orange cream

orange cream intricately weaves themes of identity, loss, and the societal implications of technology in a futuristic context, raising questions about humanity, freedom, and the intricacies of personal relationships in a rapidly changing, corporate-dominated world. it is set in totenbett, arizona, where societal roles and consumer culture heavily influence self-perception, and also serves as a critique of social norms surrounding gender and identity--particularly through the "partho process," which allows reproduction without traditional male involvement.

as individuals reflect on their past relationships and choices, they come to understand how their personal grief intertwines with and complicates their notions of self-identity: orange and cream face the challenges of their high-end professional lives while dealing with past traumas--particularly the recent death of cream's sister, candi--amidst the political tensions between "originists" and "amalgamists;" and the psychological impacts of the partho process are exemplified through both madame veuve and her relative machlydio, who struggles with reintegration into society following quarantine.