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regicidal-defenestration · 2 years ago

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Mm. Thinking about David and Eskew in the context of A Man Said to the Universe by Stephen Crane

[ID: A man said to the universe: / “Sir, I exist!” / “However,” replied the universe, / “The fact has not created in me / A sense of obligation.”. End ID]

#like. Eskew loves David eskew hates david eskew is the place where David is Right to be afraid and abandoned and wary (debate amongst #yourselves to what extent that can be interpreted as love when it comes from a being so utterly unhuman as a city)#but like as soon as riyo gets introduced we get this idea og obligation. She's Obliged to find david it's what his mother employed her for #and it doesn't stay as this Purely Professional Obligation like the series ends with hope with 'I think I'll carry on' and I think that's a #kind of obligation to yourself #going back to eskew we don't Get this from the city like it doesn't Care about him #maybe it loves him like a city loves warm bodies but it doesn't Care about him it doesn't stay it wasn't the presence of eskew that helped #save him #mmmm these tags don't make much sense I am many thoughts head empty but like. Consider it #i am in eskew

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