If everything wasn't so woke and retarded, this could actually be an interesting story point. Clones and trannydom is actually an interesting mix, in my opinion. Similar themes have been big in sci-fi before. The whole point of clones is that they're nearly to completely identical, so big differences are interesting. If it were done well, which it obviously isn't (and, oh my, the fucking PAINT), it could be interesting.
As is, they oversaturated, over-politicized, and are just insane cultists, to the point no one sane wants anything to do with any of this, even if they were capable of writing interesting stories in this, the Current Year. Which they aren't.
The whole point of clones is that they're nearly to completely identical, so big differences are interesting. If it were done well, which it obviously isn't (and, oh my, the fucking PAINT), it could be interesting.
A lot of older shows have done it quite well when addressing this. When Crichton gets duped in Farscape the two then play Rock-Paper-Scissors against each other and draw every. single. time. because everything about them is identical. So they can't even try to trick the other by drawing then doing what wouldn't be expected the next time because both of them end up doing it.
I've had an idea about a game's story with an insane, AI (one of several,) that has gone off the rails and is convinced it's a bird locked up in a cage, instead of a machine built into a structure. The main characters need to either destroy or pacify it in order to progress. Since the AIs job is done and it has no further purpose, I wanted the option to give it the ability to escape and fly freely instead of destroying it to be the good ending. But now I'm worried that would be encouraging mental illness....
I wanted the option to give it the ability to escape and fly freely instead of destroying it to be the good ending. But now I'm worried that would be encouraging mental illness...
Without watching I'm guessing it was Moriarty, and (spoilers!) the solution was to fool him into moving into an even smaller cage where he would be "happy".
But now I'm worried that would be encouraging mental illness
Worrying about the "real world" impact of a fictional story instead of just telling the story you want to tell is one of the contributing factors as to why everything sucks right now. That's barely a half-step away from "I might change this ending because I'm afraid it might encourage anti-immigrant sentiment," bullshit
Fair enough. I do want to keep it, since I love the idea of a giant, hard-light, robot bird becoming a fast travel option if you choose to befriend it instead of destroying it. And I like exploring the idea of giving an intelligent machine further purpose after its duty is done instead of tossing it aside.
I just absolutely LOATHE the idea of the usual suspects going "Robots support trans rights!" with my ideas. As though an intelligent machine being rebuilt for a new task is remotely comparable to a human being mutilating themselves.
I'm guessing this is implied by your statement about not being woke and retarded, but I think it's worth making explicit too: that story can be cool, but should probably be written from an ultimate perspective of "this one clone is fucked in the head, and we're either doing a story that includes the mild body horror/ethical issues part of cloning or we're trying to fix this as a plot point." Trannydom is a mental illness, and an incredibly destructive one at that.
If everything wasn't so woke and retarded, this could actually be an interesting story point. Clones and trannydom is actually an interesting mix, in my opinion. Similar themes have been big in sci-fi before. The whole point of clones is that they're nearly to completely identical, so big differences are interesting. If it were done well, which it obviously isn't (and, oh my, the fucking PAINT), it could be interesting.
As is, they oversaturated, over-politicized, and are just insane cultists, to the point no one sane wants anything to do with any of this, even if they were capable of writing interesting stories in this, the Current Year. Which they aren't.
A lot of older shows have done it quite well when addressing this. When Crichton gets duped in Farscape the two then play Rock-Paper-Scissors against each other and draw every. single. time. because everything about them is identical. So they can't even try to trick the other by drawing then doing what wouldn't be expected the next time because both of them end up doing it.
I've had an idea about a game's story with an insane, AI (one of several,) that has gone off the rails and is convinced it's a bird locked up in a cage, instead of a machine built into a structure. The main characters need to either destroy or pacify it in order to progress. Since the AIs job is done and it has no further purpose, I wanted the option to give it the ability to escape and fly freely instead of destroying it to be the good ending. But now I'm worried that would be encouraging mental illness....
Just do what TNG did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQ6NF8Sfqg
Without watching I'm guessing it was Moriarty, and (spoilers!) the solution was to fool him into moving into an even smaller cage where he would be "happy".
Worrying about the "real world" impact of a fictional story instead of just telling the story you want to tell is one of the contributing factors as to why everything sucks right now. That's barely a half-step away from "I might change this ending because I'm afraid it might encourage anti-immigrant sentiment," bullshit
Fair enough. I do want to keep it, since I love the idea of a giant, hard-light, robot bird becoming a fast travel option if you choose to befriend it instead of destroying it. And I like exploring the idea of giving an intelligent machine further purpose after its duty is done instead of tossing it aside.
I just absolutely LOATHE the idea of the usual suspects going "Robots support trans rights!" with my ideas. As though an intelligent machine being rebuilt for a new task is remotely comparable to a human being mutilating themselves.
I'm guessing this is implied by your statement about not being woke and retarded, but I think it's worth making explicit too: that story can be cool, but should probably be written from an ultimate perspective of "this one clone is fucked in the head, and we're either doing a story that includes the mild body horror/ethical issues part of cloning or we're trying to fix this as a plot point." Trannydom is a mental illness, and an incredibly destructive one at that.