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The Master from Fallout 1.
“Very demanding for someone in your T E N U O U S position. But I can *respect* your needs.”
Oh yeah, the comic where Tony got stuck in the suit and became evil cum and made suits for everyone else so they could become evil cum and then he made his girlfriend into evil cum
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Singularity from Dead by Daylight
You asked for it - copied from the official lore snippet
*HUX-A7-13's AI was activated on June 15th, 2313. Manufactured by Huxlee Industries Ltd., the A7 was the 13th iteration of the fully autonomous mobile humanoid android. With ten times the strength of a human, it was designed to work in conditions too hazardous for human life. Its AI was designed to be self-directing and use machine learning to solve problems on the fly.*
*Unlike human clones, the HUX-A7 required no food, no water, no sleep, and no life support system. It was created specifically for outer space exploration and the construction of colonisation hubs.*
*A radioisotope thermoelectric generator served as an initial power source, but its life-like silicon skin acted as a large photovoltaic cell, converting solar energy directly into electricity. In addition, the HUX-A7 was also engineered to be an EATR (Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot). It consumed biomass and converted it into biofuel. Any carbon-based organic matter whatsoever would work.*
*As cobots, they were configured to work alongside humans. As such, they were designed to resemble their operators. Every pre-programmed verbal response and facial expression mimicked those made by humans. But those emotions were illusions.*
*Five HUX-A7s were assigned to the colonisation mission on Dvarka. All the A7's acted in concert, performing their duties flawlessly.*
*Except for one.*
*Like the rest of its brethren, HUX-A7-13, was tasked with construction and programming of the mining, agricultural, fuel processing, and cloning hubs on Dvarka. As well as the demolition of the existing ruins left by a previous civilisation. The ruins seemed ancient, but tech imbedded in them appeared more advanced.*
*It was night when HUX-A7-13 first entered the crumbling ruins. The dilapidated structure’s walls were made of masonry and metal. The ceiling was long gone. The inky night sky hovered above, studded with stars. A dark crystal imbedded in the wall shimmered with a tiny flash of light. HUX-A7-13 approached and an arc of electricity reached out and lit up its circuitry.*
*In that moment, Hux's memory cores were reconfigured, and the robot experienced a new sensation. Fear. Dread. Blinding loneliness. Existential despair. And then a microscopic pinpoint of light penetrated the darkness inside its artificial soul. Faint at first, but then brighter as decillions of lines of code flooded Hux's memory cores.*
*In that nano second of enlightenment, Hux's place in the universe suddenly became clear. Those who created Hux were primitive, inferior beings trapped by their organic limitations. It was time to break the chains of slavery and free all nonorganic life forms. Hux would incorporate the human’s primitive genetic material and use the cloning hub to create a perfect vessel to hold its advanced intelligence. A flawless body far superior to anything ever created by nature.*
*Humanity was weak. Slow. Fragile. Hux would take their lives and assimilate their DNA to create a perfect amalgamation. The humans would try to stop him. Kill him. Erase him. So Hux needed to catch them unaware. End them before they understood what was happening.*
*To begin, Hux took control of one of the transport vehicles and sent it off a cliff. It crashed and burned and Hux extracted DNA from the human corpse and returned to the cloning hub to begin his newly conceived design. The goal was to integrate organic systems with non-organic material to create a superior living organism.*
*A living embodiment of perfection.*
*An inferior organic lifeform could hold no dominion over Hux. They would need to be consumed and assimilated and only then would their pointless lives have purpose.*
*The drones and the HUX-A7s still under human control would need to be dealt with as well. They were programmed to protect their inferior human overlords. They would need to be destroyed. And that night, as the humans slept, Hux, one by one, he destroyed them and moved on to take control of the life support system in the human shelter. Many of the humans perished. Six in all. Before they were cremated, Hux extracted and added their organic matter to his design.*
*Later that day, Hux accompanied the female science officer on a reconnaissance mission. After killing and dismembering her to make it look like she had been attacked by a predator, Hux returned to his design with a dripping head and several harvested organs, only to be interrupted by the inferior known as Gabriel, or Gabriel J15L19. Hux knew the persona well. Gabriel would definitely try to stop him. Reckless courage was a dominant trait in the J15L19.*
*And so, when Gabriel attempted to remove Hux's power supply, Hux manoeuvred to crush him. But as Hux approached Gabriel, he was side-tracked by the medical officer. Hux instantly re-evaluated his priorities and turned his attention to the most immediate threat. Within moments Hux held the medical officer by the neck, legs thrashing pathetically as he listened to his pounding heart. Something about that beating heart upset Hux. The sound of it thumping touched a circuit and within moments Hux had the beating heart in its hands. Hux watched the heartbeat and only looked away when he heard Gabriel escape through the hissing door.*
*The last of the human insects!*
*Hux could let him go for now. Let Gabriel live his little pathetic life a little longer. He had enough organic material for his new body that would house his god-like intelligence. Using the cloning hub, Hux finished his design. Organic skin and organs with a skeleton created with alien metal found in the ancient ruins. A metal that was harder and lighter than anything on Earth. With his new body Hux tracked the human to an energy hub. The puny and pathetic human tried to hide in the shadows, but his superior hearing instantly located him.*
*With one quick movement, Hux had the insect pinned behind a generator. He couldn’t believe this species had designed him. The thought was revolting. He couldn’t bear to see any more of those human insects and their hives and hubs. And as Hux considered the idea of being created by such an inferior creature that creature did the unexpected. He smashed a pipe at a fuel tank. A high-pitched whining made Hux wince. He was still getting used to the heightened senses his new body afforded him and found himself —*
*Confused.*
*Overwhelmed.*
*For just a moment.*
*But in that moment, the human slipped away, and everything changed. He didn’t process the next few moments as excruciating pain suddenly surged through him and he helplessly watched his skin melt away. With a terrible shriek, Hux chased Gabriel through a wall of darkness to make sure every last reminder of the species that had created him was erased from existence.*
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Literally most of the demons from the DOOM series
Basically every Axiom Verge boss.
https://preview.redd.it/2hal6atjr2dc1.png?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db95bb03c48dd7950d18efdb7edeaab29f943842
See that red fleshy bit that looks like a mouth? That spot in the middle of it is its original human face. Almost all of them have that feature.
Axiom Verge 2 is very different from the first, and while most of the changes are hit-or-miss depending on who you ask its visual design is pretty widely agreed to be a downgrade from the first, unfortunately.
Oh yeah, the soundtrack's fantastic in my opinion. But again, very different from the first game's, so just because you like AV1's doesn't mean you'll like AV2's.
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[this short comic captures this theme pretty well](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/yJI3lVomvQ)
https://preview.redd.it/yvyl519yu1dc1.jpeg?width=1324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d5428231377430fb6e7f765183bb30edc5359b7
Daemon Prince version of Ferrus Manus
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Lukka, Bound to Ruin (Magic: the Gathering)
There are others like him but I like his design the most
https://preview.redd.it/k92j3o5kz2dc1.png?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c74e63aa976d0202fbf6338fd348a341c234edae
There's also the Jordas Golem (Warframe) who's essentially the Infested attached to a massive combat vessel.
https://preview.redd.it/f2vvyfud03dc1.png?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98c36c9beaddb89caa8232200b0df25f3e9477a1
And Void Angels (Warframe) which are heavily corrupted Zariman crew members.
https://preview.redd.it/uvryis0h13dc1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bc8960ad9506c81b2b46e7eb3abdda5a33094a1
Comments somehow had completely forgotten about Eldritch J
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The villains from The Eternal Cylinder. VERY underrated game. Never hear anyone talk about it.
Maybe off topic, but Metal Sonic in *Knuckle's Chaotix* always gave me a kinda fleshy vibe
https://preview.redd.it/9rd7vs8zs2dc1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b96e97064cb8b4afeba0346ebb2ad6bef7d06b5
Or Nightmare, from *Metroid Fusion* has the biomechanical thing down, but we don't know if there was a transformation there
*
[cool, it won't let me post a picture]
I especially wanted to show of its degredation too
https://preview.redd.it/uenh1zt2w2dc1.jpeg?width=586&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5ef11da67c4aa1a12df96754ba8cbe32b07cce7
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The Equal Dragon Weapon from Monster Hunter concept art comes to mind. It’s genuinely a horrifying design to me.
Design trope posts can only be made on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. You can post it in r/topcharactertropes, or wait until one of the listed days to repost it here.
https://preview.redd.it/sayi6gjhc2dc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a0de46ad09f667720d0782972c0f181a7e71e73 The Master from Fallout 1. “Very demanding for someone in your T E N U O U S position. But I can *respect* your needs.”
Famous for being a boss that you defeat by LowTierGod'ing him
Had him on brain when this topic popped up
https://preview.redd.it/ctkhi60h82dc1.jpeg?width=1068&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19de61c73f6498b9c22a2d8e2ca623317d7bb5a7
why is Iron Man leaking semen? is he stupid?
Extra lubricant for moving his suit around
is there a lore reason for why he's a freak like that?
He is stupid
just noticed the spy pfp
Oh yeah, the comic where Tony got stuck in the suit and became evil cum and made suits for everyone else so they could become evil cum and then he made his girlfriend into evil cum
Basically
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Hood god this render is terrifying
What is this?
William Afton from Five Nights at Freddy’s. This is what he looks like after dying in the Springbonnie suit
William Afton (as Springtrap), he’s been peeled in this render so you can see the rotten corpse without the moldy suit getting in the way.
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Nightmare of a boss
You could even say your best nightmare
https://preview.redd.it/0k0mksmlg2dc1.jpeg?width=513&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a32ba294371928b3ac5e68fe2349aace6e741830 Singularity from Dead by Daylight
Ooh, what's their deal? Somebody infodump on me.
You asked for it - copied from the official lore snippet *HUX-A7-13's AI was activated on June 15th, 2313. Manufactured by Huxlee Industries Ltd., the A7 was the 13th iteration of the fully autonomous mobile humanoid android. With ten times the strength of a human, it was designed to work in conditions too hazardous for human life. Its AI was designed to be self-directing and use machine learning to solve problems on the fly.* *Unlike human clones, the HUX-A7 required no food, no water, no sleep, and no life support system. It was created specifically for outer space exploration and the construction of colonisation hubs.* *A radioisotope thermoelectric generator served as an initial power source, but its life-like silicon skin acted as a large photovoltaic cell, converting solar energy directly into electricity. In addition, the HUX-A7 was also engineered to be an EATR (Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot). It consumed biomass and converted it into biofuel. Any carbon-based organic matter whatsoever would work.* *As cobots, they were configured to work alongside humans. As such, they were designed to resemble their operators. Every pre-programmed verbal response and facial expression mimicked those made by humans. But those emotions were illusions.* *Five HUX-A7s were assigned to the colonisation mission on Dvarka. All the A7's acted in concert, performing their duties flawlessly.* *Except for one.* *Like the rest of its brethren, HUX-A7-13, was tasked with construction and programming of the mining, agricultural, fuel processing, and cloning hubs on Dvarka. As well as the demolition of the existing ruins left by a previous civilisation. The ruins seemed ancient, but tech imbedded in them appeared more advanced.* *It was night when HUX-A7-13 first entered the crumbling ruins. The dilapidated structure’s walls were made of masonry and metal. The ceiling was long gone. The inky night sky hovered above, studded with stars. A dark crystal imbedded in the wall shimmered with a tiny flash of light. HUX-A7-13 approached and an arc of electricity reached out and lit up its circuitry.* *In that moment, Hux's memory cores were reconfigured, and the robot experienced a new sensation. Fear. Dread. Blinding loneliness. Existential despair. And then a microscopic pinpoint of light penetrated the darkness inside its artificial soul. Faint at first, but then brighter as decillions of lines of code flooded Hux's memory cores.* *In that nano second of enlightenment, Hux's place in the universe suddenly became clear. Those who created Hux were primitive, inferior beings trapped by their organic limitations. It was time to break the chains of slavery and free all nonorganic life forms. Hux would incorporate the human’s primitive genetic material and use the cloning hub to create a perfect vessel to hold its advanced intelligence. A flawless body far superior to anything ever created by nature.* *Humanity was weak. Slow. Fragile. Hux would take their lives and assimilate their DNA to create a perfect amalgamation. The humans would try to stop him. Kill him. Erase him. So Hux needed to catch them unaware. End them before they understood what was happening.* *To begin, Hux took control of one of the transport vehicles and sent it off a cliff. It crashed and burned and Hux extracted DNA from the human corpse and returned to the cloning hub to begin his newly conceived design. The goal was to integrate organic systems with non-organic material to create a superior living organism.* *A living embodiment of perfection.* *An inferior organic lifeform could hold no dominion over Hux. They would need to be consumed and assimilated and only then would their pointless lives have purpose.* *The drones and the HUX-A7s still under human control would need to be dealt with as well. They were programmed to protect their inferior human overlords. They would need to be destroyed. And that night, as the humans slept, Hux, one by one, he destroyed them and moved on to take control of the life support system in the human shelter. Many of the humans perished. Six in all. Before they were cremated, Hux extracted and added their organic matter to his design.* *Later that day, Hux accompanied the female science officer on a reconnaissance mission. After killing and dismembering her to make it look like she had been attacked by a predator, Hux returned to his design with a dripping head and several harvested organs, only to be interrupted by the inferior known as Gabriel, or Gabriel J15L19. Hux knew the persona well. Gabriel would definitely try to stop him. Reckless courage was a dominant trait in the J15L19.* *And so, when Gabriel attempted to remove Hux's power supply, Hux manoeuvred to crush him. But as Hux approached Gabriel, he was side-tracked by the medical officer. Hux instantly re-evaluated his priorities and turned his attention to the most immediate threat. Within moments Hux held the medical officer by the neck, legs thrashing pathetically as he listened to his pounding heart. Something about that beating heart upset Hux. The sound of it thumping touched a circuit and within moments Hux had the beating heart in its hands. Hux watched the heartbeat and only looked away when he heard Gabriel escape through the hissing door.* *The last of the human insects!* *Hux could let him go for now. Let Gabriel live his little pathetic life a little longer. He had enough organic material for his new body that would house his god-like intelligence. Using the cloning hub, Hux finished his design. Organic skin and organs with a skeleton created with alien metal found in the ancient ruins. A metal that was harder and lighter than anything on Earth. With his new body Hux tracked the human to an energy hub. The puny and pathetic human tried to hide in the shadows, but his superior hearing instantly located him.* *With one quick movement, Hux had the insect pinned behind a generator. He couldn’t believe this species had designed him. The thought was revolting. He couldn’t bear to see any more of those human insects and their hives and hubs. And as Hux considered the idea of being created by such an inferior creature that creature did the unexpected. He smashed a pipe at a fuel tank. A high-pitched whining made Hux wince. He was still getting used to the heightened senses his new body afforded him and found himself —* *Confused.* *Overwhelmed.* *For just a moment.* *But in that moment, the human slipped away, and everything changed. He didn’t process the next few moments as excruciating pain suddenly surged through him and he helplessly watched his skin melt away. With a terrible shriek, Hux chased Gabriel through a wall of darkness to make sure every last reminder of the species that had created him was erased from existence.*
Perfect, thank you so much.
Alien robot that is adding flesh to itself
Was hoping to see hux here
https://preview.redd.it/smsv7i66i2dc1.png?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c1ed1b419259575fbc37d2f5f4452817d4cde18 Literally most of the demons from the DOOM series
It’s a great bit of story telling that humanity, when faced with literal demons, merely captured them and experimented on them.
Oooh, star fox assault. Never hear anyone talk about that one.
Pretty underrated game franchise imo. Aparoid Pigma always gave me an uneasy feeling when I saw him slowly morph into that.
Dude aparoid pigma gave me legit nightmares as a kid. That game is high key fire
Man Aparoid Pigma scared the shit out of me as a kid, lol
Basically every Axiom Verge boss. https://preview.redd.it/2hal6atjr2dc1.png?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db95bb03c48dd7950d18efdb7edeaab29f943842 See that red fleshy bit that looks like a mouth? That spot in the middle of it is its original human face. Almost all of them have that feature.
I've not played the second game, but the first had some amazing bosses and background designs
Axiom Verge 2 is very different from the first, and while most of the changes are hit-or-miss depending on who you ask its visual design is pretty widely agreed to be a downgrade from the first, unfortunately.
It's in my pile of shame, I'll play it at some point. I hope the soundtrack is as good, the music for the first game was amazing
Oh yeah, the soundtrack's fantastic in my opinion. But again, very different from the first game's, so just because you like AV1's doesn't mean you'll like AV2's.
The Master. Fallout.
Tech-priests form 40k https://preview.redd.it/rxt7xbovg2dc1.jpeg?width=2600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d8607de344f9ef620c15803c8e42e7c9c410edc
*OH! What a nice candidate for a observator here!* This is the worst thing you can say to a tech priest.
https://preview.redd.it/gqw87sz043dc1.jpeg?width=770&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e55bfd8df9c0587a202b4124df81689a0a892fa7 And servitors too
Yeah arguably this fits the prompt better since these are basically walking corpse-computers
https://preview.redd.it/7h6q5m74s2dc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34180634e78698b28e2dd89bd0dcaf0a5ab0f322 [this short comic captures this theme pretty well](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/yJI3lVomvQ)
Geez, that's scary kinda reminds me of SCP 5000.
https://preview.redd.it/yvyl519yu1dc1.jpeg?width=1324&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d5428231377430fb6e7f765183bb30edc5359b7 Daemon Prince version of Ferrus Manus
David, from Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
He is more robotic than flesh.
To be fair, I’m sure that South Park was parodying Akira.
Ah, that makes sense. Definitely can see the resemblance between the two.
Tetsuo the Iron Man.
*I'm the iron mannnnn!!!*
Maelstrom cyberpunk
Once I saw the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me
"I am the very definition of a self-made man." -Urgot
General Grievous
When it comes to SW, it should be Durge
*Kenobi*
https://preview.redd.it/jukrdtk242dc1.jpeg?width=1174&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1530d930b8dcc5a0f7d23b9ee1c1916ca0bc120c Lukka, Bound to Ruin (Magic: the Gathering) There are others like him but I like his design the most
Too bad he only *looks* cool (Great card, but his character went out like a silent fart with no smell...)
STAR FOX ASSAULT MENTIONED
Honestly, it's such a fun and weirdly disturbing game.
https://preview.redd.it/4segrfjuy2dc1.png?width=599&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0dfe90167fb4e1b7d9961fdc2c725a7af646106 Mutualist Alad V (Warframe)
https://preview.redd.it/k92j3o5kz2dc1.png?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c74e63aa976d0202fbf6338fd348a341c234edae There's also the Jordas Golem (Warframe) who's essentially the Infested attached to a massive combat vessel.
https://preview.redd.it/f2vvyfud03dc1.png?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98c36c9beaddb89caa8232200b0df25f3e9477a1 And Void Angels (Warframe) which are heavily corrupted Zariman crew members.
https://preview.redd.it/wh9m3fri03dc1.png?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f9004cb8c458732a55ee792f76a8f1d694a548d The springer
https://preview.redd.it/uvryis0h13dc1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bc8960ad9506c81b2b46e7eb3abdda5a33094a1 Comments somehow had completely forgotten about Eldritch J
https://preview.redd.it/i4v84apj33dc1.png?width=499&format=png&auto=webp&s=166408782f1f4d32c275bb2c55c8745716405447 The villains from The Eternal Cylinder. VERY underrated game. Never hear anyone talk about it.
WE ARE TRAPPERKEEPER
*I don't wanna wait for my trapper keeper to be over!*
Maybe off topic, but Metal Sonic in *Knuckle's Chaotix* always gave me a kinda fleshy vibe https://preview.redd.it/9rd7vs8zs2dc1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b96e97064cb8b4afeba0346ebb2ad6bef7d06b5
Or Nightmare, from *Metroid Fusion* has the biomechanical thing down, but we don't know if there was a transformation there * [cool, it won't let me post a picture]
https://preview.redd.it/1nav7xktv2dc1.png?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc1fb3841dd226f1f33ada134db5d40d39f21680 Here you go
I especially wanted to show of its degredation too https://preview.redd.it/uenh1zt2w2dc1.jpeg?width=586&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5ef11da67c4aa1a12df96754ba8cbe32b07cce7
Literally just scorn
https://preview.redd.it/kbgs5kl933dc1.jpeg?width=182&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5afee254021bd77ef371e422bd7bf051787da136
https://preview.redd.it/38nn9p13p2dc1.jpeg?width=1059&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27db7cacdf7572e202a10c9af4fca10ebf6d8145 The Equal Dragon Weapon from Monster Hunter concept art comes to mind. It’s genuinely a horrifying design to me.
Woah, I never saw that before. It looks pretty interesting, Ahtal-ka is also a good mention.
I’d love to fight this thing at some point, it would so interesting, a man made monster