Quote Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe View Post
I'd be fine with throwing them in the garbage. No matter what, if it not in continuity with the original consciousness, it's not the same person.

And any person who really loves someone, would do the same. Sphene's love is not real. It's a warped and misguided version of the original Queen's sentiments.

Don't get me wrong. Certain people ITT would absolutely regard them as the same and be happy. Not me though.

To expound-- human beings are way more than their memories. What adds up to your behavior and your personality is infinitely more complex. The way XIV handles it is totally unrealistic. Theoretically, Endless should be unique acting people who happen to have those memories.
It doesn't have to be the same person in order to not murder them. I don't believe current G'raha is Crystal Tower G'raha OR Shadowbringer G'raha. I view him as a new, unique individual, but because of that I wouldn't think it's okay to "throw him in the bin."

What about Emet-Selch and the other Ascians? They moved from body to body for thousands of years. Are they not people because of this discontinuity? Would it be acceptable to do anything to them for being "less than?"

You are viewing this from the perspective of yourself. What use an Endless would be to you. But we're talking about their own perspectives, which they do have, regardless of how people try to deny that in order to justify the narrative's treatment of them. That's another thing, when the tour guide approaches, he assures them that they should feel the exact way they felt in life. Why would an AI be giving itself assurances about how each instance of it feels internally if it doesn't feel anything? Nothing that happens in Living Memory makes sense if they aren't sentient. It doesn't even make sense to have Living Memory if they aren't sentient.

But hey, at least we can hold hands in unity on the agreed point that the way this is written is a mess.