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[yuuago]

So, I discovered that a script for Ex Machina exists online.

I didn't read the entire thing, but I was searching through it for Kyoko's scenes. A lot of it is pretty much the same, but there are some parts that vary a lot between the final film and the script.

-At one point, Nathan distinctly mentions that he stripped out her higher functions. ... I'm really glad that was left out of the film. I mean, she is a lot more, uh, stoic than Ava is, but I'd rather handwave that as being a Kyoko-thing, rather than a "deliberately programmed that way" thing.

-Also, in the scene with Kyoko and Ava, when they're whispering to each other: CLOSE UP to
KYOKO’S lips, we hear a hiss of static, with soft pulses of noise buried inside. I kind of wish that had been left in. Even if it isn't words, it's something that Ava might have been able to understand... I like the idea of that.

Also, I rewatched that scene today, and holy shit, I ship them so hard. So, so hard. That scene is just intense. .... I want to make a million photosets of it.

[edit] Speaking of Ex Machina, the Trick or Treat authors are revealed, so I might as well link to the fic I wrote. ;p Have some Ava & Kyoko postcanon fix-it. Ao3 or my DW archive.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

I am also glad that bit was not in the film. Oh, Kyoko. ;o;

... yeah, I definitely need to rewatch the movie very soon! Because SO GOOD and also ROBOT GIRLFRIENDS FEELINGS. ;o;

[yuuago]

I feel like in the script version, Kyoko's machine-ness is really emphasized, whereas in the film it's a little more ambiguous - well, closer to Ava, I mean. Which just goes along with the change that was made, I guess. (Very good change.)

And yes yesss rewatch <3