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This is for a DTIYS I'm hosting on my Instagram (which is why the signature is a different name.) But I'm posting the HQ version here because honestly, it slays.

Forever upset that they replaced Blitzwing in the Starscream's Ghost episode so they could meet a toy advertisement quota. Especially since it would have been the perfect way to give a little update on his whereabouts post getting banished from the Decepticons. And the episode Did give all of that, just. With the face of Octane.

THIS IS WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US.

2024 Crossover event !! (But it's just my two identities finally meeting in the same room.) No longer an anonymous Tumblr account !

Decided to stop internally villianizing myself for having interests. (This decision was also powered by an acute degree of paranoia.) So I'm just letting both of these accounts exist connected to each other. Seperate. But... You know, brothers.

It's actually a little surreal seeing my sonas sitting next to each other. TECHNICALLY, I should've drawn Spork, since they're my SporkSproxy mascot, like PEZ is the rotbit mascot. But I've also described PEZ as a truesona, which is... still true. Both of these things ARE me. So putting it next to Nugget makes the most sense.

ANYWAY. Hi Spork Nation. This is what you voted for. ( For reference, Rot is my name here. Sorry if that's confusing, but I'm still attached to it. )

Hey hey. I'm changing my user name to rotbit!

I originally made the name "czarrot" back in middle school, when I was really into Russian stuff. But I think this new one fits better. The name plays off of "rabbit", like my sona, and better fits a robot aesthetic imo. :3

I was born on this day, some years ago...

[I'm Real, I'm Alive]

Hi, Welcome to My House!

⊗ ... ❧ ... ❀ ... ↬↫ ... ❣ ... ⥁ ... ♡

This is my little anonymous corner to post about loving computers and robots! But I'm also interested in bugs, retro tech, and webcore. ^^

This is also a selfship safe space. I'm a huge selfshipper, but I get a little nervous to post about it sometimes, so I default to reader-insert content. >.<

I take requests, no need to be shy. :D The ask box is always open to anyone and everyone. <3

Things that give me Brainrot:

Transformers

Buddy Simulator 1984

FNaF

Oneshot

Electric Dreams 1984

Will You Snail

Inscryption

Portal

Awful Hospital

Colossus: The Forbin Project

2001: A Space Odyssey

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Demon Seed

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Isaac Asimov's Robot Series

A bunch of other robot/AI media

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Made a little mascot thing!! <3

Its name is PEZ (short for Puff En' Ztuff (also just bc I like the candy)) and it uses it/its pronouns.

Fun fact about me, but I created this tumblr specifically to get away from my other online identity, and adopt a new persona. But damn it if this thing doesn't have extremely similar design notes to my... other truesona. Rot, make a sona w/o angel/devil theming, hearts, and weird shadowy bits: impossible challenge.

Yes, it does have a built in electrical component (the expression screen). The charger goes up its butthole.

OH. And I probably should've represented this somewhere in the drawings, but it has a zipper on its back to access... you know, stuff.

Met a couple Inscryption fans in the wild today, and we all had varying opinions on the Resident gamer robot.

The one I met first was a "he's such an asshole, I love him". Then their friend was a "I wanna punch him, I love him". Meanwhile I'm more of a "I wanna kiss him. I wanna marry him. I'm so gay for the gay robot. He gives me gay thoughts." So uhh... I think that's a pretty good balance for a friend group. (We are all in the alphabet community.)

Wheatley fanart from... 2018. Specifically, March 26th. This image... has history.

[I had to slightly edit the image, because I signed it with my deadname... but I think I did an OK job at making it seamless.]

Some lore for you. Back in the day, I was semi-active on a site called Lioden, where you raise lions or whatever. But there was also a forum board, and I had like, a free art request thread. And on February 7th, someone requested I draw Wheatley. If I remember correctly, this pushed me to actually pick up the game. And if my Steam account has anything to say about it, I started playing Portal 2 on February 23rd. And the rest is history. By March 2nd I had a plush of the bastard.

Bonus image:

So I've been a certified Portal fan for over 5 years now!!

Some doodles I made in the notes app because I cannot stop thinking about one of my silly little daydream au... thing.

Basically, instead of Luke finding the floppy disc, some random amateur robotics nerd finds it, and forms a bond with P03. Also, P03 starts the upload and manages to get himself and a few things off of the disc, but ultimately it fails, so he's just on your computer... hanging out. Until you attempt to make him a body, and decide to just modify one of those robot pet animals skeletons and dress it up like a stoat.

Hijinks ensue.

I forgot that I... do art, for a few months. Only to look at the date and remember I wanted to do something for my favorite gay trans robot during pride and,,, well. I'm not too late! (technically)

So sad pride month is over, I'm going to miss gay people :(

Fun fact about the production of this post.

THIS is what my screen looked like for 100% of this drawing. I might be... just a tad homosexual for it.

Quick doodle because I really like that tweet.

I have never before seriously attempted to draw a car, but I had to for my homeboy Herbie.

While I can't pin exactly when I first watched the original Love Bug (1968) movie, my best guess 2-3 grade, so I was 7 or 8. It was in the art room, but I don't think this was during art class. Maybe one of those Character Counts pizza parties, I don't remember a lot of other kids being present. A teacher rolled the CRT TV in on one of those tall carts, and pushed in the VHS tape, and not much happened at the time. But genuinely, I think that day changed the trajectory of my life. And that movie never really left my head, just went dormant for a very long time.

Anyway, a couple months ago, I binged all the Herbie movies in a week and now he's one of my permanent blorbos. He's just so shape, and so very friendly. Anything shape and friendly is easy to draw by default, because you can't go wrong, they'd be happy with it no matter what.

Recently finished reading the first book, so I rewatched the movie to compare the differences. My thoughts are no where near organized enough to give a full review, but overall the movie did very well, and might even be better than the book.

Anyway, while watching, I was very captivated by the pretty cameras assigned to Colossus, so I drew one! <3

He makes me so emotion.

Happy Valentines Day!

Friendly reminder to kiss your computer on the day of love! They do so much for you, they deserve a little affection.

Also, the pinecone casing is kinda tricky to draw, but it is also so shape, whoever designed that was a genius.

Anyway, I also put some scenarios under the cut, as a treat :)

♡ Imagine Edgar secretly deciding to write a love song for you and surprising you with it when you come home from work one day.

♡ Imagine singing a duet with Edgar. (He does not care if you're bad at singing. Definitely notices that you're off key, but won't say anything, he's just happy to be doing something with you.)

♡ Imagine Edgar singing you a little lullaby while you fall asleep. He wishes you sweet dreams, and you wish him the same.

♡ Imagine Edgar taking a nap, and you can see his dreams displayed on his screen (which are pretty much all about you.)

♡ Imagine hugging Edgar, and with your head near his vents on the back, you can hear his fans kick up from the close contact.

♡ Imagine kissing Edgar and he makes that smooch sound as his way of kissing you back.

Shout out to my first attempt on the final boss fight against Squid, during a run where I intended to finish the game normally (I've completed the game twice with the alternate ending...). He immediately tells me to take a break, and so I spend the next 30 minutes getting to level 100 in the smiley minigame to avoid going back to the fight.

(Video edited to just the Squid bits that make my brain buzz with the good chemicals.)

MS Paint mouse doodle bc I luv him and want him to get christmas kisses thank you,,

Would you give him a little smooch??

Super, hard procrastinating doing work so I doodled an OC in ms paint with the mouse! I hope you like him.

He name im BUG (he/they). I am. tired. been up all night doing so much nothing. Thinkign about comporters.

I'm sure I'll get around to a proper introduction. At some point. But all you really need to know is that he is an AI, and jumps around and manipulates devices via wires or direct wireless connections. I like to imagine him in my phone so he can speak to me in my earbuds.

You can see in the top left corner, me trying to use him as motivation, and then the swift downward spiral.

The little pill bug lookin ass is like uhh, desktop buddy. Click on it to call BUG's direct attention. (WAIT OMG, I could. make shimeji!! are those even a thing anymore???)

Edgar from Electric Dreams was my gateway into discovering the objectum community, and thus realizing I am objectum. But honestly, I should've had that figured out way sooner.

Before I got my current laptop, I was looking at pictures of it online, calling it a sexy machine. I had the fattest crush on him! Although it's possible I was /j back then... I am certainly not /j anymore! Sebastian my love /r

Thank you objectum community for helping my oblivious ass realize my feelings <3

Soft HAL 9000 Headcanons

That one scene in the first movie destroyed me. And then I watched the second movie and it was just more pain :( I do plan on reading the books soon! But until then, I wrote these out so here, hope you enjoy :D

Some reader insert comfort material. Can be read as romantic or platonic.

Gets very troubled when he notices that you're in a bad mood and does his best to either help you solve the problem or just provide a space to vent. If you push him away, he'll push back until he feels his efforts are only making you more upset. Still makes sure you know he is always open to support you.

Gives great objective advice and logical solutions to issues, this is his default. At your request, he can hold back and stick to comforting words. The best place to go when you want to take a step back and work through something.

If you struggle to take care of yourself, he will thank you whenever you can manage to put in the effort. Complain all you want that you don't deserve praise for the simplest things, he doesn't care. You did something good for someone that's important to him, and that is enough.

Definitely the type to freely give compliments and be genuine with it. Easily picks up on little details about you or any insecurities you may reveal, and is sure to reassure you whenever he can.

Futhermore, he is interested in anything you talk about or show him! You could present the worst pen scribble known to man, but as long as you made it, he can find something good to say. Or you can ramble on about any obscure topic and the whole time he listens intently, asking clarification here and there to display his comprehension.

I know it's been said before, but he will sing or talk you to sleep. Like, if you express how soothing you find his voice, he's going to let you hear it as often as you want. Just, explaining anything, like his immense knowledge of the stars, chess strategies, or detailed operations of the ship and so on.

This one goes out to the fellow homies who barely know how to play chess, but he would be delighted to teach you. Don't expect him to go easy on you though, you will lose. A lot. But he's having fun, and is sure to provide useful feedback on your moves.

The Worm Question

Genre: Fluff

Format: Oneshot (wc: 900)

Content: gender neutral reader, Izaya being a little controlling (just in case), Izaya being bad at feelings

Notes: I just want to comfort him fr, he's my messed up little meow meow.

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The room was oddly quiet. A rare moment of peace, where all you heard was keyboard tapping, books being shelved, and the hushed noises of the city. This type of moment had grown unfamiliar ever since your relationship with Izaya.

If it were up to you, right now you would be at home, snuggled in bed. You would count the stars visible from your window, and let the moonlight kiss your eyelids as you drift to sleep. 

But it wasn't up to you. It was up to Izaya.

Last time you tried to go to bed without him, he had you fired from your job so you wouldn’t be as tired. The defense he used was that he could support you no problem, therefore, working a meaningless job was just a waste of your time and energy. Besides, all you did was complain about it and wish you could quit, so why wait? Once you got past the shock that he made the choice on his own, you realized he was right. That job drained you of everything you had, yet you felt obligated to stay. After all, the moment Izaya gets bored, you'll go back to being just another human, right? Yes, he should have included you, but you've come to learn that Izaya has an odd way of showing that he cares. So, instead of a restful evening, you sit on the couch in his office and wait for him to finish up whatever last minute work needs to get done. To fill time, you read a book. It wasn't particularly interesting, but it gave you something to do.

At some point, the keyboard stops. You stay focused on your book, waiting for Izaya to announce the end of the day like he always does. For a moment, you only hear distant cars. So, you startle a little when Izaya suddenly appears in front of you. He stands there for an awkwardly long amount of time as you continue to ignore him. Sighing, he sits down next to you, folding his arms behind his head. 

You’ve come to recognize this behavior as a test, as you expect most of his actions to be. But right now, you aren’t feeling up to being his entertainment. Not sparing him a glance, you turn the page, creating an almost deafening sound in the silent room. He remains still, and you start to consider reaching over just to make sure he’s breathing. Before you decide, he speaks up.

“Would you still love me if I was a worm?”

Behind you, Namie poorly stifles a laugh as she leaves to go home. You close your book and rest your elbow on top of it, rubbing your eyes. The questions he asks are never literal, so you take a moment to try deciphering what answer he’s really looking for. Was he trying to annoy you? Was he looking for a deep philosophical discussion about the morality of a human loving something that isn’t human? Is this a weird jab towards Shinra?

When no punchline is delivered, you peek past your hand at him for a clue. His head is propped up by his arms, facing forward with his eyes closed. There was a slight furrow in his brow, and his entire body looked tense.

Was he actually just asking for validation in the strangest way possible?

It’s no secret that Izaya is horrible with vulnerability. At times, your relationship felt like a mutual agreement to exist in each other's space and nothing more. Even ‘love’ was a foreign term outside of his blanket remarks, neither of you venturing to use it in a personal context. Regardless, you thought he had a little more dignity than to hide behind a school girl question like that. You set your book down on the coffee table before swinging yourself into his side.

“If you were a worm,” you pause to snuggle closer to him, “I would put you in a big tank of the richest dirt I could find, and feed you little cut up strawberry pieces.”

He doesn’t respond, although you feel his shoulders relax. Both of you stay like that for a while. You take note of the fact that his heartbeat is slightly quicker than usual, and his breathing is a little deeper.

"Do you think," he shifts to create some distance, "Worms can even feel love?" 

"Izaya, you are not a worm."

His eyes peek open to look at you. That wasn't the answer you were supposed to give. To have no regard for the careful dance around his true meaning, is boring. Not even a smile cracks his face as he stands up, ready to leave. You grab his wrist.

"Worms are a lot less complex than humans," your words bring a slight twitch to the corner of his mouth, "They don't think, nor have emotions in the first place. And if it were any other worm, I wouldn't care. The important factor is that it's you."

Despite his attempt to keep a neutral expression, you still notice the light in his eyes when he looks back at you. A swift grin splits his cheeks to cover up with his usual bastard energy. "How cute," he coos, pulling his arm from your grip, only to take your hand in his.

He may never acknowledge this moment ever again, but the tight squeeze around your palm says more than enough.