0155 - Mommy - 2020.09.21

Comic!

Comment:

Yes, some gendered terms are still in common usage in 2167. Whether they mean the same things you think of when you hear them now, in the 21st century, is another matter.

Transcript:

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0155 - 2167/07/06/16:03 - Lee Caldavera's apartment, therapy couch.
Doc: Lee, I'm not legally able to divulge anything from our sessions, regardless of what permissions you give me. If you want Zoa to know about your parents, you're going to have to tell it yourself.
LC (sitting): I don't. I don't want to talk about it. It's not information Zoa needs.
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Zoa: I have a surprising number of clients who call me things like “Zizi” or "Daddy" or "Mommy", or ask me to call them that. I always assume it's cathartic or whatever. Is that something that might help here?
Doc: No.
LC: Actually, maybe I could talk about it if I could... if I could call you Mommy. Mom.
Doc: ...I should just start saying the opposite of what I want, shouldn't I?
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Zoa: Okay. We can pretend I'm your parent. I'm feminine. I'm nurturing. You can call me Mommy.
Doc: This isn't going to go well...
LC: Mommy, I don't want to go to school.
Zoa: I know, sweetheart, but you know that you should.
LC: But I don't want to.
Zoa: It would be for the best, Lee.
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LC: FUCK YOU, MOM! FUCK YOU, I DON'T WANT TO!
Zoa [data connection]: Is there gonna be more to this, or...?
Doc [data connection]: No, this is about as far as this goes.
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