I think he saw the tech as unavoidable and wanted to be in control of it and the means to resist it.
This is how I took it too.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
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sj - Jan 17, 2010 6:13:12 pm PST #2588 of 5827
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
megan walker - Jan 17, 2010 6:51:27 pm PST #2589 of 5827
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So, if Boyd has always been a doll, was he never around when the automatic doll blast tech went off? Was he faking being affected in the campus episode?
Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2010 6:55:31 pm PST #2590 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Boyd wasn't a Doll. Topher fixed the device that let you wipe people with no Active architecture.
megan walker - Jan 17, 2010 7:03:51 pm PST #2591 of 5827
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, thanks. I totally missed that and was all confused.
ETA: Wait, didn't the guy in the attic say he didn't know what the founder looked like because he could be in any body?
Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2010 7:10:52 pm PST #2592 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think he only said that because that's what HE did. He assumed Boyd also put himself in other bodies. And maybe he did. But Boyd was the original.
Laga - Jan 17, 2010 7:11:51 pm PST #2593 of 5827
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I don't think you can put youself in other bodies without doll programming.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2010 7:14:55 pm PST #2594 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think you can put youself in other bodies without doll programming.
The recipient has to have Active architecture, but the donor doesn't. Is that what you meant?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2010 7:27:00 pm PST #2595 of 5827
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What does that mean?
Or maybe the more appropriate thing would be to say "It better not be a Babylon 5". That is, Fox suddenly says "Oh, by the way, can we get a new season of this?" when the powers that be have already got its close done up (I went with the "reverse Farscape" because I was never a B5 watcher).
I doubt that's what that announcement means, but since up 'til now it seems Fox is determined to torment Joss, who knows.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2010 7:30:30 pm PST #2596 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently Joss has stated outright there will be no more Dollhouse in any media--film, comics, TV, nothing.
smonster - Jan 18, 2010 7:24:12 am PST #2597 of 5827
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Just watched it. I thought it was the finale, so when "10 years later" flashed up I might have exclaimed, "fuck you, Joss." It'll be interesting to see how he wraps it up.
I guessed Mellie was going to bite it before they left the Dollhouse.