Bruce Springsteen makes everything better, clearly.*g* I hope they release the Shirley Manson version.
Cameron's "if I go bad again" sounds to me like she might not always be able to override her original programming. Though fear is an emotion too, isn't it? Or maybe that is her programming (to keep John alive) talking.
Could be either, or both. As we know from Derek's memories, there were other Terminators whose reprogramming failed, and it was Cameron who told him this, so she has seen it before. If it weren't for Skynet sending other Terminators back, John would be safer without a potential risk like Cameron at his side, and she knows that, but the last year has also shown her that in the current situation, he needs her.
...if I'm right, and she made her first free decision, it must be a completely new experience for her, too, and I imagine a fearful one. When you're following your programming, you don't have a moment of doubt about what is right or wrong.
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Date: 2008-09-11 04:16 pm (UTC)Cameron's "if I go bad again" sounds to me like she might not always be able to override her original programming. Though fear is an emotion too, isn't it? Or maybe that is her programming (to keep John alive) talking.
Could be either, or both. As we know from Derek's memories, there were other Terminators whose reprogramming failed, and it was Cameron who told him this, so she has seen it before. If it weren't for Skynet sending other Terminators back, John would be safer without a potential risk like Cameron at his side, and she knows that, but the last year has also shown her that in the current situation, he needs her.
...if I'm right, and she made her first free decision, it must be a completely new experience for her, too, and I imagine a fearful one. When you're following your programming, you don't have a moment of doubt about what is right or wrong.