25 posts · 2007-06-22 12:44:05 to 2007-11-28 03:23:27
Just a quirky question that popped into mah head.
After everything Roland witnessed, first hand, of Neo's abilities and accomplishments, what do you think Roland did?
A) Joined EPN, finally realizing the prophecy was true and Neo was their savior
B) Stayed Zion, denouncing EPN's actions as foolish and rash.
C) Retired to Florida
B)
He never saw first hand what all Neo did and never believed like Niobe or Morpheus in him. I doubt he had a change of heart when the truce came around and his character seemed like the type that would sooner die then admit he was wrong so I'd say he stuck with Zion and woulda been hunting Morpheus day and night if he could of back in 1.3
C) Retired to Florida
Roland never believed in the One, and had no real reason to believe in the One. He probably knew and accepted that Neo saved the Matrix, but that's as far as it goes.
Yea, maybe Roland would slap some sense into Zion, most notably EPN.
He seemed like a pretty straightforward guy, not the type to believe in prophecies or mysticism...he probably would have shrugged and said "it figures" when he found out the whole prophecy about the One was just part of the Machines' system of control.
Illyria
Roland would doubtlessly be staunchly Zion and anti-EPN. I don't doubt he'd put the beat-down on the Kid if he ever met him again in the Real or in the Matrix (and I'd gladly sell tickets to *THAT* cage-match). The guy's too pragmatic to put much stock in prophecies or messiahs, and I have a feeling he'd have about the same reaction to EPN as most people do to End-Times believers, ie. that they're crackpots at best, fanatics at worst.
That said, I'd love to see this guy show up in MxO: he's a great character, despite the teeny amount of screen-time he got. I've speculated on his background a bit, wondering if he was somewhat older when he was unplugged, and suspecting he may have been in the military before that.
Would be nice if they introduced Roland and the crew of the Mjolnir somehow into the story... It would be nice to have some more Zion characters besides Ghost and Niobe.I agree with that statement 100%.
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If the Machine sees me, it will try to kill me on sight, not wait for me to put my guns down and say I want to stop fighting. So until we see that change, the Machine and it's Machinists can't expect peace.
Pyraci wrote:But see you are not the ones that we need to talk to. You are not the ones that need to listen. Your bosses are and before you even attempt to say that you could be a relay between us and them may I remind you of a "Anti-Cypherite" thread in which Machinest stood up and decalred they were aginst the Cypherites and how well the system listend to it. Your free to act as noble as you want but you need to stop kidding yoruself by thinking that the Machine is going to do the same just because of you and a few others.If the Machine sees me, it will try to kill me on sight, not wait for me to put my guns down and say I want to stop fighting. So until we see that change, the Machine and it's Machinists can't expect peace.
The Machine; quite probably... Machinists such as myself; If you do put your weapons down and request talk, we will listen.
Not after the Machines killed a few dozen innocents, high ranking officers, etc. at old Zion. Yeah, seems unlikely.
We're at war now. Get used to it.
Illyria
PS: It's not like we didn't warn Zion not to threaten the truce.
There will never be peace without communication. Both sides are quick to pick up a gun when they should consider picking up an olive branch. As optimistic as I try to be, I don't really see either side's pride allowing for it to happen.
Justify it all that you want. In the end, it's all just a bunch of excuses.
