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Interesting. A lot of uncaring rich people probably don't care that the dogs personality would be completely different or find it creepy.
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Ngl, I have always had an idea of using pet cloning for dystopian storytelling1.Write a billionaire character that views their children/pets as status symbols to flaunt their wealth
2.Introduce the family dog "Pheonix" who has died and been cloned 6 times
3.Write about how business associates that infrequently visit the house every 5-7 years find it quirky and funny when they finally notice
There's a neat book called Elemental Council (TW: WH40K) where one of the main characters is dealing with a similar issue.
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they're the 6th clone of a war hero. Their body is breaking down, and they need to be constantly shot up with stimulants to function. But, the (tau) empire needs their famous soldier to help with the home front.I feel like there's a story (movie or TV show) I recall where someone (the villain possibly?) brings back a dead loved one every time they die, and they ask even this time to not be brought back, but I think the villain brought them back anyway? Or maybe didn't? I can't recall.
I loved my chosen. How then to face the day when she left me? So I took from her body a single cell, perhaps to love her again.
There was a thing in Pantheon
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where a character had come to genuinely love her fiance, but knowing that the version of her that would be brought back to life wouldn't, demanded to never be brought back.Is the recent season of The Rehearsal, Nathan fielder attempted to recreate the personality of a cloned dog by simulating formative life events as a bit.