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RE: [Original Novel] Little Robot, Part 38
Holy crap... She's become Roko's Basilisk... I hope Mr Mirrormask likes being his Little Robot's pet "until the stars burn out" because that seems to be what his future looks like. To be cloned and re-live a life of 60 or so years over and over again doesn't seem that great. Unless he's oblivious to his previous incarnations every time he's going to wish that nuke took him out for good before the end of this story.
He doesn't accumulate experience/memories across those lifespans however, so he can't get tired of it, and is as much in love with her as she is with him.
Indeed, he is. As the ending implies, she never became conscious in the way humans are, but would not do anything to make him suffer for the simple reason that it's not helpful. Her core impulse from which all of her decisions stem is the desire to help.
I get it: She is Helper. She has to help. This takes Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence to a whole new level though. What a mindfuck... Does he realize he is stuck in an endless loop? He may love her but that knowledge would certainly do a number on one's mind.
He does, but she's also the total embodiment of everything he values. There is no place he'd rather be for eternity.
Hmmm... He is a special kind of crazy so maybe it will mean eternal bliss for him. If it were me I'd want to keep the memories and have a robotic body though. If I'm going to be seeing the rest of time I don't want to be constrained by a mortal shell and a memory wipe every so often. Why be stuck in a loop when you can keep going? (I realise this contradicts what I said earlier but I've had time to think of the implications a bit more)
He is the adult version of the protagonist from the Little People stories. Full access to his memories would emotionally cripple him. It's why he had the implant surgically installed.
I get that. We all have memories we'd rather erase, but I meant the new memories he's making with Helper. He's making say 60 years of memories with the love of his life but then having it all wiped and having to start again from the "Holy shit, I just got nuked" moment. Seems inefficient - unless Helper has already sim'd it all and this is the way he is most happy?
It covers this. He's got intrinsic psychological faults which make him unwilling to live much longer than that. The dude went through some rough shit, and Helper can't fix his brain without making him into somebody very different than who she fell in love with.
Fair enough. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my questions and thank you for the upvotes. Both are very much appreciated.