[HERE BE SPOILERS] . . . . . . . . Why does WAU attack Simon?

[Xeno]

I keep reading interpretations of this game in which people defend WAU because it's trying to preserve humanity. But no matter how many passionate posts I read, I can't find an answer to the question, "Why does WAU attack Simon at all?" I mean, it makes sense when we think that Simon-2 is a human and that WAU is taking the Five-Nights-At-Freddy's approach of shoving him forcefully into a robot suit. But when we learn that Simon-2 is not only a robot already but perhaps WAU's best creation, then why are the only antagonists in the game out to get him in the first place? I'm either missing something, or this is a glaring problem with continuity (punny?) in the main story.

[Holografix]

Maybe the WAU preserves life like a taxodermist preserves animals. The goop is like formaldehyde the WAU uses to maintain a semblance of humanity. Much like the ARK is arguably or not a simulation of life, the WAU creates a semblance of life.

The different iterations of WAU forms changes our player perspective of what human life means and entails. At some point in the line of WAU Simon-2 iterations, Simon becomes hostile to the WAU.

Maybe WAU attacks Simon-2 because it realizes that a previous iteration of Simon satisfies WAU's criteria of human life without being a threat to itself like Simon-2.

[Wolfy_Paws]

After playing the game myself several times its quite clear that the wau itself has no direct influence over these monsters they pretty much do what they do and they don’t seem to follow any directions really in the end it seems to me that had the wau been giving definitions of what a human was what they were supposed to look like what they were supposed to be and everything it probs would not have killed everyone either or revived people as monsters and revived them in robot bodys

[Iggy Wolf]

From my understanding, all the creatures and people infected with structure gel attack you because you have structure gel in you as well. All the other structure gel infected creatures attack you so they can get some more of that structure gel themselves. That's why you don't immediately die when attacked the first time, and simply wake up again but limping. The game even eludes to it at one point, especially if you go about reading all the notes and info in the environment.

The WAU isn't malicious but simply trying to maintain life, as it defines and believes it to be. It has no control though over its inventions because the structure gel is simply supposed to keep them alive. So, whether they're immobile, crazy, aggressive, or think they're in a field of flowers and rainbows, they are alive apparently and have complete autonomy as far as them being living is concerned. The ones that are aggressive attack you simply because they want your structure gel.

[Wolfy_Paws]

makes sense tbh also the main reason the wau twisted life the way it did doe was because no one as far as i know gave it clear cut directions on what being alive was on what being human was

[Sofanthiel]

The WAU's purpose was reprogramed to save and preserve the remenants of humanity left on Pathos 2. But the AI missenterprented the instructions and instead started killing the humans and then reanimated them to make them more likely to survive. And we all know that when someone dies they can not come back so the WAU started inserting the brainscans into all kinds of robots. Many of the brainscans could no comprehend the change as it is like an instant change from the brainscan to the new body. This resulted in many of the staff and robots turning insane and started killing of the living staff. Simon is therefore attacked by the other creations because of their insanity. There is one part where you get attacked by Terry Akers. But that is simply because his instructions was to catch and put others into a coma like state in which they lived on inside of a dream. Therefore the WAU isn't realy trying to kill simon as it is just the other failed creations that kill everything in sight. And I forgot that the scavanger is mostsly sentient but it tries to kill you because of the structure gel you have. It is needed for its survival.

[Wolfy_Paws]

yeah the wau itself dosen't have direct control over its creations is what you mean right?