Mon 18 Jun 2007
In which Jesua and Gillboy’s homecoming is not as they expected.
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June 19th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
If Stuart always knew what to do, he’d be more annoying than Jesua. I don’t personally find Jesua annoying, but that’s just me.
June 20th, 2007 at 12:24 am
No, I guess the problem lies with Stuart (as usual).
June 20th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Stuart finds Jesua annoying because of some sort of male territorial imperative that I expect without understanding. That’s perfectly clear.
After complaining about Stuart, I was trying to make a conciliatory comment.
Here’s a better one from a while back - I was really pleased with Stuart when he took decisive action to save himself in the cellars of the Castle Gurgoom. That was restful (until he came up for air and met the cockroaches).
June 20th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Zan writes : “I guess the problem lies with Stuart” Of course it does, and so also lies the solution.
Jesua sums up Stuart nicely when he says “you’re more courageous than you look” Which is to say, within Stuart lies human weakness, a self centered selfishness, but also the habit of virtue. It’s the classic struggle of virtue against vice.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
gail said: “Stuart finds Jesua annoying because of some sort of male territorial imperative that I expect without understanding.”
If I were Stuart, I’d also be clinging to Golly for dear life. Not only is she a protector, by her physical strength as well as worldliness (or Corridorliness), but she likes him and supports him through his doubts and screwups. Even if she weren’t attractive, often unselfconsciously nude, and sexually uninhibited, she is a valuable and loyal ally in the unknown, dangerous world of the Corridor.
Put another way, if I were Stuart, I’d be too scared to do much after the death of Harwog Groon.
So, to have some interloper drawing Golly’s attention away from me and my quest would be terrifying. I thought Stuart might be coming to terms with that when he said, “It’s time to go.”
June 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
You’re right, I did expect Stuart to go catatonic for a while after Groon’s funeral, and he didn’t. He’s been coping very well, in fact, and now is …leading.
I still think I would have been more curious about that recharging the life-force effect if it happened to me!
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 pm
I agree! That seemed to foreshadow a Neo/Luke Skywalker quality about Stuart, as if he’ll end up being the new Padromos or something.
June 24th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I’ve begun to think that this story is a quest to remove the Lens.
No Lens = no Padromos = no Corridor, making the night safer for children everywhere.
June 24th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I agree the Lens as we know it must go. But I think the Corridor is a kind of backbone for the universe, and seems to play a vital role balancing all the facets. Some new, ordered system must arise from all the currents left rushing about after the Lens dies, but what? Will the crystal be a part of it? Or Stuart, after developing his nascent ability to absorb currents? What exactly does all the stolen current do right now, and what might it do when freed?
One thing I’m sure of, we’re still in for more surprises!
June 24th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Gail, maybe we should continue this chat in the new comments section, so we don’t accidentally let slip a spoiler!
June 25th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Lead on, Vibeeen, I will follow. At least to the new comments section!