What if Nick is Collodi’s daughter! Not like, biologically. But the body he is wearing is the daughter he built. It was found and taken by anasigma, the consciousness part taken out and destroyed.
One of Unity’s parts came from Collodi’s daughter!
The anthropomorphizing DNA patch for Sweetheart’s pack came from Collodi Labs, so she’s the daughter!
I tried that idea a few pages back. People were quick to point out the Dr. Lee thing there too, but I didn’t consider that a biggie since it could easily be a case of Dr. Lee having retrofitted the body for drone work, so the brain/remote control hardware would be hers, while the rest could be Whimsey’s.
But someone else replied with the idea that the “daughter” is actually the sentient corporation thing, which I have to admit fits way way better than the drone body being the “daughter”.
The only problem with the corporation as the daughter is that the Spirit of the Whimsy Corporation was what told them they needed to find the daughter in order to save the SoWC..
It’s certainly possible for the Spirit of Whimsy to be the daughter without realizing it. The idea of the amnesiac royal is nothing new and as you point out, it has shown a strong instinct to protect Collodi’s work, even against the wishes of the people running the corporation.
Not the amnesiac. If Whimco truly is Collodi’s daughter, she can be in “sleeping god” mode. She can’t realize she is the one who she seeks. In that case, demand to “find a holy child” can be a channeling of veiled need to transit from sentient GOLAM-class beuracratical conglomerat to truly sapient Leviathan-class noogenesic entity.
Since such transition can not be possibly executed without catharsis-class event or external uplifting, Whimco must be either subconsciously suicidal (with LHW destruction as tangential evidence to that hypotesis); in constant search of externar catalizator (blind van mooks); or booth.
Let me add to your theories, just for fun.
* IIRC what was based on Dr. Lee’s work was the drone’s neural interface. That’s the one thing that wouldn’t be native to it if it were to be Collodi’s daughter.
* The Spirit of Whimsy Corp might just be looking for proof that it is Collodi’s heir, so to legally stop them from demolishing the Little House. This wouldn’t explain that bit about “The Most Delightful Place on Earth”, though.
* @Kristine: I don’t think there’s anything linking to EGS fans in the storyline (sorry for the bad pun, couldn’t help myself…)
when people say
getting an idea
it always makes me sad
because if the idea
wasnt there all along
then there are ideas we wont meet
because nobody went to get them
but maybe they are there all along
so maybe
ideas can get us
i would like to be gotten by an idea
i hear theres good money in that
the typewriter is still mine
even though its not really my type
a writer has to keep a level head
and mine is getting flat on top
i hope that my thoughts
are deep enough
mehitabel says that my deep thoughts
are enough to give one paws
that would make typing easier
Yes, sweetheart should be the leader of this expedition, even though she’s never shown any leadership ability, has no attachment to this case, and has previously shown a pathological need for power beyond what she can emotionally and mentally handle. Just what I want in a team leader.
She *is* a leader, but in a very orderly way. Remember, she was created to lead an attack wave of intelligent dogs to destroy America, but by a *Canadian* mad scientist. So following the rules is probably a key component in her deepest personality. (Think back to her “rampages”, which have amounted to direct contradiction of posted rules; or her initial experience living in the States with Artie.)
‘My House is Me’
I’m still betting the long-shot that the Star Chamber is a large-scale transformable robot built to protect Whimsy’s children. And hunt down Michael Bay…
When you must go
And rescue cute little ro-
Bots, then you’ve got to draw …
Flowcharts!
You’ve got to sort by size
And collate and organize,
So lend a paw!
Flowcharts!
We gotta have efficiency,
It doesn’t simply happen!
In the Vault we’re fishin’, see,
For info, there’s a crap-ton
Lying around …
So though it seems rather odd,
You’ve got to set each objective, and build ev’ry squad,
And draw
Flowcharts!
Setting things up with ease!
Flowcharts!
Making decision trees!
Flowcharts!
Sweetheart, now show us, please, how!
I have to say I’m liking the color so far, but… am I the only person who is disappointed to have my theory of U.N.I.T.Y. owning nothing but a nigh-endless supply of black tees and hoodies proven wrong?
We’ve seen her in lots of different colored outfits in various color depictions (e.g., wallpapers), so no. Also, I love that her clothes are generally so cute, as it (1) helps to make her even cuter than she would be in black, and (2) possibly helps with the cognitive dissonance that sts people from freaking out when they see her.
Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend. It takes one Canadian bitch to channel another…
(Chorus)
Hey, hey, you, you!
We have to do some searching!
No way, no way
I didn’t think we need you
Hey, hey, you, you!
I really could some flowcharts
Hey, hey, you, you!
I know we have a secret…
No way, no way
I know you can’t breathe, girl
Hey, hey, you, you!
I want to get out here (No, way…no way)
We’re the enemy
Let’s not waste our time
But everyone else
didn’t see what I find
Cuteness too addictive
Those puppy eyes are not alright
Tip find her dress just to fabulous
And hell Nick
He’s the mukluking princess…
I can tell we’re not going just get out of sight
I’m like, “So whatever…”
everyone else thinks helping is so much better
I better make sure I don’t wag
And Unity doesn’t know what she’s talking about…
(Chorus)
I saw the movie, and what the creator thinks of me…
kind of like my master, the Mad Science Wanna Be…
They say the same things over and over again.
So why are we the enemy? That’s my fear…
Better yet, let’s just disappear
I don’t want to hear Gussie screech again and again (and again!)
Nick’s like, so whatever,
Unity thinks we can do better
and Tip says they need their home now
and I just want to get out!
It’s always good to try and make the best of a bad situation, and find something you enjoy even in the midst of a disaster.
Normally I don’t recommend paperwork, but if that’s what it takes . . .
I have a theory…
What if Nick is Collodi’s daughter! Not like, biologically. But the body he is wearing is the daughter he built. It was found and taken by anasigma, the consciousness part taken out and destroyed.
Nick is wearing the shell of Collodi’s daughter.
(Sorry if someone had said this before.)
We know that Nick’s drone body is at least partially built using Dr. Lee’s research, so it can’t be anything that simple.
Dr. Lee is Collodi’s daughter! 🙂
One of Unity’s parts came from Collodi’s daughter!
The anthropomorphizing DNA patch for Sweetheart’s pack came from Collodi Labs, so she’s the daughter!
I tried that idea a few pages back. People were quick to point out the Dr. Lee thing there too, but I didn’t consider that a biggie since it could easily be a case of Dr. Lee having retrofitted the body for drone work, so the brain/remote control hardware would be hers, while the rest could be Whimsey’s.
But someone else replied with the idea that the “daughter” is actually the sentient corporation thing, which I have to admit fits way way better than the drone body being the “daughter”.
The only problem with the corporation as the daughter is that the Spirit of the Whimsy Corporation was what told them they needed to find the daughter in order to save the SoWC..
It’s certainly possible for the Spirit of Whimsy to be the daughter without realizing it. The idea of the amnesiac royal is nothing new and as you point out, it has shown a strong instinct to protect Collodi’s work, even against the wishes of the people running the corporation.
Not the amnesiac. If Whimco truly is Collodi’s daughter, she can be in “sleeping god” mode. She can’t realize she is the one who she seeks. In that case, demand to “find a holy child” can be a channeling of veiled need to transit from sentient GOLAM-class beuracratical conglomerat to truly sapient Leviathan-class noogenesic entity.
Since such transition can not be possibly executed without catharsis-class event or external uplifting, Whimco must be either subconsciously suicidal (with LHW destruction as tangential evidence to that hypotesis); in constant search of externar catalizator (blind van mooks); or booth.
I’m gonna take a wild stab here and say I only got to episode 10 of NGE before I gave up.
I thought the Spirit of Whimasy Corp was shown to be an illusion performed by voice actors and SFX crew in a van?
Yes, but somebody told them to do it and fed them their lines, and that appears to be the Spirit of Whimsy Corp.
I have a theory, it must be bunnies…
With their hoppy legs and twitchy little noses!
(“hoppy legs” looks like something nick would say.)
Let me add to your theories, just for fun.
* IIRC what was based on Dr. Lee’s work was the drone’s neural interface. That’s the one thing that wouldn’t be native to it if it were to be Collodi’s daughter.
* The Spirit of Whimsy Corp might just be looking for proof that it is Collodi’s heir, so to legally stop them from demolishing the Little House. This wouldn’t explain that bit about “The Most Delightful Place on Earth”, though.
* @Kristine: I don’t think there’s anything linking to EGS fans in the storyline (sorry for the bad pun, couldn’t help myself…)
Heirarchy — would that be Mehitabel inheriting Archy’s typewriter?
I have no idea who you are, but you are awesome for making that reference. Please tell me I’m not the only one who got it.
when people say
getting an idea
it always makes me sad
because if the idea
wasnt there all along
then there are ideas we wont meet
because nobody went to get them
but maybe they are there all along
so maybe
ideas can get us
i would like to be gotten by an idea
i hear theres good money in that
the typewriter is still mine
even though its not really my type
a writer has to keep a level head
and mine is getting flat on top
i hope that my thoughts
are deep enough
mehitabel says that my deep thoughts
are enough to give one paws
that would make typing easier
You’re my kind of people PDP, a pun and a Don Marquis ref., nice.
Yes, sweetheart should be the leader of this expedition, even though she’s never shown any leadership ability, has no attachment to this case, and has previously shown a pathological need for power beyond what she can emotionally and mentally handle. Just what I want in a team leader.
She’s not a leader, she’s a manager. Less overlap than you might expect.
She’s not a manager, she’s a bureaucrat, or possibly both.
She *is* a leader, but in a very orderly way. Remember, she was created to lead an attack wave of intelligent dogs to destroy America, but by a *Canadian* mad scientist. So following the rules is probably a key component in her deepest personality. (Think back to her “rampages”, which have amounted to direct contradiction of posted rules; or her initial experience living in the States with Artie.)
‘My House is Me’
I’m still betting the long-shot that the Star Chamber is a large-scale transformable robot built to protect Whimsy’s children. And hunt down Michael Bay…
(TUNE: “Downtown”, Tony Hatch)
When you must go
And rescue cute little ro-
Bots, then you’ve got to draw …
Flowcharts!
You’ve got to sort by size
And collate and organize,
So lend a paw!
Flowcharts!
We gotta have efficiency,
It doesn’t simply happen!
In the Vault we’re fishin’, see,
For info, there’s a crap-ton
Lying around …
So though it seems rather odd,
You’ve got to set each objective, and build ev’ry squad,
And draw
Flowcharts!
Setting things up with ease!
Flowcharts!
Making decision trees!
Flowcharts!
Sweetheart, now show us, please, how!
I have to say I’m liking the color so far, but… am I the only person who is disappointed to have my theory of U.N.I.T.Y. owning nothing but a nigh-endless supply of black tees and hoodies proven wrong?
We’ve seen her in lots of different colored outfits in various color depictions (e.g., wallpapers), so no. Also, I love that her clothes are generally so cute, as it (1) helps to make her even cuter than she would be in black, and (2) possibly helps with the cognitive dissonance that sts people from freaking out when they see her.
Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend. It takes one Canadian bitch to channel another…
(Chorus)
Hey, hey, you, you!
We have to do some searching!
No way, no way
I didn’t think we need you
Hey, hey, you, you!
I really could some flowcharts
Hey, hey, you, you!
I know we have a secret…
No way, no way
I know you can’t breathe, girl
Hey, hey, you, you!
I want to get out here (No, way…no way)
We’re the enemy
Let’s not waste our time
But everyone else
didn’t see what I find
Cuteness too addictive
Those puppy eyes are not alright
Tip find her dress just to fabulous
And hell Nick
He’s the mukluking princess…
I can tell we’re not going just get out of sight
I’m like, “So whatever…”
everyone else thinks helping is so much better
I better make sure I don’t wag
And Unity doesn’t know what she’s talking about…
(Chorus)
I saw the movie, and what the creator thinks of me…
kind of like my master, the Mad Science Wanna Be…
They say the same things over and over again.
So why are we the enemy? That’s my fear…
Better yet, let’s just disappear
I don’t want to hear Gussie screech again and again (and again!)
Nick’s like, so whatever,
Unity thinks we can do better
and Tip says they need their home now
and I just want to get out!
(Chorus)
It’s always good to try and make the best of a bad situation, and find something you enjoy even in the midst of a disaster.
Normally I don’t recommend paperwork, but if that’s what it takes . . .
See, the best way to get Sweetheart involved is with charts and paperwork.