Best HFY Reddit Stories: I Am A Guardian

[@calvingreene90]

My wards are soft, weak, and frail; I am not. That is why harm must come through me first.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

Screw the rules, they are hurting my wards.

[@najroe]

that is why many become soldiers and police, sadly that purpose is blunted from above by politics and greed all too often, yes I have time in the Army, no, do not thank me, m9st likely not your country

[@styxriverr5237]

You got to wonder at the feeling someone has, when a giant war machine, with stickers covering one arm, hands you a tasty snack.

[@steeltalen3486]

Free food is free food

[@skyrere]

pure joy my friend. pure joy.

[@kelnhide]

utter wonder in my case. I love robots

[@obsidian00]

A Tamale RoboT!!! 🙌🏾

[@thefurryinyourwalls]

Comfort. That such a powerful being allowed itself to be adorned by a child and delivering you food when that's very much not what it was designed or designated for.

[@normiesalvador1854]

What got to me was that this was not a one-off, that other guardians violated their programming and stepped up.

[@joey00198]

I guess they made the directive of keeping humans alive stronger then the rest

[@superspicy8740]

@@joey00198 it reminds me of the scene in Detroit: Become Human where Kara becomes a deviant to protect Alice

[@brimstonezv1694]

It means they are sentient they unintentionally created true ai

[@earnestbrown6524]

'It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature.'

[@TheAsianOfChaos]

@@superspicy8740 Kara is the android the girl is Alice and the big black dude that dies at every turn is Luther

[@bogustoast22none25]

Can you imagine having the element of surprise, numbers, tactical position and a fucking tin can tram guard with colorful stickers says “Primary directive: protect the passengers” before he puts you, your possé, and itself in the forever box… AND THEN CLIMBS OUT OF THE FOREVER BOX. That is a sci-fi level of disrespect I never knew I needed.

[@CowCommando]

And the horse they rode in on.

[@bogustoast22none25]

@@CowCommando AND THAT!

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

“climbs out of the forever box” rofl 😂

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

When he said "I will go, you will stay" the only thing I could think of was the Iron Giant calling himself Superman and I instantly burst into tears.

[@zupaschnitzel3300]

You know the story is great, when you can see the complete movie made of it, while listening. Great Story and characters, it just feels like real people, with their own personality and way of thinking. The Robot is perfectly written with enough hints of "emotion" so we empethize with him, but still logical, cold and calculating enough that we don't forget that "he" is differnt. This is perhaps my favorite hfy story (series not included). Hope to see more from this particular author.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

This comments means so much to me. Writing is my passion and to see it resound so well with someone like this makes my whole life. I promise there is more work to come from me! And its people like you that inspire me to continue working.

[@thebluetoothspeaker]

hey read the murder bot diaries

[@IrradiatedFeline]

This! Like the iron giant. But we'll... smaller. A perfect movie for show not tell, to show the robots beginning and how he ended as a maglev guard. Like in up. Foreshadow the invasion with passengers talking about some border dispute with some aliens, fear of invasion. They ask the robot for his opinion: "it matters not. I will still guard this maglev and its passengers." A character like the tall robot from star wars rouge one.

[@Pelasmo]

just gunna ask what movie is being referred to, since i dont really watch that many movies since a couple years or well never really watched many.

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@UnbrokenEclipseyep it’s a good pitch story. Could be fleshed out into anything, game, movie, Tv show. Flesh out on either side. Back story of the unit from factory, in the wars, first trip on mag lev etc Then move on to the aftermath, the war with the aliens, the units back on the front line working with human soldiers. The battle for recognition as sentient after goes on and on

[@stevedixon921]

This directive is in the way of my mission to protect the innocent, the mission takes priority . I hope they welded the medal to his new chassis. The author portrayed the robot like a war veteran with a civil security job. Making friends, interacting with the regulars, all without ignoring the machine aspect.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

I'm glad it all came across so well! One of the hardest things about writing something that's meant to be emotionless like a robot is trying to imagine how you would react in the scenario based on logic.

[@peterfarkas199]

Aim imaging him like robot skin of enforcer

[@thomasschafer5939]

This robot has earnt his new official nickname of "Good Boi"

[@medical-cyanide1526]

I really want to see a hyper realistic piece of near the ending, when guardian is holding up the enemy commander (faceplate to faceplate) guardian having a bloody handprints adorning theirs as their exposed reactor starts to glow

[@tehs3raph1m]

I want to animate this, or at least do a graphic novel version

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

Do it! Art inspired by art is sometimes the most beautiful thing to behold.

[@medical-cyanide1526]

@@tehs3raph1m if you do could you share?

[@jamesiewalters2360]

@@medical-cyanide1526 yaas!!!

[@JQ3B941]

Did it happen?

[@archon9513]

I've always envisioned that machine beings would have an old dialup modem screech as their war cry sound. The damaged construct clasps the neck of the enemy commander; raises faceplates to equal levels; then emits the most horrific dialup-screech as the core overheats. Given enough encounters; the ol' analog SYN - ACK screams would become trauma inducing to opposing forces.

[@archon9513]

Breaching or invading an outpost, power long faded from the walls; they trigger an emergency mag-bar release and the door falls slightly out of place. The heavy metal denting the frame with it's weight as it is freed. Just carefully displaced enough; not to fall atop any member of a scout team as it impacts the ground with a deafening clang. Uncovering their 'ears', the scout team steps into the facility. Not twenty yards from the entry way... blip. a dial tone, beep beep beep beep beep. ... ... blip. beeeeeeeeeeep. The minimum monitoring systems blip SYN. And wait. SYN-ACK is not sounded. Emergency lights start grudgingly flickering to life. Ancient war machines booting back to into service, whirring up. Unauthorized entry detected - SYN SYN SYN ... STN-ACK Not valid. Unauthorized entry detected. Securing site.

[@Mateo-uj2cw]

It’s a good thing that the Levx units that sacrificed they’re bodies were rewarded with no dismantling and medals of honor

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

Admittedly poor writing on my part with that. I meant to convey that the AI who went against their programming were rewarded. Since in a lot of stories that is often seen as a bad thing.

[@ImPotao]

​@@UnbrokenEclipsewell to be fair that's because the order is usually "don't commit genocide"

[@claran3616]

I like that "he" can't even be smug about it but humans absolutely can be for him.

[@imaplaygames633]

It goes to show how much trust they have in the programming of the war bots. They let kids on the train before a human "operator" is aboard.

[@kellyknowsdayway6517]

I know I'm not the only one who thanks Alexa, I won't be the last.

[@alexanderglass2057]

I like the he (and I'm using he because it best fits the character) doesn't realize he and his kind committed their first act of free will out of a genuine want to protect. It isn't just a programmed requirement it's what his personality has developed into. Also the justification for this bot being extremely gentle and kind being foreshadowing is very unique.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

What's the quote, 'No greater love than this, that man lay down his life for another.'

[@alexanderglass2057]

@@UnbrokenEclipse I was not expecting a quote from Jesus, you made my day.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

@@alexanderglass2057 Toying with peoples emotions is my favorite things as an author. It's why the currently last story in the Guardian series is titled Misery.

[@alexanderglass2057]

@@UnbrokenEclipse well now I’m gonna have to go read all of them after I’m done with nature of predators

[@jesseamaya4413]

Oh yeah, first true step to true consciousness and self determination...

[@BOHICA69]

Among our kind, he is a guardian of overwhelming force. From the other side, he's a terror to behold.

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

The Aliens were expecting soft targets. Instead they got literal war machines that rushed them.

[@Zachomara]

Literal war machines that had been repurposed into train attendants...

[@WE_DONT_LIE]

RUSH THE D POINT

[@unknownplauer306]

@@WE_DONT_LIE ATTACK THE D POINT

[@WE_DONT_LIE]

@@unknownplauer306 ATTENTION TO THE DESIGNATED GRID SQUARE

[@WE_DONT_LIE]

@@unknownplauer306 im a former warthunder player

[@ender_slayer3]

This was wonderfully written. I could feel the thunder of his feet, the heat of his fire. Most excellent job.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

I try my best when writing a story to make sure the emotions I feel when putting words to paper come across to the reader. It's not always successful but I'm glad it worked here!

[@lonelyboy9852]

love a good robot story. And being a robot that was previously made for battle is so cool to think about(the design i mean).

[@matthewlaw3763]

that's one of the reasons why Warforged are my favorite race to play in DnD.

[@prisoner6266]

@@matthewlaw3763 Always love the old war machine trying to find new purpose trope

[@nocount7517]

"You stay... I go. No following."

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

Ha! That's one of the things I was thinking of when writing this story.

[@AmataTai]

Damn this one hits hard. I love stories of AI, no matter their complexity, doing everything they can to protect their precious humans

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

A lot of these are kinda “meh”, this one was amazing. First it was heartwarming, then suspenseful, then heroic. Hope he does more, Jess and Levx buddy cop series.

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

I actually did do a few more, each one covering a different situation across the city. That said I'm planning to rewrite the entire series and make it better.

[@CowCommando]

I love the multiple uses of "organics are fragile" with varying connotations throughout the story.

[@Moth94]

I hope the humans implement the Artificial Intelligence Rights Act

[@arfbark3924]

Noop. If they're sapient they're covered by the Bill of Rights here in the U.S.

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

i hope the humans implant love of the human and human rights act into ai

[@Snipergoat1]

The thing is even if computers were sapient we have absolutely no clue about what they might want. For all we know an artificial intelligence could find performing it's intended purpose to be totally fulfilling. They won't have a sort of instincts selected for in hard times where anti social behavior may or may not improve your survival chancesbut under hard enough circumstances any biological being would try.

[@donnellebarfield3964]

@@Snipergoat1 humans would still push for them to have as much freedom as possible like how robots are treated in Alien they is some discrimination apparently but robots live decently

[@jesusofbullets]

@@donnellebarfield3964 Aliens and Blade Runner are the same universe, so uh… not really.

[@marxel4444]

I love that the killer robot has a fucking 20mm AUTOCANNON! That is the same shit early german tanks were equopiped with! That is some serious firepower!

[@Chokah]

With EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS.

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

@@Chokah LITERALLY A BOLTER, Except if they were the Lamenters (Rip, those guys needed love)

[@peterwall8191]

Congratulations ! You managed to bring tears to my eyes. My sight misted for about 2 whole seconds! You do not understand your achievement. Perhaps it is for the best. I don't think meeting me would be to your benefit. Besides, the bears might get jealous. They're getting possessive of late. Of all the things dreamt or undreamt by humanity or its gods, a possessive polar bear was not among them. of that i am certain of.

[@nocount7517]

Well, that was certainly the most self-important thing I've read all day.

[@jonmosin8820]

Stories like this are one of the few things that get me to cry. I want this to be a movie. If something like this isn't made I will make it if I have to.

[@harmsc12]

By the way, I've only ever heard Tamales pronounced "tah, mah, lees". I'm guessing there's not as much Mexican food over there in the U.K., so a mispronunciation like that isn't too surprising.

[@IONATVS]

yup. The spanish pronunciation is more like tah-MALL-ays, and I’ll hear that pronunciation about half the time living in the Southwest US, but whether you use that pronunciation or the anglicized tuh-MALL-eez, that “e” at the end shouldn’t be silent. Totally an understandable mistake if unfamiliar with the word tho.

[@nathanielbob1669]

@@IONATVS I feel as though he ment to do it as in this story the character he is playing is a robot and robots understand facts, logic and reason but not feeling, tone nor emotion so...

[@IONATVS]

@@nathanielbob1669 You’d expect a robot to have dictionary-perfect pronunciation of any word in its banks (my american english dictionary lists it with the anglicized “tuh-MAH-lee”/“tuh-MAH-leez”), and figure out others based on some simple algorithm, some of which would result in “tuh-mall” or “tuh-mallz”, but others, based on context or mimickry, would likely base it on the old lady who gave it to him’s pronunciation or a quick search or a larger connected dictionary. I find it far more likely that the narrator simply is unfamiliar with the word, as it is a word originating in the New World (The Aztec language of Nahuatl -> Mexican Spanish -> American English) and not commonly used outside of North and Central America.

[@EnraEnerato]

I do not even know what they are, would anyone be willing to give me a short discription of what they are?

[@krel7160]

@@EnraEnerato "a Mexican dish of seasoned meat wrapped in cornmeal dough and steamed or baked in corn husks" Basically, it's meat mixed with ground up cornmeal rolled into the husks of corn to help them "keep". Some versions use alternatives to the husks that are edible, but traditionally they're wrapped in the husks to "keep", and you peel the husks away when preparing it on the plate.

[@murmasa-dq1op]

Why ya gotta make us cry during the day

[@bluedragon5676]

This would be a good universe story of humans turning on the big war machines once more but this time to send them to kill the aliens upon their own worlds.

[@ProjectNetoku]

"I wait for her orders ... her orders do not come" *crying cat meme* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@WiredTurkey316]

Story has no business being this good. Well done

[@ghosty5478]

Ok I NEED an a animation of this, NEED it.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

Yes! This should be an animated short.

[@ghosty5478]

By the animator of the astartes series I can see it now

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

LEVX: "Prime Directive: Be Excellent to One Another"

[@CephusSmith]

Better to be a warrior in a peaceful garden than a gardener in a warzone. (Paraphrasing from Sun Tzu)

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

I love the idea that pretty much any public robot has a unofficall protocal to boop someone's nose i guess also by far my favorite ai story by far is the one where xenos learn humanity never had a ai uprising entirely because they did not stop ever questioning if they were alone based on everything so far I'd say this is one where a single unit more or less threw off a entire front

[@russellperry9902]

We live our humans, they are organic and therefore fragile and must be protected

[@Darkinu2]

I can't believe I haven't listened to this one sooner. This is great

[@katking9574]

using that Iron Giant quote was CHEATING, i am crying and i am owed recompense!

[@KevinSproul]

He obeyed the 3 laws, without even knowing that he was subject to law 1.

[@TheGosgosh]

„Parry this, you filthy casuals!“ *overloads own reactor*

[@3PercentNeanderthal]

Good story….Im glad he had a backup file.

[@MitsukisWife]

« Until we are face to face plate »😭😭😭

[@stephenaustin142]

This story always makes me cry

[@thewilliam.]

Daddy NN is precious in his mispronunciation of "tamale" (Ta-ma-leh where the "t" is a very soft "d")

[@makko1266]

somewhere in a mansion at the background of these scenes, some eccentric isolationist inventor that programmed the LEV units is shedding a tear

[@Iluvantir]

Humans are unstoppable when enraged. Humans permit most anything from our young ones. Humans are gentle and thankful for our Elderly still with us... Anyone surprised that our Guardian AI Androids built to defend when even we cannot... show the same levels of love and self-sacrifice? Even when they don't have the emotions that we'd normally associate with those? I'm not. I like Guardian. He's so cool.

[@garystewart2355]

I feel like such a pussy I’m almost 40 and this story made me cry I really love these things

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

If it makes you feel any better, this isn't the saddest story in the Guardian series! :D

[@SiegeTF]

Johnny 5 is alive. And he is *pissed.*

[@danzydan2479]

Upgraded somewhat! LoL.

[@Kareszkoma]

This was amazing! Thank you for making the video. Was very touching.

[@Pink_Invader]

Man your reading made me experience many emotions, I even felt a little bit anxious when he charged into the xenon. That was an amazing story and a even better narration. Thank you for your narration and may the author continue with their good work.

[@Pink_Invader]

I'm back here listening yo this masterpiece, crying my eyes out at work

[@anthonymcclure1166]

Dang... that brought a tear to my eye... Well done author and narrator.

[@jasonlu9613]

A robot security guard on a train is one thing, but a robot aecurity guard with a 20 mm cannon? Lmao

[@theDemolisher13]

don't say never just say you'll do your damnedest to not lose another passager.

[@meanderthelost6029]

I real gem this one. Thank you for bringing it to me netnarrator

[@mattbrown5511]

When the value of human life over-rides their core programming, the war machines guarded.

[@Thebobkiller1]

Robots and AI. We build them and name them in our image. Not so they may be like us. But to hope that they will be better than us. Just like any parent would hope.

[@noahbawdy3395]

A very well told story. Thanks :)

[@Dswank]

Reminds me of the Dinochrome Brigade and the Bolo stories.

[@archeyassassin]

This a great story I hope to see more like this one!

[@tekhara]

Be very careful of what you wish for - the lesson learned by Officer Jess. There are situations when defying the orders is the correct path - lesson learned by the Guardians. Do not F.. with humans. And their Guardians - lesson learned by invading force.

[@Reazerable]

Love this story.

[@wesdavis8018]

Thanks!

[@johncastille8849]

Seems like he was rebuilt and given medals after the fight. I like that idea. We never get stories of AI and Robots that actually love humanity and do things like this. Oh you went against your programming but that ended up saving a lot of lives? Lets reward that and continue to treat you as an equal instead of destroying you because you can fight your programming. Reminds me a little of the Halo universe before Halo 5. AI are near sentient but only live 7 years.. But they dont hate us. They question their existence yes but because of AI and Spartan integration humanity had a lot of victories against the covenant. I love the idea of giving your ship up to allow your AI to do all the calculations and battles while people keep it all running and making sure the ship doesnt explode internally.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

This actually made me cry wow.

[@ouberfox5898]

i absolutely love this one ai stories are always so heart wrenching

[@robertbemis9800]

Lexs are to human to be human

[@azmitzy]

This is so adorable I love it

[@sequiturtenebris6082]

I’m not crying you’re crying 😭

[@marakevans3984]

Uh... vote for recognition of sentients and freedoms afforded?

[@ericlondon2663]

Great story.

[@00Athus1]

Aliens: attack* Robot: I'll be your beep boop..... Also a 20mm for a guard bot holy shit, that's like Paul Blart mall cop but he had a m2 Bradley instead of a segway....fucking hell the pigeons on that planet must need anxiety med laced bird seed....

[@zupaschnitzel3300]

Still a phenomenal Story! :)

[@angrycrusader3926]

Levvie: *SUPERMAN!*

[@zredband]

Great story, kudos to the author!

[@jcorey333]

I like the intense music in this one. Overall it was a good story

[@NBarkingTurtle]

why you got to Hit me in the Heart like that?

[@danieltoft4658]

bloody hell this brougt tears to my eys.

[@braydonjones1811]

Damn. That hit me really hard...

[@TheLooterArmy]

This is one of my favorites now.

[@danielhuffman3864]

Loved this store

[@marcanthony8475]

I don't usually like ai stories but this one.. I liked.

[@HarrisJames85]

I really liked this story

[@Swirl_of_StarFire]

This was such a good story

[@ninvathesecond9839]

BT-7274? Is that you?

[@brianlips8346]

Thanks for the story 🙂☺️🐱

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

And that's what happens if anger Bastion.

[@heavenvaillancourt6159]

protocol 3 : protect the pilot

[@aronnemcsik]

Damn onion ninjas!!!!!

[@tehs3raph1m]

ta-mar-leys "tamales" lol

[@ledspartan831]

This gives me BT (Titan fall 2) levels of sentience and emotion.

[@tomhchappell]

This was good!

[@corranhuss]

Fantastic story

[@atomicskull6405]

The E in tamale isn't silent btw.

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

That was good. That was really good.

[@SergeyWaytov]

Wow, thats really Good and Cool Story!

[@johncunningham4820]

That gave me a Lump in the Throat . Excellent story .

[@ZM1306]

Xenos better be carful... Incase the battle bots decide their existance is a threat to their humans.

[@arnessmr5699]

That was an awesome story.

[@gachashadowwolf3038]

Now thats what you call a guardian

[@davidblakley6806]

head connon this bot sounds like a prequal battle droid