[LMB] Betan influence

Azalais Aranxta tiamat at tsoft.com
Wed Jun 6 15:27:25 BST 2007


On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Marna Nightingale wrote:

> Cordelia isn't afraid of Betan Therapy because she thinks
> they're going to turn her into a mindless conforming zombie. At
> one point we see her thinking to herself that it would be
> AWFULLY nice if she could go ahead and have some therapy, but
> she doesn't dare.
>
> She's afraid of Betan therapy because she's decided to commit treason by
> keeping the truth about what happened with Ges to herself, and there's
> no way that won't come out if she does go into therapy.

I'd want therapy after an encounter with Ges, man.  I actually
thought that was one of the *braver* things she did.  There are a
lot of things I've HAD to deal with on my own that I wouldn't
have, given a real choice (i.e. therapists who actually GOT
certain issues...)

~malfoy

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