jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) (10/26/84)
What do y'all think of what's been going on in Cerebus lately? I find it amusing that everyone is mis-interpreting what he's up to. I think that Posey is an interesting character. Some questions: 1. What about Lord Julius and Duke Leonardi's "whole-a skelaton"? 2. What about the Roach-Priest. Surely he isn't dead. 3. Red Sophia? Henrot-Gutch is very much with us, but where is she. 4. Why doesn't someone poison Weisshaupt before it's too late. 5. It's too much to expect that we've seen the last of Elrod. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (10/29/84)
> 5. It's too much to expect that we've seen the last of Elrod.
Well, I (ah say) I really miss the big galoot....
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fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPAjdb@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf) (10/29/84)
> [John R Blaker] > What do y'all think of what's been going on in Cerebus lately? I find it > amusing that everyone is mis-interpreting what he's up to. > I think that Posey is an interesting character. What do you think of Gerhard's backgrounds. I like them as a supplement to Sim's lean clean style, but not as a replacement. I hope Sim uses his judgement in when to fill with Gerhard and when to emphasize Sim. > Some questions: > 1. What about Lord Julius and Duke Leonardi's "whole-a skelaton"? Yeah, what *is* Lord Julius up to. [And what would have happened if Powers had chosen Lord J for pope instead of the earth-pig?] > 4. Why doesn't someone poison Weisshaupt before it's too late. Weisshaupt will do his own self in through being out of his depth. His world-view centers around his own class and region. He dismisses unfamiliar classes as "peasants and livestock", and social upheaval abroad as "the cow who walks like a man". He is too wedded to the past to have a hope of understanding the forces at work during Interesting Times. Powers aren't his gardens beautiful? Powers understands hard-core power on a level way beyond Weisshaupt. This man did not get where he is by posturing and pomp, still less by insufficient killer instinct. Nor by assigning the wrong subordinate to the job over the years. How could such a successful heavy have assigned a wimp like Posey to lean on the Earth-pig Born? In fact, he blew it right when he underestimated the aardvark he was commandeering from Weisshaupt. Cerebus survives on sheer audacity. Since the current storyline began in #57, we've seen a lot about how little Cerebus understood what was going on around him in High Society and before. Or since. His papal power depends on running a large and influential organization: the church. And on guiding it succesfully in its cross-currents with Cirinists, Kevillists, Weisshaupt, the Eastern Church, the Illusionists (what have *they* been up to all along?) ... And all our earth-pig can see is "Oh boy, a good fight. Get rid of all that damn bureaucratic swill". He is his own worst enemy with respect to power as well as women. And what is happening to him now? Terrorizing the faithful with their religion is shameless, but within specs for aarvarkian audacity. Even his scam on Lord Draser, cruel though it is. But what is this throwing the baby into the crowd?! This is not just the killer-who-looks-like-a-bunny at work here. Is "Professor Charles X. Claremont" manipulating the earth-pig's mind? (What was he up to when he ordered Cerebus away from the countess so abruptly?) Or Seunteus Po? What *are* the illusionists doing politically in the world? Po sure ducked that one hard in Mind Game II. > 2. What about the Roach-Priest. Surely he isn't dead. > 5. It's too much to expect that we've seen the last of Elrod. If Elrod's absence lasts another year or so, I'll be happy to have him surprise me with a brief appearance. Ditto for the <your costumed superhero here>-roach. He's funny for comic relief, but the point has been made a lot. Sim is unfolding a facsinating story here, and peopling it with a wealth of entertaining characters. Lord Draser, Scorz, Theresa, the farmer with The Last Vote..., these all outshine YA spoof on CostumedHeroIdiocy. > 3. Red Sophia? Henrot-Gutch is very much with us, but where is she. Actually, Henrot-Gutch is getting repetetive for me too. Maybe Dave is building up to some surprise? Wouldn't it be neat for the Bug to come full-circle as the bat-roach? No? oh well... " My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of anybody on the eighth sphere, or in Kitchener, Ont." -- Dr Memory ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!jdb