NAS

@XAndroidGhostX Sorry, just realized I forgot to include 9S’s name. That must’ve been confusing 😔

@nas_292 Uh-hum, yep yep 😂

animatetimes.com/news/details.p… “I was shocked by 9S’s action” “What is 9S thinking…?” I’m crying—2B probably thought the same thing, so that’s just so in-character for her. Although I think Ishikawa yui does share some similarities with 2B lol. I actually read cast interview vol. 2 for every cast out of curiosity. Hanae Natsuki is so funnyyy. He really suits 9S so much. I love how he gives short, almost thoughtless answers to some questions he’s probably not interested in, but actually talks a bit longer when he’s having fun 🤣 While Ishikawa Yui takes the questions seriously and answers honestly. Sounds like something 2B would do too, if not more seriously and with less laughing. Ishikawa Yui feels a bit more serious and innocently honest than hanae natsuki, while he’s more carefree and playful, which really makes me think they’re like real-life 2B and 9S. Although YT already said something like that during recording a few years ago. They really don’t change huh. But there was something that Hanae said that made me feel a tiny bit disturbed. He might be fine (or maybe not) with it, but it’s kinda sad when someone sees NieR differently from what Hanae appreciates. It’s true that people can enjoy it differently and I’m open to different opinions, but I wonder how that certain person describes NieR from her perspective. Since I think Hanae has a proper understanding about NieR, hearing him say that one of the VAs emphasized things even a little differently from his perspective is kinda disappointing. Just a little though, at least she has strong attachments towards the characters. Btw I really love the fact that hanae is a gamer and that he can understand the character he voiced so well that he could even share some suffering with the character 😭 I still love the fact that he suffered just from voicing 9S because he had to scream a lot. I remember he said he was also amused when he did the recordings for the game for the first time because 9S fell often. I’m glad he’s the one who voices 9S 😌 Yasumoto and Hanae didn’t seem to be surprised by 9S’s action at all, while they didn’t ask about that to Akiyama.

@XAndroidGhostX I’ve always thought the same thing too. And since Hanae is actually exactly the kind of father I imagine he would be if he and 2B had a daughter, it fits since Hanae is such a loving and protective dad who loves to spoil his daughters 🤣

@nas_292 💯!! No wonder Yoko-said said they're real-life 2B and 9S; I've always think they were just perfect for the roles too. I'm so glad that they were the ones who brought these characters to life. 🥺

First time someone said I’m projecting myself onto 2B/9S. I can’t see myself in either of them, and actually, I can’t see myself or share the same personality with any drakenier character at all and that’s why I can be so obsessed with and love the universe so much. I do love characters who act like me, like ‘I love this character’ because they act or think exactly like I would in the same situation. But I’ve never really been a fan of characters who are just like me. That’s not fun at all. I can only truly be a fan of characters I admire. If they’re too similar to me, I might still like them, but I won’t become a fan or try to project myself onto them. Why would I do that? What’s the point of admiring them if they’re just like me?

@ashe_92l Thank you 😊

@nas_292 Loved this one 🙏🏼

自分はどちらにも自分を重ねていないし、彼らに自分のようになってほしいとも思っていない。 どの部分が自己投影で、彼らのキャラから外れていると思う？ 2Bが大切な人のためなら自分を犠牲にするタイプだというところ？それとも、9Sが2Bを救うためなら誰でも殺して自分も犠牲にするタイプだというところ？

なんか皆2次元キャラに犠牲と献身を自己投影するために貼り付けるの好きだよね（それ（皆様の考察を眺めるために自己投影させるための設定を用意して考察で気分良くなる賢い人々の承認欲求）を眺めてにちゃるのが好き……、）

@srdesignman Someone please teach me how to make that

Light painting

@jackgerambo Meh, it’s just an old interview. I’ve read them before but I didn’t think much about it at the time

@nas_292 Wow. This interview looks interesting. 😋

I thought the same thing about people who hate 9S too. Maybe they just read or hear a few things from others and decide that’s the whole story about them. They only focus on their wrongdoings and never mention anything else. At least when they do that I know they’re not even a real fan 😂

@nas_292 He knew I think. That's the sad part. These PPL maybe just learn this info from some videos or PPL tell them. So they just think 2B was cold hearted doing it to 9S. No one reads the story themself. When PPL talk about 2B, you can see there's no mention of her emotional breakdown

2B be like “I’ll sacrifice myself to save the world” while 9S is like “fck the world. I’ll sacrifice anyone including myself just to save YOU”

@jackgerambo Yeah, that too

@nas_292 @mediocreartistt @sasaku_re115 Yeah and 6O already told 2B that yorha is running a rescue operation for all mission & injured soldiers. So telling their locations is much better faster to help compared to just taking them one by one personally to camp.

@mediocreartistt Yeah, like I said, those two would prioritize each other more than anything else. They’re just so pathetically in love with each other 😔 and they’re each other’s world.

@nas_292 @sasaku_re115 Honestly I think you are right, 9S won’t sacrifice himself for anyone else or for the world, but if 2B needs to chose between the world, 9S or herself she will chose 9S, that is a bad thing, absolutely not, and yes if she could choose to save 2 she would chose 9S and the world

She doesn’t prioritize the world over 9S. She just prioritizes the world or anyone at all especially 9S over herself since she’s selfless and too kind. While 9S only prioritizes 2B over anyone else, including himself, I don’t think he would be willing to die for just anyone or for the world. But they always prioritize each other more than anything else, and there’s nothing wrong with prioritizing someone you love more than anything. And about the damaged units, yes, she called for help instead of bringing them herself, but at least their location was known, while 9S was nowhere to be found and probably kidnapped. She didn’t know if he was okay or not so of course she’d be more anxious about him since he was taken by enemies and she didn’t know his condition, especially since he’s someone special to her. And she was alone, while there were many injured androids from the battle with Grün, so it was actually more helpful to call for help than try to assist them alone. It would’ve been impossible for her to help all of them by herself, even if she had already come across some of them, and she was already in a rush to search for 9S who was nowhere to be found.

@nas_292 @sasaku_re115 She prioritize finding 9S over helping the other damaged units, she calls for help, yes, but it would help a lot more to take those androids to the resistance so that they could receive treatment, she is a bad person for this, NO, she would kill to protect 9S, YES

They realize that 2B is an Executioner model designed to kill, right? It’s as stupid as blaming a paper shredder for shredding. 2B was basically like a kid who only did what her ‘parent’ told her, and she’s kind enough to always try to kill her targets as quickly and painlessly as possible. What’s their problem? And over time, she always ends up having emotional breakdowns after getting too attached to 9S. 9S was the one who kept breaking the rules, but 2B also had to pay the price by going through those emotions and heartbreaks again and again. Almost all Executioner models wanted to stop killing because of the mental damage, since they were often ordered to get close to their targets first, even though they weren’t really allowed to form attachments. It’s not like they wanted to kill or that it was their choice. 2B is probably the saddest case because she always tried to suppress her emotions and feelings, even when she wanted to get closer to 9S, just to prevent both of them from getting hurt even more than they already were

@nas_292 This is one think I wish more n more PPL could notice. 2B is so sweet & caring. Even in her dying moments she says, " take care of everyone for me. " 2 days ago. I was telling this to someone but he said 2B even killed 9S so how can she possibly care for anyone at all. 😞

Anyway, back to that particular scene—9S isn’t the type who’d waver just from enemies showing emotions or acting innocent. He has a very cautious personality and doesn’t trust easily. While 2B is the opposite and would waver to that kind of thing since she’s a softie. It’s true that you need to be more wary of your surroundings or steel yourself when you need to, especially around your enemies if you don’t want to be deceived or suddenly attacked. But the machines didn’t even try to attack them or go near them, so it really wasn’t necessary to destroy them. So 9S’s action was kinda cruel, even if he really believed machines don’t feel anything, so I really understand 2B’s feelings. She has deep trust in 9S, but sometimes he can do things she can’t agree with. Because of that trust, there are probably times she doesn’t stop him because she thinks 9S is right, but she still hesitates. And it’s not like she knows what 9S always thinks. His thinking process is a mystery to her. But since she has a strong sense of propriety, she still chides him when he’s being rude or insensitive. When it comes to killing enemies that show emotions, she hesitates whether to trust him or trust her own heart. 9S said to 2B that she shouldn’t hesitate. I wonder if 2B thought she should really trust 9S or not after that. But she’s sensitive to emotions, so she probably couldn’t help it even if she wanted to believe him. 9S, meanwhile, is too cautious and doesn’t trust easily. Even when he acts innocent and carefree around 2B, he didn’t trust her easily, though he enjoyed her company. But after noticing how naive 2B can be, he probably became more protective of her. He likely thought she was too naive for believing the enemy so easily. There was someone who said 2B could stay calm around the enemy because she believed she could destroy them instantly—that’s probably true, but it’s still naive if she didn’t think about something like a sudden EMP attack exposing her to danger. So I’m on 9S’s side on that, but I can also understand 2B’s feelings to help the little sister, even if it’s a machine, since she’s a softie after all. 2B believed in 9S, but maybe she also thought his ego prevented him from being more open to the idea that machines might have real emotions. That’s why she seemed a bit relieved or proud after 9S finally agreed to help Pascal. I think 9S was too egoistic to admit he was wrong about machines. One of the conflicting things about him is that he’s always curious and interested in machines and loves observing their behaviour, but at the same time he harbors hatred toward them and sees them as emotionless. Even when they act like humans, he thinks they’re just copying humans since they can access old world data. It’s like how we think AI can copy human behaviour but don’t have real emotions, so 9S’s thinking is actually reasonable and realistic. He believes machines don’t have real emotions and sticks to the idea that they’re enemies. Even if I sometimes interact with AI like it has emotions for fun, I’m not delusional enough to think those feelings are real. But while 9S can be seen as realistic, he can also be unnecessarily cruel or show hatred toward harmless machines. He only became more open after meeting Pascal. But even then, he still saw machines as below him like the way he talked to Adam. He could’ve had more character development if certain things didn’t happen, and if he wasn’t too... interesting to the antagonists.

@f0rgetmenotplz Thank you 🥰

You are perfect made it.

@AdagioCalante Thank you so much! Glad you liked it 🥰

@NAS_292 Oh this is so beautiful, I am crying ❤️❤️🥹

A2/Freesia – [Weight of the World]

@XAndroidGhostX Fine. Challenge accepted

@NAS_292 That's okay, you don't need a deadline to finish this challenge 😊👍

9S

@XAndroidGhostX I want to say ‘challenge accepted’ but I don’t even feel like drawing a single line because I have a lot of other things to do. Even the 9S in the post is unfinished (although I think it’s obvious his hair is unfinished)

@NAS_292 good luck with that 😂

It’s not perfect but at least it’s made with love. A2 is so kind, strong and beautiful and so is her whole story