VLVL [8] When BV possessed her
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Wed Jan 20 19:24:55 CST 1999
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:
> This chapter opens with an important question: When had BV ever
> possessed her[F]? The answer, obscured and shaded by the depraved
> suspicions of our obsessed federal prosecutor [BV], and the manic medley
> of metaphoric narrative in Ch7, which recounts when There might have
> been about a minute and a half, just after the events at College of the
> Surf, the death of Weed Atman, and the fall of PR3, resolves many of
> the problem and mysteries surrounding the relationship of F and BV. Yes,
> No, DK?
It helps a little. We've had precious little guidance up to now. I don't
think we are really ever meant to understand. Don't think P would be
presumptuous enough to try to explain Male/Female relations. It may be
better we don't know. Like making sausage. As I said before ambiguity is
the watchword (IMHO). Frenesi sees Brock both as master and needy little
child. Brock sees Fren as both impossible dream and slavey.
P.
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