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[green_queen]

I was thinking about Dollhouse. Mellie is probably one of the most relatable characters, for me, that I've ever come across on television. She's a little bit bigger, unsure of herself, and crushing wildly on her neighbour, which causes her to act in ways that are perhaps a little inappropriate, but she's basically sweet. Of course, this is her imprinted personality as Mellie, not whoever she was before she became a Doll.

This is what I'm thinking: are the imprinted personalities any less valuable or important as a human being, or as a person, than the original personalities that the dolls had? I know they're made up of bits and pieces of real people, but when the dolls have these imprints, that's who they believe they are. They are, in that moment, all of those memories and experiences. All the things that make us individuals and make us special are there in the person, and that's who they believe they've been their whole lives.

What if you found out that who you think you are right now, with your memories of your family, friends, experiences - your everything - was in fact a lie. That this you is actually just a personality imprint. Do you think you would want to go back to who you were, or would you want to stay...you? I mean, if I were Mellie and I landed Paul Ballard, I'm not convinced I'd want to find out who I was before I was Mellie.

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[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

if I were Mellie and I landed Paul Ballard, I'm not convinced I'd want to find out who I was before I was Mellie.

i lol'd.

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[forecastisrayne.livejournal.com]

I think perhaps it depends if you were able to tell the two lives apart. If you found out your life was a lie, but that's all you could remember - what basis would you have for believing that lie?

'Your life is a lie'
'no it isn't'
'yes it is'
'but I don't know any different'...

I think if all memory or my previous life were erased in favour of Adam V2.0, I would stay V2.0 because who would want to give up their life, real or not? You wouldn't be guarenteed a life better or worse, so I'd opt with what I was given (so to speak...)

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[green-queen.livejournal.com]

I'm operating on the theory that you can't know who you were.

[hobbitofkobol.livejournal.com]

very interesting thoughts, idk what I'd do either!

[truffle-shuffle.livejournal.com]

I'd ask Boomer...if Boomer were a real person. She kinda went through what Mellie will eventually go through, only Mellie will have the blissful ignorance of it all by being wiped.

However, to answer your question, getting wiped wasn't an issue, and I were to find out that who I am is not who I actually am, I'd probably want to cling to who I THINK I am rather than who I may have been since I wouldn't remember Other Me at all. If that run on sentence makes any sense.

I don't have a Dollhouse icon. Why, I wonder? Must remedy. I shall use my Faith icon instead.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

As a Cylon, though, Boomer was implanted with memories that weren't hers but wasn't a separate person. The Boomer personality was fundamentally the same as all the 8s, but with some differences based on experiences etc. So she didn't have a completely separate personality stored somewhere in a box that is the person she used to be.

I brought this up because I feel like we're looking at Actives, when they're on task, as not being real people, when for all intents and purposes whoever Echo is on an engagement is her whole and real self.

I'm going to be posting some soon.