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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into terms of the current fashions" and that [[WritersSuck no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwright.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] queen. Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into terms of the current fashions" and that [[WritersSuck no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwright.]]
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* MirrorCharacter: While it is clear that Deirdre is a bit lonely and needed a lot of therapy after her traumatic near-death, Maltzer also isolated himself from the world while treating her, and has grown far less confident and emotionally stable than his patient. Both of them also worry a lot about each other while downplaying or ignoring their own issues.
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* NotSoDifferent: While it is clear that Deirdre is a bit lonely and needed a lot of therapy after her traumatic near-death, Maltzer also isolated himself from the world while treating her, and has grown far less confident and emotionally stable than his patient. Both of them also worry a lot about each other while downplaying or ignoring their own issues.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Maltzer has become so convinced that Deirdre is doomed to become soulless that he can no longer recognize human nature himself.]]
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Maltzer has become so convinced that Deirdre is doomed to become soulless that he can no longer recognize human nature himself. Throughout the story, he straddles the line between cynically worrying about FantasticRacism and actually ''expressing'' such beliefs himself.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: Deirdre points out that she no longer has to worry about lack of vocal range or breath when singing. [[spoiler:It also lets her scream loud enough to break windows and put others in pain.]]
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** You could easily argue that the story is actually a ''SpiritualAntithesis'' of {{Literature/Frankenstein}}. Deirdre is -- [[WrongGenreSavvy Despite what Maltzer may fear]] -- ''not'' ostracized by society, (if anything, she becomes even more popular post-transformation,) and rather than killing her "creator", [[BigDamnHeroes she ends up saving his life.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Deirdre points out that she no longer has to worry about lack of vocal range or breath when singing.[[spoiler:It [[spoiler: It also lets her scream loud enough to break windows and put others in pain.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Deirdre points out that she no longer has to worry about lack of vocal range or breath when singing.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Zig-zagged. It's unclear whether Maltzer is right to be afraid of what will happen to Deirdre, as sometimes she seems human and other times she doesn't. [[spoiler:Deirdre eventually admits that he's partially right that she's at risk of losing her humanity, but for the wrong reasons.]]
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** Zig-zagged. It's unclear whether Maltzer is right to be afraid of what will happen to Deirdre, as sometimes she seems human and other times she doesn't. [[spoiler:Deirdre eventually admits that he's partially right that she's at risk of losing her humanity, but for the wrong reasons.]]]]
** Deidre herself admits that people in her shoes ''would'' have to deal with some of the issues Maltzer describes, she just thinks that it's better to keep fighting and work towards living the best life you can instead of just giving up.
** Zig-zagged. It's unclear whether Maltzer is right to be afraid of what will happen to Deirdre, as sometimes she seems human and other times she doesn't. [[spoiler:Deirdre eventually admits that he's partially right that she's at risk of losing her humanity, but for the wrong reasons.
** Deidre herself admits that people in her shoes ''would'' have to deal with some of the issues Maltzer describes, she just thinks that it's better to keep fighting and work towards living the best life you can instead of just giving up.
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* BadassBoast: Deirdre declares that even with her artificial body, eventually she'll be able to play [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] and everyone in the audience would believe her.
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* BadassBoast: Deirdre declares that even with her artificial body, eventually she'll be able to play [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] and [[AbilityOverAppearance everyone in the audience would believe her.]]
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* BadassBoast: Deirdre declares that even with her artificial body, eventually she'll be able to play [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] and everyone in the audience would believe her.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Maltzer's attempted suicide is what breaks through Deirdre's show of confidence.]]
* BrokenAesop:
** Noted in-universe. Maltzer brings up the example of the story of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' as proof that creating life is doomed to go wrong. Deirdre responds back that Maltzer ''didn't'' create her, he only gave her a new body.
** While not pointed out, also of note is that Dr. Frankenstein's creation went wrong because he mistreated it. Had he been kinder to it, it would have not rebelled.
* ChekhovsSkill: Deirdre points out that she no longer has to worry about lack of vocal range or breath when singing. [[spoiler:It also lets her scream loud enough to break windows and put others in pain.]]
* BrokenAesop:
** Noted in-universe. Maltzer brings up the example of the story of ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' as proof that creating life is doomed to go wrong. Deirdre responds back that Maltzer ''didn't'' create her, he only gave her a new body.
** While not pointed out, also of note is that Dr. Frankenstein's creation went wrong because he mistreated it. Had he been kinder to it, it would have not rebelled.
* ChekhovsSkill: Deirdre points out that she no longer has to worry about lack of vocal range or breath when singing. [[spoiler:It also lets her scream loud enough to break windows and put others in pain.]]
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Maltzer is convinced this will happen to Deirdre, once she eventually forgets about what her human life was like and from the lack of three of her senses. [[spoiler:She finally admits toward the end that she sometimes ''does'' worry about this, but not because she feels like her new body is inferior, but rather superior, since it's so much stronger than her old one.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Maltzer tries to kill himself rather than witness Deirdre fall from glory. It also has the double affect of threatening her to be honest. However, when he jumps out the window Deirdre runs so fast she catches him before he lands.]]
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Deirdre is the most important character, but instead we see from Harris's perspective so we can both be left in mystery about whether she is still truly human and to understand why people are in such awe of her.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Maltzer has become so convinced that Deirdre is doomed to become soulless that he can no longer recognize human nature himself.]]
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Maltzer and Harris watch an InUniverse theater dramatization of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, noting that the garb being worn by the women is far too tight for the period and the actress playing Mary is too attractive for the real deal.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:Maltzer has become so convinced that Deirdre is doomed to become soulless that he can no longer recognize human nature himself.]]
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Maltzer and Harris watch an InUniverse theater dramatization of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, noting that the garb being worn by the women is far too tight for the period and the actress playing Mary is too attractive for the real deal.
* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The story ends with Deirdre admitting her fear to the men about what will become of her. In her last line ("I wonder..."), spoken to herself, she forgets to make it sound human and it instead emerges robotically.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: PlayedWith in that Deirdre actually ''is'' an idealistic optimist, but she has a tendency to withdraw within herself and deny the issues she ''does'' have.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Zig-zagged. It's unclear whether Maltzer is right to be afraid of what will happen to Deirdre, as sometimes she seems human and other times she doesn't. [[spoiler:Deirdre eventually admits that he's partially right that she's at risk of losing her humanity, but for the wrong reasons.]]
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:Once Deirdre sings "The Yellow Rose of Eden" while onstage, the crowd recognizes her and goes wild.]]
* StepfordSmiler: PlayedWith in that Deirdreactually ''is'' an idealistic optimist, but always appears confident that she can keep living as though her old body was never lost. However, she has a tendency to withdraw within herself and deny the issues she ''does'' have.have. [[spoiler:She eventually reveals that the ''real'' reason why she hopes to continue performing in front of an audience because they remind her of the people she belongs to. The joy of dancing and acting has become laced with fear of what will happen if she stops.]]
* {{Technobabble}}: During the scene where [[spoiler:Deirdre runs fast enough to catch Maltzer from his suicidal jump off a balcony]], the story has this lengthy "scientific explanation" about the fourth dimension and travel through time and space. In his commentary, Silverberg argues that this is an unnecessary flaw to the story, as it makes no sense, overcomplicates a simple action, brings an intense scene to a halt, and is unlikely to have all gone through Harris' head in that short span of seconds.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:Once Deirdre sings "The Yellow Rose of Eden" while onstage, the crowd recognizes her and goes wild.]]
* StepfordSmiler: PlayedWith in that Deirdre
* {{Technobabble}}: During the scene where [[spoiler:Deirdre runs fast enough to catch Maltzer from his suicidal jump off a balcony]], the story has this lengthy "scientific explanation" about the fourth dimension and travel through time and space. In his commentary, Silverberg argues that this is an unnecessary flaw to the story, as it makes no sense, overcomplicates a simple action, brings an intense scene to a halt, and is unlikely to have all gone through Harris' head in that short span of seconds.
* TitleDrop: Early on, Harris remembers a poem by James Stephen about a lost love also named Deirdre, of whom he wrote: ''There has been again no woman born, Who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful, Of all the women born-''. Harris decides that Stephen was wrong; there ''is'' another beautiful Deirdre, and she's not lost at all, he hopes.
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* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
* UnroboticReveal: When Deridre makes her entrance, much of the audience believe her to be some kind of mechanical puppet. Then she starts singing her SignatureSong, and everybody suddenly ''know'' who she is.
* UnroboticReveal: When Deridre makes her entrance, much of the audience believe her to be some kind of mechanical puppet. Then she starts singing her SignatureSong, and everybody suddenly ''know'' who she is.
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** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
** Maltzer asserts that this is why he's certain Deirdre will eventually forget how to be human: because something about her actions always feels off. [[spoiler:He may be right, but the tells are instead originated from fear, rather than forgetting.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It's not clear if Harris is merely in awe of Deirdre or if they were lovers. Whatever the case, they're not shown attempting a relationship in her new form, though he still almost faints at the mere sight of her.
* UnroboticReveal: When Deridre makes her entrance, much of the audience believe her to be some kind of mechanical puppet. Then she starts singing her InUniverse SignatureSong, and everybody suddenly ''know'' who she is.
** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
** Maltzer asserts that this is why he's certain Deirdre will eventually forget how to be human: because something about her actions always feels off. [[spoiler:He may be right, but the tells are instead originated from fear, rather than forgetting.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It's not clear if Harris is merely in awe of Deirdre or if they were lovers. Whatever the case, they're not shown attempting a relationship in her new form, though he still almost faints at the mere sight of her.
* UnroboticReveal: When Deridre makes her entrance, much of the audience believe her to be some kind of mechanical puppet. Then she starts singing her InUniverse SignatureSong, and everybody suddenly ''know'' who she is.
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* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: What the title refers to, as shown by the poem it references. Deirdre is believed to be this, and Harris feels she still is the most beautiful even in her artificial body.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Maltzer knows perfectly well about how messing with life in stories has always gone wrong, but whether he's wrong or not [[ZigZaggedTrope streaks back and forth]].
* WrongGenreSavvy: Maltzer knows perfectly well about how messing with life in stories has always gone wrong, but whether he's wrong or not [[ZigZaggedTrope streaks back and forth]].
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John Harris was Deirdre's manager when she had been an interplanetary starlet, but she was nearly killed by a fire. Maltzer is an advanced roboticist who was able to construct a {{Cyborg}} body for her in less than a year. Deirdre is determined to go back to her old career, but she needs John's help because the roboticist is skeptical. Despite the protests of Deirdre's manager John Harris that her real self is truly there, Maltzer cannot shake off the feeling that she will soon lose her humanity, if she hasn't already.
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John Harris was Deirdre's manager when she had been an interplanetary starlet, but she was nearly killed by a fire. Maltzer is an advanced roboticist who was able to construct a {{Cyborg}} body for her in less than a year. Deirdre is determined to go back to her old career, but she needs John's help because the roboticist is skeptical. Despite the Harris's protests of Deirdre's manager John Harris that her real self is truly there, Maltzer cannot shake off the feeling that she will soon lose her humanity, if she hasn't already.
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John Harris was Deirdre's manager when she had been an interplanetary starlet, but she was nearly killed by a fire. Maltzer is an advanced roboticist who was able to construct a {{Cyborg}} body for her in less than a year. Deirdre is determined to go back to her old career, and she needs John's help.
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John Harris was Deirdre's manager when she had been an interplanetary starlet, but she was nearly killed by a fire. Maltzer is an advanced roboticist who was able to construct a {{Cyborg}} body for her in less than a year. Deirdre is determined to go back to her old career, and but she needs John's help.
help because the roboticist is skeptical. Despite the protests of Deirdre's manager John Harris that her real self is truly there, Maltzer cannot shake off the feeling that she will soon lose her humanity, if she hasn't already.
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A {{Novella}} by Creator/CLMoore. It was originally published in the magazine ''[[Magazine/{{Analog}} Astounding Science Fiction]]'' in 1944, and has since seen many reprints.
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"No Woman Born" has
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into terms of the current fashions" and that [[TakeThat no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwrite.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into terms of the current fashions" and that [[TakeThat [[WritersSuck no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwrite.playwright.]]
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* BrainInAJar: Harris imagines Deirdre as this before seeing her post-conversion. Instead, she turns out to actually be a proper {{Cyborg}}.
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* BrainInAJar: Before seeing her new body, Harris imagines Deirdre as this before seeing in several shapes, including a brain suspended in a glass case with appendages to perform her post-conversion.needed actions. Instead, she turns out to actually be a proper {{Cyborg}}.
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* {{Fembot}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.
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* {{Fembot}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when these factors are still coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.giving the impression of a feminine robot.
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* LastNameBasis: An interesting example. Our protagonist, John Harris, is usually just called "Harris" by the narration, [[FirstNameBasis but Deirdre always calls him "John".]]
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
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* LastNameBasis: An interesting example. Our protagonist, John Harris, Harris is usually just called "Harris" by the narration, [[FirstNameBasis but Deirdre always calls him "John".]]
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem''Deirdre'' "Deirdre" ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century century]] poet James Stephens.]] Creator/JamesStephens. Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem
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* ProHumanTranshuman: Deirdre is very much this. She went through with her conversion partially in the hope that it would be a step towards helping others with similar conditions. After becoming a cyborg, her goal is simply to continue her career in the entertainment industry and give her audience something to enjoy. She also [[spoiler: stops Maltzer from commiting suicide, feeling that life is too precious to just throw away.]]
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* ProHumanTranshuman: Deirdre is very much this. She went through with her conversion partially in the hope that it would be a step towards helping others with similar conditions. After becoming a cyborg, her goal is simply to continue her career in the entertainment industry and give her audience something to enjoy. She also [[spoiler: stops Maltzer from commiting committing suicide, feeling that life is too precious to just throw away.]]
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* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: PlayedWith. Deirdre was never outright ''ugly'', but Harris admits that objectively, she was pretty average-looking. It was her radient ''personality'' and ''talent'' which made people love her. Deidre agrees, and sees this as the reason why she could still have a successful career in her new body.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registrers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registrers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
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* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: PlayedWith. Deirdre was never outright ''ugly'', but Harris admits that objectively, she was pretty average-looking. It was her radient radiant ''personality'' and ''talent'' which made people love her. Deidre agrees, and sees this as the reason why believes she could still have a successful career in her new robot body.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it justregistrers registers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just
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* StepfordSmiler: PlayedWith in that Deirdre actually ''is'' an idealistic optimist, but she has a tendency to withdraw within herself and deny the issues she ''does'' have.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: PlayedWith. Deirdre ''has'' gotten therapy from Maltzer, and improved because of it, but he doesn't entirely understand what her problems actually ''are'', and he's been bad at taking care of his ''own'' physical and mental health.
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* LastNameBasis: An interesting example. Our protagonist, John Harris, is usually just called "Harris" by the narration, [[FirstNameBasis but Deirdre always calls him "John".]]
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Deridre is repeatedly described as looking like this. She actually fits the archetype quite well, being a strong, idealistic, highly empathic {{Determinator}} who wants to make the world a better place.
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from vehicles to weapons.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance unannounced and anonymously, she wants to be judged based on her ''talent'' alone.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance unannounced and anonymously, she wants to be judged based on her ''talent'' alone.
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.CompanionCube: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from vehicles to weapons.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance [[UnexpectedCharacter unannounced andanonymously, anonymously,]] she wants to be judged based on her ''talent'' alone.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance [[UnexpectedCharacter unannounced and
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* NotSoDifferent: While it is clear that Deirdre is a bit lonely and needed a lot of therapy after her traumatic near-death, Maltzer also isolated himself from the world while treating her, and has grown far less confident and emotionally stable than his patient.
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* NotSoDifferent: While it is clear that Deirdre is a bit lonely and needed a lot of therapy after her traumatic near-death, Maltzer also isolated himself from the world while treating her, and has grown far less confident and emotionally stable than his patient. Both of them also worry a lot about each other while downplaying or ignoring their own issues.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]] Likewise, the follow up performance -- an InNameOnly production of ''Les Sylphides'' -- is described as featuring "gorgeous pseudo-period costumes." The narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that "every era tends to translate costume into
terms of the current fashions" and that [[TakeThat no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwrite.]]
terms of the current fashions" and that [[TakeThat no one seems to be as ignorant of history as a playwrite.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: InUniverse. Deirdre's performance is preceded by a staging of UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's execution, [[HollywoodCostuming featuring clearly anachronistic haircuts and footwear,]] and a [[PlayingGertrude young, curvy actress playing the supposedly 44 year old queen.]]
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from vehicles to weapons.
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from from vehicles to weapons.
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from vehicles to weapons.
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* CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from from vehicles to weapons.
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* {{Fembot}}:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.
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* {{Fembot}}:[[SubvertedTrope CargoShip: [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Deirdre argues that it won't be hard for people to see her as human, as many already humanize everything from vehicles to weapons.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance unannounced and anonymously, she wants to be judged based on her ''talent'' alone.
* {{Fembot}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Deirdre makes it clear that she would hate to be seen as InspirationallyDisadvantaged just as much as being a victim of full blown FantasticRacism. This is why she makes her comeback performance unannounced and anonymously, she wants to be judged based on her ''talent'' alone.
* {{Fembot}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.
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* NotSoDifferent: While it is clear that Deirdre is a bit lonely and needed a lot of therapy after her traumatic near-death, Maltzer also isolated himself from the world while treating her, and has grown far less confident and emotionally stable than his patient.
* ProHumanTranshuman: Deirdre is very much this. She went through with her conversion partially in the hope that it would be a step towards helping others with similar conditions. After becoming a cyborg, her goal is simply to continue her career in the entertainment industry and give her audience something to enjoy. She also [[spoiler: stops Maltzer from commiting suicide, feeling that life is too precious to just throw away.]]
* ProHumanTranshuman: Deirdre is very much this. She went through with her conversion partially in the hope that it would be a step towards helping others with similar conditions. After becoming a cyborg, her goal is simply to continue her career in the entertainment industry and give her audience something to enjoy. She also [[spoiler: stops Maltzer from commiting suicide, feeling that life is too precious to just throw away.]]
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Deirdre certainly doesn't, and is happy to hear that while her mechanical body ''is'' keeping her brain alive, it won't do so beyond that of a normal human lifespan.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: There are some hints that Harris and Deridre used to be in a relationship (or at least that they had a thing for each other) but nothing is stated for certain.
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* AudienceSurrogate: Harris. He is a NaiveNewcomer in regards to Deidre's treatment, giving her and Maltzer [[TheWatson somebody to explain everything to.]] Being an outsider, he also provides a more neutral perspective on the disagreements between the latter two.
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* {{Fembot}}:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Deirdre. Not only ''isn't'' she a proper robot, but she is clearly stated to have NoBiologicalSex, her only TertiarySexualCharacteristics being her voice, petite figure and the dress she wears. However, when coupled with her feminine body language, it still gives off this impression.
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* BrainInAJar: Harris imagines Deirdre as this before seeing her post-conversion. Instead, she turns out to actually be a proper {{Cyborg}}.
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!!Tropes found in No ''No Woman Born:
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Maltzer is described as having dark skin, but his race isn't specified further.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Maltzer is described as having dark skin, but his race isn't specified further.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Being burned alive understandably left Deirdre with a crippling fear of fire. However, this -- and her trauma in general -- was one of the ''first'' things Maltzer and his team attended to, and she's overcome her phobia by the time of this story.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
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A {{Novella}} by Creator/CLMoore. It was originally published in the magazine ''[[Magazine/{{Analog}} Astounding Science Fiction]]'' in 1944, and has since seen many reprints.
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!!Tropes found in No Woman Born:
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: PlayedWith. Deirdre was never outright ''ugly'', but Harris admits that objectively, she was pretty average-looking. It was her radient ''personality'' and ''talent'' which made people love her. Deidre agrees, and sees this as the reason why she could still have a successful career in her new body.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registrers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
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!!Tropes found in No Woman Born:
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a [[ShoutOut reference]] to the poem ''Deirdre'' ("There has been again '''no woman born,''' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who was so beautiful; not one so beautiful...]]") by [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stephens_(author) early 20th century poet James Stephens.]] Said poem is [[TitleDrop partially quoted in-story]] as an InspirationNod.
* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: PlayedWith. Deirdre was never outright ''ugly'', but Harris admits that objectively, she was pretty average-looking. It was her radient ''personality'' and ''talent'' which made people love her. Deidre agrees, and sees this as the reason why she could still have a successful career in her new body.
* UncannyValley: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] InUniverse. Rather than trying to replicate Deirdre's original body -- with the risk of ending up with an imperfect facsimile -- Maltzer gave her a completely new, clearly metallic form with a head invoking a knight's helmet. To most people, it just registrers as a masked face, and it's described as being far less creepy than the alternative.
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