(urth) Dr. Talos
Adam Thornton
adam at io.com
Wed Sep 6 16:51:47 PDT 2006
On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:35 AM, b sharp wrote:
> Also, Talos loves whacking the heads off flowers with his cane.
> What's up
> with that?
I see that as the Frankenstein flower-picking reference.
> And what's up with him in general? A homunculus? Name from a
> mythical bronze man? Hot dry skin. No sex, sleep or food needed?
All of these: Onomastics works quite well here. Talos is an
automaton, a creation of Baldanders: "face like a stuffed fox"--think
of him as a *very* sophisticated alarm clock. Although he eventually
acquires a measure of independence.
Adam
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