VLVL 4: War, politics and love

[jbor]

on 31/8/03 1:18 PM, Mark Wright wrote:

> I agree. It is an odd-sounding phrase, though, that "with a
> please-don't-piss-me-off look of inquiry" --- isn't it? Not quite our
> man at his best. I guess it is the note of "inquiry" that makes
> RC/Moon/Zoyd's subsequent friendship believable, however. Inquiring
> about what? It isn't as if he is jealous of or uncertain about Moonpie,
> really. "You aren't going to trigger one of my episodes, are you? I
> hate it when that happens." i suppose the note of "inquiry" makes RC
> sympathetic and human rather than merely hazardous. And Moonpie presses
> his hand with her cheek, as if she knows she is all that holds him in
> place in the world.

There's not only a sense of intimacy and fidelity but a sense of sadness,
even despair, and a consciousness of their isolation in that gesture.

And I think the fact that RC's look is one of "inquiry" adds an extra layer
to it. It adds a touch of uncertainty, hesitancy, a suggestion that RC might
be seeking a degree of acceptance as well as warning Zoyd off.

best