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Adam
Aug 28, 2012 8:41:28 GMT -5
Post by manderspuppy on Aug 28, 2012 8:41:28 GMT -5
(FINALLY CAUGHT UP!)
OK so can we just talk about how WONDERFULLY CREEPY Adam is in this part? It's so interesting that it's the shock of realizing that the world isn't exactly what he thought that makes him snap. The world isn't perfect and all Adam can see right now is the BAD side of that. I seriously just want to give him a hug and tell him it will be alright through this whole part. He just seams like he's in so much pain here... Thought?
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Adam
Aug 28, 2012 10:35:06 GMT -5
Post by aliceapproved on Aug 28, 2012 10:35:06 GMT -5
I'm with you on how wonderfully creepy Adam was. It was around this part that his powers were beginning to take over him that I started to get more interested in his character and group of friends. I found it perfect that realizing the world wasn't as great as he thought it was to be the trigger of his powers. "It's like you said the other day," said Adam. "You grow up readin' about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and jus' when you think the world's all full of amazin' things, they tell you it's really all dead whales and chopped-down forests and nuclear waste hangin' about for millions of years." "Snot worth growin' up for, if you ask my opinion." I will never get over how excellent that quote is, because I think we've all had that thought at some point in our lives as we grow up. We hear such amazing things and look forward to our future, eager to grow up so quickly and when we get older, we see that all those fantastical fairy tales are false; the world is much crueler, darker, filthier and we long to be young again, back to childish innocence when the world was a brighter place in our eyes. I just found that part to be very easy to relate to along with "Oh, no, the AntiChrist is waking up." Stuff just got real and I couldn't wait to see what happens next.
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Adam
Aug 29, 2012 11:35:40 GMT -5
Post by sepherene on Aug 29, 2012 11:35:40 GMT -5
Yeah. That whole section was certainly something we can all take something from. I think that fear of the real world makes all of us have a moment of "I don't want to grow up". The only difference is with Adam he really does have the power to change things. Which is probably what makes him "scary" in this part. Because even though we all wish we had Adam's powers, we also know as adults that everyone needs to grow up and become responsible. That doesn't mean the mysticism of life needs to disappear, it just needs to be found in different places.
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Adam
Aug 29, 2012 14:25:43 GMT -5
Post by aliceapproved on Aug 29, 2012 14:25:43 GMT -5
^This
Along with the fact that because Adam has the power to change, it makes him so frightening along with how he seems to be going mad with power even before he's actually used it. Just thinking about what he could do is making him crazy and terrifying.
I love it.
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