BEg2 ch24 Windust/Maxine role reversal of Frenesi/Vond

[Mark Kohut]

Maxine is the controlling intelligence of the novel, as we have seen. The
controlling emotional intelligence
too as that phrase grew in our time. Pynchon always gives her instincts the
win.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 10:19 PM Michael Bailey <
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I mean, even if yes he is manipulating her lower chakras as if they were a
> video game controller, by extension the game he is racking up points on is
> in her brain and anahata (well maybe maybe not) and ajna/sahasrara chakras
> - it’s Maxine’s game.
>
> Unlike Frenesi, who’s playing Brock’s game, by Brock’s rules, and Brock
> does rule (for awhile.)
>
> We even get some insight into Maxine’s system for scoring Windust -
> “ IN THE MELANCHOLY LIGHT, Maxine scans Windust’s face for evidence of
> emotion. For a quickie, it was OK even if God forbid there should be
> anything like eye contact around here. On the other  hand, at least he used
> a condom—wait, wait, junior-prom reflexes aren’t bad enough, she’s doing
> credits and debits on this now also?”
>
> Although she’s humorously questioning herself for doing so, it’s definitely
> she who is rating him.
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