(for two people who reacted to things pretty much the same way, they sure do both make fun of each other a lot for their reactions
Part of reacting to things pretty much the same way is reacting to the way other people react to things. ;)
I.e. they both had some emotional stunting going on. Thanks, Dad(s)!
What little I know of Manichaeism comes from two sources: my very casual interest in the development of early Christianity (St. Augustine as one of the more famous Manichaeans, before his conversion, for example), and, of all places, Tolkien scholarship, in which I have a much less casual interest (it's one of the few things I come close to being a specialist in). The whole problem of good and evil comes up a *lot* in work on Tolkien, as you can imagine.
But Candide I haven't read and can't promise to read by Yuletide, so good thing you've got that down! (How do you feel about Peter Keith, btw? I have a whole plot that just needs converting into scenes, which I hear is the easy part! ;) We can even work Lehndorff in!)
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Re: The case of the indiscreet reader (the other one)
Date: 2020-01-26 12:50 am (UTC)Part of reacting to things pretty much the same way is reacting to the way other people react to things. ;)
I.e. they both had some emotional stunting going on. Thanks, Dad(s)!
What little I know of Manichaeism comes from two sources: my very casual interest in the development of early Christianity (St. Augustine as one of the more famous Manichaeans, before his conversion, for example), and, of all places, Tolkien scholarship, in which I have a much less casual interest (it's one of the few things I come close to being a specialist in). The whole problem of good and evil comes up a *lot* in work on Tolkien, as you can imagine.
But Candide I haven't read and can't promise to read by Yuletide, so good thing you've got that down! (How do you feel about Peter Keith, btw? I have a whole plot that just needs converting into scenes, which I hear is the easy part! ;) We can even work Lehndorff in!)