The Thing (1982). Art by xxlunawarriorxx : https://www.tumblr.com/xxlunawarriorxx
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My wife won't watch a movie if the dog dies, but she'll make an exception for The Thing.
Which is pretty wild when you think of it. Nobody deserves what happens to them in the movie, but the dogs seem to get the worst of it all.
Does the original ship in the Ship of Theseus ‘die’?
If they are still trapped in the thing... That, is a whole new level of horror.
I mean, I was going for your cells being replaced one by one until you become the Thing. But, positing that you’re still you, but not you. Just like you are a Ship of Theseus even now, you aren’t the same You that you were or will be later.
Its a stretch, but is an interesting thought at least.
Edit: the interesting thing here is the Thing acted and behaved like the person, having absorbed who they were, fully capable of being them. They were the person, the person was still there, but they were more too.