ed note: this is the first chapter (hopefully of many) I'm calling "Thoughts Misc" or "The Laziness of a Writer." Take your pick. Below, in no order are recent misc thoughts I've had with regard to The Story. Some may or may not happen. Some have happened in my mind, but will never be written, and so, for me, live as part of The Story and as such, perhaps, should be known to the reader. Likewise, from a literary point of view, I want to do something different, to follow no written rule of writing, and explore a path The Story has not seen. Hope you enjoy this interlude. Peace to all in the New Year to come.
John thanks Kyra for taking Ariel to Cait
He wonders if her ability is not a "child of the shells" deformity
He asks if he can visit with Cait too--Kyra says no, but she can take him to see her, only he will not be able to communicate or interact with her like Ariel did nor will she know he has been by
Cait's last moments torment John, his brain seared in the abject, senseless ugliness
Minute 7:28+ (Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand) is the soundtrack of John moving with Kyra between realms (alt version would start at appox the 6:19 mark)
John asks Kyra "How did you guys survive 'The Pills,' You should have been dead."
Difference between the idea of something and the doing of that thing--would we want to do everything we fantasize about?
The idea of being a parent versus the reality of being a parent--where does self-delusion begin?
Trev dock story: girlfriend slaps him in the face
Kyra washes John's head and changes his bandages
Bravo comes into sight--Em asks Pinky to find ink and brush and she paints from Joy--still blind
Kyra asks Taren about Dr X
Kyra flashbacks to first using her "gift" on Hyneria
As Bravo comes into view, there is the idea of home, a return, and each member of the crew reacts differently--good and bad
The issue of who are the good guys and who are the bad guys comes up (Kulmyk/Arc'teryx)
Kyra reflects on having killed "the good guys" in what has been called "The Kyra Incident"
The idea of atonement--does one act from an idea?
4 comments:
Ooh ooh ooh, this definitely deserves a triple. :-D Part of what makes this story unique are the very many different styles that you use and here is another wonderful addition, am glad you have suggested that we may see more of these, I hope so. With these little snippets and knowing some may never be expanded upon what is written here, intrigue becomes all the more rife and I just love being able to weave in between the different bits of information and wonder at why and how and so forth. In ways, some of these are similar to Von's journal entries providing food for thought. Others like Trev's dock story, I almost hope remain that way, too vague to begin to guess at what went on and I like the contrast to some of the other dock stories that we have heard and at the same time, Trev's story is as important as any of the others, he too would have left behind loved ones, home, and so forth, in short the intrigue that this short inclusion evokes is great, so great one almost doesn't want it to end. I love too the idea of Em painting without vision from joy, one can only imagine what that would look like. Joy, it would look like joy, how could it not. Just now thought of one of Deb's recent images, not that there aren't a hundred of yours that would work so well for this, but it is the title of it and the fact that I just plain fell in love with it, that made me think of it now, Painter's Palette it is called, Joy it could have been. John's brain seared with the images of Cait, amazing imagery in that short sentence. So much here, love that! Off to read it a couple more times and have a wonder. :-D Very nicely done!!
Interesting :]
the idea, is the freedom to be manifested through experience of the idea. the reality, is bounded by the constructed limitations of the self and the relational experience with others. like kyra, be, no more, no less, living as the very resistance holding her back (the unknowns). our living selves are our own worst enemy?
just a thought, apologies if it's heavy (i tend to be), and i haven't read all the posts, so i probably don't know the obvious.
Tengu, I would agree we tend to be our own worst enemy and in a life full of 'doing' often forget just to 'be.'
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Always appreciated.
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