Sparrowhawk on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
This could be the entry with the highest audience response:word count ratio. :lol: Can’t wait for the follow-up. (There will be a follow-up, right?)
Sparrowhawk on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
I think I’ll be angry if this is the last Ink story. Really, it could be like that one part in Serenity that made lots of fans hate Joss Whedon.
Okay, probably not. But still, as an ending to the fantastic Ink Catherly saga, this does feel disappointing. Which is why I’m hoping for something else in the future.
Metal Fatigue on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
If you weren’t confused before, you weren’t paying attention.
Metal Fatigue on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
[quote:e410d662b1=”ADamiani”]Interesting. This implies that Jane has imperfect control over the narrative universe.[/quote:e410d662b1]
Still not settled whether the universe in which Ink exists is (merely) a narrative universe.
Metal Fatigue on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
[quote:c75d1fc053=”ADamiani”]The way she survives the Gorgosaur encounter is indicative of her status as a fictional construct.[/quote:c75d1fc053]
Only insofar as any character in Hitherby is a fictional construct. It could just as well be the case that Catherlies suffer no damage from dismemberment.
The question is, is Ink a fiction-within-a-fiction (like the characters in most legends) or a something-else-within-a-fiction? Just because a story is being told about her does not automatically make her a merely narrative construct. The Ink legends could be the Gibbelins Tower equivalent of reality TV.
Metal Fatigue on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Yeah. What he (she? does whiskey have gender?) said.
Metal Fatigue on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Thank you for the clarification, sir.
insanitykun on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
I’m also wondering if now Ink is doomed to 7 years bad luck.
Graeme on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Martin’s exclamation, and his fisted hand, implies to me that he broke the mirror.
Ford Dent on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Oh now you’ve gone and done it.
I’m all confused now.
ADamiani on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Interesting. This implies that Jane has imperfect control over the narrative universe. Stage accidents like the mirror breakage and, for example, ad libbing can occur….
ADamiani on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
[quote:308db8f6a4=”insanitykun”]I’m also wondering if now Ink is doomed to 7 years bad luck.[/quote:308db8f6a4]
And, if so, do the first three in Hell count as time served towards the sentence?
ADamiani on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
[quote:a4e3c1ebed=”Metal Fatigue”][quote:a4e3c1ebed=”ADamiani”]Interesting. This implies that Jane has imperfect control over the narrative universe.[/quote:a4e3c1ebed]
Still not settled whether the universe in which Ink exists is (merely) a narrative universe.[/quote:a4e3c1ebed]
Really? I’d been unaware that this had been brought into question. The way she survives the Gorgasaur encounter is indicative of her status as a fictional construct. It’s certainly possible she’s more than that, but I would expect her to be *at least* that.
I kinda hope she’s not going to stay that way.
rpuchalsky on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
There’s been so much communication between story-levels already that I’d guess that the breaking of the mirror is going to lead to direct transit from one to the other. (After all, it was showing the Gibbelin’s Tower when it was broken.) Since this is the last *legend* of Ink, presumably she’s going to be brought up one level, to “reality”.
Another even more shaky guess: Jane was playing Ink. When Jane is brought back to reality “in character”, she and Ink merge. This permits Jane to grow up to 15.
Who broke the mirror? Possibly it just broke. But Greystoke was carrying it — this seems like the kind of thing that he would do.
Taliskar on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
I have been an Ink fan since her first appearance and have followed with sadness her recent fall from innocence. I should qualify that I mean sadness for Ink, not sadness at the direction the story has been taken. From being unable to find hell because she saw wonder in everything to being trapped in hell because she has lost her passion, I can empathise with the journey she has taken. However, I am not willing to accept that this is the end for Ink. Perhaps it is unwillingness to face the situation, or perhaps it is hope; but I for one will hold out for Ink’s restoration to grace.
Thank you Rebecca.
Taliskar on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
Whiskey is male. Except for Laphroaig … that’s a girl.
Ninjacrat on November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am said:
‘Can broken things be remade?
Can destinies change?
Is it worth the risk of hope?’
(…tomorrow. Maybe!)