Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26919090-20170404012605/@comment-25458443-20170410003736

ok so lets assume the cube is a character made up by doug being mentally attributed to a companion cube he found.

Here's everything the cube says:

"Don't take those drugs"

"You don't need those drugs"

"There are turrets over there, so don't go over there" (And Doug doesn't, meaning we can't actually confirm whether there WERE turrets over there in the first place)

"Where's the girl now?" (in reference to chell. doug says she's on her way to the final chamber)

"You mean with her" (In reference to GLaDOS) "She doesn't stand a chance"

"The room fell apart" "I heard an explosion"

"Where did the girl go?"

"yeah, she's probably on the surface..."

"Remember to watch out for turrets"

"My EYES, my EYES!!" (In reference to being out in the sun, a line that doesn't make any sense from the cube's perspective obviously)

"Get down before the robot sees you"

"Don't go back inside"

"Run away"

"You aren't a hero"

"It's too dangerous"

"You're crazy"

"Those pills you took are starting to work"

And the cube never says anything else.

I don't see a single line here that couldn't have been said by a character Doug MADE UP. A lot of the dialogue from the cube seems to read like internal monologue, elaborating on what Doug previously said. The rest of it is unnecessarily argumentative, representing a sort of angel/devil on the shoulder type of vibe.

Of course once he takes the medications the cube's dialogue genuinely starts to fade away, a decision that makes NO SENSE unless Doug himself made up the persona of the cube. After the cube shuts up he asks it if the path is safe, the cube doesn't answer and he runs forward anyway and gets shot. There's not any instance where the cube warns him about upcoming turrets that the reader can be sure were actually there.

http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic