Attempt to Realize Dag Rattman
Loneliness, you're gnawing at it again
To the delight of a fool, have you given in?
Like it's torture?
Your problems and mine
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Loneliness, you're gnawing at it again
Oh, you wanted to say so much, have you given in?
Like it's torture?
Your problems and mine
Like it's torture?
Your mind is as fast as marbles on glass
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Don't even think about giving in
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To the delight of a fool, have you given in?
Like it's torture?
Your problems and mine
Like it's torture?
Dove into the abyss and it's empty again?
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Don't even think about giving in
*Exile. It takes your mind...again.*
Exile. It takes your mind...again.
You got sucker's luck...
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way, you trouble mine.
Exile. It takes your mind...again.
Exile. It takes your mind...again.
Oh, you meant so much...
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way, you trouble mine.
Does it feel like a trial?
Now, you're thinkin' too fast you're like, marbles on glass.
Vilify. Don't even try.
Vilify. Don't even try.
You got sucker's luck...
Have you given up?
Does it feel like a trial?
Does it trouble your mind the way you trouble mine.
Does it feel like a trial?
Did you fall far for the same emptinesses again?
Vilify. Don't even try.
Vilify. Don't even try.
Vilify. Don't even try.
Vilify. Don't even try.
Vilify.
By the way, maybe the Cube really can communicate
Comic "Laboratory Rat"
Though it’s strange that Half-Life Wiki states that he dies at the end, while I see no hints for that.
In this post, you won't find anything fundamentally new except for filler
Mysteries, enigmas. In Portal 2, there is not only a hidden plot, but also room for unsaid meaning. It’s already known that the game is tied to ancient Greek mythology and similar.
Questions about our existence have been raised before, and even more actively; they simply didn’t carry smart words like theology, psychology, etc. Myths and legends were created by people who are no different from modern humans. Though the sick human mind is capable of even more. Who would think that the myth of the Minotaur has a hidden meaning?
Take, for example:
A man is the measure of all things
Protagoras
There is no single universe. It exists as many forms as there are perceptions of it.
But the concept and its realization are different things. What is written in hundreds of books cannot compare to a high-budget game from masters of their craft.
Take, for example, the "Modules," embodying different areas of our brain. Caroline and GLaDOS – Right creative and Left rational hemisphere. The ball dreaming of space – that’s the adventure module, Casanova – the reproduction module, the encyclopedia of facts – the knowledge base.
All the people in the Aperture Science complex were killed by Caroline, subconsciously for the AI GLaDOS. Let's recall how she echoed Cave Johnson: "I will burn you all!" or something like that. This subconsciousness evoked feelings in Gladys, as we heard at the end of the sequel. Who knows, maybe it even saved Chell at the end of the first part.
Wheatley is a clear example of how one step separates stupidity from evil.
There is such a concept as "Rational Hell." This is when a person is so smart that their logical reasoning leads them to one thought: "Better to shoot myself than suffer." Notice, not from ignorance or stupidity, but from a chain of logical reasoning. The main firmware in the form of instincts can also be analyzed.
But in contrast to absolute rationalism, which lives for just a few moments (depending on capabilities), there is madness. "Madness" is often mentioned in books, but especially frequently in musical works. However, one should take into account that "madness" is also capable of rational analysis and classification. This is not the subconscious animal "awaken the beast within," no, this is a vaccine against rationalism. But like any vaccine, it is described by a set of rules, such as "thoughtlessness," "anger," "indifference." Just as a rationalist categorizes everything to give meaning to their existence, so does a madman lose themselves to add color to their life.
But just as there is absolute rationalism, there is also absolute madness. At the moment, the only thing approximating this state is called "Schizophrenia."
Schizophrenia is not a disease. The mind of a normal person represents wandering through the corridors of a labyrinth. This theme is well unveiled in the book "Helmet of Horror" by Pelevin. Schizophrenia, as GLaDOS said, is the absence of boundaries (walls of the labyrinth), a set of rules. LSD, Mescaline, etc. substances rock these boundaries or expand them. But schizophrenia implies their complete absence. However, due to human brain limitations, fully eliminating them is impossible; otherwise, a person simply cannot function. But in the perk "schizophrenia" there is nothing bad, it has been a companion of many great geniuses. A rationalist cannot imagine that our world has eleven dimensions, just as a schizophrenic cannot, but at least the latter can imagine what it’s like to live without the familiar four.
Too many variables
Two utopian sides. Rationalism, ultimately, will lead a person to suicide, or absolute schizophrenia, where consciousness simply cannot exist. Note that neither side excludes the use of the other. In fact, our brain constantly oscillates in the golden mean, which, by the way, is also a utopia and leads to a gray monotonous existence. That is why there simply is no answer to the question of "how one should think correctly." Because if you find it, it will be a utopia (dead-end), with only one way out. High-frequency maneuvering and the golden mean are also utopian.
But let’s return to schizophrenia, or rather, to our hero. I think you've read the comic "Laboratory Rat," which tells the story of Doug, who he is, etc. He was also in the first part of Portal, but he existed as a "contrast", like, behind sterile white walls lurks something unknown and mad. Many thought back then that it was the heritage of previous test subjects. So there’s not much to dig up there. The only sadness is that he was also in the console-exclusive Portal: Still Alive. There’s even an achievement "Rat's Tale." Unfortunately, I couldn't find images of his drawings in that add-on.
Although the Schrödinger's cat trick existed long before the first part came out. I can’t find the source, but I remember that the news flashed on hl-inside. The point of this cat is not to kill the unfortunate animal but to show that things are not so simple in the micro world of quantum physics. It doesn't matter whether the cat remains alive; what matters is how the observer influences it. An experiment with two boards and a proton gun clearly shows the dependence of the experiment's outcome on the presence or absence of a viewer or sensor. This hints at the informational structure of the universe. Of course, one can nitpick the cat experiment. The cat will be dead for itself but will exist in two states for an observer interested in its state until the box is opened. However, the macroworld has one huge flaw - it has smoothing properties, that is, the micro world’s properties, due to hundreds of other properties, cancel each other out. However, no one denies possibilities. Therefore, no self-respecting physicist will claim to be 100% certain. Yes, God plays dice.
The box is drawn on white gel. By the way, all formulas are real
The moon takes up a lot of space in the sequel. Not just in the game. Wolves howl at the Moon, and our pagan ancestors truly believed that the Hare howled at the Moon and carried eggs. They say that if you stare at the Moon for too long, you might go insane (c) Mikhailych. In the USA, it is statistically confirmed that on full moons, 911 calls increase significantly compared to other days. Oh, and how many theories have been devised about it. The main feature of this earthly satellite is paradoxes. Although it is the wrong word. It is far from us, but it influences everyone, as mentioned above. Or for example, the gravitational influence of the Moon on Earth is no greater than that of a pea on a human head from a meter away, even though this celestial body is responsible for tides and ebbs.
An approximate set of words taken from forums. I emphasize the word "approximate". Because personally, I hear different words, but let’s hope that the American ear can better decipher this gibberish.
God damn _____(Damn it _____ (the dog/Doug?). What the hell. _____(<are you> not [you] know who you are?) Connected with/locked with. Who’s on the line? _____ing(<curse?) price/prize/surprise. I’ll help you _______(<fool/Mister dumb?>). Help me tune the transmission(?). Help me with this foam(? 'foam may be a pseudonym for something?). -knocks- God, you shouldn’t have wasted anything(?). The foam is it/this 2… It’s blue (???). It’s too early to start. You haven’t begun yet, but you’re already cursed. You’re playing with _____(<now/I, madam>?)-knocks- It’s part of you(?) Man, evil (?). Use ____ on the top. Touch! -knocks- The place is gone. To bring them. So that they are _____(<legs?!) there.(?) Don’t explode. Don’t start. Let them go. -knocks- Let him go. Let him live. What are you (?) -knocks-.
If you remember, there was a lot of noise about the 26 images in the form of a radio signal, nothing but guessing on coffee grounds they brought to the community. Unless a lot of references to physics in the form of formulas and other mosaics of the universe (like experiments, etc.), and a gnome too. The author of the video provides good notes, by the way.
But what is known for sure is that all 26 images were sent by Doug. It's known that there’s an achievement "Final Transmission" in the sequel. The word "final" is disappointing. The image in this transmission is disappointing. What’s interesting is that we hear his voice through the wall before we catch this transmission. Which hints at something. After all, Doug thought a lot about the Moon. And also after the events of the comic, Doug decides to never give up (but on what?), which the song Exile confirms as well.
I see it as if, but not with my eyes
By the way, the Moon is said to have 8 phases, but here there are 15
This drawing is alarming. It is very possible that he used the portal gun for his purposes with the Moon, and later returned it for Chell
Although it’s also not a fact that Doug went on, as we’ve already determined, the Cube is quite capable of sending signals by itself. Moreover, someone drew these indicators.
By the way, there is an opinion that at this moment Wheatley was indeed talking about Ratman
At the end of the comic, Doug lies down in a capsule. Somehow, he wakes up at the same moment as Chell. With one caveat, a little earlier. He used the portal gun as a means to deliver the cube to the Moon, which sent the last transmission.
The only thing that is unclear - Why did he even lie down in the end of the comic? Chell is saved, go for a walk. Yes, he was injured, let's say the capsule has regeneration properties. But not two hundred and eighty years! It’s unclear, "never give up," against whom? It is known that he ran out of pills (which he hadn’t taken before). Due to the destroyed complex, Doug had the opportunity to behold the Moon, which, as already mentioned, has the ability to influence human minds. Perhaps this is why he didn’t want to leave the complex, as he wanted to reach it.
So what’s the outcome? It’s quite possible that all of this is unreal. After all, even in rational thought, Chell has no certainty. Let’s remember the beginning of the game. After 50 days, she wakes up in a cryogenic chamber. After a short training, they tell her to lie back down. During this, if she stands still and does nothing, the screen will turn off by itself. And then, when the heroine wakes up, the picture on the wall turns black with a huge moon in the sky.
That is, while Chell is fighting with crazy computers, in the very same rooms, another story is happening, from another universe. And just as we see in Doug a kind of mystical figure, he also doubts our real existence. As if Chell is some kind of heroine from mythology for him, only all this happens before his eyes, like some kind of TV show, not reality.
Did you expect to read his story in this post? Unfortunately, there is very little to find about Doug in the game. He is presented not as a character with a plot, but as "another world." To my knowledge, there have been no games where the theme of schizophrenia was unveiled. Parodies, setting, but nothing touched with the soul. The song Exile already reveals this thought, but the game puts emphasis on physics. Only through physics can one understand what’s happening in his head. But, alas, one could write hundreds of formulas and still not understand. Anyone can find a piece of themselves in Doug. He is the antithesis of science, the counterbalance to rationalism. You simply cannot learn his story plot-wise… for now. And you don’t need it either. Or perhaps we simply do not know something about the Moon.
Nothing is real. If you knew how much truth there is in these words. Even from the perspective of science
And finally, a translation of some notes-comments from the steam forum about his drawings in the sequel.
Damn, I just wanted to translate it as the Steam forums went down. And the draft isn't saved due to glitches. In principle, there is quite simple English there, mainly all phrases with drawings are rewritten and a couple of links to physical formulas. So you can familiarize yourself later.