Quote Originally Posted by Steelpapercranes View Post
This is my personal theory as to why mecha-Otis was killed so suddenly and so pointlessly. If we had 'living' Otis exist at the same time as 'Endless' Otis (well, they DID exist at the same time for like 400 years but I guess they want us to think about it), it would kind of make it unacceptably clear how what they're going for emotionally in living memory is NOT what's happening lol. They had to make sure he wasn't around in the hopes that we just wouldn't think that hard about it.
It also begs the question why they went with the Endless that require an ever increasing amount of aether that would eventually destroy all life in the universe, when they stumbled upon putting minds and souls into machines first. That along with hologram tech make their chosen solution which confines the Endless in one place and destroys the universe, extra stupid. They basically invented their own version of the Omicron, tossed out that idea and went with a paperclip paradox instead. WHY?