Cyborg Theory Class

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

Welcome back to Cyborg Theory.

Last week’s class was very successful as you all tried to work out the warning signs of the true identity of a human-form robot.

Today, you have all been informed that Anakin, Kawalsky, Cally, Lee and Aeryn are human-form robots. What are your varying reactions to this news? How would you react to discover that your close friend, acquaintance, classmate and/or that person over there, omg, was not, in fact, human?

I have places for you to comment with your general reactions, if you have any, and specific reactions.

And for the faux-robots in the class, what would be your reaction to (a) discovering that people know, (b) the reactions of your loved ones to this news.

Please show me both your first knee-jerk reaction and a more thoughtful analysis.

//Also, remember that your papers on this exercise are due on Wednesday. I will get them back to you and your grade for the class so far next Monday.//

Remember that participation is mandatory in this class!!1!


*plays with her slinkies*

Comments

Attendance

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

Roll call!

Re: Attendance

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Here, ma'am."

Re: Attendance

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

I'm here, Dr. Carter, ma'am.

Re: Attendance

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

I am here my sekkrit crush ma'am!

Re: Attendance

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"I'm here, Dr. Carter. Would you like some coffee? No chocolate. I promise."

Re: Attendance

[cerulean--eyes.livejournal.com]

Boone raises his hand when she calls his name.


[OOC: I'm actually going to drop Boone, me thinks. I just can't keep up with three student muses. But, for now, he's in class, yes]

Re: Attendance

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

"Here and you are so evil zomg."

Re: Attendance

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Here."

Re: Attendance

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Here.

Re: Attendance

[cyloninmyhead.livejournal.com]

Present.

Re: Attendance

[can_be_more]

Present.

General reactions

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...to your classmates being robots, oh noes!

Re: General reactions

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"I'd be...angry. That they lied." Beka looks at Cally and thinks of Anakin. "Hurt. Very hurt."

She runs a hand through her bangs. "After that... I guess I would try to talk to them. Find out what they wanted. I wouldn't like it if I had to kill them."

Re: General reactions

[cerulean--eyes.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I'd be upset. I've learned to expect pretty much anything around here. I mean, it might be awkward if, say, someone you really liked was a robot, but...just random people? I don't think it would make so much difference, really.

Even if they tried to scam someone. Well, they're robots, right? Robots aren't people. They'd be scorned and rejected by a lot of people because they were different. Which maybe isn't right, and could be a reason for a robot to pretend to be 'normal' right?

Re: General reactions

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"I'd ask if they wanted to join a support group," Sam mutters.

Re: General reactions

[cyloninmyhead.livejournal.com]

Obviously, they have some sort of plan, and we must discover what it is and what part I play in it.

Anakin

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...that naughty sand-hating minx.

Re: Anakin

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John scratches his head. "Could being a robot cure his emo?"

Re: Anakin

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"Would it improve his singing? Because, god... it's awful."

Kawalsky

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...that de-goa'uld'd not-dead hunk

Re: Kawalsky

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"It might explain the whole billboard self-humiliation thing."

Cally

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...that toaster-killing small-handed everyone's darling girl

Re: Cally

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka bites her lip, clearly emotional on this subject. "I'd find something to hit. A lot. Hard. Then I'd find things to blow up that don't shoot back."

Lee

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...of captain emo infamy

Re: Lee

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John, again, stratches his head. "Well, it's nice to know they make some super sexy extremely polite robots."

Aeryn

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

...the not exactly peace-keeping warrioress

Re: Aeryn

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John takes a shot. "Well, this might...hurt me a little bit. It'd feel maybe like a betrayal? I gave her all my emotions and thoughts, she might've returned them with words but how am I to know she really meant them if she wasn't human?"

I am a robot and must angst about it

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

(and make it interesting, my dears?)

Re: I am a robot and must angst about it

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin had put a lot of thought into the question, and it took him a while tor reply. Finally he said, "At school? I think after the initial shock, most of the beings here would get over it. I think if they can accept gremlins and zombies and Death working in the clinic, a student who's not really human wouldn't really shock them.

"Home's a different story. If I were really a droid, it would pretty much knock tens of thousand of years of Jedi teaching on its collective ass. If teaching had an ass. I'm rambling."

He cleared his throat. "In our view, Jedi are especially attuned to the Force, which is life. In our view, droids are not really part of that life force, being not alive--they don't resonate in the Force except as circuitry. If the Chosen One of Jedi prophecy was really a droid and tuned more closely to the Force than any being in history--the Council would erupt into chaos. It wouldn't be pretty."

He looked down at the desk and fiddled with his pen. "If I were really a droid? I don't know what I'd do. Probably have some words with the manufacturer for the overabundence of emotions he seemed to have burdened me with. And the lack of sneakiness, which is probably not great for a droid." He snorted. "I wasn't very good at containing my droid nature last week.

"And Padmé Obi-Wan my loved ones? I wouldn't be expecting a great reaction from them. Droids are useful in my world, but they would not be capable of higher emotions, at least in their view. I'm not sure they'd ever be able to wrap their minds around me as being not a person, though I'm sure they'd try. Assuming my old teacher wouldn't strike me down where I stood as an obomination to the Force. Which would probably tear him apart, but he's an honorable man and a droid with Force capabilities just shouldn't exist."

Anakin stared broodily out the window. "I'm glad this was just an exercise. I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of Obi-Wan's lightsaber."

Questions, complaints, kissing up, etc

[replicarter.livejournal.com]

I like slinkies and I am allergic to chocolate.

Re: Questions, complaints, kissing up, etc

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

John drops these (http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4121/smilespringkc7kx.jpg) on Professor Carter's desk. "Something new for you, Dr. Carter. You can put your keys to your house, car, ship, anything on it. And they're slinkies!"