What happens with the abstracted?
So... I just binge watched the show with my friend 2 days ago and we both came up with an interesting theory on abstractions.
We know that the characters aren't really human, right? They're just... digital personas made from neural scans.
So, when a character abstracts, what happens to them? Do the images just get... corrupted?
I noticed the "neural scans (obsolete)" folder when kinger hacks Caine. If they're "obsolete" wouldn't that mean that they've been replaced by something new? So... wouldn't these scans belong to the people who abstracted?
We also see the red humanoid figure reach into said folder and create Scratch (it could be a flashback but why would it atill be called "obsolete" when Scratch was created?). So... wouldn't that mean that the people who abstracted could still be brought back?
I dont know though, im delusional and trying my best to believe there CAN be an ending where everyone is happy and alive, but I still find this idea interesting...
(Oh, also, the math checks out if you believe that the red figure scene takes place before Jax's abstraction.
6 from the original abstracted people, add 2 for Ribbit and Kaufmo and another 2 for the crossed out doors from the pilot of 2 characters we never hear about and you have the 10 things in the folder)