tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post114784248611664258..comments2019-03-12T15:52:01.294-04:00Comments on Exercise in Futility: On ReverenceCantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956152287462622500noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1148181591717451192006-05-20T23:19:00.000-04:002006-05-20T23:19:00.000-04:00And I'll have to break out my copy of Cliff's Note...And I'll have to break out my copy of <I>Cliff's Notes on Mythology</I>.<BR/><BR/>(Ahh, okay.)Cantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956152287462622500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1148166860204717112006-05-20T19:14:00.000-04:002006-05-20T19:14:00.000-04:00*Nod* True.Which means I need to break out my Jos...*Nod* True.<BR/><BR/>Which means I need to break out my Joseph Campbell stuff.<BR/><BR/>(<A HREF="http://womenincomics.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">When Fangirls Attack</A> links)Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1147967440444568122006-05-18T11:50:00.000-04:002006-05-18T11:50:00.000-04:00Even "givens" can worth exploring, considering the...Even "givens" can worth exploring, considering they haven't always been "given," and they aren't necessarily as "given" as they seem. There's always something more, isn't there?<BR/><BR/>When you drop an object on Earth, it falls towards the ground. That's a given, but contemplating the mechanism behind the fall can still be worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>(WFA links?)Cantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956152287462622500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1147947562793251232006-05-18T06:19:00.000-04:002006-05-18T06:19:00.000-04:00Mainly structural, since the thematic elements are...Mainly structural, since the thematic elements are a given. Also, character types are very similar, and plot elements. I started drawing the parallel when I first read the story where Lancelot climbs a tree to rescue a caught pet (a falcon caught to the branch by a ribbon). In his underwear.<BR/><BR/>(Hehehe. I've been visiting here for a while yet, most of of my blogging time is actually spent reading other people's blogs, looking for WFA links. I'm a shameless lurker, though)Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1147912233642604802006-05-17T20:30:00.000-04:002006-05-17T20:30:00.000-04:00Are the parallels you draw between comic books and...Are the parallels you draw between comic books and Arthurian legend structural (multiple writers), or are they more Hero's Journey thematic? Or both? ...<BR/><BR/>(By the way, I'm honored you took the time to look at my blog, much less comment on it. 'Specially since you have so much keeping up to do with your own!)Cantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956152287462622500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19804885.post-1147859151496818802006-05-17T05:45:00.000-04:002006-05-17T05:45:00.000-04:00I never thought of the Bible that way (although I'...I never thought of the Bible that way (although I've complained about it for the reasons you noted).<BR/><BR/>The parallel I always drew with literature and comic books was the King Arthur Saga.<BR/><BR/>(Thankfully, they're just now retconning away the stuff that made Gawain into a jerk)Ragnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373059673228550524noreply@blogger.com