On the bizarre side, she could end up like that Twitter bot Microsoft put out that became a Nazi
It's something that's been mentioned before (Seriously, why does everyone at these cons ask the same 5 questions?) but IIRC she's having to deal with so much more information then The Archive was ever intended to handle thanks to the Internet.
This could lead to any number of things; On the more physical side, she could wind up finding she can't process the sheer amount of Data anymore (like a Computer without enough HDD Space) On the emotional/mental side, she could wind up not being able to cope with, as Jim put it "Sooo Muuuch Pooorn". On the bizarre side, she could end up like that Twitter bot Microsoft put out that became a Nazi, or maybe catch a Virus (from all that porn) and wind up Quacking Like a Duck until Kincaid can figure out how to upload BitDefender into a Human Brain.
I think the biggest problem for her will be the same one that everyone has, what is true and what is false information? I can see someone like Nic using a blog to great advantage spreading lies left right and center.. Supposedly the Archive records everything written but does that include the lies as well as the truth? If it makes no distinction that can become a huge problem for it just as it has for people who's only source of information is the net...
I do worry about her main purpose and function as the brain behind the Oblivion War.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if there's a WOJ on what would happen if Ivy died without a descendant ready to take on the Archive?
I mean, when the current Archive dies, it's "mantle" (for lack of a better term) goes somewhere . If there's no ready recepticle, does it die out?
Does it pick a new recepticle?
Does its knowledge just go to everyone, like Lois Lowry's book The Giver?
And what happens to the Oblivion War if information that no one should know... is suddenly known by everyone?
Edit: By the way, I stand by the idea that Ivy's probably just hanging by on a few fragile strings. Remember that not too long ago, she went through some absolutely horrific levels of abuse and torture at the hands of the Denarians, and was recovered cold and naked on the Island. Jim's porn joke has a really dark edge to it: there's a lot of stuff on the Internet that is probably just like what she went through. Uploaded daily, no less. I can't understand how anyone could go through that, be constantly reminded of it, and not want to just let go.
Poor kid.
Actually, the common visible stuff wouldn't really be a problem. Wonder what's worse? Ever heard about "red rooms"?
Or darknet forums where people exchange information about how they intentionally infect other people with AIDS? And a lot more.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if there's a WOJ on what would happen if Ivy died without a descendant ready to take on the Archive?
I mean, when the current Archive dies, it's "mantle" (for lack of a better term) goes somewhere . If there's no ready recepticle, does it die out?
Does it pick a new recepticle?
There's no WOJ I'm aware of to settle that. Personally, I suspect it jumps to the next nearest cousin in the founding Archive's bloodline, but that's just a guess.
"If it's been written down, I know it. I understand it.
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"I know everything about you, Lartessa," Ivy said, her tone flat, passionless. "It was all recorded, of course. Everything was, in Thessaloniki in those days. Your father's failing business. Your sale to the temple of Isis. If you like, I could draw you a cost-benefit analysis of your training versus your earnings in your first year at the temple, before Nicodemus came. I could use charts to make it easier for you to understand. And color them in with crayons. I enjoy crayons."
Ivy is, what, sixteen now?
I think that the internet could be what starts the disaster of the three book trilogy.....remember when something gets on the internet it is impossible to get rid of. imagine one of the books about worship of an elder good were put on the internet. according to how the oblivion war works the more people who know about the elder god the more powerful it is and the easier time it has showing up on are plane of existence. now imagine IVY trying to fight an elder god that has been connected to an internet meme.