Line #5 Headscratchers/Ayreon


1	* If the "time telepathy" technology used in the Final Experiment was originally developed by the Forevers, why didn't they just use it on ''themselves'' to warn themselves against losing their emotions in the first place?
2	** Maybe they did, but the people who they contacted didn't listen or weren't able to stop it.
3	** If you listen back to the first song, this seems to be exactly what happened.
4	** Yeah, in the "Age of Shadows", a Forever mentions that they "We never heeded the warning/Buried deep within us all." It's the same thing as humanity trying to warn themselves about the dark future in "E=MC2". They might have managed to send the message back, but no one took it seriously.
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7	* The Universal Migrator tells Ayreon that "our souls can never die." What about the billions of others who just perished in the war? Was there something special about Ayreon?
8	** In 2084, it seems like another soul from humankind at large leaves for Mars. I presume that ALL of their souls end up this way; Ayreon's does as well in Carried By The Wind. Since the Colonist ends up as the Migrator... "Our" likely includes the souls of every other human ever, since every soul we've seen has headed for Mars, to him.
9	* If the Futureman in ''Into the Electric Castle'' is really the Last Colonist (per {{Main/Word Of God}}), why does he describe a functioning interplanetary society? And why is the future shown to him one of humanity losing its emotions, when humanity is already gone?
10	** This troper always assumed that the really bad stuff that killed everyone happened after the events of ''Into the Electric Castle''. And maybe the Forever in control of the Electric Castle was just trying to psyche him out.
11	*** I assume that what he sees is the ''Forevers'' losing their emotions and becoming cold machines; Humans were made from the Forevers, and so they probably did this thinking that they would actually end up this way.
12	* one thing that i don't understand about the end of the human equation is:[[spoiler: were me, wife and best frind created as part of the dream sequecer program or did the program played is me's head?]]
13	** This troper is certain that the [[spoiler: whole story of The Human Equation album is just a dream, it never really happened. The dream is done, Dream Sequencer offline. That's how it seems to be for this troper.]]
14	** [[spoiler: The Dream Sequencer does not create dreams out of nowhere: rather, it allows the "dreamer" to see things through the eyes of others. Hence, Me and others certainly did exist, and the Forever used the Sequencer to observe them.]]
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16	* If the Forevers had the time telepathy technology, why didn't they use it on ''themselves?'' And if Merlin saw that Ayreon's prophecies were true, why didn't ''he'' warn everyone?
17	** Also, the Forevers claim to be unable to feel emotions, yet they ''want'' to feel them again. Isn't desire an emotion in itself? "Forever" Of The Stars himself sounds VERY emotional at times (usually happy/enthusiastic, though in a sadistic way) though he might just be very good at faking it. It might also be that [[spoiler:''Into The Electric Castle'' takes place AFTER ''The Human Equation'', which is when "Forever" Of The Stars regained his ability to feel emotions.]] Considering that [[spoiler:"Forever" Of The Stars ''dies'' at the end of ''Into The Electric Castle'']] this might actually be plausible.
18	*** I always assumed that it was some kind of a mask over his real voice, hence why it goes totally emotionless when the charade goes away in Forever of the Stars
19	*** For another example, look at 01011001. The Forevers talk about having no emotions, but look at the emotions they do express. Melancholy. Sadness. Disappointment. Hope. Maybe even a little anger. The Forevers aren't emotionless, they're just depressed.
20	*** Well, completely emotionless music would be pretty boring to listen to.
21	*** Maybe they yearn for human-like emotions. Since they departure from Alpha they mutated in another race, with some form of a hive mind. When they create the humans, they make us like they were in Alpha. So they feel some emotions, buy they are incomplete.
22	** I think Merlin did, but since he's regarded as a myth by modern society, his warning ended up "Just a line in some ancient lore."
23	*** Actually, Merlin promises that the message will be once again heard at the end of the 20th century. The Final Experiment (the album) was released in 1995. Still not making sense? The very last line on the CD says, [[spoiler: "The outcome of the Final Experiment has now been placed in your hands."]] Talk about [[spoiler: {{Breaking The Fourth Wall}}.]]

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