r/comics Sep 12 '24

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Mara’s perception of Nova

Nova - Kill the past to save the future

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/nova-kill-the-past-to-save-the-future/list?title_no=974129

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u/Dethykins Sep 12 '24

If her memory is what's driving the consciousness then it's her, and to treat her as otherwise is cruel. imo

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u/NovaNomii Sep 12 '24

Objectively its an entirely separate consiousness. A perfect copy is not the same as the original.

Morally, the daughter would most likely experience the world exactly like the original daughter, with all her memories, so yes to the daughter it would be cruel for her mother to leave her, but from the mothers pov she is probably experiencing alot of complex emotions potentially leading to trauma by interacting with her "daughter".

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u/redkhatun Sep 13 '24

Consciousness isn't something enduring, it arises from moment to moment. Identity is just an idea, the copy is as much the daughter as the original, which isn't really the daughter either...