Is Agia a robot?

David Stockhoff · 19 Jun 2010, 15:14 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:14:26 -0400
Subject: (urth) Is Agia a robot?
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Good points. First, she's not proposed to be a "bot" in any usual sense, 
aside from having a metal head. And Agilus can lie, or maybe he doesn't 
even know what she is.

Second, she may have something to hide, vs having modesty, although 
modesty could just as well be "programmed." For all I know, she has a penis.

Third, you are exactly right about Agia's character. Severian is a 
torturer; I propose that Agia is an assassin; Brunians proposes that she 
is a whore. His theory works better in some ways than mine.

Fourth, the aureole is not of hair, but that's an interesting 
observation. More importantly, it covers the pair, not Agia. The two 
together are more than either of them individually.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 6/18/2010 7:24 AM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:56 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> Dude, top posting and not-trimming quoted material makes the baby
> Theoanthropos cry.
>>
>> Is this better, dude? :)
>
> Bless you, man.
>
>
>> To your point about the aureole, the phenomenon may look nice in a
>> kitty photo, but in a religiously charged book where all the
>> protagonists are named after saints, I think it has to be noted at
>> least.
>
> Agia's no saint - I'd say that given her record of sacrilege, multiple 
> murder, and treason, she's about as unsaintly as they come, in a 
> league with Baldanders and the woman who made furniture out of 
> children. If the bright aureole represents anything, it's 
> representative of contrast  or inversion esp with Thecla whose hair is 
> "a dark aureole" about p.70 of SHADOW.
>
> Come to think of it, when she was strip-seached by the Pelerines, Agia 
> was awfully modest, and when discovered with Agilus, she holds her 
> gown over her nakedness. Agilus mentions her needing to eat. Why would 
> a sexbot be modest or hungry?
>
>
>

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