the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

Gerry Quinn · 19 Jan 2011, 18:23 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:23:42 -0000
Subject: (urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes
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From: "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at yahoo.com>
--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote:

> > But why do you think Kypris is showing this as a symbol of
> > succession from father to son? And why doesn't she say
> > anything of the kind?

> Well, to me Kypris definitely takes an interest in Silk, and he
> definitely seems to be more aligned with the vanished Pas than,
> say, Echidna or Scylla, in their reactions to him.  Whether they
 > are aware of who Silk is, I think Kypris actually is aware of it,
> but her love is always sexual in some way shape or form, and it
>  is this conflicting desire between sex and mothership and
> prevents her from being honest, but DOES show him as the next
>  Pas, someone to replace her vanished lover.  (for what its worth,
 > I don't think cloning is going on, and if it is, Silk is more certainly
 > a clone of the son rather than simply a clone of Typhon) so yes,
 > I assume the image she shows is somewhat altered to show Silk
 > as Pas, an image of himself succeeding the old god, and the
> text saying the monarch wanted a son to succeed him resonates
> with that image, as does calling Kypris mother.

One can certainly imagine that Kypris is lying.  But in that case, the 
contents of the lie are not very strong evidence for anything, are they?

> (But for all her love she is still overtly sexual, and as the lover of
>  the primary god it can't be helped)  But, even though I think it is
> MORE important to draw the connection between Kypris and Silk,
> please keep in mind Mamelta's first words when awakened,
> "We will be lovers."  That is not a coincidence.

That is Mucor speaking through Mamelta.  Mucor woke her before she said 
that, and Mucor still possessed her after she said that.  When Mamelta is in 
her own mind (or vice versa) she never says anything of the sort.

Why does Mucor say it?  In real life anorexia is often understood in terms 
of a young woman attempting, for whatever reason, to abnegate her nature as 
a sexual being.  I think that her repressed sexual instincts break out when 
she is wearing the stolen body of another woman.  Of course one cannot 
equate a character like Mucor with a real person, but I think that the 
psychological pattern is related.

- Gerry Quinn

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