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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The only way a {{tall poppy|Syndrome}} (or any other abnormal individual, for that matter) can ever know true love is if she's BroughtDownToNormal by ''any means necessary''.
** Many parallels can be drawn between Ilse's situation and an autistic child being subjected to ABA therapy, which many autistics have labeled outright abuse.
** Many parallels can be drawn between Ilse's situation and an autistic child being subjected to ABA therapy, which many autistics have labeled outright abuse.
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** Many parallels can be drawn between Ilse's situation and an autistic child being subjected to ABA therapy, which many autistics have labeled outright abuse.
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* FridgeHorror: Ilse is already two at the beginning of the episode, when her parents first commit to the experiment; well old enough to be talking. Does that mean Ilse was talking and hearing spoken language normally for the first two years of her life, and then her parents suddenly stopped talking to her? What would that even be like for a toddler? And how did they teach ''her'' to stop talking?
** FridgeBrilliance: It's no wonder Ilse has so much difficulty handling spoken language. It's not just because of her telepathy, it's that whatever she went through to break her of spoken language left her with traumatic associations to the concept of verbal communication.
** FridgeBrilliance: It's no wonder Ilse has so much difficulty handling spoken language. It's not just because of her telepathy, it's that whatever she went through to break her of spoken language left her with traumatic associations to the concept of verbal communication.
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* DesignatedHero: The schoolteacher, who felt that Ilse had to be deprived of her {{telepathy}} in order to function, and accomplished this by repeatedly subjecting her to PsychicStatic until she conformed. Were she more compassionate, she could have easily found a far less excruciating method to teach Ilse to communicate.
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* DesignatedHero: The schoolteacher, schoolteacher Miss Frank, who felt that Ilse had to be deprived of her {{telepathy}} in order to function, and accomplished this by repeatedly subjecting her to PsychicStatic until she conformed. Were she more compassionate, she could have easily found a far less excruciating method to teach Ilse to communicate.
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* DesignatedHero: The schoolteacher, who felt that Ilse had to be deprived of her {{telepathy}} in order to function, and accomplished this by repeatedly subjecting her to PsychicStatic until she conformed. Were she more compassionate, she could have easily found a far less excruciating method to teach Ilse to communicate.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The only way a {{tall poppy|Syndrome}} (or any other abnormal individual, for that matter) can ever know true love is if she's BroughtDownToNormal by ''any means necessary''.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: This might be one of the more controversial episodes for a reason, but the sight of Ilse and Cora lovingly walking down the street together is an admittedly sweet note to end upon.
* InformedWrongness: The Werners decide that Ilse's telepathy getting squelched was for the best, since [[GiveHimANormalLife she now has the opportunity to be truly loved]]. Thing is, there wasn't much indicating she absolutely needed to lose one to gain the other, since the other mediums were able to speak and function without any problems. Furthermore, the Werners deduce that Ilse survived the house fire due to her parents telepathically guiding her to safety in their last moments, meaning ''she would have died'' if not for their telepathy.
* TheWoobie: Ilse, who was raised as a {{guinea pig|Family}} until she lost her parents in a house fire, thrust into a society were normal communication pains her, and forced to conform into said society through weeks of what can charitably be described as intense "exposure therapy" until she breaks down.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The only way a {{tall poppy|Syndrome}} (or any other abnormal individual, for that matter) can ever know true love is if she's BroughtDownToNormal by ''any means necessary''.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: This might be one of the more controversial episodes for a reason, but the sight of Ilse and Cora lovingly walking down the street together is an admittedly sweet note to end upon.
* InformedWrongness: The Werners decide that Ilse's telepathy getting squelched was for the best, since [[GiveHimANormalLife she now has the opportunity to be truly loved]]. Thing is, there wasn't much indicating she absolutely needed to lose one to gain the other, since the other mediums were able to speak and function without any problems. Furthermore, the Werners deduce that Ilse survived the house fire due to her parents telepathically guiding her to safety in their last moments, meaning ''she would have died'' if not for their telepathy.
* TheWoobie: Ilse, who was raised as a {{guinea pig|Family}} until she lost her parents in a house fire, thrust into a society were normal communication pains her, and forced to conform into said society through weeks of what can charitably be described as intense "exposure therapy" until she breaks down.
