Maybe not. “Brad” may turn out to be the male replacement body without Bay’s personality but an artificial personality like Dixie or Dawnie. Why? If Bay is pregnant, the artificial personality prepared for her old body mentioned earlier won’t know anything about Auction Guy, the baby she’s carrying, Honey, or Brady. So would Brad get custody?
Something else occurred to me me a long time ago: If HRC can transfer personalities from one body to another, and grow entirely new bodies, why can’t HRC just copy a personality into a new body? Maybe there’s a law against it but C.D. hasn’t said so anywhere I know of.
Have any of you ever heard of braintaping? This is something that game designer Steve Jackson invented for his Car Wars in the 1980s as a way to resurrect your player-character without magic (a staple of fantasy RPGs). The idea is that if you can afford it, you buy sort of re-life insurance. Then if you get killed, the service grows a clone body and installs the most recent braintape update, creating a replacement you with all your memories up to the time of that update.
Of course, this was too good a concept to leave it at that. Steve went on to expand the game into a whole future history where Texas secedes again (Steve lives in Austin) and Presidents have backups. Not entirely a good thing, because the Anarchist Relief Front (ARF) assasinated the President and got all four of his backups activated at the same time. So the President became a committee.
The idea has spread into science fiction and movies. In case you haven’t guessed, this is how they’re going to bring back Quaritch for Avatar 2. Already been used in to bring back Ripley in Aliens 4.
Anyway, the idea of more yous thanks to science has been around for awhile. We already have two Bays and two Honeys, so why not a Brad as well?
Plus if Brad abandons Bay altogether he’s a total a-hole.
Oh cool, I had no idea that the big new thing in the Schlock Mercenary comic had such a pedigree.
In the last volume, the Toughs managed to get technological immortality spread to the masses. And that really helped Captain Tagon, since he got vaporized during a battle, and had to be regrown from saved biological data, and saved memories, just like a braintape. He lost about 4 months due to his backup being a little old by the time he got temp-killed.
@Robert: Two or three years ago I watched an anime that I can’t remember the title of, but I remember it involved “Kill Dolls”. At first I thought is was some kind of alternate history thing, but eventually I realize it was about flying gladiators who made war for entertainment. Eventually you find out the pilots, the “Kill Dolls,” are clones. Dead ones keep coming back. Eventually the protagonist is killed by his own “father,” the prototype for his clone line.
Perhaps, but let me ask this… if her friends/family can’t accept her/him for what he truly wants to be (which is what he originally was), is that Bay/Brad’s fault… or is it on them?
Remember, this is coming COMPLETELY out of the blue to Honey, who believes that a)Bay has always been female, and b)Is actually squicked out by the thought of Male Bay. Things will get awkward for a LONG time between the sudden change and the lack of telling. Even if Honey forgives Brad, their relationship would never be the same.
AG is in the same boat. Imagine getting in a relationship with someone, serious enough that you have gotten intimate and intend to be married. Now, image on your wedding day, said person, with NO WARNING mind you turns up the opposite gender that they were yesterday. You’d be shocked, and when you were done being shocked, you’d be angry. Angry you weren’t told. Angry the truth was hidden from you. No, that bridge would be burnt, and I don’t see them even salvaging a friendship.
A friendship could be salvaged between Brad and Trav, Trav being on the outside of this. However, Bay and Berry would be strained at best, for giving up on Bay, a life that in some part of her mind, Berry still thinks is (rightfully) hers. And possibly even subconsciously some resentment.
Finally, the friendship between Bay/Brad and Heather would probably hold, as they are siblings. However, I have no doubt Heather will think Brad was an idiot for doing what he did and hurting so many people.
And that’s the crux of the matter. Bay has kept her past as Brad a secret from SO MANY important people in her life that just suddenly going back is going to cause a lot of hurt, confusion, and resentment. People will feel betrayed, and betrayal destroys relationships, both platonic and romantic.
Plus, turning into Brad does NOTHING to keep him from being deported, as he is still jobless, and Brad’s documentation has to be LONG since expired.
Upon closer inspection the coloring is more consistent with Bay. Neil is more dull in his coloring (skin and hair). Then again it’s 4:21 am so. My analysis is most definitely goofing to be skewed.
hmm.. Trav seems to know the character.
hello Brad. long time no see.
Roll Credits
Maybe not. “Brad” may turn out to be the male replacement body without Bay’s personality but an artificial personality like Dixie or Dawnie. Why? If Bay is pregnant, the artificial personality prepared for her old body mentioned earlier won’t know anything about Auction Guy, the baby she’s carrying, Honey, or Brady. So would Brad get custody?
Something else occurred to me me a long time ago: If HRC can transfer personalities from one body to another, and grow entirely new bodies, why can’t HRC just copy a personality into a new body? Maybe there’s a law against it but C.D. hasn’t said so anywhere I know of.
Have any of you ever heard of braintaping? This is something that game designer Steve Jackson invented for his Car Wars in the 1980s as a way to resurrect your player-character without magic (a staple of fantasy RPGs). The idea is that if you can afford it, you buy sort of re-life insurance. Then if you get killed, the service grows a clone body and installs the most recent braintape update, creating a replacement you with all your memories up to the time of that update.
Of course, this was too good a concept to leave it at that. Steve went on to expand the game into a whole future history where Texas secedes again (Steve lives in Austin) and Presidents have backups. Not entirely a good thing, because the Anarchist Relief Front (ARF) assasinated the President and got all four of his backups activated at the same time. So the President became a committee.
The idea has spread into science fiction and movies. In case you haven’t guessed, this is how they’re going to bring back Quaritch for Avatar 2. Already been used in to bring back Ripley in Aliens 4.
Anyway, the idea of more yous thanks to science has been around for awhile. We already have two Bays and two Honeys, so why not a Brad as well?
Plus if Brad abandons Bay altogether he’s a total a-hole.
Oh cool, I had no idea that the big new thing in the Schlock Mercenary comic had such a pedigree.
In the last volume, the Toughs managed to get technological immortality spread to the masses. And that really helped Captain Tagon, since he got vaporized during a battle, and had to be regrown from saved biological data, and saved memories, just like a braintape. He lost about 4 months due to his backup being a little old by the time he got temp-killed.
In “Ghost in the Shell” they called it “ghost dubbing”, and it was both extremely difficult and illegal.
@Robert: Two or three years ago I watched an anime that I can’t remember the title of, but I remember it involved “Kill Dolls”. At first I thought is was some kind of alternate history thing, but eventually I realize it was about flying gladiators who made war for entertainment. Eventually you find out the pilots, the “Kill Dolls,” are clones. Dead ones keep coming back. Eventually the protagonist is killed by his own “father,” the prototype for his clone line.
NO Bay, Say it isn’t so!
I doubt it is Brad, as Bay is pregnant so where would the baby’s mind go.
What is this, a crossover episode?
It looks so much like Neil from your other webcomic J
“Jeannie Bottle”
Hah, now that’d be a neat trick! Especially since Neil is currently stuck as Natalie in the story. 🙂
Well, that assumes that the timelines of the two stories are in sync . . .
Nevertheless it would be interesting
This IS a “behind the scenes” world, so maybe Neil’s actor?
No! No,no,no,no! BAD BAY! You’re going to lose everything!
Perhaps, but let me ask this… if her friends/family can’t accept her/him for what he truly wants to be (which is what he originally was), is that Bay/Brad’s fault… or is it on them?
Remember, this is coming COMPLETELY out of the blue to Honey, who believes that a)Bay has always been female, and b)Is actually squicked out by the thought of Male Bay. Things will get awkward for a LONG time between the sudden change and the lack of telling. Even if Honey forgives Brad, their relationship would never be the same.
AG is in the same boat. Imagine getting in a relationship with someone, serious enough that you have gotten intimate and intend to be married. Now, image on your wedding day, said person, with NO WARNING mind you turns up the opposite gender that they were yesterday. You’d be shocked, and when you were done being shocked, you’d be angry. Angry you weren’t told. Angry the truth was hidden from you. No, that bridge would be burnt, and I don’t see them even salvaging a friendship.
A friendship could be salvaged between Brad and Trav, Trav being on the outside of this. However, Bay and Berry would be strained at best, for giving up on Bay, a life that in some part of her mind, Berry still thinks is (rightfully) hers. And possibly even subconsciously some resentment.
Finally, the friendship between Bay/Brad and Heather would probably hold, as they are siblings. However, I have no doubt Heather will think Brad was an idiot for doing what he did and hurting so many people.
And that’s the crux of the matter. Bay has kept her past as Brad a secret from SO MANY important people in her life that just suddenly going back is going to cause a lot of hurt, confusion, and resentment. People will feel betrayed, and betrayal destroys relationships, both platonic and romantic.
Plus, turning into Brad does NOTHING to keep him from being deported, as he is still jobless, and Brad’s documentation has to be LONG since expired.
Oh no…Bay did it afterall…
I see a lot of people saying it’s Brad, but no one is guessing that it’s Heather
That’s possible. If it is, then CD is trolling us. 😛
CD trolling the readership? Nah, Never in a million years. Nope. Nope. Nope. Yes.
Seriously, it looks like Neil. Even the hair looks like Neil!
Upon closer inspection the coloring is more consistent with Bay. Neil is more dull in his coloring (skin and hair). Then again it’s 4:21 am so. My analysis is most definitely goofing to be skewed.
Monday’s update is going to be delayed.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh wait… I guess the world will still keep turning. 🙂