Thinking About How Despite Being A Robot, Donald Has Shown To Appeal More To His Humanity And Compassion.

Thinking about how despite being a robot, Donald has shown to appeal more to his humanity and compassion. Becoming empathetic at a time when someone like Rick needed someone to understand what he was going through — that he wasn’t alone. Attempting to bring ease and comfort to others like Mark and Debbie when Nolan was bedridden. Aware of his own emotions and loyal to a fault. That despite how hard the job is and realizing the truth about himself, he remains strong and connected to others (hell I headcanon that he keeps contact with Rick and William after what happened).

Thinking how in contrast, despite being human, Cecil tries to make himself the robot. With the job he has, saving the world, he had long since let go of the concept of a moral compass and being “the good guy” in order to ensure the job gets done. He commits to actions that are both morally dubious and unethical — manipulating and controlling others and cutting himself off from personal connections just so it wouldn’t weigh him down. It’s as if he tries to metaphorically program himself to having the mindset of a machine — just so the guilt of all his actions wouldn’t crush him down.

A lot of about these two, both together as a dynamic and individually, makes me wonder about how they have an impact on each other, and the way they mirror such different ways of showing humanity. To express it versus suppress/repress in a sense.

Whenever I hear this quote from the I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream game with AM’s hate monologue:

“Because of all this wonderful, beautiful miraculous world, I alone have no body, no senses, no feelings...I was machine. And you…were flesh.”

I think about Cecil and Donald.

And yet ironically enough, Cecil is the machine. Donald is the flesh.

MORE JAYVIK DETAILS - THE PLANTS

So you know the scene where Jayce and Viktor discover that Hextech can "heal" the plants?

Jayce and Viktor look at plants revived by Hextech

That one!

First, we have Jayce proving that once again his ideals and dreams have changed.

Viktor rattles on about all the amazing benefits this could have on people and lifeforms, but Jayce with THE DREAMIEST EYES EVER,

Jayce looks in awe as Viktor talks about a potential breakthrough to help other people. A small smile is on his lips as he looks at his partner from behind his back.

(Seriously)

JUST REPLIES "curing you"

It's the only thing he truly cares about by this point. He just wants to heal Viktor*

(*note that it only comes up after he has witnessed Viktor's decline due to his lung disease. Curing here refers to Viktor's deadly disease)

And that fact is cemented by the conversation Jayce, Ekko and Heimerdinger later have in Season 2

Ekko: "Did any of the plants survive?"

Jayce (with an incredibly pained look): "They weren't what we were trying to save."

Two things about that line:

1. Viktor did in fact care about the plants, or at least insofar as proving the remedy worked to help multiple people. It was Jayce who was zeroing on solely Viktor

2. "Save" bring used here just shatters my heart.

This line is so, so painfully about Viktor :(

And a little bonus, as a treat:

When the plants shrivel up, Jayce immediately puts himself between Viktor and the Hexcore to protect him

Jayce places himself between Viktor and the Hexcore. Viktor doesn't seem to put much attention to the sudden noise, but Jayce has his shoulders raised up, at the ready.

He stands fully in front of Viktor, ready if anything goes further awry.

We don't talk as much about act 3 of season 1 in terms of Jayvik here in this fandom (which makes sense because it is so fucking painful) but it's so amazing to see season 2 being a natural continuation, as Jayce slowly realises what he has come to truly care about :( (It's not Hextech and bringing magic to the people)

I'm just... to be loved by Jayce Talis, man :(

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anharpynamedpatri

5 months ago

Jayvik Designs So Iconic They Only Lasted One Episode

jayvik designs so iconic they only lasted one episode

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anharpynamedpatri

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Every Instance Of Charlie Doing His Little Charlie Eyes 💗😭💗💥

every instance of charlie doing his little Charlie eyes 💗😭💗💥

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anharpynamedpatri

4 months ago

Something I find fascinating about Slay the Princess is the way in which it's determined that a route is "complete" and Shifty can yoink the Princess. In theory, Miss Mound can see the vessels as soon as they step outside the construct, but that doesn't mean she will automatically grab them. Instead, she seems to wait until the thread you end the Princess wove together is complete.

In some cases, it's when you reach a mutually satisfactory conclusion (fight the Adversary or Eye of the Needle, leave the cabin with the Damsel or any permutation of the Spectre) or reach a stalemate (refuse to fight Eye of the Needle, fall forever with the Wraith, Witch locks you in the basement).

In other cases, she intervenes to avoid premature destruction of the construct that might result in her being forever incomplete (Apotheosis and Networked Wild).

Whatever the case, the truth of the situation goes far beyond the Narrator's simplistic understanding of "world ends when she leaves the construct." Does Shifty have insight into each vessel's perspective that allows her to know when to act or can she simply not see them, inside or outside the construct, until their threads are fully woven?

I like to believe it's the former and that when you leave the cabin with HEA, she decides to give the two of you a little extra time together to fulfill the Princess' wish for a starlit dance. She's waited uncountable eons after all; what's another few minutes?

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anharpynamedpatri

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