Cloning Blues: Difference between revisions

''If you had ever seen us you'd rejoice in your uniqueness

''And consider every weakness something special of your own"''

 

In [[Speculative Fiction]], being a clone absolutely ''sucks''. It's enough to make a clone sing the blues.

* The Zentradi of the ''[[Macross]]'' universe (and the Macross part of ''[[Robotech]]'') are initially all artificially-generated beings. Some cloning remains in practice, even if it's strongly hinted that many are reproducing biologically by the time of ''Macross Frontier''. They don't seem to suffer any angst about it, even the ones who are obvious clones of important characters from the original series.

** There's an apparent plot hole between the original ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' and its sequels, particularly Macross 7. The official sources state that about one million people survived the Zentraedi planetary bombardment in 2010 AD. Macross 7 is set in 2045 AD, featuring the 37th immigration fleet, 7th (hence the title) to have a main colony vessel capable of carrying about one million people. Official source materials include a book with a more detailed timeline, mentioning the start of mass cloning of the surviving population and its end when mutations (due to the procedure's strain on DNA) started appearing. No mention of how many copies of each individual were made, but presumably they were loaded onto the immigration fleets to spread the seeds of humanity across the stars.

** In another interesting development, the only ones who view them as less than human are the scientists who created them and the clones themselves, possibly linked to {{spoiler|identity crisis with shared memory/perceptions. Even the bad guy of that arc would ''always'' try to talk to them as individuals (unsuccessfully) before deciding to kill them.}}

* This comes up towards the end of ''[[King of Thorn]]'', since by that point {{spoiler|both Marco and Kasumi have died and been resurrected as Medusa constructs}}; essentially, they are just copies of their original selves. Marco, [[Determinator|not being one prone to angst]], simply recommends they live on as normal.