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so when and whos going to be the first character in a ai/human romance ?
Morituri:
Also, people like Sven, while they have nothing to offer those who are looking for more in a relationship, can be very therapeutic for people who are terrified about all the emotional content of relationships and especially sex because, ultimately, sex signifies commitment that they don't feel capable of returning. People without any kind of ability or inclination to commit aren't threatening that way.
Of course the wheels come off that relationship the instant one of them decides commitment is possible - that's fundamentally a reversal (or 'betrayal' if someone is getting hysterical) of the 'emotionally safe' context around which the relationship formed. It's just like committed relationships that way. If you change the terms of a relationship unilaterally, usually the other party walks out or fails to abide by your terms.
Which is more or less what he and Faye did. I thought Jeph depicted it fairly well - right down to the dropping him like a hot rock when their attitudes toward commitment inevitably diverged.
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: Milayna on 17 Apr 2018, 18:45 ---I recall reading somewhere that Jeph hates writing asshole characters, which is why most of the regular cast is flawed but more likeable than not, and the ones who really are assholes like Sven and Hannermom take long bus trips. He's alluded to AI rights not being as peachy as presented, especially through Momo's interest in civil rights for AI and though Bubbles' difficult interactions with randos. All of our protagonists are the good guys because a story with bad guys protagonists would be pretty shitty.
There at least doesn't seem to be any violent social upheaval and this town seems to be largely accepting of AI's, with some rough spots, but we don't really know to what extent that maps to the greater culture, or if the synthetic protagonists DO face daily microaggressions but he can't show every single little thing.
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To me Sven is also part of the 'flawed but not inherently evil and still rather likable' group. He has displayed very assholey behavior, yes, but so have many other main cast members. Plus, his asshole behavior is now quite far in the past and as far as we know he seems to have worked on improving himself.
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It'd be interesting to check back in on him. Who knows, maybe he and his lawyer got together?
Storel:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 22 Apr 2018, 16:39 ---
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 18 Apr 2018, 13:17 ---
--- Quote from: Milayna on 17 Apr 2018, 18:45 ---I recall reading somewhere that Jeph hates writing asshole characters, which is why most of the regular cast is flawed but more likeable than not, and the ones who really are assholes like Sven and Hannermom take long bus trips. He's alluded to AI rights not being as peachy as presented, especially through Momo's interest in civil rights for AI and though Bubbles' difficult interactions with randos. All of our protagonists are the good guys because a story with bad guys protagonists would be pretty shitty.
There at least doesn't seem to be any violent social upheaval and this town seems to be largely accepting of AI's, with some rough spots, but we don't really know to what extent that maps to the greater culture, or if the synthetic protagonists DO face daily microaggressions but he can't show every single little thing.
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To me Sven is also part of the 'flawed but not inherently evil and still rather likable' group. He has displayed very assholey behavior, yes, but so have many other main cast members. Plus, his asshole behavior is now quite far in the past and as far as we know he seems to have worked on improving himself.
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It'd be interesting to check back in on him. Who knows, maybe he and his lawyer got together?
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Nah, she's still got high standards!
Gyrre:
Looks like we might get an answer sometime of the summer.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: nightshade on 15 Apr 2018, 12:37 ---although its been teased here and there (like the robot cop and Clinton) its not happened yet ...... I think its gonna happen with one of the female robots and a new character eventually I wouldnt mind seeing her and clinton together but hes got the brun thing going
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Is there any interesting politics in the fact it wasn't a male robot when it finally happened?
A new human character for the role might have been more interesting than Faye, but we know so much about Faye that we can understand her struggles with the concept.
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