#cuorb

Welcome back, after such a long hiatus, to Ask Cueball: Arc 2!!

As you can see, I decided to return to Tumblr! I am also going to set up a Cohost and possibly a Pillowfort for the comic as well - however they aren't up quite yet, as I'm actually away from home on a large trip and will be until the end of the month. Normally I would wait until things are less hectic to post, especially since I haven't decided on a new schedule (I work Saturdays now, so it's not a feasible schedule anymore), but today is also the 4th anniversary of Ask Cueball, and I felt there would be no better time than now to bring us back! It's been in the works for a long time, so I hope you enjoy what I have in store.

And, HAPPY 4 YEARS!!

Happy Birthday, Cowardbot!!!🟢💚🤖🎉🎊🎈🎁🎂

Exactly a year ago, I created the "son" of Orbot and Cubot. Yes, I draw him very little, but still love my green miracle

BEHOLD!! ive started a comic that will eventually become a physical zine! CUORB! a comic that makes existential cum jokes, i really hope people enjoy this as much as im enjoying making it. These are the first 2 pages and cover, and i will post more soon!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sonic Boom (Cartoon), Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cubot & Orbot (Sonic the Hedgehog), Cubot/Orbot (Sonic the Hedgehog) Characters: Orbot (Sonic the Hedgehog), Cubot (Sonic the Hedgehog) Additional Tags: Cute, Robot Feels, Romance, Affection, robot love, cuorb Summary:

YEAH ME TOO, I think about them all the time both en media res and metanarrative sense. They've been a character in development since late 2000s/early 2010s, and in some ways, it really shows. But you can also see where those in charge of their narrative are actively improving the nuances of their story while maintaining the morbid comedic tone of the game.

Having them be an intrinsically important character linked to the "main" character's storyline was not something I expected (because I expected whoever makes the ultimate decisions about what to include and not include, which I have no idea if that is the actual writer or their boss or someone else, to not make the character who everyone misgenders and posts 500000 times about how they are right to misgender them a somewhat pivotal player).

I also did not expect their backstory to be handled so well. It really felt like those who worked on the animation were careful to respect their nonbinary/agender-ness while also making a trans metaphor that had its emotional complications to those involved, which is a far more mature take than I even hoped. They also kept their asshole nature, which is hugely important to me. I don't want them to be the perfect little trans icon, I want them to be the messy ego-centric mechanical menace that they established themself to be.

Not to mention in the narrative itself how interesting thinking about whether they are a continuation of the person who put on the helmet, a brain copy (like in SOMA), or a new instance alltogether that merely used parts of a brain upload for programming/sentience. And then there is how THEY feel about themself and what their identity is. Do they consider themself a continuation of the human, an upgrade, a new entity, or maybe they are still internally grappling with self-identity. And also to mention how they practically plead to some of the npc machines and the celestial champion to ally with them while always throwing shade at anything organic. They want to pass (trans term) as a robot soooo bad. I loved when they crushed their empathy module in their hands, it felt so right for them.