Is Agia a Robot?

David Stockhoff · 20 Jun 2010, 17:51 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:51:59 -0400
Subject: (urth) Is Agia a Robot?
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All good points.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 6/20/2010 11:50 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> I'd prefer to rest a theory on at least 3 data points. If she's not a
>> "hard robot":
>>
>> ---Her strength has another source
>> ---She could still be the poppet
>> ---Agilus could be her actual twin IF she's a genetic/flesh android or
>> just human
>
> I think the poppet's stretches in the box are not suited to anything 
> like a vertebrate: the bit about smiling when it closes so she can be 
> smiling when it opens indicates her muscles don't relax during periods 
> of inactivity. The whole sharp sound episode demonstrates Agila's 
> muscles positively relax when her consciousness is interfered with.
>
> As for her strength, she's ruthless and cold, like Lady MacBeth sought 
> to be. She may also have a bit more innate strength than usual for her 
> size, perhaps because rather than just sex toys, A&A's line was 
> intended to be conjugal domestics; this way a slight manservant can be 
> just as good at opening jars and moving furniture as a full-size. And 
> it may not be muscle, it could be a more ready adrenaline rush.
>
>> After giving away the hard-robot part, is it needed that A&A be anything
>> other than human at all? It's not strictly necessary that Agia be the
>> poppet; it may be enough that Hethor recognizes something in Agia that
>> he likes---it could be as simple as that she is passive in bed and
>> dominating/controlling otherwise, although I doubt her ability to even
>> fake being passive if she's human. Perhaps Hethor needs both dominance
>> and submission.
>
> Agia owns up to doing all the kinky things that Hethor likes, so she's 
> at least capable of bottoming if not actual submission. I think her 
> determination is such that she could and would submit to anything 
> short of a SAW movie that would further her revenge on Severian and 
> the world in general, at least in the short term.
>
>

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