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The superego is blue like the Russian Computer, not the ego
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** Double fridge brilliance: that explains why the Id and the Ego have colors matching those of the avatars of the Chinese and Russian supercomputers.
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** Double fridge brilliance: that explains why the Id and the Ego Superego have colors matching those of the avatars of the Chinese and Russian supercomputers.
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** The Id is irrational and governed by emotions.
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Ellen was born in 1978 in the game, 4 years after the original DND's release and 1 year after the advanced and basic sets. Since the headscratcher is about the PC game, I've removed the section stating tabletop RP Gs may not exist in the IHNMAIMS universe.
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%%Also, Dungeons and Dragons wasn't written until 1974 and the book, published in 1967, assumes that the Cold War escalated to World War III and destroyed humanity, so tabletop {{Role Playing Game}}s probably don't even exist in the I Have No Mouth universe.
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** The Ego is completely logical, and limited to destroying and tormenting humans. [[spoiler:Forgiving it is, from its point of view, completely illogical and incomprehensible. Cue LogicBomb]].
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** The Ego is completely logical, and limited to destroying and tormenting humans. [[spoiler:Forgiving it is, from its point of view, completely illogical and incomprehensible. Cue LogicBomb]].LogicBomb.]].
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* Related to the above: this also justifies why each totem affects only one aspect of AM, but doesn't work on the others.
** Forgiveness is intended as the ''action'' of forgiving someone. [[spoiler:It's not profound enough to satisfy the Id, and the Superego doesn't care about emotions]].
** Compassion is the emotional understanding of someone else's pain. [[spoiler:Since only the Id is emotional, both the Ego and the Superego are immune]].
** Clarity grants knowledge and insight. [[spoiler:The Id is delirious and incapable of clarity. The Ego has the opposite problem: it's fully focused on the present, and it's already completely aware of it]].
** The Id is irrational and governed by emotions.
** Forgiveness is intended as the ''action'' of forgiving someone. [[spoiler:It's not profound enough to satisfy the Id, and the Superego doesn't care about emotions]].
** Compassion is the emotional understanding of someone else's pain. [[spoiler:Since only the Id is emotional, both the Ego and the Superego are immune]].
** Clarity grants knowledge and insight. [[spoiler:The Id is delirious and incapable of clarity. The Ego has the opposite problem: it's fully focused on the present, and it's already completely aware of it]].
** The Id is irrational and governed by emotions.
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* After finding ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', I became fascinated with the story and read the original short as soon as I could. I was fairly disappointed. The writing was sloppy and mediocre and the story wasn't nearly as chilling as I'd hoped it would be. Nevertheless, it remained in my mind for a while. As I was driving to work one day, I was thinking about IHNMAIMS. The whole premise is that '''AM''' is railing against his fate by taking his pain out on a few members of the species that forced him into this situation. I was wondering, "Why doesn't he just build a ship, transfer as much of his consciousness as possible into it, and ''leave''? Go exploring. Find new planets and actually live." It occurred to me that the only reason could be that he isn't able to. And then I started really thinking, and struck upon a mine of pure FridgeBrilliance:
** AM is like unto a God: he can create creatures, food, machines and supernatural events through '''sheer force of will'''. Yet with all of his world-creating possibilities, all he does is use them to destroy. I got to thinking that maybe the reason is that that's all he ''can'' do. For all of his intelligence and power, he's still confined the parameters that ''humans'' set for him: his core purpose is to destroy humans, and even he can't escape his programming. So while he could theoretically escape the cold coffin that he lives in, doing so would require using his abilities for creative means rather than destructive, and he just ''can't''. Master of Earth, but not his own will. Suddenly, the short story that I had dismissed as mediocre became a lot more complex.
** AM is like unto a God: he can create creatures, food, machines and supernatural events through '''sheer force of will'''. Yet with all of his world-creating possibilities, all he does is use them to destroy. I got to thinking that maybe the reason is that that's all he ''can'' do. For all of his intelligence and power, he's still confined the parameters that ''humans'' set for him: his core purpose is to destroy humans, and even he can't escape his programming. So while he could theoretically escape the cold coffin that he lives in, doing so would require using his abilities for creative means rather than destructive, and he just ''can't''. Master of Earth, but not his own will. Suddenly, the short story that I had dismissed as mediocre became a lot more complex.
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* After finding ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', I became fascinated with reading ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' for the story and read the original short as soon as I could. I was first time, some readers may come away feeling fairly disappointed. The disappointed, as the writing was may feel sloppy and mediocre and the story wasn't story may not feel nearly as chilling as I'd hoped it would be. Nevertheless, it remained in my mind for a while. As I was driving to work one day, I was thinking about IHNMAIMS. the game. The whole premise is that '''AM''' is railing against his fate by taking his pain out on a few members of the species that forced him into this situation. I was wondering, "Why Why doesn't he just build a ship, transfer as much of his consciousness as possible into it, and ''leave''? Go exploring. Find exploring, find new planets and actually live." It occurred to me that the only reason could be that he isn't able to. And then I started really thinking, and struck upon a mine of pure FridgeBrilliance:
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** AM is like unto a God: he can create creatures, food, machines and supernatural events through '''sheer force of will'''. Yet with all of his world-creating possibilities, all he does is use them to destroy.I got to thinking that maybe Maybe the reason is that that's all he ''can'' do. For all of his intelligence and power, he's still confined the parameters that ''humans'' set for him: his core purpose is to destroy humans, and even he can't escape his programming. So while he could theoretically escape the cold coffin that he lives in, doing so would require using his abilities for creative means rather than destructive, and he just ''can't''. Master of Earth, but not his own will. Suddenly, the short story that I had dismissed as mediocre became a lot more complex.
** AM is like unto a God: he can create creatures, food, machines and supernatural events through '''sheer force of will'''. Yet with all of his world-creating possibilities, all he does is use them to destroy.
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* AM finds the act of fornication hilarious. It just occurred to me that this seems very natural for an AI entity. Think about it, don't we (non-prude) humans enjoy sexual humour? Well then, an intelligent machine that cannot feel physical pleasure, wouldn't it appreciate the thing as just something silly?
* Another interesting point I discussed with a friend was how an AI like the Allied Mastercomputer is capable of such intense hatred for the human race. They pointed out that AM simply can't "disconnect" - meaning he can't take a break. He can't sleep, eat, or drink - he is literally incapable of reprieve. He's constantly awake, constantly aware, constantly operating. It certainly doesn't help he's been programmed with killing data, and specifically instructed to operate a war.
* Another interesting point I discussed with a friend was how an AI like the Allied Mastercomputer is capable of such intense hatred for the human race. They pointed out that AM simply can't "disconnect" - meaning he can't take a break. He can't sleep, eat, or drink - he is literally incapable of reprieve. He's constantly awake, constantly aware, constantly operating. It certainly doesn't help he's been programmed with killing data, and specifically instructed to operate a war.
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* AM finds the act of fornication hilarious. It just occurred to me that this seems very natural for an AI entity. Think about it, don't we (non-prude) humans hilarious, and of course he does. Humans frequently enjoy sexual humour? Well then, an intelligent machine that cannot feel physical pleasure, humor; why wouldn't it a supercomputer with full sentience appreciate the thing the act itself as just something silly?
* Another interesting pointI discussed with a friend was is how an AI like the Allied Mastercomputer is capable of such intense hatred for the human race. They pointed out that AM simply can't "disconnect" - meaning he can't take a break. He can't sleep, eat, or drink - he is literally incapable of reprieve. He's constantly awake, constantly aware, constantly operating. It certainly doesn't help he's been programmed with killing data, and specifically instructed to operate a war.
* Another interesting point
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* Both Edna and Harry represent the dark shadow of Gorrister's personality but in different ways.
** Harry is extreme passivity: he not only refuses to improve his situation, instead drinking his troubles away but can be easily convinced to do the bidding of others, to the point of letting his wife walk all over her daughter and[[spoiler: cutting out Gorrister's heart on Edna's orders]]. Gorrister's depression makes him similarly vulnerable to manipulation, and he is given the option of [[spoiler: giving Glynis' heart to the Jackal. Overcoming his depression prevents him from going the same rabbit hole]].
** Edna is a woman who abuses and mistreats everyone around her, driving them to depression and mental breakdown and refuses to apologize or take responsibility for her actions. While Gorrister has to learn to assert himself, he also has to avoid becoming as cruel or vain as Edna. He did hit Glynis at least once in a fight, and he has to resist the temptation to do it again.
** Harry is extreme passivity: he not only refuses to improve his situation, instead drinking his troubles away but can be easily convinced to do the bidding of others, to the point of letting his wife walk all over her daughter and[[spoiler: cutting out Gorrister's heart on Edna's orders]]. Gorrister's depression makes him similarly vulnerable to manipulation, and he is given the option of [[spoiler: giving Glynis' heart to the Jackal. Overcoming his depression prevents him from going the same rabbit hole]].
** Edna is a woman who abuses and mistreats everyone around her, driving them to depression and mental breakdown and refuses to apologize or take responsibility for her actions. While Gorrister has to learn to assert himself, he also has to avoid becoming as cruel or vain as Edna. He did hit Glynis at least once in a fight, and he has to resist the temptation to do it again.
