Emmy

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Emmy is the titular protagonist of the webcomic Emmy the Robot, created by Dominic Cellini. A contestant with a cult following and turbulent history in Ms. /co/, Emmy first appeared in the 2020 main bracket as seed #5, but was eliminated in the second round. She will be eligible in the 2021 edition.


Description

Emmy is a "nandroid" (a portmanteau of nanny and android/gynoid), a high-end line of robotic maidservants developed by the company Sterling Robotics to provide care for human families. Described as naively innocent, Emmy initially undergoes training at the Sterling facility before being shipped off to an affluent suburb named Hawthorn Grove, where she now serves as a caretaker for the Delaire family. The comic series has garnered positive reception for its art and wholesome tone.

Emmy first appeared in a character sheet posted by Dominic on Twitter in July 20, 2019.[1] One day later, the artist posted the series' first official chapter.[2] The webcomics were also posted in Dominic's Instagram account.[3] All entries related to the story were re-uploaded to Webtoons starting on April 5, 2020, with a "cleaner" image as opposed to earlier releases having a "grainy" effect to them. Since then the comics has had a weekly schedule, until it was switched to a bi-weekly release on June 26, 2020.

The earliest mention of Emmy as the nandroid in 4chan's /co/ board appears to be in a thread about "Cute robots" dated August 25, 2020, and is possibly also the first instance of her being used as the OP image.[4] The appealing concept of nandroids made lasting impressions on /co/mrades, and the series quickly developed a dedicated fanbase that is largely responsible for creating plenty of Nandroid-related greentexts and drawings, with several OC's (named "fandroids") becoming well-known amongst the community. Thus, a dedicated booru site was created to house all of these fanart.

Outside of /co/, Emmy's popularity began to rise in the /pol/itically incorrect board from early 2020 onwards. She emerged as a popular subject on the board's frequent sexbot and robowaifu threads because of her attractive appearance and subservient, loyal nature. This fits the board's "replacing femoids" narrative, which basically states that robot girls should replace female humans as ideal partners/spouses.



Tournament history

Emmy's history in the Ms. /co/ tournaments began as a FOTM girl during the 2019 edition, where her eligibility was questioned by several users because of a relative lack of official Emmy-related material at that time. The contest's OP ultimately decided to allow her in, using "Dominic Cellini art" as the source name because her series didn't have an official title yet. Emmy managed to amass 50 votes in the qualifiers but it wasn't enough for her to advance to the main bracket.


The 2020 Fiasco

A mock Wikipedia-styled War infobox summarizing the "Battle of Round 1". OC by Anonymous

Now with a proper serialized webcomic at her side, Emmy returned in the 2020 contest with high hopes of qualifying. However, she was targeted throughout the whole tournament by a noted troll (presumed to be "that massive faggot"[5][6][7]) who has a history of shitting up past nandroid threads. During the nomination round, the troll used the name "REMOVE /POL/ PROPAGANDA CHARACTERS", attempting to damage her reputation by posting many inflammatory comments intended to bait replies, pretending to be other anons (samefagging), and associating Emmy with "Nazis", "incels", and "brigades from /pol/". Maybe Tommorow protagonist Skyla was also similarly targeted with the same objective. While Skyla failed to qualify for the main bracket, Emmy's result was far more successful, having secured an unexpectedly high 5th seed. This was enough to satisfy some Emmyfags, who didn't expect her to do well in the first place.

Emmy's debut match pitted her against Xiaolin Showdown's Wuya, which brought a sizable amount of banter, greentexts, and fanart for both contestants. Unfortunately, the robot got embroiled in an even bigger controversy later in the first round: an anonymous user known as "Basilanon" (named for its Detective Basil avatar) discovered that Random Cartoon, a Spanish-language Facebook page known for putting their watermarks on other people's drawings, had posted links to the Ms. /co/ threads. The posts gave instructions on how to vote in the contest and encouraged users them to vote for Emmy (and to a lesser extent Miko).[8][9] The page was later revealed to have been posting links to the 2019 final campaigning for Spinel votes, which reignited disputes questioning the legitimacy of the gem's title.[10]


File:Basilanon discovers fb page.png
Basilanon's post giving the link to the Facebook page responsible for brigading the contest.

Since outside brigading is very much frowned upon in online popularity contests, Basilanon's revelation caused an uproar in the Ms. /co/ threads, causing users to call for Emmy's disqualification or even restarting the entire round. However, the host stats anon decided to let the voting run its course, which ended with Emmy securing her first win by 126 votes, putting her in a second-round bout against Marvel's Gwenpool.

Although Random Cartoon posted a statement saying they will no longer link to the contest again,[11] the one-two punch of fusefag spamming and Facebook brigading already dealt severe blows to the robot's campaign, causing Emmyfags to express disappointment and regret over the whole debacle. Many desired to have Emmy be voted out as soon as possible in order to preserve whatever dignity she has left. The fans also didn't want another Spinel-like situation where going further meant that backlash against Emmy will grow bigger --- which for a small fanbase is a death sentence --- because it can potentially destroy any chance of future Emmy-related discussion and fanart on the board.

At the end of round 2, despite the troll's "best" efforts by spamming asterisks, Emmy's sufferings were finally laid to rest as she is mercy killed out of the tournament by Gwenpool. This is one of the few instances in Ms. /co/ history where a girl losing this early is considered a victory for her fans.

TL;DR: Emmy and her fans did nothing wrong; fusefag* initiated a one-man smear campaign against her, and the Peruvian FB page happened to make things worse for the contest. Emmyfags didn't want their nandroid to be associated with cheating; they just want her to come home early, get out of this mess, and hopefully have their own weekly threads in peace.


Results

2020 - seed 5
Round Opponent Series Votes Pct. For
Round 1 (124) Wuya Xiaolin Showdown 478 - 352 57.6%
Round 2 (69) Gwenpool Marvel 385 - 448 46.2%


Lore

The Emmy fanbase is known for having a sizable number of writefags and drawfags, so it's no surprise that she gets many fanarts in the Ms. /co/ntests. The Random Cartoon incident became one of 2020's most infamous highlights, with Emmy becoming heavily associated with Peru, the country from which the Facebook page is thought to originate from. The event was largely interpreted with events such as the robot being banished to the South American country, or as an (implied) gang-rape scene done by poncho-wearing immigrants.


Gallery

Selected images only. For a more comprehensive list, check out the Ms. /co/ booru. (NSFW link)
All images are created by Anonymous unless stated otherwise.


Quotes

Greentexts


Other
"Emmys design is fucking awful. It looks like hazbin hotel if it was bathed in buzzfeed water. "



External links


References

  1. ↑ Emmy character sheet. Twitter link, Archive.today link
  2. ↑ Android Etiquette Rule 15. Twitter link, Archive.today link
  3. ↑ dommcell's official Instagram account (REQUIRES SIGN IN)
  4. ↑ /co/ thread w/ (possibly) the earliest mention of "Emmy" and earliest instance of Emmy as OP pic
  5. ↑ Fusefag Advisory
  6. ↑ An example of Fusefag's true nature
  7. ↑ He keeps pushing his tourney that no one likes
  8. ↑ https://archive.vn/gCJOJ#selection-12001.1-912.3
  9. ↑ Screenshot of Random Cartoon reposting Anon's Miko post verbatim
  10. ↑ Screenshot of Random Cartoon posting 2019 Ms. /co/ final
  11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/randomcartoon2/posts/350758002935458 "We've been scolded; we're not posting it again"
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