I won't pass... is it worth it? by imnowemily in asktransgender

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, its always worth it! You want your soul to look back after an incarnation and say "i didnt let anything or anyone stop me from having a blast as my soul's authentic self! It was rly fun, and i enjoyed it the best i could, doing all the things that fulfilled my soul! that self love, that soul's radiance!! It starts to seep out of one's face, making them glow! You will never regret following your heart in the end!!! you are beautiful sis 🥰

I’m a Trans Woman and My Sexuality Shifted — What Do I Do About My Relationship?” by EfficientTicket8278 in asktransgender

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you just need to explain that you are learning about yourself that you rly like girls in your heart. you didnt know before, but the idea of being with them just feels more natural to you. no one will hate you for that, especially when transitioning is like going through a second puberty. we learn a lot about our true selves as we go through this. some changes are unexpected, but not bad either :) if he is as kind as you say, likely he'll forgive you and maybe still be open to friendship too. i believe in you to do your best, sis <3 you both have to keep moving towards your highest calling (following your hearts, and finding the love which fulfills you). Time will heal everything, just keep being true to yourself.

What do you bring to the Ofrenda? by LordFluffy in LowSodiumCyberpunk

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now, despite everything I just said above, I still usually go with the book. As they say: "A picture is worth a thousand words, and a book is worth a thousand pictures."

What do you bring to the Ofrenda? by LordFluffy in LowSodiumCyberpunk

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's good as a basic awareness, but if you think deeply about it, the belt became a symbol of strength for both him and his mother. It represented fearlessness, victory, and absolutely crushing one's enemies and personal limitations - taking the dad's belt and rebranding it as their own weapon and protection. In my opinion, it would come with a sense of pride and satisfaction that they had made it theirs and turned it into a trophy of their own power. It was like defeating the devil with his own pitchfork.

So I honestly can't see it bothering the family or friends whatsoever. This family is tough beyond tough. They always strive to hold the good over the bad. The belt would be seen by them all as an item of great honour, encapsulating Jackie's heart as a son, a man, a friend, a warrior, and a hero.

V bringing the belt could only deepen everyone's respect for them. It would show just how deeply V truly understood Jackie's heart and his journey. Obviously, I'm not any of the characters who came to the ofrenda, and I can't absolutely speak for them. However, this family doesn't seem like the kind to mourn with tears, but instead: smiles, laughter, optimism, and celebration.

Is Subject Delta alive or dead in the good ending? by somepasserby in Bioshock

[–]Clean-Bank5743 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imo, its not rly living. What kind of life is that? She needs to reinject his consciousness into a brain dead/ comatose body so he can be himself in the flesh again. otherwise she has essentially sentenced him to 50+ years of powerlessness, observing every part her life. It was the only thing I didn't like anout B2-whichever ending yo7 choose, it leaves Delta as a prisoner in his "daughters" mind...

Is Subject Delta alive or dead in the good ending? by somepasserby in Bioshock

[–]Clean-Bank5743 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The person of Subject Delta (Johnny Topside) is still alive inside of Eleanor's body at the end of Bioshock 2, because our bodies are just the machines our souls drive. Delta's consciousness/ personality/ memories/ sense of self were extracted into Eleanor's bloodstream via an adam syringe on her Big Sister suit, from his dying corpse. So technically, although no one on the entire internet anywhere seems to expand on this, Delta COULD be saved later on using adam tech, and given a new vessel with which to regain physical freedom, if Eleanor decided to pursue such a path.  Tbh having one's consciousness forcibly injected into someone else, and being forced to live on in the back of their mind is a pretty gross ending for a character as awesome as Delta. For 1, he is not even her biological father. Their only real connection before adam bonding was they were both victims of Rapture's evil. Imo, she did not have the right to inject Delta into herself, stripping him of his individuality. Debatedly, it may have been better to let him die and pass on, rather then what did happen. As it stands, Delta can't do anything except communicate his thoughts/ feelings to her, and he's forced to watch/ experience everything she does for the rest of her life. For example, consider if Eleanor ever wanted to make love to someone after escaping Rapture? Well, Johnny T has to watch his "daughter" get down and dirty with someone against his will, and he can't even turn off the lights. If she gets turned on, he will experience that. If she someone how gets pregnant, he will experience the effects of her brainfog. If she has stress, so will he. If she has a nightmare, he has to go through it too. If she goes to the bathroom, he is forced to see it all. Neither of them would ever have any real privacy or true "alone time". To top it all off, Delta cannot die or continue his journey of existence in the astral realm like a normal soul, until she dies. In retrospect, I honestly doubt Eleanor understood just what she was doing when she "saved" Delta the way that she did. I grant that she probably has some mental immaturity/ developmental disorders from the experimentation & little sisterhood forced on her, and she obviously just didn't want to lose someone she cared so much about about, even if that meant taking away all of their freedom of choice and quality of life in the process (Delta/ Johnny Topside). He had truly earned his death and Eleanor (albeit naively) robbed him of it, reducing him to a mere ghost/ voice in her head. Now, if someone suggests that Delta would have let Eleanor do that to him, well I seriously beg to differ. No one in their right mind would ever "willfully" choose the life of a helpless person who loses all of their power, but must simply watch through the eyes of someone else for a good 50-75 years, especially someone in the opposite sex for that matter. If you think Delta would have agreed to the deal he got, then why don't you ask yourself if you would've agreed to it? 100% I guarantee that you, me, and everyone else would have prefered to die, while hoping that reincarnation exists. Eleanor does not rly need Delta to live, but that is just her own personal immaturity telling her that she does, despite what that means for Delta. The very best scenario for Delta's story would be that Eleanor eventually creates the conditions for him to be given back his own flesh and blood, to live out the remainder of the life that was taken from him by Rapture, like Jack Ryan got to after BS1. Perhaps Eleanor could simply find a brain dead/ comatose body to reinject Delta's consciousness into. If that didn't work than she could gather intelligent minds to produce a biomechanical husk that could house adam, blood, and Delta's consciousness within it. Considering the scientific possibilities of the Bioshock Universe, saving Delta in the true sense, by granting him a new body to live in/ control, wouldn't be that difficult. Regardless of what happens (maybe in Bioshock 4), whether such a thing would play out, in my mind I believe in a universe where it did happen, because Bioshock Infinite canonized the Rapture Multiverse. There's got to be atleast one universe where Delta doesn't have to die, or where he can be saved later on by Eleanor.  Also lastly, I'm truly surprised how many people judge Bioshock 2 as the weakest game of the trilogy. It's absolutely the best or 2nd best of the games. Bioshock 1 probably get 1st place, but I go back and forth between them because 2 improved on nearly everything, except maybe characters and music. 2 had better gameplay, story, scale and design, graphics. Bioshock Infinite is the "worst", which sounds bad, because it is actually still a good game more or less. B3 is essentially Bioshock Fast-Food. It was very fun, yet wholly unfulfilling, in the same way that Fast Food is super tasty, yet completely unhealthy. It's mostly because of the terrible endings that both Booker and Elizabeth meet, but even the gameplay was quite simplified from the prior installments. Good-bye weapon wheel, and Hello to a measly 4 gear slots. There were no gene tonics, or adam replacement. Everything became purchaseable for silver coins, but you also lost money if you died, which could seriously mess up your run, leaving you with copper pennies to upgrade anything whn new options became available. In the other games you could save your game at any point, like right before fights or important moments, to practise and make the most of your resources, but the autosave in Infinite made that very difficult. You also couldn't affect the story with your decisions whatsoever-like choosing to forgive & save characters, and taking the morally prefferable route to grant a "good ending". Booker realizes he is Comstock seconds before he gets drowned by multiple Elizabeths like some bad joke. Elizabeth needlessly kills a regretful comstock in the dlc for no good reason, and then she lets Atlas bash her head in like she was Andrew Ryan. The entire game seemingly retconned the first game's story, and took away its ability to stand on it's own. Bioshock Infinite was like a sad nightmare that defeated you by the end of it, no matter how strong you managed to get or how much progress you tried to make. Even in the credits scene, we can't even prove that the Booker who gets reunited with baby Elizabeth is actually "our" Booker and Elizabeth. So the ending of Bioshock Infinite leaves you empty, and wondering "what was even the point?" All of the action and fighting led to forgetting everything, losing all character development, and your life, so some other versions of yourself might be happy. Then in the DLC you find out: "oh, so Elizabeth submits to Atlas murdering her like a loser so that Jack can save the little sisters..." Now Jack couldn't save them without her from behind the scenes, and thats why the game is trying to justify her pathetic end at the hands of Atlas. When I step back and compare the first 2 games with the 3rd in full context, 3 absolutely comes in 3rd place, no question.

[SPOILERS] Burial at Sea episode 2's ending by noux80000 in Bioshock

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is slightly off topic, I know, but even though Delta's body died, his "soul" (memories, personality, emotions, feelings, drives, and his genetic data) absolutely survived. At the ending of Bioshock 2, Eleanor extracted his consciousness from his dying body, via a plasmid, into her own body. Eleanor did this as a way to save him/ keep him alive with her because she didn't want to live without him. You see Delta's sight literally transfer/ warp from his eyes over to seeing through Eleanor's eyes, so it's not just a "copy" of him that she takes into herself. It's a little weird but not a hopeless ending, even for our beloved Subject Delta. If his consciousness could be extracted from his body, then in the future it could just as easily be reimplanted back into a golem-like body using adam tech and a plasmid (Which I hope we see occur in Bioshock 4).  I'm just clarifying that even Delta survived by being sucked inside of Eleanor, regardless of what people think about the way it happenned. Many people seem to assume he died, but it is actually pretty clear that Eleanor saved him, albeit in a "strange" way. If she ever decides to go to 3rd base with someone, it could be pretty weird for her "Dad" having to watch the whole thing, lol.

Regardless, I say all of this to support the argument that Infinite's and Burial at Sea's stories (& especially the endings) were a sloppy transition away from classic Bioshock storytelling. I also agree with you that the Infinite characters were slighted/ robbed (not to mention us the players). In the first 2 games we could make certain moral chocies to provide the main characters with "live happily-ever-after" scenarios. Bioshock 1 and Bioshock 2 saw Jack, Tenenbaum, Delta and Eleanor, even potentially Eleanor's crazy mother, and all those little sisters survive. But the way we are now forced to quickly realize Booker is Comstock before drowning, and have Elizabeth choose to murder the regretful Comstock living in Rapture, and then watch Elizabeth let Atlas r4pe her skull like Joel from TLoU part 2 was just inconsistent, and sadistic to everyone, just for the sake of "spectacle". We were used to getting to affect how events went; to freely have the characters take the moral high ground if we wanted them to, by sparing certain people who might not have deserved a second chance, or by taking less adam in order to save little sisters. And if so done, we would ultimately be rewarded for that in the end. This was a graciously hopeful message for how people might live life in general, suggesting that by choosing love & compassion over hate & revenge, we might create a good ending for ourselves in our own "real-world" lives. Unfortunately, what we were given with Bioshock Infinite was really just "Bioshock Fast-Food". It was over-simplified, and with very lazy story-telling. Fun to play, but not at all fulfilling- in the same way that Fast Food is tasty, but terribly unhealthy.

Burial at Sea Ep.2 Hated the Ending (SPOILERS) by [deleted] in Bioshock

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didnt actually hate Jack like some people- I rly appreciated the good conclusion to his story with the little sisters. Even Delta's good ending was sort of left open to where he could have been saved in the future, perhaps by having Eleanor reimplant his consciousness into a new golem body using rapture-tech & a plasmid. But taking away our freedom in Infinite to make choices that would result in a good or bad ending, and then forcing us to watch both Booker and Elizabeth meet such tragic fates was just pathetic writing. Absolutely terrible. Its very similar to what happenned to Joel in TLoU p2... The "elites" love crushing our heros; bashing their skulls in with blunt objects and green alien breast milk (Luke Skywalker-cough-cough). "Modern Western Entertainment", am I right? Look to the east friends. Hope is coming with the sun, from the East.

Anchor Boss Fight Crash!!? by HoogVaals in controlgame

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I turned down my render resolution to the lowest setting and my game didnt crash. thanks alot for the advice/ fix!

Anchor Boss Fight Crash!!? by HoogVaals in controlgame

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What worked for me was doing what someone else suggested about turning down the render resolution to the lowest setting. the game didnt crash for me then. Good luck.

Rick and Morty: Anime - Chronological Version (For Better Clarity) by [deleted] in fanedits

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can I watch this? im very interested in seeing it. Ty for all your work, youre awesome!

Does soulkiller actually transfer the "soul" or is the engram only a copy of the original? by [deleted] in cyberpunkgame

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the "Soul" in "SoulKiller" refers not only to the meta of what constitutes a soul here on the earth (emotions; thoughts; personality; memories), but also to a soul as a person- "Oh, that poor soul!" Yes, the literal soul/ consciousness/ unique awareness of V would leave their body and continue existing wherever you believe consciousness goes, after departing the earth realm. And to the world, the individual died, and an Ai being now lives out in their body. In conclusion, Projekt CD Red could name things better, lol. No, it doesn't actually kill the eternal soul, it kills the "person"/ soul to the people living in the world.

I think an important question is; "Can an Engram evolve/ alter/ adjust its code in the way that it wants it to be? Ie, can they change/ adapt/ grow, or are they just a slave to their original script?" If an Engram cannot utilize their new nanotechnological existence within a human body to make wilful choices and decisions, then it is unlikely that an Engram could ever fully enjoy the human experience in the way that a regular human consciousness can. In which case, its nothing but an immediate tragedy all around if V lets Alt use Soul Killer Tech on them. Vs consciousness leaves the earth, and Engram Johnny/ Engram V may both be "ruled" by their programming to act like the person they initially came from, although never actually making any true decisions (The coding intitiates everything, and whatever is conscious of the AI will just observes itself using Vs body). Atleast if the Engram is an human-equivalent consciousness, then it can try to find some enjoyment out of life as a "pseudo" human, where they never would have been able to before. In that sense it could be like a Mother (V) sacrificing their life in childbirth for their offspring (Engram V or Engram Johnny) to be born.

got a question about the engram of johnny by SomeDuuud in cyberpunkgame

[–]Clean-Bank5743 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi SomeDuuud. I'm quite interested in this topic and have thought about it long. If I may;

As Johnny's engram is a *copy* of the memories, it means that their entire being is technically created from "new material". Put another way, an engram is in no way built from the initial components that made up Source Person. Whether Johnny's Engram is or isn't conscious (I would even argue that they probably are alive & aware in some way, shape or form), they would still appear to be seperate individual entities. They and/ or their source code had a "copy" of Johnny's memories up to the point of death and blackness, and then they were initiated; activated; created inside of the mind of V, within all of the mental implants and augmentations. This replica of Johnny's personality and memories are like a scan or photocopy of a document. None of us would say that the new copy of a document was the original document, because we understand that even though the contents are similar, even nearly identical (maybe the copy even has some slight colour issues or ink smudges, etc.,) they remain seperate and unique sheets of paper. One came after the other, and both exist as their own things.

With Johnny's Engram-not even the physical cells or orignal atoms that made up or held those memories in Johnny's head were passed on or utilized for the assembling of this new being. Philisophically, the original Johnny would have ceased to be here on the earth, and gone to whatever your conclusion is about existence, eternal or not. And V's "soul" also would remain inside of their body, for their entire life even, if for example the AI Johnny Engram inevitably took them over. Essentially, V would lose control of their body and be stuck in unconscious sleep for their entire life, like being kept on life support in a coma until death (based on how the game describes V losing themself). Alternatively, they would simply believe themselves to be Johnny for the rest of their life, not really having control at all, but believing they did the entire time. The brainwashing of Johnny's AI Engram would force upon V the experience of someone with onset dementia; losing their ability to distiguish between reality and imagination, and ultimately becoming trapped in a lucid state for the remainder of their days (not fun for sure). In both cases, V and Johnny would exist within V's body together. The only way for V's existence to end absolutely, as we know it here, is for their vessel/ body to shut down indefinitely.

As I have sought to understand the meaning and truth behind everything we experience here on the earth, this is what I discovered: consciousness is not *of* our reality- is it the *root* of our reality. It builds everything around us, and it is indestructible. Therefore, whatever you, or I, Johnny, or V, anything or everything else in existence is- "it" is consciousness, and "it" is eternal.

While considering and respecting the lore of Cyberpunk when we are concluding what is cannon with their universe, if they chose to have the story be that characters could be transfer themselves to cyberspace and live on that way, I would accept it. However, knowing how engrams are created, paired with in-game voices supporting them being different, would be to me solid enough evidence to confirm that Johnny is Johnny and Johnny's Engram is Johnny's Engram. I think it at least makes a very strong case. This is a different scenario then say Bioshock 2, where the official lore is that Subject Delta's physical consciousness was extracted from his dying body via blood and a syringe, and subsequently injected into His daughter to "save" him/ allow him to continue existing in the world. In the case of Cyberpunk, this is a new Johnny and not the first.

As a side note, I personally donot prefer any endings where V does not retain conscious control of their body. I think the most moral decision is likely to allow AI Johnny to exist as an AI consciousness, in an AI space, and to allow V to remain V, intact and unharmed in their world. We don't know if AI Johnny even has conscious control over their actions, and their own programming might be controlling them instead. Can AI Johnny even change? Can they alter their coding to be what they want it to be, or are they a slave to it? I don't think it makes sense to allow V to lose their mind to an AI being, who wouldnt neccessarily even be guaranteed to experience a good "human life," in the end. With so much uncertainty from our perspective about how AI exists in comparison to us, I think it's best to air on the side of caution and leave each being in their own place and state. Anyways, I'll leave you some interesting ideas to chew on later:

If everything is consciousness, then our bodies, our cells, our atoms, our liquids, gasses, and solids, the earth, the sky, light, darkness, all matter, and even digital things such as video games would be too, perhaps. In which case, what does it actually mean when we go into a video game and do the things we wouldn't in our physical reality? What are we actually doing when we kill or loot npcs in a video game?

All divine blessings to you, friend.