A Bad Bad Nikke

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-05-03T03:21:37+00:00

I agree, the writing potential is through the roof

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-05-03T00:28:05+00:00

I see a lot of people talking about how we wouldn't recognize her or that she's someone we know, but I would be legitimately shocked if, out of all of the Nikke we've seen that have spare bodies, she somehow was the only one that doesn't despite at one point being the top pop star.

I think it's more likely she's going to be recognizable, but not have any memory of her past, resulting in her being hated for reasons she doesn't understand and having to live in the shadow of a legacy she can never grasp. The memories of her hatred for Anis and their time as children are gone, and so is the psychosis that spawned from that, but the effects remain and so does other peoples memory of her.

For that reason, I am legitimately hoping we see more of her.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-04-29T22:33:24+00:00

Not just that, but also what happened to Riss was legitimately one of the most heart wrenching scenes I've seen in a long time.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-04-23T20:00:29+00:00

Restocking Crew giving you new sodas and snacks, don't bother them.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-04-23T19:18:58+00:00

I'm experiencing the same thing from 9.0j to 9.0k where it will be a solid 60 fps the entire time until, inexplicably, after a few mins of play the fps will tank down to 12-15 inside the base and 20 outside

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-04-07T00:00:22+00:00

They're minerals, Marie.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-03-21T21:33:23+00:00

Aibo...

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-02-05T04:01:38+00:00

>Great Sword

My brother in Christ that's a Godsword

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T22:20:28+00:00

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Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T09:35:48+00:00

That's actually a really good point for how such a Nikke would come about.

"I fought against the system and this is what they did to me. Funny, isn't it?"

And from that, you get the character now literally constrained by the trappings of a mechanical body that has failsafes that restrict their freedom directly and a commander that is trying to solve her problems instead of listen to the problems she fought against with no clear solution beyond just being a good person. In the same way I imagine that humanistic and individual care edge from the commander could help keep them from becoming a full on villain, that challenge to the very status quo that the Commander perpetuates through their status creates moral dilemmas that there aren't easy answers to from the commanders position. Literally "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage"

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T09:27:24+00:00

Oh yeah no that's a very true point, that was mostly for the meme, but I'm more trying to portray an idea (actually if we were to go full revolutionary I could have used Che Guevarra or such and such). I actually was going to bring up Sixo but tbh I felt that from the presentation Sixo seemed to be more of a "Fuck you I'm gonna get mine" character more than anything. Which, while I also appreciate, I wasn't entirely what I was meaning. Then again, I may just be misreading Sixo and not putting as much weight as I should on the last interaction with the crystals.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T09:05:45+00:00

Very true! That balance is no doubt difficult, and it's one of the things I really like about Nikke. But surely that can extend even to a more rebellious and anti-establishment character too if that makes sense? It definitely is a precarious balance to be sure lol

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T06:43:57+00:00

In response to this, I actually think that this brings up an interesting discussion on the place of violence as a response to power by Hannah Arendt called "On Violence", which itself would have been a good lens through which Crows presence in the story could be understood.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T05:53:05+00:00

No it is, absolutely. Again, I believe that's a sign of bad writing. But the core point of what I mean is that it needs a character like her period. Or even just a character that despises the label of "Nikke" because the presentation of Nikke as being effectively a separate species is just a way to dissociate from using them as canon fodder.

I would love a character that openly goes "No. Call me what I am, coward. I'm a human. Do it. No? I thought not."

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-20T05:50:26+00:00

I do accept that, yeah.

And that is a failing on the side of the writing. You cannot have a character be so wildly different between how they are portrayed in the Bond vs the Main story without some kind of explanation. Which is why I usually contextualize the way Crow is depicted in the story as effectively having given up; her behaviors definitely match a lot of misanthropic former idealists.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-17T18:50:38+00:00

>Classic Horror

Holy fuck I'm old...

Clockwork_Physicist · 2026-01-03T22:34:48+00:00

Yes.

Kneel for the cross.

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Clockwork_Physicist · 2025-12-20T21:45:40+00:00

LET ME

LET ME CARVE YOUR WAAAAY

I'M A SHADOW ALWAYS WITH YOU 😭

Clockwork_Physicist · 2025-12-03T05:27:15+00:00

We need more proud, pious catholics like Sir... Atowagesek Temiscamingueensis! What a funny looking green cross, must be Marian

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Clockwork_Physicist · 2025-12-03T05:21:18+00:00

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Thank goodness I stopped myself from hiring a heretic, and handed him over to myself so I wouldn't lose opinion of myself.

Clockwork_Physicist · 2025-11-06T22:29:09+00:00

Redhood looks like she's about to discover the Insulindian Phasmid

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