May 7th, 2025
7 May 2025 · page 1242 of 1306
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Blake Thackerey, Bryony Thackerey, Eliza Swift, Gren, Harriet Barber, Henry Barber, Isabelle Holt, Jack O'Malley
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Has no-one wondered where Sid and Wolfe have got to?
I mean, realistically, they’re adults. it’s only been since last night that anybody saw them, understandable to at least not really have noticed. only we the audience have the insight that they were being (threatened? kidnapped?) at gunpoint. But also PLEASE I’M SO WORRIED ABOUT THEM SOMEBODY ASK ABOUT THE BOYS
Time for a council of war!
I love Henry and Izzy snuggling.
Especially as I was expecting ‘enry to get an earful for sneaking off on an Adventure without permission.
Maybe he already did, and now Izzy’s telling him he’s forgiven.
I notice that Harry’s “HRM” is awfully close to another remorseless character named Rorschach whose signature utterance was “HURM”. But at least she’s not wearing a mask.
That sounds bad. The cardinal vices can lead to bad behavior in their extremes, but they include basic human emotions and motivations. Weird how we’ve circled around from thwarting the deadly sins to saving them!
No Gluttony, then no restaurants. No Lust, no children. No Pride, and slapdash work and no sports. No Sloth, and people go crazy from lack of rest. No Envy/Pride and no motivation to do better. No Wrath and you get no laws or police …
Gluttony is not the same as hunger. Lust is not the same as the desire to procreate. Vanity is not the same as the desire to do good work . (Sportsball can die in a fire for all I care.) Sloth is not the same as healthy sleep. Envy is a terrible motivator. Laws and police are presumably only mildly necessary in a world without the Seven Deadly Sins, and in any case Wrath is a terrible way to make and enforce a legal code.
Honestly, on first glance it sounds like a paradise? I’m confused why one would oppose it.
Maybe we’ll find out what the motive is.
I kinda thought the same as you, initially. Especially re greed/avarice, which has led to probably 90% of the evils in human history IMO.
Greed is at the extreme end of a desire to have stability and plenty. That desire can motivate someone to plan ahead and lay supplies for lean times, or to gather funds for emergencies. That as such is not a bad thing. It becomes bad when the desire to hoard is its own reason, and moves people to gouge and exploit others, and ruins the self. If you cut off that extreme end, though, you don’t know what happens to the basic desire that it sprouted from.
I am looking forward to finding out the impact. From how I see it, this Lust includes lust for power. I’m afraid destroying lust, greed, gluttony, and envy will remove all desire for anything, destroying pride will remove all sense of self-worth, destroying sloth will remove the ability to relax, and destroying wrath will mess with people’s ability to be upset. People acting on certain desires can lead to bad things, but completely removing the ability to have desire sounds potentially horrifying and could make life incredibly bland.
I think it’s the extremes that are bad, but in small amounts they motivate. People have Pride in doing a good job, work hard through Envy of people with more than they do … and without a touch of Wrath people would just immediately forgive any transgressions. People still need to eat, but maybe its a touch of Gluttony that makes them want to eat something special or fancy rather than a mcmeal. I am interested to see the author’s take on this
Initially I agreed with you, but then I thought . . . in this universe, Sloth seems to have some power over healthy sleep too. And Lust explicitly encompasses all desire, including Mal’s desire for his family to be okay.
I had thought that if the deadlies were to be destroyed, humans would naturally summon new ones, though they might be weak at first. Seems no. H uh o h,
Apparently they wouldn’t have the emotions to summon them with.
Worrisome
that sounds like a baaaaaaaaad idea
(and not just in humans, too, in all animals as well probably)
Is Jack practicing…zen?
He may be trying to get more in tune with the Anchor, in order to sense when Thea arrives and have the strength to fight her off.
I was just going to ask about that too.
Thaaaat’s no good. 0_0;
The Deadlies are very nasty, yes - but they sit at the corruptive, self-destructive end of a whole spectrum. And like it or not, they’re part pf the whole mortal human condition.
If you cut off the sin of Sloth, will no one acknowledge their own weariness? Remove Wrath, and will no one throw a punch in defense of self or other? Eradicate Lust, and will no one feel any urge to procreate?
Besides, without the Sins, won’t the Virtues lose impact, and ultimately meaning?
A classic case of “Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD!”
I agree. It’s a poor knife that can’t cut both ways.
Maybe it’s like the Pratchett idea of Death - when one Death is destroyed, then a new one arises from the minds of the living. So you’d just get a period of uncertainty before a load of new mini-deadlies appear and eventually join up. Though they may have a different name.
she basically wants to destroy what it means to be human. all humans embody these sins but it’s not like being pride in your work or wanting to make money to feed your family are bad. it reminds me of how Quark in DS9 defended greed; yeah it may seem bad, but it motivates us. it drives us to make money to buy the things we want, to keep food on our table, and to provide for our loved ones. destroying emotions or drivers destroys what makes us, us.
Hm… Back at the ocean anchor, something whispered to Thea, didn’t it? Shared some sort of plan with her and convinced her to let the anchor take her.
So if this isn’t her own plan... whose was it? What spirit might have been seeking this out?
That… is a very good question. o_o;