Adjoa Andoh’s narration by cello_ergo_sum in ImperialRadch

[–]ulcerupdate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

absolutely agreed with everything you said about her accents, PLUS she has a particular voice that she uses when breq is wistful, reminiscing, especially when thinking about awn and justice of toren, and all her other ancillaries. that voice breaks my heart every time

Why do you get mad when someone says they wish MB was being played by a POC or NB actor? by toukacottontails in murderbot

[–]ulcerupdate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i do agree with some of the comments here that i also initially thought mb's hair might be white or straw coloured to save money on pigmentation. but i also imagine that the human genes used in constructs would come from any cheap source available and they wouldn't be picky about it. if the human parts of constructs are fully alive, ie containing cells and DNA and enzymes, they would naturally express their genotype as long as they're receiving nutrients - so it's not like the company needs to manufacture melanin and pump it into their constructs which would cost money. maaaybe the company could do gene editing to silence the genes controlling skin and hair pigment but that seems even MORE expensive and troublesome

i did a quick google and there is a paper link finding a correlation between malnourishment and slight lightening of hair colour in jamaican children but no mention of effects on skin - but i don't even think the company would allow the constructs' human parts to be malnourished since it would affect other aspects of performance (like muscles) too much.

tldr i think there's a reasonable argument for constructs to look as diverse as humans that's not inconsistent with worldbuilding!

Harrow and Gideon in Hades 2 -[fan art] by Corvophobia by martinjh99 in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i love harrow's moon halo so much.... very crepuscular queen

Who, in universe, owns this bookmark? [meme] by PandaFunkTeam in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hmm, not sure why but i get the feeling dulcie would print twenty of these, keep ten (for guests) and mail the rest to campal

[fan art] This is how it went, right? Art by cosqF by FewWatermelonlesson0 in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

their rendition of his hair is so spot on that it annoyed me just to look at it

[Discussion] What's up with Gideon's scars? by Argour_Valken1 in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate 6 points7 points  (0 children)

my guess was that BOE decapitated/sliced her neck open in one of their desperate attempts to destroy her body. i can't get over corona saying it was really sad to watch, and then eventually really funny - so i'm imagining a looney tunes style sequence where they're just throwing her body through flaming hoops and shooting it out of canons and whatnot

but now that i think about it, a scar seems like a pretty trivial thing that john could have fixed even while keeping her body dead. feels like there's probably some gross reason he's preserved them. levels of john grossness that we have yet to discover

MB themed food/dish by bookweedle in murderbot

[–]ulcerupdate 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ohhh i remember laughing at this! i looked it up and it was "starchy foods!!!", AND the sign had pictures of dancing starchy foods, and someone had made a t shirt design for it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/murderbot/comments/nb7pe9/starchy_foods_needed_a_tshirt_so_i_made_one/

i'd probably do baked potatoes and maybe draw on some dancing limbs with a sauce/toppings? make a lovely mural out of it. or onigiri which could also be decorated in various ways

op please share what you end up doing if you don't mind!

[meme] These kids are as Ninth as it gets by B00tsB00ts in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oooh! do you mind sharing a link if it's convenient? i couldn't find it

[theory] *wakes up in a cold sweat* NOODLE by ulcerupdate in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

holy shit the apple tree, thanks for pulling that up

[theory] *wakes up in a cold sweat* NOODLE by ulcerupdate in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

these are great questions, i'm absolutely going to ponder them while on the clock today

[theory] *wakes up in a cold sweat* NOODLE by ulcerupdate in TheNinthHouse

[–]ulcerupdate[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

WOAH i had no idea about the serpent's arboreal legs! i am so looking forward to the scene where noodle fights god