I mean, I could see it working if the point were to satirize what narcissists want from other people. Or the power dynamic that some people want in relationships.
Just remembered that a good example of this as satire would be E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story THE SANDMAN, where a young man falls in love with a pretty girl... Only to find that she's a life-size automaton :)
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Date: 2006-04-15 09:09 am (UTC)Just remembered that a good example of this as satire would be E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story THE SANDMAN, where a young man falls in love with a pretty girl... Only to find that she's a life-size automaton :)