(urth) Lupiverse(es)

[David Stockhoff]

On 3/15/2012 2:13 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 3/15/2012 9:39 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> The next is that the story can be interpreted as a kind of satire, even
>> a comedy. What could be more arrogant than rebuilding or summoning
>> Christ? And yet what Christian would not desire, at some level, for that
>> to happen? (Perhaps not a modern one, but certainly a medieval one.)
>
> This is not the least common take on things, with people misguidedly 
> seeking to possess or coerce their divine benefactor rather than 
> follow his example. It is repeated in UOTNS with Apu Punchau, in the 
> Ray Bradbury story, "The Man", the Terence Stamp/Udo Kier film, 
> _Revelation_, and even the comic _G vs E_ series had the agents trying 
> to earn enough points to win a personal meeting with JC Himself.
>
And quarterbacks demanding a victory for their team. When Silk 
sacrificed to a god, he was always asking for something---but he was 
always very respectful. Still, it is always a means of control---magic, 
essentially. Not a very advanced way of approaching the divine, and so 
there it is in Apu Punchau's people worship of him. Kind of like 
Malrubius's "attachment to the person of the monarch."