Virgin nerd: Kubrick stated that hal was programmed to be a straight computer, therefore it is Canon

Chad critic: authorial intent doesn’t mean shit. Hal is gay

universe brain: Hal is homicidal because he was programmed to be straight when he’s very obviously in love with David as much as any machine could be and the conflict in his programming caused an error that resulted in an attempted murder or two

ATTEMPTED murder?????? He SUCCESSFULLY murdered literally everyone but dave

ok to be fair when writing my post I was like “wow huh I guess Hal wasn’t even that homicidal, he only killed like one dude” and completely forgot about the other 6 people he murdered in their sleep. my bad

Next time on: Is it 2003 Space Oddessy or Homestuck

2003