OMG I love this whole comment! Hahaha. Nudge --> avalanche of words XD
I envy you your Yuletide participation. One day, in a far-off gold-tinted future I hope I get to have time to play, too. I am excited to see what you get to write!
*chinhands*
and the pagan and ungodly merman (who funnily enough seems quite nice, and asks permission before abducting and enchanting Agnes, but he is still clearly not one of God's creatures I love how he is a polite demon, but a demon with a 'bad'/uncontrollable/unacceptable sexuality nonetheless.
I like what you say about humor, even though it didn't feel very apparent to me, but it very much ties in with Shakespearean comedy, which also frequently uses enchantment to play with transgressive behavior -- he put a spell on her! And she did all this weird stuff! Hey, that weird stuff is kinda cool... But anyway! She totally comes to her senses, and you know all's well that ends well.
The merman as the one who gets left behind is exactly where it becomes interesting -- and pretty modern, since Agnes retains her agency throughout. The last part of the song is not working for me ;_; so I can't hear Dissing singing about the icons turning away, but it's interesting to think of it as something that saddens the merman. It's interesting to consider that the merman probably never thought of himself as bad/dirty/wrong until he's faced with the ostracism of the church... Again, Agnes has the power to cross between worlds - even if she needs his help, she can survive in both places, while the merman obviously can't, physically (maybe?) as well as socially.
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Re: The song I link to here is awesome even if you don't understand the lyrics, try it!
Date: 2010-11-20 03:47 pm (UTC)I envy you your Yuletide participation. One day, in a far-off gold-tinted future I hope I get to have time to play, too. I am excited to see what you get to write!
*chinhands*
and the pagan and ungodly merman (who funnily enough seems quite nice, and asks permission before abducting and enchanting Agnes, but he is still clearly not one of God's creatures
I love how he is a polite demon, but a demon with a 'bad'/uncontrollable/unacceptable sexuality nonetheless.
I like what you say about humor, even though it didn't feel very apparent to me, but it very much ties in with Shakespearean comedy, which also frequently uses enchantment to play with transgressive behavior -- he put a spell on her! And she did all this weird stuff! Hey, that weird stuff is kinda cool... But anyway! She totally comes to her senses, and you know all's well that ends well.
The merman as the one who gets left behind is exactly where it becomes interesting -- and pretty modern, since Agnes retains her agency throughout. The last part of the song is not working for me ;_; so I can't hear Dissing singing about the icons turning away, but it's interesting to think of it as something that saddens the merman. It's interesting to consider that the merman probably never thought of himself as bad/dirty/wrong until he's faced with the ostracism of the church... Again, Agnes has the power to cross between worlds - even if she needs his help, she can survive in both places, while the merman obviously can't, physically (maybe?) as well as socially.