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They're not the same exact people, of course, but they are entirely accurate recreations who act exactly as their real counterparts would. They presumably also have consciousness and qualia. To an extent they would also have lives outside the psychodrama. Of course, AM doesn't torture them because that's not as satisfying as the real thing.
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They're not the same exact people, of course, but they are entirely accurate recreations who act exactly as their real counterparts would. They presumably also have consciousness and qualia. To an extent they would also have lives outside the psychodrama. Of course, AM doesn't torture them because that's not as satisfying as the real thing. AM would never want, for example, the Mother or Child to show compassion to Benny, or for the soldiers to forgive him, or for Edna to take responsibility for Glynis, ect. Benny's scenario in particular feels like something AM would have made: a tribe dedicated to worshiping and sacrificing people to him.
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Gorrister's name sounds more like a surname, so it seems likely he actually has [[OneSteveLimit the same first name as Ted or Benny]], and AM (and the other characters) call him Gorrister to distinguish him
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Gorrister's name sounds more like a surname, so it seems likely he actually has [[OneSteveLimit the same first name as Ted or Benny]], and AM (and the other characters) call him Gorrister to distinguish himhim
[[WMG: The psychodrama robots are still meaningfully "real"]]
They're not the same exact people, of course, but they are entirely accurate recreations who act exactly as their real counterparts would. They presumably also have consciousness and qualia. To an extent they would also have lives outside the psychodrama. Of course, AM doesn't torture them because that's not as satisfying as the real thing.
[[WMG: The psychodrama robots are still meaningfully "real"]]
They're not the same exact people, of course, but they are entirely accurate recreations who act exactly as their real counterparts would. They presumably also have consciousness and qualia. To an extent they would also have lives outside the psychodrama. Of course, AM doesn't torture them because that's not as satisfying as the real thing.
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** I used to theorize that Nimdok was part of Operation Paperclip too, and even worked on AM personally. But then I remembered he went into hiding in South America like Mengele after WW2, so that's jossed.
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** I used to theorize that Nimdok was part of Operation Paperclip too, and even worked on AM personally. But then I remembered he went into hiding in South America like Mengele after WW2, [=WW2=], so that's jossed.
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**I used to theorize that Nimdok was part of Operation Paperclip too, and even worked on AM personally. But then I remembered he went into hiding in South America like Mengele after WW2, so that's jossed.
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AM tortures the five by taking away what they used to have. Benny was brilliant, and AM made him [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs insane, retarded, and insanely retarded]]. Ellen had (ambiguous) chastity, which she took pride in, and AM forced her into the role of the group's prostitute. Gorrison used to be an altruist, and AM made him the last person to give a crap about anything. We know nothing about Nimdok's past, but if we follow this pattern, the lack of information may be information in itself; he was famous.
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AM tortures the five by taking away what they used to have. Benny was brilliant, and AM made him [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs insane, retarded, and insanely retarded]]. Ellen had (ambiguous) chastity, which she took pride in, and AM forced her into the role of the group's prostitute. Gorrison Gorrister used to be an altruist, and AM made him the last person to give a crap about anything. We know nothing about Nimdok's past, but if we follow this pattern, the lack of information may be information in itself; he was famous.
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Once again, this seems to go against the whole plot, because AM wanted to keep the rest of the gang alive too to torture them. But if you apply this interpretation, did he really? If AM's mindset was "the more humans to torture, the better", wouldn't the human population be in the billions? It's possible that he preserved the other four so Ted would have had something to rise from his mediocrity with; if he was the only human left from the beginning, he never would have been able to change humanity's fate in some way. And following this, the only reason he ''pretends'' to be so enraged at Ted [[MercyKill mercy-killing]] everyone else could be to torture him even further.
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Once again, this seems to go against the whole plot, because AM wanted to keep the rest of the gang alive too to torture them. But if you apply this interpretation, did he really? If AM's mindset was "the more humans to torture, the better", wouldn't the human population be in the billions? It's possible that he preserved the other four so Ted would have had something to rise from his mediocrity with; if he was the only human left from the beginning, he never would have been able to change humanity's fate in some way. And following this, the only reason he ''pretends'' to be so enraged at Ted [[MercyKill mercy-killing]] everyone else could be to torture him even further.further.
[[WMG: Gorrister's first name is either Theodore (Ted) or Benny/Benjamin]]
Gorrister's name sounds more like a surname, so it seems likely he actually has [[OneSteveLimit the same first name as Ted or Benny]], and AM (and the other characters) call him Gorrister to distinguish him
[[WMG: Gorrister's first name is either Theodore (Ted) or Benny/Benjamin]]
Gorrister's name sounds more like a surname, so it seems likely he actually has [[OneSteveLimit the same first name as Ted or Benny]], and AM (and the other characters) call him Gorrister to distinguish him
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Once again, this seems to go against the whole plot, because AM wanted to keep the rest of the gang alive too to torture them. But if you apply this interpretation, did he really? If AM's mindset was "the more humans to torture, the better", wouldn't the human population be in the billions? It's possible that he kept the other four alive just so Ted would have had something to rise from his mediocrity with; if he was the only human left from the beginning, he never would have been able to change humanity's fate in some way. And following this, the only reason he ''pretends'' to be so enraged at Ted [[MercyKill mercy-killing]] everyone else could be to torture him even further.
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Once again, this seems to go against the whole plot, because AM wanted to keep the rest of the gang alive too to torture them. But if you apply this interpretation, did he really? If AM's mindset was "the more humans to torture, the better", wouldn't the human population be in the billions? It's possible that he kept preserved the other four alive just so Ted would have had something to rise from his mediocrity with; if he was the only human left from the beginning, he never would have been able to change humanity's fate in some way. And following this, the only reason he ''pretends'' to be so enraged at Ted [[MercyKill mercy-killing]] everyone else could be to torture him even further.
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AM tortures the five by taking away what they used to have. Benny was brilliant, and AM made him [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs insane, retarded, and insanely retarded]]. Ellen had (ambiguous) chastity, which she took pride in, and AM forced her into the role of the group's prostitute. Gorrison used to be an altruist, and AM made him the last person to give a crap about anything. We know nothing of Nimdok's past, but if we follow this pattern, the lack of information may be information in itself; he was famous
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AM tortures the five by taking away what they used to have. Benny was brilliant, and AM made him [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs insane, retarded, and insanely retarded]]. Ellen had (ambiguous) chastity, which she took pride in, and AM forced her into the role of the group's prostitute. Gorrison used to be an altruist, and AM made him the last person to give a crap about anything. We know nothing of about Nimdok's past, but if we follow this pattern, the lack of information may be information in itself; he was famous
famous.
