everyday i write taro and talk about taro and emotions i'm like man maybe i should make them sentient and then i go no its way more interesting this way.
a friend brought up the fact that so often there are robot characters who start out acting like they feel nothing then by the end of the story, you realize oh they can feel oh!! but there really aren't many stories that play with the idea that no, they can't. or that something starts out thinking it can feel just to realize it can't. it's an interesting lens to play with and as a writer it is so fun and [emotionally stressful] to write a character who is doing everything Not for emotion or morals or will, but for code. it's fun to go through the thought exercises of trying to find reason for why something like taro would do the things they do or act the ways they act based on their directives.
