In most cases it is not, but in this case it was.
It occurred to me after the sudden and overdue departure of Pretty Alice,
my few, oh so precious few readers don't know how Pretty came to be
so angry, twisted and broken.
A long, long time ago as all fables begin, in a H. Ellison story
before Pretty's decay and renewal,
she was married!
Yes! She! and Yes, she was Married!
Married to a rebel of the the state. A wanted criminal named
Everette C. Marm. AKA The Harlequin.
He rebelled not for the sake of rebellion but out of conscious choice.
Pretty on the other hand was a conformist. Not that there is anything wrong
with conforming as long as it is done out of purpose.
However, Pretty conformed out of fear
It was her fear that killed E. C. Marm. She was a loyalist to the state,
but a traitor to her husband. She turned him in for his acts of rebellion.
And that guilt eventually destroyed her. It turned her
to the Pretty Alice you know today.
Guilt can be magical, it can be a weapon, it is a poison.
Though occasionally, given enough time and the right circumstances
it can transform a person.
For every action there is an equal or opposing action.
For every action there is a reaction.
Everything we touch, the words we speak, even the thoughts we think
effect the universe and its contents within.
Some consequences are magical, some are insignificant
and some are irreversible.
4 comments:
okay, my main man...Hmmm...Are you saying that Pretty Alice is one of those rare cases where the guilt was transformative? I guess I don't have enough context...Here, the guilt that she had was pretty inconvenient though. Why turn your husband in if the guilt is going to make your life hell? Would she be consumed by guilt for betraying the state if she hadn't? She's in between a rock and hard place, no? But, it still turned out for the best, right? What's up with Alice now? Is she walking on eggshells--the shells of unforgiven transgression--the shells of guilt?
Oh my. Someone has never thought one way acted on it and then find out it was a mistake. Remember Pretty followed out of fear, not out of belief. It was fear that lead her to act. We only know we have made a mistake after the fact. Sometimes we know we are going to make a mistake and do it anyone and suffer later, sometimes more and sometimes less that we anticipated. If you and other readers would take the time to view the post you would notice a pattern of progression starting from one point in time and ending at a later point in time. Time man, time its not on your side so get fucking busy! Read Scary Halloween!
Perhaps PA was jealous for the moment.
You know someone making a ton of cash and they're never working while you work your ass off to get by? Your accountable to the Ticktockman as are they. Difference is, you follow the rules of order and they do not. They have better results with more freedoms while you are locked down in the mundane.
You, however, know the little glitch they use to get around the system and for a moment the jealousy overrides your sense of reason. You become the rat.
It's that momentary lapse of reason that creates the guilt. What causes that can be different for anyone at anytime
You took the dollar from mom's purse because you heard the ice cream man coming. No time to think through it or he may pass you by (which is yet another function of time).
Cosequences are not considered in the heat of the moment when a hottie wants to perform felatio on your espoused member.
Remember too that PA was constantly pissed because even SHE was not important enough to "keep time" with. ECM was late with everybody, including her. How dare him! With that slant, just plain bitchy anger caused her momentary lapse of reason.
estabanKY,
I agree with your rehash of Mr. Ellison's character's plight of her husband Mr. Marm a.k.a The Harlequin. However, I must disagree with your use of the word espoused.
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