re VLVL2 conservative values & wacky comedy

[Paul Nightingale]

>From Terrance:
> 
> You dismissed a few of the points I made about Zoyd because I doubled
> back or flashed forward.
> 
All I've done is question conclusions drawn when you take said
quotations out of context. If snippet A, part of context A, is taken and
juxtaposed to snippet B, part of context B, without due regard for
contexts A and B ...

Leading, way down the page, to ...
> 
> Food chain approach?
> 
The idea that, because they 'resemble' human beings, fictional
characters can be considered more important than 'lower forms', ie
elements that include location, of course ... many locations in VL,
described in terms of the way they have evolved over time, might be said
to enjoy the agency usually ascribed to character.

And then, finally ...
> 
> When I say VL
> is about work, I'm saying that VL is a satire and it's target is the
> capitalist class. I'm sure you understood that.
>
I understand that 'work' here = 'work in a capitalist society'. More
accurately, 'the way work in a capitalist society is written', perhaps.
Most (all?) characters in the novel, however 'minor' (sic) are given
biographical detail that (a) locates them in class society and (b)
implicitly challenges the agency usually granted characters (and which
contributes, of course, to a tendency to read characters out of
context).