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WCDT 3056-3060 (5-9 Oct 2015)

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Timemaster:
Wow, that was unexpected. And am I the only one who finds this very disturbing? I canīt remember any occasion in QC when someone was threaded directly with severe bodily harm like Faye here. This is something Jeph has never done before. When Faye herself punched the people and even when they were afraid of her, there was always a humorous subtext (even with Deathbot 9000 and the Vespabot). But not here. This is serious and dangerous.

This scene reminded me of Alice Grove, when Alice almost killed Ardent. The pictures flashing in Alices mind were highly disturbing. I think there are a lot of parallels between her and Bubbles. Both have a violent past which affects their actions in the present.

I canīt help feeling that Jeph is slowly taking QC to an new level of storytelling. The stories are getting more serious and the humor serves as a vessel to transport content that is far more sophisticated and ambitious than it used to be. It started when Faye started drinking heavily and lost Angus and her job. Actions have consequences. And Jeph is digging deeper to get them out in the light than he used to do.
This may change the tone of QC, but also makes it even more interesting than it already is. And I like it.

Iīm very curious how this stuation will devellop next week. Damn, why does the weekend have to be so long?

TM

Scarblac:
Maybe Faye also has something to learn here -- that if you take a job at an illegal underground robot fighting ring, you do not immediately invite the non-social ex-army robot colleague over to party with your friends.

I mean, if this had worked out it would have been wildly unrealistic, wouldn't it?

improvnerd:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 08 Oct 2015, 22:59 ---I, for one, can't help but wonder at who and what Bubbles may be really angry. I suspect that we're going to find out next week in some... disturbing detail.

--- End quote ---

We already know she saw her entire platoon wiped out. Do we need details?

hedgie:
Not really.  Even assuming that an AI could simply "rm -rf ~/$TRAUMA"[1], I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't.  Even if she deleted the files, I'm sure that the changes to her psychological makeup would still remain, she just wouldn't remember.  A gap in memory like that and some vague fucked-up feelings would probably drive anyone more batty than even PTSD.  Also she would also likely feel that she was just throwing away her deceased comrades, their bonds, and everything that went along with her experience.  I couldn't see her doing that, even if she was semi-catatonic.

[1] Unix command for removing, recursively, and forcing the system to do it from anything matching the variable TRAUMA

Akima:

--- Quote from: sitnspin on 08 Oct 2015, 19:44 ---Respecting someone's desire to leave is important.
--- End quote ---
This. I'm not quite sure what Faye was playing at here.

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