The rest of GLaDOS is still a Frankenstein of Caroline's time-twisted mind and the various modifications that the Aperture scientists made to her.Īs for the delay between when GLaDOS finds its conscience and when it deletes it, the reason might simply be that it had never been able to pinpoint the fact that its conscience was coming from Caroline - hence Caroline being deleted right as it says "the surge of emotion that shot through me when I saved your life taught me an even more valuable lesson - where Caroline lives in my brain". When GLaDOS says it deletes "Caroline", it's actually deleting its own newfound conscience, in the sense that GLaDOS considers its conscience to be Caroline's "own voice". So "Caroline" is a symbol of GLaDOS' conscience with a particularly real cognitive manifestation. Which means that her conscience is the most foreign thing to GLaDOS after her mind had been so heavily augmented - and that it can be isolated from every other aspect of itself. Sort of awkward for me to be answering my own question (especially after Merus and Raven have provided much simpler answers), but here's what I came up with this morning.Įarlier in the game, she says that for the first time, she's hearing the voice of her own conscience, and that it scares her because it's her own voice. Also this could be seen as a similar thing to someone saying "Just go! I don't want you here anyway!" when they say good bye to a loved one. She frequently lies and mocks Chell for her own amusement. She also describes the maddening influence of the constant voices provided by the personality cores used to suppress her homicidal compulsions." I see this as further evidence that when Caroline became GLaDOS she had major personality changesĪs for the 'deleted Caroline' thing I think this is just part of GLaDOS's sense of humor. GLaDOS claims that she was sufficiently motivated by a earnest love of science to overcome the withdrawal, but it may still have had effects on her personality. The euphoria diminishes over time, causing a state of withdrawal which can induce insanity. After walking around with Chell, GLaDOS remembered who she was before she was GLaDOS and as a result is more 'human' but still knows how to deal with her body so she is here to stay.Ī further note on Caroline changing when she became GLaDOS from "The system rewards the administrator of constant repeated tests with a euphoric reaction upon test completion, much like a drug addiction. she adapted to that body but it took some work and time I'm sure her personality changed over that time. She went crazy because 1) the power of the GLaDOS body makes you a little crazy and 2) It's hard to go through that much and still be who you were. I see the 'GLaDOS is Caroline' thing as GLaDOS is a personality core that contains what is left of Caroline.
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