For some reason the thought of a child hologram never occurred to me (odd as that might seem). I can entirely understand that because bestowing that on someone without the emotional maturity and life experience to cope with it would be a really bad idea. This isn't a great analogy, but it puts me in mind of the child vampire in "Interview With The Vampire". Even most of the other vampires think what Louis did was wrong and Claudia herself comes to hate him for it, if I remember rightly.
Obviously holograms are different to vampires. But now I have an irresistible image of Rimmer frogmarching Jim, Bexley and Genevieve to have their holograms recorded on their 18th birthdays. Possibly even before they've opened their presents. ;)
Yes, I love that book and I had the spectre of Claudia lurking at the back of my mind too. It's kind of inverting the idea, isn't it? Claudia was a woman trapped in a child's body but a hologram would be permanently stuck mentally at whatever age they died, no matter how long they ended up existing. It's creepy, either way.
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Date: 2014-12-01 04:22 pm (UTC)Obviously holograms are different to vampires. But now I have an irresistible image of Rimmer frogmarching Jim, Bexley and Genevieve to have their holograms recorded on their 18th birthdays. Possibly even before they've opened their presents. ;)
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Date: 2014-12-01 11:40 pm (UTC)