chenille

António Pedro Marques · 25 Nov 2011, 18:59 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:59:51 +0000
Subject: (urth) chenille
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James Wynn wrote (25-11-2011 18:42):
> Well, Chenille's hair is actually brown. It is colored red. So Jahlee's red
> hair would have to reflect the way Chenille thought of herself.

? She certainly says red is her colour.

> However, I believe Wolfe /is/ sending a message regarding red hair although
> I can't say quite what it is (Silk's reddish-blonde beard, Rose's hair,
> Chenille's dyed hair).
>
> According to "The Vampire: His Kith and Kin" red-hair was a feature of the
> Typhonians, the human sacrificial victims of Osiris. I think the red hair is
> supposed to connect characters to Typhon in some way, but can't put the
> pieces in place.
>
>> Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
>> It's a fact that Chenille is red and Jahlee's hair is constantly referred
>> to as 'sorrel'.
>>
>>
>>> Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:
>>> This seems to me interesting idea, James - thanks -
>>>> James Wynn wrote:
>>>> Jahlee's mother fed on Chenille. When Jahlee fed on a drunk woman she
>>>> developed a drunken slur which was more distinctly "Chenille" to the
>>>> narrator than the sober version. I believe Jahlee-as-Chenille permitted
>>>> Wolfe to embed a lot of clues about Chenille's relationship to Silk, even
>>>> though I cannot claim to be absolutely clear on what they all mean.
>>>>
>>>>> Marc Aramini wrote:
>>>>> If you call it a misprision, then explain why he mistakes her for
>>>>> Chenille there.
>
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