if i'm being absolutely completely totally honest i think that "it wasn't you" doesn't go far enough in absolving someone of the guilt of being the subject of a brainwashing or mind control plot. because at the end of the day, it was you. it was your body, your mind, potentially even your soul, being stripped of its autonomy, intimately violated and turned against you as much as anyone else. it's a kind of assault, and should be treated as such, especially in more mature narratives. i think that "it wasn't your fault" and "your shame at being made helpless and unable to control your own body and mind's involuntary responses is understandable, but you are not in any way irredeemable or unforgivable because of what was done to you" are also necessary reassurances. and i think that there should be lingering resentment in spite of words of forgiveness and miscommunication and long-term post-traumatic consequences also.
The sink is designed to contain the faucet. The faucet is built to test the limits of the sink. This is what's known as a relationship, or dynamic, or something
Im NOT saying definitively that i think objectively this is how summon house is going to hash out BUT im personally very very interested in summon house as representation of desperation by a sapient AI. A house is very human and the player character is just so earnest to engage, its especially easily seen with the dog interlude. Ai builds is a lot about creator depression and fear of how things will be perceived and i think turning that inwards to be about the opinions of the creation would flow nicely
I wish i had the marbles to make an ai builds/summon house analysis video with my theories/infodumping about my own person crackpot ideas for what the deeper meaning is
I wish i had the marbles to make an ai builds/summon house analysis video with my theories/infodumping about my own person crackpot ideas for what the deeper meaning is