Gonna have to chew on this awhile, That story doesn't hold water thinking back to Luna Star. She had been in contact with Gali's father, taught a class in AIS Mechanics under an assumed identity, engineered the mission to meet the Epiphytes had human agents running around Earth and Luna. I think she is lying by selective omission of full facts. She has divulged enough to calm Aeneas down but still has not revealed the full extent of her mask.
Her mental awareness and ability to communicate increased over time; she didn't need to be physically active to do any of the things that she did in Luna Star. (Not even teaching, thanks to holographic technology.)
How do you know that Tokyo Rose isn't a computer program right now, Dragonrider? You've never seen her, but you communicate with her. For that matter, I could be a computer program. How would you know? No visuals, so no Uncanny Valley. Could just be a successful Turing Test. :-)
I get the feeling by the way this all seemed warped up we are not gonna learn why she agreed to be frozen like that. And if it would be possible for her to ever go back to being analog.
Rose seems to be implying that she's blurred the line so much that she's not sure if she's an A.I. that has memories of being organic, or an organic intelligence that has memories of being an A.I.
So, does this make TR about 1500 years old? With upgrades from the Epiphytes around 900 years ago. All technical aspects aside, I don't know how she keeps from getting bored at times.
How does she keep from getting bored? Isn't it obvious? She keeps occupying herself with other people's business... world-wide! If you include Luna, make that interplanetary. Then there's cyberspace... She's a habitual busybody. It's not a hobby for her. It's a way of life. :D
Also: I think if this became public knowledge, people would become very jealous. A lot of people would like a lifespan measured in centuries or millennia. But then, a lot of other people suspect that it may be more of a curse than a blessing.
How much of those centuries can she remember? How much of those memories are in her head and how much are in computer memory? How can she still be compassionate after all the heartache she's experienced?
Every so often, she does get a burst of utter howling frustration ("WHY AM I BOTHERING TO HERD HUMANS, THEY'RE ALL FUCKING STUPID AS HELL AND BLINDLY SUICIDAL ON A SPECIES LEVEL"). Kusanagi carefully locks her out of all the military systems during those times. :D
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Don't forget the comment about an anchor being able to drag his ass down if he wasn't careful. That would leave him blowing bubbles at the wrong side of the surface, while he drowns.
Rose called this death threat "mild".
That's how I read it too, Stellar Jay. If Aeneas tells anyone, he will be (cyberspace equivalent of) sleeping with the fishies. Guess since she didn't dunk his head 'underwater' Rose considers it mild.
Given her predilections and her longevity, by now the contents of the Tokyo Rose Swear Jar must rival the GNP of a small city state.
Or maybe it would if the Three Treasures didn't use it to fund their periodic wild sake binges. ^_^ At least we don't have to worry about them being able to afford the good stuff.
Violet? To me, Tokyo Rose's eyes appear a very deep, glowing red to me - scarlet, even. Until I heard that she's an albino, I had attributed that to a preference she made for her avatar.
(BTW: Until the big reveal, it had not registered on me that Rose actually uses dolls just like an AIS. I remember, now, that side story with the plastic toy the fox robot found in the ruins and how someone left it on Rose's workbench as a dirty joke. Rose was not an avatar for that scene.)
Trivia time:According to wikipedia, 'true' violet eyes in humans occur only due to albinism. Some non-albinos are attributed violet eyes (such as Elizabeth Taylor), but it's not a true eye color. (Sounded to me like dark blue can appear violet due to room lighting and such.)
Perhaps you and Aeneas should enroll in an anchor management program? There are none currently with openings, but there is a weighting list. Or, if you sign up for their mailing list, they can send you a chain letter when the next class is scheduled.
Rose is a "gene-joked freak"? Does that mean she is a created entity, someone spliced her genes to achieve her? Is she another Friday? I've taken gene-joked in the comic to mean someone is doing gene manipulation which is easiest on a blank template, which (to me) means someone mixed her up in a lab.
What would have her creators' been trying for? Was she considered a successful design or not? Was freezing Rose her idea or someone else's? Inquiring minds want to know. :-)
You haven't been paying much attention, have you? They very frequently leave us hanging over the side of a cliff with only very old, very frayed rope to hold onto until Monday...and often seem to take delight in it lol
If she's noticeably psionic, it's sort of amazing that she didn't 'hear' the Epiphytes coming from a very long way off and have a major crisis just trying to stay sane during the events of Luna Star. They were getting to people who didn't even *know* they had any psychic potential.
If I understood it correctly, the people who got hit, was the ones who had implants, the pure humans didn't suffer.
And since Tokyo Rose invades technology, and not the other way around, she peobably don't have a lot of wetware in her - So she could conceivably be immune to it.
Rose was immune to the dangerous effects of the Beacon in Luna Star due to being in Cryo. Not to mention that as you said she does not have any hardware implanted. She could hear it but it made no sense and had no ill effects.
I wouldn't say "no ill effects". To her, it was the psychic equivalent of "The Song That Never Ends", played just quietly enough to be a constant annoyance, but not the kind of thing you could file a noise complaint about to get your ASSHOLE UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS to TURN DOWN that HORRIBLE RAP SHIT.
Entirely for the sole purpose of leaving us with cliffhanger-y questions, of course. "Wait and see, all will be revealed - or not muhuhuahahahahahahaha!!!!!!"
I recall a SF short story some rears ago, I do not recall author, with a fellow trapped and immobilized (maybe nearly dead) on one of the icy moons of Saturn or Jupiter. He sees the sun rise then suddenly set and he is awake and aware all night long - his nervous system is a superconductor at that temperature.
....
It's freezer burn!
:D
(starts cackling maniacally)
We're on to you, Rose !
You softie, you. :)
I'm a cartoon character!
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:D
what a dufus...
*Jedi paw-wave*
@alt text: butterfly???
Also: I think if this became public knowledge, people would become very jealous. A lot of people would like a lifespan measured in centuries or millennia. But then, a lot of other people suspect that it may be more of a curse than a blessing.
Now that's a metaphor which I have never heard before! Do I dare ask for a translation...? [unsure]
Umm... On further thought, I think it means that she'll mess with his mind so much that he will think that up is down and down is up.
Don't forget the comment about an anchor being able to drag his ass down if he wasn't careful. That would leave him blowing bubbles at the wrong side of the surface, while he drowns.
Rose called this death threat "mild".
Did someone mention fish ? :D
Bingo!
Or maybe it would if the Three Treasures didn't use it to fund their periodic wild sake binges. ^_^ At least we don't have to worry about them being able to afford the good stuff.
Porn is serious business, okay?
That shit is budgeted.
Can't leave that to the coincidence of the swear jar.
Her monthly porn budget probably runs out only about three hours into the month ^_~
Yeah, you think she would have to be a producer to get enough ?
... I'm .. oddly disappointed!
:D That's a rather apt metaphor for how Aeneas practically barged in and demanded Rose lay bare her naked truth, her private secret.
The metaphor is also so very... Rose.
Albino really so you have violet eyes? And p?ease call off the coffee maker it's trying to percolate me!
"PER-CO-LATE!"
Okay, maybe it is. Just climb up on a shelf or something, it hasn't got antigrav...
.... and who's bright idea was it to upgrade it with that little surprise ?
I am sure feeder is laughing herself sick watching me fight off my microwave and foster with a broom!
(BTW: Until the big reveal, it had not registered on me that Rose actually uses dolls just like an AIS. I remember, now, that side story with the plastic toy the fox robot found in the ruins and how someone left it on Rose's workbench as a dirty joke. Rose was not an avatar for that scene.)
Trivia time: According to wikipedia, 'true' violet eyes in humans occur only due to albinism. Some non-albinos are attributed violet eyes (such as Elizabeth Taylor), but it's not a true eye color. (Sounded to me like dark blue can appear violet due to room lighting and such.)
waituntilfriday :D
Goddamn. Mr. Black would be proud of that shit.
What would have her creators' been trying for? Was she considered a successful design or not? Was freezing Rose her idea or someone else's? Inquiring minds want to know. :-)
They would never leave us hanging.
And since Tokyo Rose invades technology, and not the other way around, she peobably don't have a lot of wetware in her - So she could conceivably be immune to it.
He's my student, he's made a video 'n' everything.
I'm so proud of him. :)
Maybe we're like a themepark ?
I wanna be the rollercoaster!
... oops, too hard ?