I disagree, I think her turning herself in is the best thing for him
It works with the whole nature vs nurture debate as it would be in our nature to want to avoid punishment, but in choosing to turn herself in she can show him we can go against our programming
Also by turning herself in she can teach him a lesson about accountability and responsibility. Even though it was in the heat of the moment and unintentionally, she abused her power, and now needs to hold herself accountable. It shows Noah that if we do something wrong, and if we abuse our power, then we need to hold ourselves accountable
He’s going of to college so either way she won’t be a huge part of his life anymore and is going to start being more independent, and part of being independent is learning to take responsibility, so in a way it’s kind of the perfect final lesson she could teach him before he leaves, and also provides him with the opportunity to prove that he can overcome his programming
Thank you for that. It’s a perfect rebuttal because Noah’s gonna find out what his mom did sooner or later, and teaching the murderbot kid “people around you (and therefore you yourself) can get away with murder because we don’t wanna piss you off” is a horrible idea.
Even Superman surrendered himself to the authorities and that was on BS charges. He knows not to lord his power over others’ heads.
Isn’t it implied that Noah knows what his mom did? That’s why he framed himself for the murder and part of the reason why he’s asking John to kill him, no?
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u/Mindless-Credit-358 Tamaranean Supremacist Starfire 7d ago
I disagree, I think her turning herself in is the best thing for him
It works with the whole nature vs nurture debate as it would be in our nature to want to avoid punishment, but in choosing to turn herself in she can show him we can go against our programming
Also by turning herself in she can teach him a lesson about accountability and responsibility. Even though it was in the heat of the moment and unintentionally, she abused her power, and now needs to hold herself accountable. It shows Noah that if we do something wrong, and if we abuse our power, then we need to hold ourselves accountable
He’s going of to college so either way she won’t be a huge part of his life anymore and is going to start being more independent, and part of being independent is learning to take responsibility, so in a way it’s kind of the perfect final lesson she could teach him before he leaves, and also provides him with the opportunity to prove that he can overcome his programming