Clones — Tag Meaning
Genetic duplicates and everything they detonate: identity crises, replacement horror, and armies of identical men demanding individual personhood — the Star Wars clone troopers being the tag's biggest constituency. Clone fic asks what makes a self when the body is mass-produced.
What to Expect From "Clones" Fics
Expect identity and individuality struggles, meeting one's double, and clone characters fighting to be people rather than copies.
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