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WCDT Strips 3451-3455 (3rd to 7th April 2017)
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 Apr 2017, 08:28 ---You're you, Joe; you're not Bubbles. I genuinely believe that she doesn't want to work there apart from the very occasional 'home visit' and she certainly doesn't want anything that was Corpse Witch's. Can you respect that?
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Hey... you're the one who asked if "I" had had (the things that happened), to "me", would "I" be willing to (etc)...
Don't blame me for answering for myself! 8-)
However... I've already said, twice now, they needn't *work* there...
But, not taking jobs from them? I think that would be taking your hypothetical distress, which we haven't actually seen, a bit too far?
All Bubbles ever said was she would "like to be done with this place" - nothing I have said above negates that.
And I haven't seen her at any point say she "didn't want anything that was Corpse Witch's"...
Quite the reverse, she was happy enough to, as a Freelancer, help rebuild Jeremy with "the tons of robot parts" and the money CW left.
So, as far as "respect" goes... Bubbles is owe no restitution?
Personally, I feel it's more disrespectful to Bubbles to suggest that someone who dealt with the outcome of the Spookybot Incident, in the way she did, was in any way "weak".
Do I understand her not wanting to go back there? Of course I do! (Which is why I suggested they take tenders on.)
Does that mean she should still walk away with nothing? Like hell it does.
(The removal of the Kill Switch is hardly a reward - for reasons that we'd have to go into the massive plot-hole about Spookybot's appearance and Deus Ex Machina qualities)
And, of course, there's still the Faye side of this whole equation... She too has been cast aside with nothing.
Gyped! The pair of them! ;)
A small perverse otter:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 05 Apr 2017, 23:33 ---This has always been a curious part of Pintsize's personality. The only two explanations I've ever had for this are:
* He wants to be considered a vile pervert for some reason;
* He literally doesn't understand what what he does is socially unacceptable.I find the second option less likely because Pintsize himself often expresses his disappointment if his behaviour doesn't create a strong enough reaction. So, yeah, it is entirely possible that lots of AIs are working under a subconscious need to behave in a way considered 'human' to be more socially integrated.
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Actually, we've seen Pintsize have very serious conversations with other AIs, and they're typically very different from those he has with other humans. For instance, there was one time when he was talking to Momo about how his role with Marten had evolved -- until Marten walked and asked what they'd been talking about. Pintsize responded with a totally false and absolutely vile description. Obviously, he was trying to shock and annoy Marten, exactly as we'd have thought that Pinsize would have responded to Marten if he was looking for a particular response. In another case, we see him talking to Bubbles as they were sitting alone on a set of stairs. He's saying something like "Yeah, you know, I understand. People always respond to me on the basis of my size."
I think that there are some hidden depths to the vile little pervert, and I think that Bubbles has the complete right of it: he seeks a particular response from humans which reflects the fact that he's trying to humanize himself.
Unsuccessfully.
Kugai:
In an ever changing and maturing QCvers, Pintsize is the one perverted consistency that brings familiarity and comfort to the readership
:-D
A small perverse otter:
That would be vile and perverted consistency. Or perhaps vile, perverted, and disgusting consistency. Or maybe vile, perverted, abusive, and disgusting consistency.
Let's get right, here.
mikmaxs:
So... That's another conflict solved, I guess? I'm glad I don't read QC for the story, because it seems like, recently, Jeph doesn't like writing try/fail cycles very much, and prefers just to skip the success.
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