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WCDT: 2131-35 (27 Feb- 2 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 6
DSL:
Hanners, or Hannelore if you're not comfortable with the familiarity, is a favorite of many, many fans; I suspect Jeph wrote her to be appealing on an emotional level, delibrately taking her through a phase of adorable-ness he never seems to have tried with the other characters, except maybe Momo v.2.
She seems to have struck an empathetic chord among many vocal fans who are going to respond to this backstory on an emotional level beyond any critical appreciation of character development.
Interesting to me because I remember a brief discussion in the weekly threads about a year ago, our time, in which a surprising (to me, anyway) number of forumites, some of whom liked her as a character, seemed to be uncomfortable with the thought of having a Hanners around in real life.
tl;dr: D'aww Hanners.
steveb:
Don't forget that this is Dr case's impression of Hanners childhood.
It probably does represent the way she was treated but it may or may not be how
Hanners (or station) would describe her early life.
I fear the medical professionals (or in this case the laser scientist acting as part-time medical staff) often tend to
see only the pathology and stop seeing the person. People may be able to function much better with their friends than
with somebody in a position of authority that thinks of them primarily as a patient.
Of course I could be wrong (lets see where the strips take us) but I think an interpretation of Dr case
having been out of her depth here is possible.
jwhouk:
Kinda sounds like everyone involved was out of their depth with Hanners.
DSL - I think it was just the vision that panels 2A (and, to a lesser extent, 2B) brought to mind for us in the fan base that made us compare it to 504. 504, however, was 1,000 times more gut-wrenching than Stringy Haired Little Girl Hanners.
What Dr. Case may have perceived as a "sudden change" may have not, in fact, been anything like that. It may have been something as simple as dust bunnies and Station finally being able to replicate himself as a holo-avatar.
I mentioned previously the ELIZA computer program. When the program ported to the IBM PC in the early 1980's, some psychiatrists found it useful for persons who couldn't connect with a therapist. Oddly, I almost think the same thing happened with Station - except he managed to get Hanners to not be afraid of her world.
jmucchiello:
I have to remember that my experience with QC is somewhat artificial since I didn't find QC until January when I archive binged it in about 5 days. It probably reads very differently to someone who read through the years.
Is it cold in here?:
In 665 Hannelore made it sound like she could only get useful therapy planetside. When first introduced she said she started therapy at 11.
This doesn't line up neatly with therapists being flown up by the dozen. We have a challenge, then, to come up with a chronology for Hanners that's consistent with taking her literally.
No wonder her dad thought a robot would be the right companion for her.
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Jeph said she was limited in the number of friends she could bring. If it was a matter of having room to put them up, I bet Winslow would fit on an SD card, and does it seem just possible that there might be spare robot bodies lying around the station?
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