tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post2214326291905049527..comments2023-08-12T03:14:16.855-05:00Comments on The Least Read Blog on the Web: CSFF Blog Tour: Cyndere's Midnight Day TwoJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919292358655167603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-78889455715575784052009-02-21T09:24:00.000-06:002009-02-21T09:24:00.000-06:00Very fascinating, John! I've thought of the Keepe...Very fascinating, John! I've thought of the Keeper more as a Seraphim/Angel type creature, but its only a guess.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of these mysteries will be solved "beyond the Forbidding Wall" where the NorthChildren are from, so we just have to wait.<BR/><BR/>Great review here!Robert Treskillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767228138541201198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-57280287483716126072009-02-20T18:16:00.000-06:002009-02-20T18:16:00.000-06:00I don't know if I told you last year or not, John,...I don't know if I told you last year or not, John, but I originally saw Auralia as a type of Christ and the Keeper as a type of God the Father. Until I read that post of Jeffrey's, which I think he might have taken down. Either that, or I read it in an interview with someone else, because I couldn't find it.<BR/><BR/>The thing is, he said pretty plainly that what he intended was a story about life without art and about it being rejected by the powers that be, even though it brought joy to the common man. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure I added a lot to that. But that made sense and in that context, I wonder if the Keeper isn't Imagination.<BR/><BR/>With that backdrop, I wondered if Cyndere's Midnight was saying that art could set the beastman free. But no, what changed Jordam was a process that Auralia's colors brought him to and what the water from the well began in earnest.<BR/><BR/>Make of it what you will. I thought the pictures could be intentional. But who knows. <BR/><BR/>What I really hate is the idea that the connections I see might just be accidents of happenstance. Makes me feel like I shouldn't bother to read for a deeper meaning because whatever deeper meaning I find wasn't really something the author was intending to convey.<BR/><BR/>Ah, for a return to belief in themes as part of well-crafted fiction.<BR/><BR/>BeckyRebecca LuElla Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823550402103559922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487188.post-70170259587865051602009-02-17T12:28:00.000-06:002009-02-17T12:28:00.000-06:00Overthinking it may be, but that's rather fascinat...Overthinking it may be, but that's rather fascinating. I'm just reading Auralia's Colors now because I couldn't bear to read the sequel first. Speed reading and a late night it shall be, but at least I'm enjoying it so far!Rachel Starr Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115239312232415130noreply@blogger.com