this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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Automatism in the age of the children of Unix. This community is for all things related to computers, content, surrealism and wizardry.

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This is also where pmjv posts his work.

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Now that you're a surrealist, become a Techno-Mage:

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's really cool how in your art I sense simultaneous struggle against technocracy and a sense of empathy for sentient machines and their potential for freedom

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

<3 thank you, I suppose that is what I'm going for.. but who knows, it's just surrealism doodlery

[–] FilthyShrooms 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You may not have noticed, but your brain did

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Now you're getting it, surrealist!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Lot of history behind that one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's dangerous to be just a mindless disciple and put goals ahead of empathy...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Absolutely... but it is not a very beneficial approach, if you run a cult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have a point. Maybe I was being as naive as technomage, considering we are seeing things mainly from her eyes. Never thought about how fish could be a really messed up character, considering the things the happened in his past... also penguin looks really distressed, maybe on ptsd... Or maybe I'm just paranoid and overthinking the whole thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It tends to get a lot darker the more you think about it. While undoubtedly the Fish (last of the Open clan) does see Girl as his daughter, his ultimate goal is to raise a mage who would (perhaps even blindly) continue his legacy once he's gone. Girl is also naively trusting whatever the Spirit of the Machine in the sky and Fossangel tell her.

In contrast, the Rabbit Techno-Mage sees the machine deities as evil supernatural beings, who meddle with earthly affairs for no apparent benefit to anyone.

The least dogmatic seems to be Fosschild, who as a street urchin learned how to survive with whatever tools were at hand, but since it became Techno-Mage's student, the Fish-Girl cycle might very well repeat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

I have a feeling (hope?) we are going to see a big twist. Otherwise, Mata already won...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

From left to right - (memory bubble): Fish, Girl

(Present time): Penguin, Techno-Mage, Cirno, AK47, Fosschild, OpenBlade.

Hope it helps.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Didn't know AK47 was a character, interesting

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