Feb 10, 2025
I kinda had a feeling that the people here were just digital copies of what was, as apposed to real souls. There was a game a few years back, of which I forget the name, that had a couple of AI people who were trying to find paradise in an old abandoned space station. One thought he was still human. Each time they went through a checkpoint door, they had to make copies of themselves and let those progress, whereas the previous version got left behind. Eventually, the main character realizes that he wasn't the actual original person and has a meltdown, what's worse was that he wasn't even the original AI copy.
The system in Memoria seems similar in a way, since the people here are copies of their original selves. It adds a deep layer of tragedy to the Eternals who thought they were getting an assured afterlife. In a way, I can imagine that Blackheart thinks she's doing the right thing here by exposing all these people to the truth, rather then let them live a lie. And at the expense of a bunch of AI, I can see her even less concerned with their wellbeing, seeing as they're only acting out as predetermined by the copy. I really find her character interesting, although can't exactly agree with her methods.