History Headscratchers / GeneratorRex

* A meta-question: is the Hunter's name spelled with a K or a C? -ane or -ain?

** He's in love. He's trying his darndest to convince himself otherwise, and trying his best to hate her as he knows he should... but his true feelings keep getting in the way of rational thought. Just as ChessMaster Van Kleiss intended.

* The new episode "What Lies Beneath" in which Rex has to deal with the concept of helping Circe. This trooper liked the episode, except for the fact that Rex pulls a complete emotional 180 from rightfully hating her to liking her again. And then at the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Circe tries to help Van Kleiss reach safety. While she justifies this, Rex immediately offers for her to join his side when she just HELPED THE BIG BAD. I know Rex is rash and impulsive, but can't he hate someone who should be rightfully hated?]]

* The new episode "What Lies Beneath" in which Rex has to deal with the concept of helping Circe. This trooper liked the episode, except for the fact that Rex pulls a complete emotional 180 from rightfully hating her to liking her again. And then at the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Circe tries to help Van Kleiss reach safety. While she justifies this, Rex immediately offers for her to join his side when she just HELPED THE BIG BAD. I know Rex is rash and impulsive, but can't he hate someone who should be rightfully hated?]]

** The batch that saved Rex (it was an EmergencyTransformation per Rylander's account) obviously had unintended side effects (growing giant hands, feet, etc.). The new batch, had it not been released early, was likely intended to have no side effects, just cellular repair.

* So, I was thinking. Rex's nanites are from an earlier, more stable batch, right? Well, if they were more stable, why the hell were the scientists screwing with them? Shouldn't Rex's better nanites have come from a more advanced source than the one that screwed everything up?

** Pretty much all his weapons appear to have similar mass, so if he could manifest more than one at a time, they'd likely be smaller, and weaker than they would be at full size. Although, if he were to try his fists, legs, and Boogie Pack body all at once, it'd probably look like a suit of PoweredArmor.

** If he can, he never has, and seeing as how it might be helpful to do so, he probably can't.

** Probably depends on the body part the device comes from and how much concentration it needs. He probably can't use too much with the hover-jetpack thinggy or he'll be unable to concentrate on staying aloft, in all likelihood, and he obviously can't turn his hands into a sword if they're giant metal fists. (There's also obviously the weight problem with trying to manifest extra gadgets while trying to fly).

** Probably depends on the body part the device comes from and how much concentration it needs. He probably can't use too much with the hover-jetpack thinggy or he'll be unable to concentrate on staying aloft, in all likelihood, and he obviously can't turn his hands into a sword if they're giant metal fists.

* Can Rex manifest more than one device at once?

** It could be that Rex just kept up appearances with Tuck and the others so they didn't get suspicious. And then lied and told them everything would be okay before selling them out to Quarry. Which is why they didn't believe him when he made the promise when he showed up in Rabble.

** We don't know enough about how Rex's blackouts/memory loss works to tell for sure, but if his personality completely resets each time, then it's enirely possible Past!Rex was [[AffablyEvil Affably]] NeutralEvil, even though the current version is a reckless but basically goodhearted hero.
* It could be that Rex just kept up appearance with Tuck and the others so they didn't get suspicious. And then lied and told them everything would be okay before selling them out to Quarry. Which is why they didn't believe him when he made the promise when he showed up in Rabble.

** We don't know enough about how Rex's blackouts/memory loss works to tell for sure, but if his personality completely resets each time, then it's enirely possible Past!Rex was [[AffablyEvil Affably]] NeutralEvil, even though the current version is a reckless but basically goodhearted hero.

** The problem is that since we never saw past Rex, we can only speculate how he would behave. And since Rex destroyed the journal, we likely never will.

* The part in ''Rabble'' where it's revealed that Rex sold out his (then) friends for a bunch of money and a ticket out of Hong Kong seems a bit like CharacterDerailment to ThisTroper. I mean, I could see it if [[AmnesiacDissonance Rex before his memory loss was a slippery and self-serving character]], but according to his old friends when he meets them, Rex was still the same [[DeTerminator never-give-up]], HonorBeforeReason ChaoticGood hothead before his last memory loss. He even makes the exact [[IGaveMyWord promise]] [[FriendshipMoment to them]] [[AFriendInNeed that he made last time.]] Selling them out for cash seems so...I don't know, NeutralEvil of him. ThisTroper's money is on the idea that Quarry [[WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture faked the tape of Rex saying that]], because it seems so out of character, he was the only person in the entire episode who knew what occured between them (that we saw) and Rex certainly deny anything he said, he's quite [[TheChessmaster the]] [[SmugSnake schemer]], and he has an entire library of voice clips from Rex's entire life to work with.

* The part in ''Rabble'' where it's revealed that Rex sold out his (then) friends for a bunch of money and a ticket out of Hong Kong seems a bit like CharacterDisplacement to ThisTroper. I mean, I could see it if [[AmnesiacDissonance Rex before his memory loss was a slippery and self-serving character]], but according to his old friends when he meets them, Rex was still the same [[DeTerminator never-give-up]], HonorBeforeReason ChaoticGood hothead before his last memory loss. He even makes the exact [[IGaveMyWord promise]] [[FriendshipMoment to them]] [[AFriendInNeed that he made last time.]] Selling them out for cash seems so...I don't know, NeutralEvil of him. ThisTroper's money is on the idea that Quarry [[WeWillNotHavePhotoshopInTheFuture faked the tape of Rex saying that]], because it seems so out of character, he was the only person in the entire episode who knew what occured between them (that we saw) and Rex certainly deny anything he said, he's quite [[TheChessmaster the]] [[SmugSnake schemer]], and he has an entire library of voice clips from Rex's entire life to work with.

** or, if you're a [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls teenage girl]], Van Kleiss is a particularly horrifying variety of {{tsundere}}.

** Van Kleiss is smart enough to make a plan that doesn't hinge on a single outcome. If Rex can't be turned, he can be eliminated, and the plan should go on as normal.

** Van Kleiss's plan doesn't hinge on a single outcome. If Rex can't be turned, he can be eliminated, and the plan goes on as normal.

* ''Why'' does Van Kleiss keep trying to kill Rex? I mean ''seriously.'' Every time they're on screen together, Van Kleiss will tell Rex how "important" he is and how "special" and try to get him to join the Pack. And then about 10-20 seconds later, he'll change his mind and try to kill the boy.

***** But he usually can't keep repairing the damage.