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.
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.