Agilus and Agia

António Pedro Marques · 02 May 2013, 13:40 · from 2013-May.txt.gz

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Subject: (urth) Agilus and Agia
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Gerry Quinn wrote (02-05-2013 12:04):
> It is the New Sun - or Whatever is behind it - which ultimately selects the
> history that brings about its creation.  No personality or group in the
> story, not even the Hierodules, are controlling events.  The New Sun creates
> reality - timelines that are incompatible with it - such as the timeline of
> Master Ash or the first Severian - fade away.
>
> Obviously the Hierodules understand this process, but they themselves are
> moving parts like all the rest.  The tests and trials are as they are
> because that is the series of trials that will create the Severian who
> brings the New Sun.  Agia plays her part, but she is not directly motivated
> in any way to set tests.  But this is the Agia who happens to set the right
> tests.  In other iterations there were other Agias who acted somewhat
> differently and perhaps had more or less success.

It's just that I find this perspective essentially ungreat.

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