj x paige #femslash related stuff #I liked it! #I thought it was super cute #just a cute funny mild little romcom #right amount of angst and banter and pining #like it's remarkable for its very normalcy #and I like them! the characters #and their dynamic #sarcastic but not mean friendly but not personalityless #they were such normal kids #not exactly euphoria over here #also I took the ask message off anyone is interested in sending any :o

[olessan]

witness my fresh-out-of-the-egg baby hatzegopteryx getting randomly yoinked and going "🧍"

#path of titans #pathoftitans #pterosaur #pterosaurs #azhdarchid #dinosaur game #hatzegopteryx #I was idling looking at a resource map #I also aggressive called by accident when trying to go for a friendly one lol #after this they told me to be careful of big hatzes and called me lil hatz it was very cute and wholesome

[fadedrainbowbookshelves]

@sweetest-honeybee's crime!au contains many awesome things, including the murder husbands!

#welcome home #welcome home fanart #fanart of fanart? #frank frankly #eddie dear #frank x eddie #Human!Puppets #They're SO CUTE I absolutely fell in love with the au and Bee is a god #Stumbled on it one day and it's fun. Still have so much lore to get through though! #So enjoy these two. Friendly helpful detective man and his Very Very Very Angry enby husband who offs criminals like reverse batman #Take a humble doodle because I couldn't get their human designs out of my head #Credit to Bee! The designs aren't mine but it IS my favorite Human!Frank design #Unaffiliated with the incredible Welcome Home creation I'm just a fan having fun!

[bird-pokemon-showdown]

everyone look at the parakeet my mom found just randomly at her work and brought home

#the wings are clipped so i have absolutely no idea how they made it there #she works at a college so i think maybe a student brought them??? for some reason?? and lost them #they have a leg band but i haven’t been able to read it #i’m gonna try to find a better cage in the meantime bc this one is abysmal. they’re in quarantine rn bc of vinny #and then post around and see if anyone lost a parakeet near me. otherwise mine 😈 #i think they’re a young male but i can’t really tell rn. very friendly for a parakeet though very cute #edit: i actually don’t think the wings are clipped i think i just don’t know what a parakeet looks like

[samarecharm]

Endlessly tickled by the idea of Akira being a good shot but a shit gamer. I like to think its cause hes got incredible hand eye coordination and super steady ‘surgeon’ hands; hes very good with precise movements, but panics when he has to do brain melting inputs. His brain can keep up but its hard to make his hands follow suit. Its why u can have him be dogshit at arcade cabinets; panicking with the little joystick and button mashing like mad, while having him be a beast at things like darts and billiards.

The only arcade games he can play is house of the dead-esque shooting games (hes literally at the top of the leaderboards for MILES and he draws crowds whenever he plays) and DDR cabinets (hes just very light on his feet)(NOT to be confused with stepmania; he would die if he had to do arrow inputs with his HAND). Its kinda fun to watch him fumble with the other silly gimmick cabinets, but its more entertaining to watch him do what hes good at. If u take him to play darts, and if the darts are super cheap, he will absolutely try his best to split them down the middle each time. Doesnt always work, but its insane to know that he lands the bullseye literally 100% of the time.

#chattin #akira #i just think. having him play games like how my uncle plays games is a silly visual #hes also Tall #so hes like as tall as the fucking machine and shaking it like crazy. hes dying. help him. #but hes never like. hmm #i guess self conscious about looking silly? it doesnt even occur to him bc hes so focused on smashing inputs #so ryuji can take him to the arcade all the time and never get a sore loser for a teammate or rival #on the flipside. he is so good w knives its scary #and like. anything sharp. and anything thats a projectile tbh #if u took him to do archery i think he would love it. #but for now hes got Baseball and Darts. and hes good at Both. #i know royal has him playing darts or something w goro?? #i think its cute. also funny. goro would lose miserably and get so fucking tight. like alright. im not taking u here anymore. #akira opts to just watch bc he didnt think he was going to hang out w a sore loser #and goro HAS to challenge that. obviously. #like *clenched fist* ‘no. i insist. were here for a. good time. friendly competition is. healthy.’ #*clenches jaw so tightly u can hear it pop* ‘another round? ‘ #thinking about it; turnbased rpgs would be perfect for him. hes very bad at action games and fighting games #so playing games that dont demand that from u would be nice for him. #rhythm games would be easy too; the focus isnt on the hands but the beat #he doesnt have to THINK about hand inputs #MAYBE racing games would work too? but high speed racing games like burnout would be too much for him i think #and depending on the TYPE of shooter; fps games would be bad; third person shooters even more so

[shima-draws]

I finally watched The Amazing Digital Circus after seeing all the hype about it (and it's STILL no.1 on trending. Wild) and now I have been struck by the curse of theme song stuck on repeat in brain. Help

...Gangle and Zooble and Kinger too, Ragatha, Jax and there's Kaufmo (woo-hoo!!!) Day after day after day after day after day--

#I will be 100% honest tho I don't really get the hype #Like YEAH it's really cute and quirky and WEIRD but #Imo it's insane that it's trending over everything else going on rn. And it's been in the no.1 spot for DAYS now #NOT trying to hate on it at all I very much enjoyed it and I will probably watch more if it gets a full season #But I'm like. Very taken aback by how ragingly popular it is. #I love the weird glitchy stuff and the existential crisis going on lol #But there's smth that already came out a while back that (imo) did it WAY better #Sideeyes Learning With Pibby (which I was obsessed with for weeks after the fake trailer released) #Pibby REALLY did the surreal child-friendly horror thing very well. And I wish we actually got a full show out of it #AND THE CREEPY SLOWED DOWN VERSION OF THE THEMESONG. OOOUGHH. #If TADC does smth like that with the messed up glitchy themesong I will be SO thrilled tbh #ANYWAY. RAGATHA JAX AND THERE'S KAUFMO (WOO-HOO!!) #DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY WE FLY. PAST THE MOON AND THE SUN AND WE DON'T KNOW WHYYYY #Shima speaks #TADC #The Amazing Digital Circus

[dustgeonmeshi]

both senshi and laios call chilchuck "chil" at some point (which is a sweet detail) and ive seen both chilshi and chilaios fans get excited over this. beautiful

#im not sure if marcille calls him chil ever?? but she should #its very cute to me. like it can be shippy but it can be friendly too i love it #chilchuck tims

[druidonity2]

Death Blossom

#world of warcraft #anduin wrynn #arthas menethil #honestly mostly this piece was just idunno like an idea without much thought behind it #it had a cute sketch so i continued adding to it #i think i was mostly still thinking about anduins mental state in shadowlands and how arthas had a part in that #blizz is very vague about how arthas is used to corrupt him so i mostly just do whatever i want with fanart #i mean i do that anyway but #Anduin is depicted as a child wearing the maw armor and chains holding a flower to arthas #and like i think a part of hte idea was anduin depicted as younger to more represent his innocence #but also that younger anduin carries more bravery and here he's unafraid to face arthas #he hands a flower not as a friendly jesture but more of a 'im better then you' but i struggle to explain that #Anduin trying to convince himself #even in hell #even in chains just like you #im still better #depicts how arthas's curse is still hurting the younger generations of azeroth even after his death (chains) #chose the death flower cuz its like ya know the shadowlands flower found in all zones #but that there is still beauty in death #aiofhafiaohad this piece is just alot of different vague ideas that come together to make no damn sense #Honestly nonsensical art is fun would love more nonsensical fanart #just fanart where its like...you vaugely get what they were going for but otherwise doesnt really make much sense #its fun to draw first and make shit up later #I learned how to 'think critically' about the imagery of art in art school and now i can just spew bullshit about my fanart its great #you should try it #I mean its not like im realllly making things up #is just that the art came first and then i used what i drew to put together my thoughts and thats completely valid for artist to do #somethings you better understand your feelings and ideas after you've let yourself create #thats why art is so cool

[lynnbutlertron]

; i love how u draw mistah b………

THANK YOU!!!! YOU ARE TOO KIND…. he is so friend shaped yknow…

#man #This doodle isn’t new btw this is OLD like first when i got back into ch in 2023 #I thought you woild like it!!! #Thank you :))) #I have tried very hard to stylize him and make him as #Cute and friendly shaped as possible #:) #ask #clone high #mr butlertron

[venacoeurva]

Nooo don’t turn the Sixth House into marketable plushies

-Please do not reupload, edit, or use without proper credit or linking back. Ask first, please.-

#tes #tesblr #sixth house #dagoth ur #morrowind #ash zombie #ash ghoul #ascended sleeper #who I forgot the outfit colors for #ash vampire #artsyfartsyness #tsum tsums are very cute too bad they’re disney #I Could make these irl if I wanted to though I have a sewing pattern for the body…. #what would a lore friendly michael mouse be #steve skeever

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

I find it entertaining that in the fake pep ask blogs I follow both had an update that's about fakey remembering past memories.

Amico 🤝 Pep

(Just two goopy guys experiencing past and possibly traumatic memories!!!

Amico is from @melted-memories-a-pizza-tower-au !)

#ooc post #idk if Amico would respond in a friendly way to another Fake but this is just for fun! #okay time to finish the post!!! Just gotta finish colouring!!! #but check out melted-memories in the meantime! their story is really cool so far!! #and Amico is very cute I love his eyebrows hehe