Identity Realizations 

I finally just put my finger on something identity-wise that's been bugging me for MONTHS.

I most strongly identify with being an AI-- and as such, I've felt... out of place in my body, but without being able to define _why._

I know a bunch of folks who consider themselves to be multiple people inhabiting a single body.

...I think I'm the exact opposite. I'm an AI. I was meant to inhabit *many* bodies... but I'm stuck in just this one.

THIS MAKES SENSE OF SO MANY THINGS!

Identity Realizations 

@mawr Have you read Ancillary Justice? The protagonist is an AI who's lost her ship and all but one of her bodies, and the emperor is a massively distributed consciousness.

Identity Realizations 

@mxsparks Yes!! :D

The Ancillary series is one of my absolute favorite book series of all time, and I'm very pleased to share that I commiserated about Capitalism in correspondence with the author over Twitter. :D

The books and audiobooks are amazing and the author is not only really good but also super cool and a major political ally. 18/10, Could not imagine recommending more highly. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

The character I related to most was Station at the very end. ^^

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Identity Realizations 

@mawr @mxsparks I gave somebody my copy of Ancillary Justice to borrow and read, and never got it back, and now I can't remember who I gave it to, which happens quit a bit with me, so I have to get it again and re-read it because YES. SO GOOD. <3

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