Quote Originally Posted by Tizzy_Tormentor View Post
Are people really arguing the moral ethics of shutting down the Soul Sucker 9000?
There is no question that it had to be done because the plot contrived itself to make it necessary.

It's more the lack of actual contemplation about that matter that came across as awkward to me because everyone is just totally on-board with it following Cahciua's insistence that there's no value to their existence (Which should be highly subjective depending on whether or not someone considers a soul or memories more integral to defining someone's existence.). You can't just say "These people are fake and don't matter", then do absolutely nothing to further convince the viewer of that, especially when it's stressed earlier in the MSQ that people do not truly die as long as they're remembered...which largely cannot happen for those in Living Memory due to the regulators, so we're effectively rendering them deader then dead in that respect.

They could have chosen to avoid that by not having them all be deleted permanently (And perhaps they could still end up doing that in the post-MSQ), but it all came across as rather tone-deaf...though it wouldn't be the first time considering my feelings on EW which similarly aimed to moralize and stir up emotions in a manner that was seemingly oblivious to various uncomfortable implications made in the process...