#robot feels

Beetle Bumblebee has been revealed in the latest batch of episodes of of course I gotta draw more Earthspark Charbee era.

Note: I drew the version that Hashtag pulled up on her tablet of him which looks way more like Bumblebee movie Bee. Compared to his final model in the series which is pretty much just G1 Bumblebee.

I mean LOOK. You can't tell me they all but confirmed that he was totally hiding out with Charlie in the 80s. That garage and car wash is reminiscent of Charlie's house and the deleted scene where she gives him a scrub.

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82500596

Pairing: T-1000/T-800

Tags: Canon rewrite, post canon, T-1000 lives, T-1000 is not evil, established relationship, fluff, humor, crack treated seriously, workplace bullying, fist fights, bob kicking some ass, it/its for austin he/his for bob, robots in love, long-ish one shot

Summary: Austin's workplace rivals try to intimidate Bob when the T-800 arrives to pick up the prototype after work. It does not end well for them.

Warning! Very spicey.

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Ok. So. The thing about Horobi declaring that “Ore no ishi” (”my will” — with the exact same phrasing he used to use for “Aaku no ishi”/”By the will of The Ark”) is humanity’s destruction and Izu and Aruto saying, "You don't really believe that in your soul/heart" is…I'm pretty dang sure he DOES believe that.

He DOES believe in his heart of hearts that getting rid of humanity is for the best, probably mostly because, as pointed out in the new episode, he's working with a very biased set of data (i.e. being basically stewed in the Ark's view that's based on all the worst of humanity for at least 12 years—thanks, Gai, btw for that). And there’s also whatever it was that caused him to turn against humanity in the first place (I would love to find out more about pre-Daybreak Metsuboujinrai).

And…he's not entirely wrong. As it currently is, whatever freedom Humagears have is at the whim of humans. I keep thinking back to a scene from the ReiGen movie where Will basically asks “So if we Humagears are here to assist humanity, what sort of compensation do we get for that?” and Korenosuke is like, “Hahaha, compensation, that’s funny, Will. You’re such a joker.” The movie presents this as a sign that Will is a Bad Guy, but in this one matter he abso-freaking-lutely has a point. He and all Humagears are sentient beings performing labor for the benefit of others. Why should they not be compensated in some manner?

Even Aruto’s relatively liberal view of Humangears and humans living side-by-side, working together and helping Humagears live their lives as they wish, doesn’t seem to include this. If Hiden Intelligence resumes Humagear production, they are likely to still be sold as a product, and we saw in the manga artist arc that not all Humagear owners are likely to care for these — again — sentient beings that they own.

In a lot of ways, it ties into the “I am not a tool” theme of the pre-hiatus arc. Until Humagears are not seen as tools, they are not truly free. And I don’t know if the show’s gonna get there.