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Post by jda on Dec 15, 2021 4:40:08 GMT
He's like maybe a month old tops The fact is, he is like a person who's been around for a while when suddenly his body is reacting differently to everything and he's overwhelmed. This is like adolescence. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Dec 15, 2021 8:30:59 GMT
He's like maybe a month old tops On the one hand, Jerrek's been a robot for a very long time, possibly centuries. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to remember much of that for some reason (my current guess is that it simply wasn't very memorable, just checking on some pipes every day, not much social interaction even with other robots). The fact is, he is like a person who's been around for a while when suddenly his body is reacting differently to everything and he's overwhelmed. This is like adolescence. to understand why robots are "mentally underdevelopped". Basically, to use the metaphor of that chapter, all their lives they've been living in a bucket of water, while the whole of human experience is an ocean of memories, interactions, feelings, sensations. It's a beautiful chapter :-) |
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Post by pyradonis on Dec 15, 2021 15:46:10 GMT
Funny thought: This never worked with humans. Which speaks in favor of the New People not being like humans completely. So you're saying Kat isn't human. Robo Angel powers activate Funny, I distinctly remember wanting to write "humans, with the exception of Kat", but it seems I forgot.
A new person may very well be mature enough to handle the "horrible strain" of talking to a human they like, in their previous life as robots they already did talking to humans for years and occasionally liking them. Jerrek can't even remember what his work was in his previous life. |
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