Bay vs Brad
So with the recent text Bay received, there has been a little bit of a debate on how/if Brad should return.
So much so, I created a poll on the subject. For those who want to discuss on the topic, here’s a spot for the discussion on your theories, on what should happen with the Bay/Brad situation.
Should Bay become Brad again? Should she reject Tom’s help? Why did Bay leave her hat with HRC at the beginning of the car trip? And what will happen if she does become Brad?
All these and more to be discussed.
Bay should stay Bay. As someone else pointed out in a recent commentary, Bay has been Bay for so long Brad would be a woman in a man’s body. Besides that, “Brad” would be running out on all the commitments Bay has made. Even Brad’s mom would tell him he’s been even more an ass for all that, plus thinking she wouldn’t accept him as a woman.
Maybe they can just clone Brad’s mind and keep Bay too.
It wouldn’t be any less crazy than all the other things in this universe.
The problem with that is that there is no Brad’s mind to copy…there hasn’t been since Tom overwrote her profile in HRC, and had to rebuild it from memory. What we have is a vague approximation of Brad, with things like sexual preference and turn-ons completely rewritten. At that moment Bradly Smith ceased to exist, and the being that would eventually become Bay started. So you can’t copy what doesn’t exist.
Bay should stay Bay. Being Brad would cause her nothing but misery at this point, and the sooner she realizes this, the better.
We’ve already seen that they altered Bay’s mind, whether she realizes it or not. There’s no going back at this point.
But does Bay know her mind was altered?
She’s at least semi-suspicious, but it’s been long enough that she may take it for granted now.
I’m all for Brad Brad Brad. I can go on and list soooo many reasons why he should come back and not just as come copy with memories uploaded. Scary to think that the poor guy has been through what amounts to mental manipulation.
If it seems like Bay is accepting of the changes, it’s because of those same changes that she even thinks that. From the beginning this has been a story about a guy who was changed against his will. I think it would be only fair if it comes full circle and the guy actually gets the goal of changing back
Like I said I could go on and on about this.
If nothing else, the possiblity should be discussed with the rest of the group. It will be akward as hell, and likely result in some hurt feelings on the part of some, but it’ll get everything out in the open finally and could be discussed. Honey’ll freak, that seems to be a given, but I think she’ll get over it. (Eventually)
If Bay changed back to Brad what would happen to Berry since she is Bay. And what would happen to Honey? Would she just Vanish? Non-exist? Too many Dominoes would collapse.