Corruption of GLaDOS
Playing Portal 2, I'm at the place where Wheatley and Chell disassembles GLaDOS. So it's pretty much after cutting of her neurotoxin generator and crippling her turret production.
When Chell eventually gets trapped by GLaDOS, an administrative voice(voice of a scientist?) tells that GLaDOS is 80% corrupted and her core must be replaced.
Well, I'm confused about this: how did GLaDOS got corrupted at that instant? I mean, she's corrupted the instant she killed those scientists at Portal 1 ain't she?
I haven't played Portal 1 but I'm well aware of its plot.
An explanation for this sudden spike in corruptness is much appreciated.Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
In short - there is none.
There is actually no cannon explanation as to why she is corrupt at this moment. At no point in the story do we get told what made her corrupt, as (spoiler for end of story):
At the end the PotatOS get's put right back inside wheatly - despite her "corruptness".
The only possible assumption I could make is that by having her cores removed from Portal 1 "corrupted", thus why she was 80% corrupt.
If course you could also say it "detected" her evilness but then again (more spoilers):
Why did it not pick up on evil wheatly at the end, and why did it let GLaDOS be put back in.
Overall, this question is one of the more major plot holes in the story.
In response to the comment "Is it because GLaDOS tried to kill Chell" (Portal 2 spoilers):
Wheatly also tried to kill Chell multiple times yet you still had to manually corrupt him with cores before it would allow a core transfer
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