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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1127 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for November 21, 2025

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I find it so frustrating that the protagonist hasn't asked more important questions or come to more important conclusions.

Like does she understand that the hivemind includes all of the world's spymasters and psychologists? That the hivemind could be lying to her and that some of the extreme 'revealing' truths and acts of compliance could have been undertaken to deceive her? She doesn't know that the other unlinked humans are actually unlinked. Even the hivemind's supposed susceptibility and reaction to negative emotions could be fabricated to deceive her and waste her time while it develops a means of assimilating her.

I would assume that I was under constant surveillance and any notes I took in even an encrypted form would be deciphered, but she seems to be happy with her whiteboard. She could consider sleeping in a different location every night or having future important conversations with the other spanish dude in a randomly selected SCIF.

Besides gripes with the plot, yeah I've got similar issues with the pacing. Just long drawn out irrelevant scenes to show and not tell. I kind of understand that the premise would run out pretty quickly without doing this so I can forgive them. There's also the hope that the show finds its feet and gets more creative with things. Plenty of shows had lackluster first seasons before exploding into something much better.

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