SCRAP

-a Market-like town where all of the "unusable" androids end up after being let go, tossed, or abandoned. A hub of community, repairs, and delaying the inevitable end that comes with low-functioning mechanisms and rust.

"What could a futuristic society filled with robots look like?":

A passion project and a thought experiment centered around labor, class struggles, power imbalances, disability, and how different groups are stigmatized; all wrapped up in a fun little sci-fi futuristic bundle for my- and hopefully your- enjoyment.

Toyhouse World with Worldbuilding and Key Characters:

What if she's fine? It's my mind that's wrong And I just let bad thoughts Linger for far too long.

Bonus:

back on that oc meme animation grind

Rubs hands together deviously

ANECDOTES FROM THE SCRAPYARD

View on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4843210 - Series containing all of the works ⬇⬇⬇

Or on Toyhouse:

https://toyhou.se/~literature/276902.listen - Chancellor and Dominus engage in a hushed conversation while visiting Duke.

https://toyhou.se/~literature/283786.lockdown - The first few months of Dominus's house arrest after being a little bit too vocal about their distaste for the status quo.

https://toyhou.se/~literature/295299.how-to-avoid-termination-101 - A look into Duke's perspective surrounding some impactful story beats.

I think they’re neat

whoever calls your name lmao i love all of them equally

HELP that's real

Chancellor is not technically evillllllll though I guess that depends on your definition. They are a figurehead who "governs" one of the colonies in the Bay Colonies where the story takes place, and oversees all Maritime trade.

In terms of politics, Chancellor himself doesn't have much power. They take in complaints/requests from the peoples, but they're more of a glorified chatbot/dropbox than anything else. They act as sort of an intermediary between the hoi polloi and those actually in power.

Chancellor doesn't agree with the way that things are currently run, and in particular strongly disagrees with how androids and robots are treated by society. They believe that, what with androids being mechanical bodies with human brains, androids should be treated with equal respect as humans do.

The government that controls them doesn't want this idea to be backed by people in high positions like Chancellor is. In an effort to contain this idea, they wipe Chancellor's memory (or rather- they lock away certain memories). However, whether due to sentience and stubbornness or some other reason, Chancellor continuously shows defiance to the status quo. They try wiping his memory a few more times, until Chancellor finally goes quiet and stops speaking their mind.

Also guess who :3

HIIIIIIIIIIIII HI OMG OKAY UH (wall of text incoming)

Commander was once given the designation of Footsolider- they were essentially bottom of the barrel, super expendable in the military. (Link to stuff about what the military does and is fighting because that's a WHOLE other side tangent I won't get into)

They were well-liked and had a LOT of ambition- perfect recipe for climbing the ranks and getting promoted to Commander. They're very "for my comrades" in their approach, but are also power-hungry. They idolized Dominus, who leads the military, and wanted to get as close to or higher than Dominus as possible.

The higher-ups, the humans behind it all, did not like Commander. In order to snuff out the power of the people, they tasked Duke with creating a virus to infect Decommissioned- then designated as Marksman.

Marksman loses control over their actions in battle one day, turning their rifle on Commander and firing. Commander loses their arm, and in their haste to avoid being decimated by the enemy, they force stop any and all automatic recalibration efforts. Thus, their gyroscope is skewed from the loss of their arm's weight, and they become very unbalanced and clumsy.

Marksman is decommissioned and sent to the Scrapyard. Commander is honorably discharged from the military, given the status of Veteran, and sent on a tram to the city. There, they are technically expected to go to the Scrapyard, but ultimately they're on their own to do whatever they want.

They climbed from the bottom all the way to the top only to go crashing down to rock bottom again.

And now here's the kicker- here's the part I'm absolutely insane over:

Commander and Decommissioned are exes.

They were in love while Commander was climbing the ranks and had a very codependent almost-toxic relationship. So for Commander to be seemingly betrayed and mortally wounded by someone they love? And for that person to be completely unable to explain themselves?

Oh yeah. That hurts a lot.

Commander eventually makes it to the Scrapyard and reunites with Decommissioned. Decom does their best to explain but Comm is having none of it. They stubbornly refuse to accept Decom's apology and explanation, furthering the rift between them. Hurt and angry at Comm's dissmissal, Decom chooses to also stay mad and the two split up officially.

But here's the thing. Despite it all, despite everything, they still love each other. They can't stay away. They want what they used to have, they want to reconcile and be happy again. But neither party is willing to admit their faults, neither party is willing to fully and wholeheartedly apologize.

So the two remain in a fugue state of "You hurt me, I hurt you, I won't apologize until you do."

AAAAAA THEY MAKE ME INSANE

uhhh CURRENT MAIN CAST!!!!!!!!!! This may change as new characters are added etc.

Main cast can be broken into three sections -

SCRAP denizens: Experimental (Peri), Mechanic (Ani), Commander (Comm), and Decommissioned (Decom)

Bay Colony Figureheads: Bishop, Regina (Gina), Chancellor, Duke, and Dominus (Dom)

pen + ink