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Allen

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« #82 : 05-08-2004 23:54 »
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Well, cute things aren't usually malicious. Then again, the Nibblonians were willing to end one person's life as they knew it to further their own agenda. Perhaps they thought correctly. Most humans would seem most likely to refuse to help. "Hmmm, save the Universe a thousand years from now or invoke the 'Somebody Else's Problem Field'" (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
The point is the Nibblonians assumed Fry would see it as 'not his problem'. They failed to take into account that 1999 Fry might actually jump at the offer. A semi-related note: Fry says he would have accepted the offer in TWoF, because he loves the future. But this is based on the fact the 3003 Fry has seen the future, 1999 Fry hasn't. Still, given his tendency to sci-fi fandom, it's reasonable to assume that he would have gone.
Does this make the Nibblonians evil or determined? They go through great lengths to protect the Mighty One (we can safely assume) The Brains wish to destroy the Universe. This is actually a horrible plan for the Brains. Since the beginning of time, they've been amassing information. Then they decided store it in the Infosphere. What's the point of knowing everything just to blow yourselves away as soon as you're done? Perhaps the Infosphere could withstand the destruction, but there still seems to be little point.
So I don't think the Nibblonians are evil and though we're told the Brains are evil, they're really just geeks intent on knowing everything. I suppose in a way, this is 'evil' but I don't know. I think the only thing that made them evil was the disregard they showed all lifeforms as they gathered their knowledge.
Still, I maintain Fry always lacked the delta brainwave. This, in a sense of irony, makes any choice to go to the future irrelevent. He MUST go or risk fading away. Did he have to go in midnight 2000, could he have been thawed out the instant he was needed? AoI 1 says no. He must go then or at least on New Year's it seems or risk throw the Universe out of wack.
Ok, I've said a lot and someone else has probably posted by now. I'll see if this makes sense a few days later.
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