((I love how Wheatley is aware of the philosophical principle of Occam’s Razor. Wherein the best solution to a problem is the easiest one that requires the least effort. And clearly stabbing people is easier than hacking their machinery.))
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((I love how Wheatley is aware of the philosophical principle of Occam’s Razor. Wherein the best solution to a problem is the easiest one that requires the least effort. And clearly stabbing people is easier than hacking their machinery.))
Android Wheatley and Android Ap-Sap, 4th march 2020.
((I still can’t believe that this seemingly inconsequential quote of his from a completely different game that he just so happens to cameo in explains so much of his behaviour as WheatDOS in Portal 2.
Like it just ties everything together. He IS a roleplay loving dork. He IS into theatrics. He wasn’t acting evil because he’s literally evil but because he’s a nerd who’s in way over his head (Literally stated by Erik Wolpaw, the lead writer of Portal 2) who uses roleplay as a coping mechanism and who was pretending to be a James Bond villain as an attempt to try and mask his own growing sense of fear and panic over a situation that has since spiralled out of his control.
I’m still amazed at how this little quote of his from a completely different game explains so much about Wheatley as a character and how he behaves.))
((Wheatley is pretty fragile. Emotionally fragile that is.))
((Tumblr broke the post so here’s the new one!))
I’m still amazed at how this little quote of his from a completely different game explains so much about Wheatley as a character and how he behaves.))
Headcanon: Insecure Ap-sap
- [pages turning] “Hmm.” [pages turning] “Oh! Oh, sorry. Sorry! Hope that didn't disturb you too much, then. That was--did you hear that noise? Yeah, that was just the sound of...some books. Pages being turned. By me. 'Cause I was reading...the books.” [chuckles] “You know what it's like, you know? When you get the urge. And--and ability. To read. Suddenly takes you, you're like I've gotta read some books! So that was what I was doing, just reading the old, uh--some of the old bloody classics. Of literature. By uh...Dickens. And uh...um...others. So uh, so I'm not a moron." - [cleaning noises] “Oh! Sorry! Sorry, sorry! I hope I didn't disturb you too much, then. Um, I was just polishing...my book museum. When it occurred to me that I've read all of the books. Tragic! Speaking as, uh, someone who can literally read. Not bragging, not trying to show off; but uh, but I can read. And uh, yeah! I've just been working my way through all of the classics, really: Pride and Punishment, Brothers Masagiganovnov, Franken's...Dickinson. Um, read all of 'em. So I'm not a moron." - [classical music] “Oh! Sorry! Sorry, sorry! I hope I didn't disturb you too much, then. Um, I'm listening to some uh, classical music. This one is by, um--what's his name? Wolfgang...uh, Wolfgang Beethoven. Who--my personal favorite, if I'm honest. Um, I just love all the--I just love all the bloody melodies! That he comes up with. Hummable, they are. That's--to me, that is the mark of great music, if you can hum along. And I can, to this one, on all of them. So I'm not a moron." - [pages turning] “Hmm.” [pages turning] “Ah! So yeah, finished reading all the books now! All the books ever made. So...good riddance. To that fun, I mean. You know, I love--too much fun, actually. It was--I was getting tired of all the fun. Of reading. Just...ah! What fun! So I'm not a moron."
The reason why Wheatley keeps trying to convince The Spy that he isn’t a moron despite being completely unprompted and unprovoked is most likely because GLaDOS told the Spy that he was a moron as a product warning before selling him off and Wheatley has been desperately trying to convince the Spy otherwise ever since.
the dialogue for the Ap Sap is kind of saddening as well as hilarious
he’s become self aware
I'm about to post a bunch of doodles I've done over the last couple of weeks be warned