Context

Initially, I was inspired by Twitter fan accounts that retell and expand on stories through interactions between profiles. This is such a common occurence on Twitter that there's even a section in their terms/help detailing what is allowed. Fan/parody accounts are usually humor based, though depending on the content can step past parody into role-playing. I definitely wanted to depart from pure humor, though I wasn't sure if Twitter was the right medium for telling a story with as heavy philosophical implications as Ghost in the Shell. 

*For those unfamiliar with this movie, here's a quick summary for you:

Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk-y anime movie from 1995, centering around a public security agent, Mokoto Kusanagi whose body is almost entirely cybernetic. She and her team investigate a elusive hacker, only to discover that the hacker is in fact a sentient program, originally created through a secret government program. The program hacks its way into a cybernetic body, and considers itself a "real" life form. The agent, who has already been grappling with issues of identity and real self given her mostly computerized form, is drawn to the program and the questions it raises.