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This doesn't even really contradict anything in the movie, since there's no confirmation that Stelline is Deckard's daughter, other than K's deduction. And what if Deckard's child really was hidden in the last place anyone would think of: right under the nose of Wallace, the guy looking for her?

This would also explain her name. She's the object of Deckard's love, which he sacrificed everything for. It would also explain the odd moment when she tenderly strokes Harrison Ford's grizzled cheek.

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Plus -- prepare to put on your tinfoil hats, folks -- remember that weird poem K has to repeat every time he clocks out at the police station?

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That's a quote from Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire, which is also the book K has in his apartment.

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Part of the novel is an extended epic poem about a protagonist whose daughter drowns. So isn't it possible that this is hinting that the hero's real daughter is the one who drowns at the end? We'd drop the mic, but probably shouldn't, in case microphones have feelings and dreams about unicorns.

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Nabokov is really quite the author, might we recommend a collection of his works?

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