[aMoS] but I'm feeling much better now

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Recently in A Miracle of Science, we've had a flashback sequence running alongside the current storyline, showing one of the main characters before he was cured of his Mad Science. (Yes, in this universe, being a Mad Scientist is a recognized mental illness.) Now we get to see Benjamin Prester immediately after his treatment and... well, just look at him. I'm sure society as a whole benefits from him not building earthquake rays, but what about him?

"Joyless" comes to mind, as does "flat emotional affect." In a previous century, they would have accomplished much the same result with a frontal lobotomy. Just a quick bit of surgery and the subject is ever so much calmer.

For bonus points, note how after the initial exchange of pleasantries, the doctor and his arresting officer/soon-to-be new boss talk about the patient like he's not in the room.

(I'm not bashing the comic, honest. Just having a One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest moment about psychotherapy and its human cost.)

Comments

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I caught it from Mephron ages ago. The weird thing was, I had just flipped away from it to read your entry.