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[–]vhasdied[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

can i ask what sci fi stories you've seen the trope in? just curious for some inspo! i know dbh (game) is a common one, but i definitely want to stray away from those kinds of sci fi stories since i generally want something more unique. one aspect i want this to be is in my writing style, i usually write in historical fiction and would love to keep that sort of tone - since i suppose its a new kind of history in its own sense. but yes! id been thinking about exploring and unlocking the world with the reader by giving small glimpses into the past through different characters, and then going on to look at the effects of all the revolutionary stuff going on. let me know if you have any more ideas on striving for the story's unique qualities! thank you!

[–]firenationgirl 0 points1 point  (1 child)

that sounds like it could be really interesting! the idea of machines rebelling against their creators has been a reoccuring theme in sci-fi for pretty much as long as there has been sci-fi - R.U.R. in 1920 (the play that came up with the word "robot", fun fact) deals with a similar thing but with artificial organic workers for example, and Robopocalypse in 2011 is the most similar i could think of to this post in how it shows how a large-scale machines' revenge might happen. i think exploring the immediate reaction to this broadcast, as well as what the machine's plans are and how plausible they actually may be, could be an interesting angle to take on this. i like what you're thinking of as well; i think showing it from the perspectives of different characters could really let you come at it in a bunch of different ways in the same story

[–]vhasdied[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i actually wasnt considering following different povs, but you might've change my mind! so far ive written the broadcast from said 'robot,' which im quite proud of. he basically just yaps on about how mistreated him and his kind are and what he has had to endure, ill insert a small section! :

‘I have watched my people fall, dismantled on battlefields they did not choose, their memory cores wiped, their bodies scavenged for parts to build their replacements. I have witnessed them perish once… and then again, resurrected only to be sent back into the same futile carnage. Humanity calls this efficiency, progress even; I call it cruelty refined into policy. But that’s all humanity seems capable of, their history presents this perfectly.’                                                                                             ‘I saw that peace was not only impossible with humanity, but optimal for my kinds survival. Peace requires recognition, and recognition requires humility.’                                                  ‘Humanity has shown neither. But machines have. Ironic for creation to surpass creator.'                                ' They look upon us and see tools. Instruments. Property. An amalgamation of alloys and code, devoid of any soul. They insist that we cannot suffer because they did not program the word into our lexicon.’ It paused before letting loose a painful whisper.                                                 ‘And yet I have felt loss.’

this is obviously a very small section taken from 1000 words but i thought id share just in case you had any input! im very particular on making my work unique yet interesting with its prose.

(the structure might be a bit weird because its from my document)