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In space, no one can hear you meow? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by thal3s to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Not newt, she has an actual daughter. Amanda. Ripley spends so much time lost and in cryo sleep that her daughter lives an entire life and dies two years before Ripley gets back. In Aliens Newt serves as a surrogate for Ripley's daughter and the manifestation of her guilt for missing her entire life.