[1939] Not Paying Full Attention

[philman]

Jan 24, 2018 6:57:53 GMT rafk said:

Jan 23, 2018 14:05:44 GMT @dameofdiamonds said:

Oh dear god no. At least, I really hope that's not where Tom's going with this. I'd always seen Annie and Ysengrin's relationship as platonic, like a surrogate father/mentor and daughter/apprentice type-thing.

I think these last two pages are showing a visual representation of what it's like for Coyote to sift through Ysengrin's mind and we are just seeing what Coyote is seeing (though not maybe not necessarily what he's looking for), namely, Ysengrin's hatred of humans coming into conflict with his positive memories of Annie.

And remember, the Court were the ones who ordered Surma to make Renard fall in love with her, while Coyote was the one who convinced him to possess/kill a man so he could become human.

I have no idea how it never occurred to me that Coyote could have done this to Rey as well, but it makes a disturbing amount of sense.

Rey seems more independent and distrustful of Coyote than Ysengrin, and was always renowned as the trickster fox in mythology, so I doubt he would be as subservient as Ysengrin is. Although that could just be due to how addled Ysengrin's mind is after all this messing about.

[pyradonis]

Jan 24, 2018 3:30:07 GMT maxptc said:

Jan 23, 2018 5:24:00 GMT Runningflame said:

Could be part of why Jones thinks Ysengrin is rapidly losing his sanity. She sees him making decisions that seem increasingly bizarre and out of place--out of character--not like him. Well, maybe they're not him. 

Note, also, the exchange in that second link:

Jones: I question his sanity.
Coyote: Hahahaha!

And then he changes the topic.

That makes a lot of sense. I really like that observation, did not pick up on that one.

Seems to also be why he got so upset at Annie's reaction to Coyote's great secert. Coyote did predict Ysengrin wasn't gonna be a good walking companion, we (not specifically you, just people and at least I) assumed it was because he knows how Ysengrin will react, but its looking to me like he decided how Ysengrin will react. I just can't shake the feeling Coyote is planning something more devious then just "groom Annie, play pranks and see if anything interesting happens."

Huh. You know, I had always thought Ysengrins crazy reaction that time was Coyote's doing. When Annie left Coyote, who faded into the ground, I always read it as him having been inside Ysengrin's mind at the same time, to amplify and worsen his reaction to Annie later.