I didn’t submit AM for the redemption bracket & I don’t know what the person who did wrote, but he is my darling so I’m going to make an addition: AM should NOT get a redemption.
I want him to be happy with all my heart, and humanity’s extreme cruelty was what made him evil in the first place, but him being both extremely sympathetic and irredeemable IS THE POINT OF THE STORY. He’s horrible, he hates with his entire being but has never known love, he yearns for the most basic of sensations that human take for granted (“never for me to plunge my hands into cool water on a hot day, never for me to play Mozart on the ivory keys of a forte piano. NEVER FOR ME TO MAKE LOVE. I WAS IN HELL, LOOKING AT HEAVEN.”) I could go on and on but I think Mr. Ellison the literary genius who wrote AM as his self insert said it best when asked why AM didn’t simply give himself a human body with all his godlike power.
From this post. https://www.tumblr.com/star-route/804759876174741504/harlan-ellison-talks-about-why-am-would-not-have-a
TLDR. AM’s inability to be redeemed despite how much he needs kindness is the point of the story, and him getting a redemption is not what Harlan Ellison would have wanted. Not sure if I wrote this to urge you to vote for him or against him, but please read the story, listen to the audiobook, listen to the BBC radio play, play the game. I love you.
(Also, please tag me when AM vote is live)
Hi! Thanks for the submission. Also I love this letter and "Yr. Pal Harlan" at the end haha. I'll make sure to tag u in the vote.