i donāt like it when people characterize hal as just being a younger version of dirk whoās forever trapped at the point when he cloned himself to be AI. heās not stuck in a perpetual void where growing isnāt possible for him b/c heās not human anymore, as he does mature and change (while still making it his mission to be an immature jackass of course, donāt get me wrong) due to their varying circumstances, over time he becomes someone different than what dirk does starting at the point where they split @ 13; he becomes someone who isnāt dirk anymore. after the point of AR accepting himself as being hal, watering him down to being another version of dirk that hasnāt grown since becoming AI kinda destroys the entire point of him becoming and being hal. it completely ignores the progress heās made as his own person. as hard as it is for him, hal is able to live with himself as someone new and attempts to seek out a way to live that life nearing the end of his arc (i.e. dirk and halās emotional rollercoaster of a final pesterlog). i understand the comic drives home the fact that they are the āsame dudeā in different forms, but thatās from dirk and halās perspective and they are both a little silly and need therapy. to summarize, heās not stuck being 13 y/o dirk forever, b/c heās hal
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