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"...I can't help but pat the kid on the head. But he seemed to see right through me in a second, covering up my hand with his own smaller one and patting it in relief."

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Emerie Karr as Omega's Jungian Dark Shadow

I think it's fascinating how Emerie is Omega's Dark Shadow, but she's not the Shadow of anger or violence.

Omega's idea of the worst part of herself, is a version of herself that has succumbed to helplessness, that accepts restrictions.

Emerie is pretty much the posterchild of "learned helplessness". Dr. Hemlock has dominated her life, and led her to believe he is her life's only constant, and that his Imperial facility is a bulwark against danger outside. She trusts him, manages her emotions around him, subdues herself, does not ask questions.

We don't know exactly when she went to Dr. Hemlock, but she was likely still a child. When she tells Omega a bit about her past, she tells her little older sister that Dr. Hemlock saw potential in her "as Nala Se had with you."

And this is interesting. Because Nala Se and Dr. Hemlock aren't comparable. But Emerie seems to view these people and their relationship to their charges as the same.

The Omega we know has been confined on Kamino, but was able to meet and know her young brothers. From then on, she waits until the can leave with them, and experiences a life with growth among them.

Omega's deepest fear is being confined again, and in Emerie there is a version of herself that never leaves Kamino, a version of herself that is docile and small, no matter what Dr. Hemlock may have said of her.

Omega has been fortunate to have had her brothers, and to have had a mother figure in Nala Se, that while not ideal, nonetheless genuinely loves her enough to let her go. Emerie has not had relationships with her siblings so far until now, and she hasn't realized until perhaps recently that Dr. Hemlock doesn't even love her.

Interestingly, I feel that much of Dr. Hemlock's behavior towards Omega likely signify how he himself was raised--he believes love and compassion are weakness, he believes "Actions have consequences", and you KNOW he said this stuff to a young Emerie.

I wrote a while back that it's alarming how Dr. Hemlock had always called Emerie by her first name, indicating familiarity. We see this was the case.

But just as interesting, the use of her first name was apparently special to Emerie herself.

We see Omega absolutely shine when her brother Crosshair calls her by her name for the first time.

And we see Emerie look shocked and deeply heartbroken when Dr. Hemlock call her Dr. Karr. I think it may be Emerie's first inkling that perhaps Dr. Hemlock doesn't love her--he is treating her as he does the rest of the staff--as associates. Whether Emerie sees Dr. Hemlock as a father figure or an inappropriate romantic figure, or disturbingly both is hard to say. But something that she believed in broke a bit when he didn't use her first name.

As Omega's Shadow, Emerie is the part of herself that is afraid or reticent to move and take action to free herself. Dr. Hemlock believes sentiment makes one weak, but it is his lack of sentiment that has made Emerie docile, his overbearing personality one that has quieted her.

I'm sure that Hemlock subconsciously is aware of this. He doesn't give love to Emerie because HE is afraid of being weak, he knows he has broken his assistant and he's fine with that.

As I've outlined in another post, Omega is on a Heroine's Journey. She was destined to reconnect with her mother figure Nala Se, and her mother's admonition is for Omega to escape NOW.

It's exactly the boost that Omega needed to trust in her own abilities, to escape. Because Omega IS loved, and she is strong. Omega COULD hate Emerie for her weakness, but she doesn't. Emerie is who Omega could have been.

And I don't think Omega is going to abandon all the clones, her sister, or mother figure. The Bad Batch will take down Mt Tantiss.

I think Emerie Karr's time with Omega, combined with her disillusionment with Dr. Hemlock will eventually help her to break free. Omega's love of her brothers is her strength. Emerie needs to know she is loved for herself and that she has the power to choose her life.

It's possible she could align with Nala Se, as well and come to see how her relationship to Dr. Hemlock is deeply toxic.

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Joel Kinnaman as Erik Heller in Hanna (2019)

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- Do you know jokes, BD? - Bloop! Bip-bop voob vol viu bup blop pupiu! - Huh, classic

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Merrical comic. Where my jfo romantic sequel Respawn!!

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<3

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But I knew your Master, Jaro Tapal. He was a true guardian of the Republic. He was a hero.

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Dathomir Days...

Should I be making a seperate account for these?

Oh well...

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Me: I don’t think I want to see romance here.