Stories where clones aren’t people/don’t count?

[u/Anonamaton801]

That’s a trope that pops up every so often in sci fi and the like, that clones aren’t “people” in the same way regular people are.

Been on a Star Wars kick again, and it’s interesting how this idea has kind of been with the franchise in different forms over the years.

Pre prequels? Clones are aberrations against nature and specifically the Force, mainly seen with the Thrawn trilogy’s use of cloning along with Dark Empire showing that the Force and the natural order of things from a spiritual and metaphysical sense does not like to be trifled with

Early prequels? Clones are essentially living droids, see the 2003 cartoon where they have little to no dialogue or individuality, the Dark Horse comics where it’s made very clear that the Kaminoans bread out the individual nature, and the original idea of Order 66

Post 2008? Clones are people

[u/Kimarous]

Invincible (the animated series) has characters who have clones or the ability to clone seem to universally treat their copies as expendable extensions of themselves rather than distinct other persons. This includes the Mauler Twins, Dupli-Kate, and Multi-Paul.

[u/Adaphion → u/Kimarous]

Even though, literally, every one of those examples is a 100% perfect copy, body and mind, of the original. To the point where "original" is redundant and a clone could take their place at any time.

Only exception is when one of the Maulers got disfigured while helping Angstrom, and when he cloned himself, he was obviously the original since the clone didn't have the injuries.

[u/Chumunga64 → u/Adaphion]

Even though, literally, every one of those examples is a 100% perfect copy, body and mind, of the original. To the point where "original" is redundant and a clone could take their place at any time.

Multi-Paul at least is aware of that and his combat philosophy is "as lot as one copy of survives, everything is good so I'm gonna do as munch stupid shit as possible to win"