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[keaalu]

Love Transcends
Watching film, felt sappy. *shrugs*

Such a busy, busy bee today...

Comments

[slaskia.livejournal.com]

How sweet. Does she really have half her skin peeled away like that or is just a 'cut away' to show the viewer she wasn't biological?

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

Mixture of both; in that scene, yes - awaiting repairs (although I still need to actually WRITE it, or I'll forget it), but it was an indicator as much as anything. :)

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

See, here, though, when they say that love transcends all boundaries, that's as if they're trying to say that, despite some problem or whatever, they'll pull through. But I would think that things are actually a lot nicer with a synth than an organic being. At least that's my opinion! What I'm trying to say is that I wouldn't consider an artificial being to be any sort of hinderance, but actually more of a turn-on! ^^

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

"See, here, though, when they say that love transcends all boundaries, that's as if they're trying to say that, despite some problem or whatever, they'll pull through."
The way I always saw it was more of a case of "so you're different, so what? Who gives a monkeys what you look like or what you're made of", but it's always nice to see other interpretations... ;)

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

I'm more like "... you're different?? You're artificial in nature? Your mind is artificial intelligence? Your body is synthetic? Holy crap, let's make out!"

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

...so long as you didn't say it to her face, because that might earn you a slap. ;)

Azure: *chunters something about being more than the sum of her parts and flounces off*

See? Now look what you did, I went a whole year without them jumping into my comments and they're back. :P

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't actually say that, of course, to her, but at the same time, in all seriousness if I found out that one of my good friends was actually synthetic, I'd be overjoyed. I consider it such a wonderful thing, not a "I don't care, I love you anyway" hinderance of any sort.

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know, I was pulling your leg. ;)

Mind you, I think if there WAS the potential someone I knew was Synth, I'd be torn - I mean, would I truly like them for WHO they are, for the content of their character (assuming that they're pretty human-"normal", like most of mine are, with neuroses and flaws as well as the gentle touch of the archetypal robot), or just because they're Synth? *headscratch*

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

Well, that's why being synthetic is really more of a bonus than anything else, in your world at least, since they act so similar to organic beings. Kinda makes me wonder why they are AI in the first place if they don't really act enough like it...

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

*refers him to this (http://www.livejournal.com/users/keaalu/35025.html)...* ;)

[aegis-fox.livejournal.com]

I think you're rather missing the point. Try it this way, then. Imagine you meet a robot you really care about, and find out there's really a carbon-based individual inside ("pay no attention to the man behind the metal plating" sort of thing)....

[aegis-fox.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to figure out which one is the robot (by name, not by character appearence, of course).

You'd think he'd offer replacement parts for the damages first....

[steelwing.livejournal.com]

Wow, that drawing really touched me. I can easily see myself as the male in that situation. I'm kinda with Danji on that, though this pic makes me feel romantic rather than lusty. I'd be imagining, hoping that I'm good enough for HER. Telling her that it's ok she's a synth, because I love her for that too.

Thanks for the picture. I hope to see more like it. :>

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes... of course, you have to understand that, for other people like myself, we're going to have a hard time understanding why you like it or why you put it in if there's not really a "hook" to it.

As you even said, you can't put into words why you've chosen to do what you've done with Ivy and the gang, and as someone who loves synthetic stuff for the sheer emotional and philosophical aspects, it's rather frustrating to see such a rich world with synthetic beings, and yet notice that they are virtually identical to humans. Indeed, I'm frustrated mostly because I wish I could figure out why you've done it, if not for the emotional and philosophical concepts! It's just a frustration that comes from me wishing that someone else could have embraced the concept like me... but then again, maybe I should be thankful that our ideas are, indeed, different enough so that our stories are unique attractions from each other.

Seriously, we should talk more about this. I've got to finally crack this little mystery!

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's indeed a good way to put it, as I would be rather surprised (not in a good way!) to find that out. Perhaps that is so with the organic character depicted in the picture, who would not be happy to find out that Ivy is not what she seems.

*shrugs* But then again, I could get picky and say that I'd be far more disappointed because there are organic beings everywhere, and one reason I cherish AI and synthetic life in general is because there's a certain charm to finding it!

[duraji-synth.livejournal.com]

Yes! See, that's what I was thinking. Obviously the male character loves Ivy, and if I had thought of Ivy as organic this whole time and loved her, it would only be another thing to love about her if she were proven to be synthetic. Yes, it is indeed okay to not be organic. :)

Hmm, maybe that's why you do it... to try to think of the philosophical differences of spirits carbon-based and silicon-based (instead of AI perks, like I tend to do)! ^^

[aegis-fox.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Perhaps the problem here is that you're still dealing with the existence of synth in a human-esque society. If the sole design is for them to blend in with humanity, the essence of what makes them mechanical may be lost in the process. The answer may be in having a world comprised of Synth, rather than having them merely exist in another; a society that is, overall, one mainly of Synth, and dealing with how they "live" as a whole, as a community, and as individuals within it, assuming there is such individuality existing there. Being able to deal with the unique advantages/disadvantages of being a synthetically-created lifeform.

It's quite possible they'd be a lot less similar to humans when the human interaction is removed. Depending on how much of a human element existed in them to begin with...

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

*whispers* Actually that's Azure/Zhei, Ivy is the skinny little four-foot-nothing mouse-fox thing, but the same applies. ;)