Personality: Whatever you’re expecting when you hear “Clone Sigmund Freud” is probably what you will find. True to his original, Freud is highly intelligent, very stoic, and has all those same hang-ups that his original had as well. Hell, the guy even acts like your sterotypical psychologist. Though don’t be fooled, despite being a clone, Freud has his own gambit of interesting traits that define him from his original.
Freud’s default is stoic. He’s serious and thoughtful, not one to smile, and highly composed. Of their group of friends, he tends to be the most serious. In fact, after Clone Mozart’s attempted suicide, Shiro’s friends threw a party, and Freud’s forced exuberance, to put it simply, was alarming and distinctly out of character. His seriousness overarchs nearly all situations, being stony faced and almost unfeeling. When thrown into a lockerroom full of mostly undressed women, Freud remains stoney faced as Shiro flailed desperately behind him. They weren't taking a peep, he had claimed, but rather ensuring that they were "developing properly," and that confuses the girls long enough to delay the inevitable beat down. Even being propositioned by Clone Cixi doesn't break him as he offers little more than bargaining and a light blush.
As an observer, Freud is often seen in the background of situations, taking in what’s happening around him, rather than stepping forward and speaking his mind. Blame it on the psychologist he was cloned to be, Freud uses his knowledge of psychology to get him around in the world. He's clearly a follower of Freud's work (which shouldn't come as a surprise, but clones have shown signs of diverging from the paths of their originals!), and keeps tabs on those who study the Freudian ways. He even gloats a little about his original, as if the original Freud's acheivements were his own – yet at the same time, Freud will also correct people in that mislead preception.
Psychoanalysis isn’t beyond him. Clone Mozart is a real dick, shaming Clone Marie Currie for aspiring to become a musician and consequently ‘failing’ her goals as a clone, and degrading Shiro for being a non-Clone and thus inferior to clones. A devastating fight between Mozart and Shiro leaves Shiro crushed and Mozart walks away proudly. However, as Mozart leaves, Freud stops him, and comments that Mozart certainly seemed terribly worked up about a non-Clone whom he called inferior. “I wonder why that is?” he finishes, staring holes into Mozart's ego. The results were more destructive than Shiro’s attempt to get back. Because of Freud’s open observations, Mozart destroyed his room and was thrown into depression. Freud knows what’s up, basically, from his observations as a psychologist. Later in the series, after learning a heaping buttload about the generation of clones before theirs, Freud openly admits that he wishes he could have sat them down and taken a look into their psyche.
And if you thought you were going to walk into an application about Clone Sigmund Freud without some debauched view on sex, I am so sorry you were mislead, because like his original, even Clone Freud has his hang ups. As mentioned before, Freud remains stoney faced when presented with a room full of undressed girls, obviously an adolescent for his embarrassment, but mature enough not to freak the fuck out. In the very beginning of the series, Freud also harrasses Shiro for constantly talking about his father, Dr. Kamiya, clearly referencing a kind of Oedipus complex, an accusation that he doesn't easily let go of even after they've made up. Additionally, in one of the ministrips, he goes on about a pen that is, for some reason, strangely erotic. Yes, this is certainly a follower of the Freudian ways, and he's kind of of a pervert, but by no means does it drive his entire personality. It's just a small portion.
He also does an interesting thing of abusing his youth and involvement with a Freudian view on sex to his strategic advantage. During one of Freud's afterclass hacking sessions, Dr. Kamiya approaches and asks what Freud is up to, where he promptly opens up a browser of internet porn, and Dr. Kamiya awkwardly lets the young man be. Later, on the day before the Expo, Freud is seen perched in a high balcony of the Academy, where a pair of guards catch him. He presents several theories to the guards, which alarm them, and Freud then proceeds to blame his strange behaviour on teenage horomones raging through him, successfully getting out of trouble entirely.
One could also reference that perhaps Clone Freud even looks back on his original and revises and improves upon the original's works and behaviour – as is what clones were designed for. Take for example, Sigmund Freud was notorious for publishing a slew of theories, then coming back later and saying "you know maybe I wasn’t right…" something which earned him a great deal of flack. By contract, Clone Freud seems to keep his thoughts and theories to himself until he has, more or less, finalized them. While he's a believer in his original's works, that doesn't mean Freud adheres to the life and ideas of his original.
It’s not just psychology that gets him through the day, however, as Freud is naturally intelligent. Was his original a hacker? No. But Clone Freud sure as hell is!!! We see early on that Freud often hacks the main computers at the academy and listens in on conversations between the organizers and the sponsors. Freud is clearly someone who pursues knowledge actively, and uses the information that he gathers to help develop theories about the world around him. His observations lead him to distrust Dr. Kamiya's work (thus sparking a quarrel between Freud and Shiro), and to read into Kai's lengthy back story of why there are so many clones of Kai.
For as aloof as Freud can be, however, Freud is inevitably still a teenager and a person. He's got his mind half way in the gutter (for reasons that aren't wholly Freudian), he likes to tease and make jokes, and he loves his friends dearly. After being thrown into the locker room, Freud pokes fun at Shiro for having peeked through the cracks of his fingers at the bodacious babes. He squabbles over petty things, like bickering with Shiro about Shiro not being a clone like the rest of them. He even defends Shiro and Clone Marie Currie when Clone Mozart with this deft strike at Mozart's ego, not for his own purpose, but because the two of them were his friends and he cares about them. At their parting, Freud even laughs as Shiro expressin maturity that Freud had never recognized in his friend, expressing heartfelt sadness that Shiro was gratuating and, likely, gone from his life.
The curse of being an intellect, Freud is one to frequently cast doubt on things, true or untrue. He casts doubt on Dr Kamiya for his suspicious exchanges with the sponsors of their academy. He doubts Kai and Kai's story because of Kai's shifty history and the fact that he, who has many clones like him, is an enemy of the school. Most of his doubt is based on the knowledge he has at his disposal, so clearly Freud is not someone who willy nilly accepts things as truth if he hears them. One great example of this doubt, however, is denying something that could be true on the basis that the person involved is his friend. When Rockswell attempts to thrust the idea upon Shiro that Shiro might be a clone, Freud readily dismisses it, saying they had no proof but Rockswell's less than reliable word. Even Clone Mozart notes "It's not like you to play dumb."
Freud seems to not feel strongly toward non-Clones in that he believes them to think lowly of clones and holds that against them. Take for example the fight Shiro and Freud have in the start of the series where Freud claims that Shiro has no idea what life is like for 'us clones', and also his doubt against Dr. Kamiya. He even calls out a reporter later later in the series for his misunderstanding about the lives of clones. For clones, however, he seems to care a lot. When the Striker clones, a terrorist group run by Kai, attack the academy, Freud steps forward and pleads that the security guards pay more attention to saving the clones, because the Striker clones are there only to kill the clones, and not the patronts of the academy. He's quite adamant about it also, showing emotional intensity not normally attributed to his character.
Abilities/Powers: None! He’s just your average high school clone of a psychologist. (As if that’s an average thing…) Items/Weapons: Pool stick, street clothes, a bag of Florence's cookies.
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Whatever you’re expecting when you hear “Clone Sigmund Freud” is probably what you will find. True to his original, Freud is highly intelligent, very stoic, and has all those same hang-ups that his original had as well. Hell, the guy even acts like your sterotypical psychologist. Though don’t be fooled, despite being a clone, Freud has his own gambit of interesting traits that define him from his original.
Freud’s default is stoic. He’s serious and thoughtful, not one to smile, and highly composed. Of their group of friends, he tends to be the most serious. In fact, after Clone Mozart’s attempted suicide, Shiro’s friends threw a party, and Freud’s forced exuberance, to put it simply, was alarming and distinctly out of character. His seriousness overarchs nearly all situations, being stony faced and almost unfeeling. When thrown into a lockerroom full of mostly undressed women, Freud remains stoney faced as Shiro flailed desperately behind him. They weren't taking a peep, he had claimed, but rather ensuring that they were "developing properly," and that confuses the girls long enough to delay the inevitable beat down. Even being propositioned by Clone Cixi doesn't break him as he offers little more than bargaining and a light blush.
As an observer, Freud is often seen in the background of situations, taking in what’s happening around him, rather than stepping forward and speaking his mind. Blame it on the psychologist he was cloned to be, Freud uses his knowledge of psychology to get him around in the world. He's clearly a follower of Freud's work (which shouldn't come as a surprise, but clones have shown signs of diverging from the paths of their originals!), and keeps tabs on those who study the Freudian ways. He even gloats a little about his original, as if the original Freud's acheivements were his own – yet at the same time, Freud will also correct people in that mislead preception.
Psychoanalysis isn’t beyond him. Clone Mozart is a real dick, shaming Clone Marie Currie for aspiring to become a musician and consequently ‘failing’ her goals as a clone, and degrading Shiro for being a non-Clone and thus inferior to clones. A devastating fight between Mozart and Shiro leaves Shiro crushed and Mozart walks away proudly. However, as Mozart leaves, Freud stops him, and comments that Mozart certainly seemed terribly worked up about a non-Clone whom he called inferior. “I wonder why that is?” he finishes, staring holes into Mozart's ego. The results were more destructive than Shiro’s attempt to get back. Because of Freud’s open observations, Mozart destroyed his room and was thrown into depression. Freud knows what’s up, basically, from his observations as a psychologist. Later in the series, after learning a heaping buttload about the generation of clones before theirs, Freud openly admits that he wishes he could have sat them down and taken a look into their psyche.
And if you thought you were going to walk into an application about Clone Sigmund Freud without some debauched view on sex, I am so sorry you were mislead, because like his original, even Clone Freud has his hang ups. As mentioned before, Freud remains stoney faced when presented with a room full of undressed girls, obviously an adolescent for his embarrassment, but mature enough not to freak the fuck out. In the very beginning of the series, Freud also harrasses Shiro for constantly talking about his father, Dr. Kamiya, clearly referencing a kind of Oedipus complex, an accusation that he doesn't easily let go of even after they've made up. Additionally, in one of the ministrips, he goes on about a pen that is, for some reason, strangely erotic. Yes, this is certainly a follower of the Freudian ways, and he's kind of of a pervert, but by no means does it drive his entire personality. It's just a small portion.
He also does an interesting thing of abusing his youth and involvement with a Freudian view on sex to his strategic advantage. During one of Freud's afterclass hacking sessions, Dr. Kamiya approaches and asks what Freud is up to, where he promptly opens up a browser of internet porn, and Dr. Kamiya awkwardly lets the young man be. Later, on the day before the Expo, Freud is seen perched in a high balcony of the Academy, where a pair of guards catch him. He presents several theories to the guards, which alarm them, and Freud then proceeds to blame his strange behaviour on teenage horomones raging through him, successfully getting out of trouble entirely.
One could also reference that perhaps Clone Freud even looks back on his original and revises and improves upon the original's works and behaviour – as is what clones were designed for. Take for example, Sigmund Freud was notorious for publishing a slew of theories, then coming back later and saying "you know maybe I wasn’t right…" something which earned him a great deal of flack. By contract, Clone Freud seems to keep his thoughts and theories to himself until he has, more or less, finalized them. While he's a believer in his original's works, that doesn't mean Freud adheres to the life and ideas of his original.
It’s not just psychology that gets him through the day, however, as Freud is naturally intelligent. Was his original a hacker? No. But Clone Freud sure as hell is!!! We see early on that Freud often hacks the main computers at the academy and listens in on conversations between the organizers and the sponsors. Freud is clearly someone who pursues knowledge actively, and uses the information that he gathers to help develop theories about the world around him. His observations lead him to distrust Dr. Kamiya's work (thus sparking a quarrel between Freud and Shiro), and to read into Kai's lengthy back story of why there are so many clones of Kai.
For as aloof as Freud can be, however, Freud is inevitably still a teenager and a person. He's got his mind half way in the gutter (for reasons that aren't wholly Freudian), he likes to tease and make jokes, and he loves his friends dearly. After being thrown into the locker room, Freud pokes fun at Shiro for having peeked through the cracks of his fingers at the bodacious babes. He squabbles over petty things, like bickering with Shiro about Shiro not being a clone like the rest of them. He even defends Shiro and Clone Marie Currie when Clone Mozart with this deft strike at Mozart's ego, not for his own purpose, but because the two of them were his friends and he cares about them. At their parting, Freud even laughs as Shiro expressin maturity that Freud had never recognized in his friend, expressing heartfelt sadness that Shiro was gratuating and, likely, gone from his life.
The curse of being an intellect, Freud is one to frequently cast doubt on things, true or untrue. He casts doubt on Dr Kamiya for his suspicious exchanges with the sponsors of their academy. He doubts Kai and Kai's story because of Kai's shifty history and the fact that he, who has many clones like him, is an enemy of the school. Most of his doubt is based on the knowledge he has at his disposal, so clearly Freud is not someone who willy nilly accepts things as truth if he hears them. One great example of this doubt, however, is denying something that could be true on the basis that the person involved is his friend. When Rockswell attempts to thrust the idea upon Shiro that Shiro might be a clone, Freud readily dismisses it, saying they had no proof but Rockswell's less than reliable word. Even Clone Mozart notes "It's not like you to play dumb."
Freud seems to not feel strongly toward non-Clones in that he believes them to think lowly of clones and holds that against them. Take for example the fight Shiro and Freud have in the start of the series where Freud claims that Shiro has no idea what life is like for 'us clones', and also his doubt against Dr. Kamiya. He even calls out a reporter later later in the series for his misunderstanding about the lives of clones. For clones, however, he seems to care a lot. When the Striker clones, a terrorist group run by Kai, attack the academy, Freud steps forward and pleads that the security guards pay more attention to saving the clones, because the Striker clones are there only to kill the clones, and not the patronts of the academy. He's quite adamant about it also, showing emotional intensity not normally attributed to his character.
Abilities/Powers: None! He’s just your average high school clone of a psychologist. (As if that’s an average thing…)
Items/Weapons: Pool stick, street clothes, a bag of Florence's cookies.