I was blindsided by Gesicht's death, since I still haven't read the original Astro Boy "Greatest Robot on Earth." I was expecting him maybe to die, but not THEN! Helena's delayed reaction to his death in particular hit me hard. A little bit of me hasn't entirely forgiven Atom for surviving.
The excision of Gesicht and Helena's memory of their son hit my personal horror/fascination storykink of individual memories as tangible data that can be removed, overwritten, or duplicated in another person, potentially ceaselessly; a subtly nasty distinction from a straight mindwipe and the thing I love in stuff like Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
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Sun, Nov. 14th, 2010 10:00 pm (UTC)The excision of Gesicht and Helena's memory of their son hit my personal horror/fascination storykink of individual memories as tangible data that can be removed, overwritten, or duplicated in another person, potentially ceaselessly; a subtly nasty distinction from a straight mindwipe and the thing I love in stuff like Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and The Adoration of Jenna Fox.