Pynchon's Badass

[jbor]

But I can see also that Marvy's Mothers and Blicero's disciples (Enzian's
Schwarzkommando, the 175s) and the Luddites all share a certain ... dogmatic
obstinacy. the "Mothers" are soldiers, and hardly "rank-and-file" as such.
And the 175s are pretty much "rank-and-file", or "lower" in fact.

I think that Weissmann adopts the name (and persona) Blicero himself, and so
it is pretty much the same character throughout the text. I've never seen
them in the same room together!

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>From: "Scott Badger" <lupine at ncia.net>
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> What do you make of the difference in popular appeal (charisma?) between
> Blicero (or Pointsman) and Major Marvy? Seems to me that Blicero may have
> his dedicated disciples, but Marvy is more an extension of the people.
> Especially the rank-and-file.
>
> Also, in recent discussions re. Blicero and Weissman and who's transcending
> what, B & W are often presented as interchangeable.  Are they?