Thanks for the thought-provoking review! I didn't get the same feeling of failure that you did, but I think that's because I just didn't pick up on some character psychology. It's Gen's failure to connect that you mean, right? I definitely got that whiff of tragedy in the final scene, even though I loved that scene. I especially loved and was saddened by Gen moving his feet over on the cushion for Sophos. Isn't there some mythology (Indian, perhaps?) where royal and godly status is signified by having one's feet raised off the ground (hence why Shiva always stands on this poor, babyish dwarf-like creature? It always looks like she's standing on a baby). One monarch making room for another monarch...
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Date: 2010-06-13 05:13 am (UTC)I definitely got that whiff of tragedy in the final scene, even though I loved that scene. I especially loved and was saddened by Gen moving his feet over on the cushion for Sophos. Isn't there some mythology (Indian, perhaps?) where royal and godly status is signified by having one's feet raised off the ground (hence why Shiva always stands on this poor, babyish dwarf-like creature? It always looks like she's standing on a baby). One monarch making room for another monarch...
Gotta go read it again! :P