(urth) Agilus and Agia

aaron aaronsingleton at gmail.com
Fri May 3 22:36:08 PDT 2013


I won't claim that I was implying anything with the word specula,,, but who
knows if Wolfe was?


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

> >Jeff Wilson: I can buy Rudesind being Fechin, or at least having
> >taken Fechin's identity. But I don't recall Fechin being old,
>
> Well, if he is really an immortal, shapeshifting alien then the
> human concept of "age" doesn't really apply.
>
> But presented as a standard BotNS character, Fechin should be old
> as are his contemporaries, such as Rudesind, the old person in Casdoe's
> house, and (I think) the old boatman. We are never actually told that
> Fechin died....
>
> >and a handsome teenage boy gaining carnal knowledge of a teenage girl
> >hardly sets him apart.
>
> Actually, I question the handsomeness. It doesn't seem to go easily with
> long, hairy, monkey-like arms. I suspect we are meant to understand the
> handsomeness is in the eye of the beholder and storyteller here.
>
> But I kinda go along with somebody's (Borski?) idea that the teen girl
> Fechin seduces is Dorcas. That's probably an unnatural stretch but not
> so much for me if Fechin=the old boatman=Rudesind=Inire.
>
> >I see no paint unless that's a palette in the subject's right hand, but is
> >there a black cat at the top left? And other figurines on the fireplace
> >mantle?
>
> Well, I picked that younger self-portrait by Nicolai Fechin because it
> shows
> his hair to be a bit more red. This more famous, older self-portrait does
> show him holding a paintbrush.
>
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-shcjDerM3oE/USlESDOGOmI/AAAAAAAAPQM/V0-0es69axU/s1600/fechin+self+portrait2.jpg
>
> Perhaps the paintbrushes in the painting of Rudesind by Fechin were not
> meant to signify a self-portrait and were just a bit of literary
> decoration.
> But it is fun to consider they might represent a clever puzzle piece.
>
> >aaron: In-EAR-ay, huh?  Makes sense.  The meaning of the name's source
> being
> >entrance seems to jive with Inire's overall agenda, as well.  He does
> >create entrances with the specula using some arcane method or other.  Good
> >stuff.
>
> Yikes! Specula is the latin word for mirrors but were you implying word
> play
> with the gynecological speculum? That's a tool which both functions to
> enter
> open and as a mirror. What IS that naughty Father Inire really up to?
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Aaron Singleton
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