Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3401-3405 (23rd to 27th January 2017)
brasca:
I still think that there is a copy somewhere. To put the memories in something that appears to be a monster doesn't strike me as incompetence or really all that malicious, but clever. She probably suspected that Bubbles might get someone to help her recover the memories behind her back. Keep in mind entering Bubbles mind and unlocking the door were all very simple and Station or some of Hannelore's associates could do the same, but almost all of them would either run from the monster or delete it like Emily did. Now if Bubbles confronts Corpse Witch she will have revealed that she sought outside help unless deleting the memories already alerted her about this. Of course such a confrontation is bound to be fatal so more than likely Corpse Witch will tell her she has the copies stored safely, but if she goes offline for more than a few seconds it will automatically delete everything. What happens next is a matter of getting the file from her, but there's also the possibility Corpse Witch will be gone when they arrive if she detects Creepy Bot. She's probably more scared of who they represent than Bubbles so there might one day be hope of finding her and the memories, but in the meantime Bubbles and Faye can takeover her operation.
A small perverse otter:
Does this put Bubbles in a "nothing to lose" situation? If so, does it endanger CW?
I mean, at the point, CW can not harm Bubbles again. B's been working without those memories for years, so she knows she doesn't need them. Well, now she doesn't have them; the worst has happened. What hold does CW have on B now? None. What hold does B have on CW? An infinite one: CW performed an illegal surgery and then extorted the victim.
I want to see what happens to Agent CreepyPasta, but I also wonder what this does to the overall story line.
swapna:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Jan 2017, 23:30 ---One possible option is that the memories are now 'off site' somewhere as additional insurance. I'm really seriously hoping that isn't the case because I'll have to massively re-think my idea of how AIs work in Questionable Content. Once again FWIW, They don't seem to think that this is possible or they'd suggest it.
I guess that I don't like this outcome. It's feels too much of a cop-out. We'll see where Jeph takes it.
--- Quote from: swapna on 22 Jan 2017, 21:46 ---I'm having my problems with the whole "Emily can break encryption with a toy gun"-storyline.
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You don't need to de-encrypt a file to delete it. You just don't know with any certainty what you may have just cast into digital oblivion.
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True, but the comic suggested that Emily had to defeat the "monster" before getting to the data. If they expected to find Bubble's memory still there, the in-comic logic says that the monster is the encryption (or a trap), which Creepybot expects to be separated from the data. As I said, not a fan of the whole storyline.
Is it cold in here?:
>Or that encryption is somehow separate from the data?
If so that would make sense technically.
People have locking keyboxes to store physical keys in, and there are ways to use encryption that involve a "key encryption key" that the monster might have represented.
If Emily pshooed a KEK, though, there should be a block of forever incomprehensible stuff in the room.
gprimr1:
You know, I'm going to take a different stand on this.
Bubbles is free. There are thousands upon thousands of people who would probably give everything they own to be able to erase painful memories.
With the memories gone, Bubbles can move forward with her life, free of the pain they caused her and the control they allowed people to place on her. She is truly free now. CW won't fuck with her, she knows too much about what goes on there, she can just ride off into the sunset and begin a new life.
It is like the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch, "To Walk Away, You Have to Leave Something Behind."
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