CoL49 2024 group reading ch6 - Fallopian encounter

[Michael Bailey]

Joseph Tracy wrote:
Perhaps Fallopian also sees that if the tristero is real , then the real
terrain is not as simple as his map and so he reinforces the idea that the
big shots are in charge, have played her, and it’s time for a right wing
revolution.

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Fallopian, Koteks & Metzger are all right wing I think.


Metzger’s behavior after the play resonates in tune with (or sets the scene
for) Fallopian later - he’s much ruder than Fallopian, rails against “lib,
over educated broads” (there’s that word again)

( oh, hey, he gives us his age in his screed: 35 - how did I miss that
before when trying to guess it? He’s old enough to be President!)


Although Metzger is confrontatory, in contrast with Fallopian’s more
conciliatory words & actions, it’s Fallopian she decides hates her.

Maybe it’s because so much has happened before that last meeting with
Fallopian, maybe because Metzger is still operating within “civil society”
while Fallopian has gone troppo…

Anyway, she tolerates a lot of guff from Metzger, who blows up at her,
mischaracterizes her, refuses to accompany her back to see Driblette, and
even insults her:
“I want to see if there’s a connection. I’m curious.” “Yes, you’re
curious,” Metzger said.



What does she want?


“It isn’t that,” she protested. “I don’t care what Beaconsfield uses in its
filter. I don’t care what Pierce bought from the Cosa Nostra. I don’t want
to think about them. Or about what happened at Lago di Pietà, or
cancer . . .” She looked around for words, feeling helpless. “What then?”
Metzger challenged, getting to his feet, looming. “What?” “I don’t know,”
she said, a little desperate. “Metzger, don’t harass me. Be on my side.”



 “Against whom?” inquired Metzger, putting on shades.

It’s a flippant comment, but I take it to mean that for him, right away to
be on her side, they have to be against someone or something.

Whereas I think she’s looking for something more companionable than that,
especially since they’ve been intimate & so forth.
Just showing a modicum of interest in her thoughts for instance, but
apparently that’s more than what Metzger has on tap.


For that matter, Maas, who is probably not a right wing butthead like those
other guys, has a history of not listening to her either.
So it isn’t necessarily political, I suppose.








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