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>So, first of all, we're never told exactly what happens to mind files when the character abstracts. But it's likely something that damages the files in a way that makes them all but unusable, and the abstractions themselves are how the Paraphernalia Engine renders what's left. Sort of like when you corrupt a video game.
That tracks, yes.
>We're never told in direct terms what Caine can or can't do, either. But he clearly has an interest in preventing characters from abstracting. Or at least, in preventing all the humans from abstracting, which would isolate him again. So we can say that if there was something more he could have done about the abstractions, he would have done that.
True, but he could also have incentive to leave the threat of Abstraction hanging. If an abuser can do so, they'll often craft some outside threat into the narrative of the relationship: some mistake in their partner's past, knowledge of a substance abuse problem, etc. Thus plants the suggestion in their victims that "things could be much worse if you leave/were with someone else/talk to the wrong people." It's not a stretch to think that the threat of Abstraction works to Caine's advantage given the situation.
>Kinger, however, we know that he's able to access and edit computer files, as you can in real life. Copying and pasting files should be within his skillset. He also wants to prevent abstractions, and probably would want some layer of defense against them.
>So, even within the internal logic of the story, Caine asking Kinger to make backups of the mind files shouldn't be out of the question.
Very good points! If Kinger knows some IT he could also try to restore corrupted data from a console, which Caine knows how to make. (and again, Netfucks are picking it up, I see this as a likely introduction to Season 2)
>Of course, that solution is full of problems, too. We run into the question of whether humans restored from backups are really still the same people as the ones who abstracted. The backups are naturally going to have gaps in their memory between the time of their restoration and the time of their backups. Restoring humans after they abstracted will probably just put them back into the same exact situation that made them abstract in the first place. And some other potential scenarios that somebody smarter than me could dream up. Point is that it's a mess and would have taken away from the quality of the story more than it adds.
That's true, it would degrade the syory as it's been worked out. Would the copies be the original them? No, but I can see the characters handwaving it because neither are any of them their original selves. And again, the originals could aid in the recovery process.
>Yeah, I don't know what Ribbit's plan was.
To further confuse someone who's entire life is falling down an UP escalator. She's pretty much at the bottom throwing fire crackers. I seriously think his getting close to Rags and Pomni afterwards was to try and fix his gayboi syndrome since Ribbit shit the bed by accepting a part of him that he didn't want accepted. His baggage fucks this all up, of course.
>Ragatha's characterization was probably the most well balanced in the series, if you ask me. We get a short insight into her upbringing that explains a lot about her behavior. Then we get some vital information about her at the end that recontextualizes conversations that she had earlier in the series.
>I don't think that every character needed the Gangle treatment.
Yrue, I just felt that she got less than se should have if shes going to be established as Pomni's #1 and be so front-abd-center for most of the show. If a character deserved a Gangle Treatment, its Ragatha.
>Actually, I think that Episode 4 gets a lot of slack even though it has a lot of the problems that the finale supposedly has.
Eh, I think Goosepurse realized that they needed a "grounded" episode to break up the fantastical. Most series do some kind of "Heroes' Day Off" thing, its just trying to do too much here.
>I just don't see it. He went full AM only tolerating after 20 years of lukewarm reception at best. He straight up got bored of torturing them after about a week. He's not above acting maliciously and has been a bastard, but his goals themselves aren't evil. I can't see him as anything other than a machine that wants to create for an audience, forever.
That changes drastically when the audience in question is entirely captive. Theerll never be a moment where you're as safe around Caine as with the others. Jax, it could be argued, could have been saved had he (accepted) some real help. Caine is capable of horrors unimaginable by function of who he is.
>Agree to disagree, I guess.
Indeed, sir. Indeed. *hits bubble pipe*
For what uts worth, Anon, its been swell chatting about some series with someone who doesn't suck cocks or screech incoherently. Almost takes me back to the '00s. Thank you.