AEG - Wally as angel = Inhumi?

Stephen Hoy · 07 May 2009, 16:47 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: stephenhoy at yahoo.com (Stephen Hoy)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 11:47:33 -0500
Subject: (urth) AEG - Wally as angel = Inhumi?
Message-ID: <NGECKNKNFCCKJFJGAFLHOEOGDMAA.stephenhoy at yahoo.com>

During the banshee banter, Cassie remarks that she'll be "going
out with it" (p64). This identifies Wally Rosenquist as one of
the 'sidh'. From various sources, we learn the sidh were widely
perceived as fallen angels. The common folk referred to sidh
euphemistically as Gray Neighbors, Good Neighbors, and other
innocuous names designed to avoid provoking these entities.

To reinforce this idea, note that Rosenquist as theatrical
money-man is repeatedly called an angel:
   "I've got this angel" p55
   "India's got an angel" p60
   "How long has India had this angel?" p61
   From behind Ebony, Tabbi murmured, "I thought she was bringing
the angel." p62
   "Let's have a real standing 'O' for a real angel--Mr. Wallace
Rosenquist!" p66
   "our angel Wally Rosenquist" p75

Now look at the etymology of the name Rosenquist, a Norse
double-nominative = rose + twig, which brings to mind both vines
and propagation by graft. Think about this in conjunction with
the recent discussion of Neighbors and Inhumi,
haploid/diploid/quadriploid chromosomes, and trees & vines in the
Short Sun. Some remarks in the first chapter about the advanced
biology of Woldercan led me to speculate that Wally may be a
biological creation, a grafted propagation of some sort. His name
is a suggestive hint in line with this speculation. To draw the
parallel closer, angels and Inhumi both fly.

In AEG, we're led to believe that Bill/Wally are one and the
same, but there are a few indications they may be two distinct
entities, for example, Cassie saw Bill Reis/Wally Rosenquist in
the audience during the final performance of The Red Spot, but
when questioned later, whoever it was that answered denied being
present. Maybe Wally is a propagation of Bill.
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