(urth) Rudesind/Inire/Lunar Picture

[John Watkins]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:

>
>
> I still don't know why that specifically is what Severian would ask? Why
> not, hey clean up the moon guy, i like that picture. Or, hey, if you see
> that Racho dweeb, give him a kick in the pants. Or hey, bring me a Fechin,
> he's good.
>
>

Severian's Autarch.  He can decorate his place any time.  He and Rudesind
have been talking about the time they met before, and Severian thanks him.
That's it.



>  Rudesind's master is Inire, and Inire is a time traveler. And Rudesind is
> unbelievably ancient, and it seem time acts differently upon him.
>
>

It does?  How?  Without making reference to another speculation, please,
show me how in the text time acts differently on Rudesind, and how he is
"unbelievably ancient" rather than "old."


>  Plus, the time loop thing dovetails in with Severian at the end, standing
> where Severian the apprentice stood in the Atrium of Time, and re-reading to
> find out the following...
>
> "There is really no describing the sensation of being watched. I have heard
> it called a prickling at the back of the neck, and even a consciousness
> of eyes that seem to float in darkness, but it is neither - at least, not
> for me. It is something akin to a sourceless embarrassment, coupled with
> the feeling that I must not turn around, because to turn will be to appear a
> fool, answering the promptings of baseless intuition. Eventually, of
> course, one does. I turned with the vague impression that someone had
> followed me through the hole at the base of the dial."
>
>

There is no doubt that Severian subscribes to the two-Severians theory at
the end of Citadel.  There's no need to read tea-leaves on it--he comes out
and says he believes in it.


>  My theory is textually founded, not THAT crazy, is it?
>
> ...ryan
>
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