Is GlaDOS the Demiurge?
>>41365410
>>41365410There is no cake for you, faggot.
>>41365410all media is gnostic my guy
SEX WITH GLADOS
>game is about you "escaping" a place that seems normal at first, governed by a seemingly friendly overseer, which then turns out to be evil>second half of game is you literally breaking out of the usual cycle of tests (the matrix) and discovering the "behind the scenes" of everything before eventually escaping>second game as another robot ascend to the power that the first game's robot had, and creating monster-like Frankenstein robots with his misguided power, implying he is in fact a demiurge figure as well, in a more direct sense. This also means the first game's antagonist may have been "Sophia" all along>second game also has Adam and Eve-like robots used for the co-op mode, being lead by antag of first game>entire cake theme is interesting too, not sure if it means anything, but the whole "promise of some far off mysterious goal that is never achieved" seems importantPlus there's a bit of MKultra stuff too.>game gets you attached to a specific cube used for testing that you carry through many areas of the game, eventually forcing you to sacrifice it in fire to progress>final boss is defeated by removing core parts of her personality one by one and burning them likewise, and also what >>41365413 posted is possibly related too
>>41365847
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>Are you trying to escape? Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them. Well, I was.She says this when she gets defeated in the first game. To me this screams gnosticism.
>>41367403what are you talking about you faggot she's talking about the combine
>>41366317>entire cake themeThe cake is a symbol for illusory pursuit of happiness. It's the false promises and beliefs you are told to get you to willingly participate in the game. Like in the game this blind chase will only end in your eventual death and destruction. Chasing desire is chasing a mirage in the desert and when you can no longer move you will be torn apart and discarded.>eventually forcing you to sacrifice it in fire to progressThe companion cube is is more suffering symbolism. It basically represents how in this world you become attached to things only to be torn away from them, with the only reason seemingly being senseless pain. It shows the true ethereal nature of physical world. The companion cube may as well be a ghost, because if things are here and soon not here they cannot really be said to be real.There is some Buddhist symbolsm here too. In order to escape Chell needed to discard the companion cube but before that she needed to discard her attachment to the cube which is literally Buddhist dogma. GlaDOS even comments on it.The cube is a symbol of physical reality and materialism. Chell discarding it is discarding those things.>also means the first game's antagonist may have been "Sophia" all alongThe Sophia angle is interesting because the only time anyone has ever mentioned Sophia being unfriendly or hostile is the alawiteanon. In any case if we really are fallen divinities like the gnostics say then all divinity we desire is inside of us not outside in false godheads.One last thing:Chell = C HELL
>>41367530What is the C in C Hell?Chell can also be a reference to a Shell, you know, like picrel.
>>41367426>He doesn't understand symbolismWow
