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[Sep. 15th, 2003|05:48 pm] |
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| | Bent -- Private Road | ] | I just bought Legends II, which contains Neil Gaiman's new Shadow novella, and read it as quickly yet thoroughly as humanly possible.
I can't believe I didn't get (until it was stated flat out) who Shadow really is/represents. Thinking back on it, American Gods was full of clues to his identity, for someone who knows the stories. And I do know the stories, I always have. I was practically raised on the myths and legends of any culture you care to name.
So quite how I managed to miss that is beyond me. Must have been having a bad-memory day.
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| Comments: | Oh, don't drop tantalising hints like that! ![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/95850675/380074) | | From: |  parcae |
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| Date: | September 15th, 2003 - 02:34 pm |
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By which you mean he was...? He's the reincarnation/avatar/whatever of Baldur, son of Odin - not just a modern son of Wednesday. I really should have twigged to that when Loki started talking about putting a stick through his eye... | | From: | parcae |
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| Date: | September 15th, 2003 - 02:42 pm |
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Ahhh. ![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/90046096/689631) | | From: | canaa |
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| Date: | September 16th, 2003 - 01:32 am |
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You know what made me hit myself for being stupid? I /completely/ missed who Low-Key was until it was stated. -.- I should at least have gotten /that/. Meh. Gneil is always pulling fast ones on me like that, I've found. He's a slippery one. | | From: | canaa |
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| Date: | September 16th, 2003 - 01:30 am |
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Oddly enough considering my heritage, that's one culture whose legends never got me fired up. I was all about the Greek, Egyptian, and Japanese myths, myself. So I'm not suprised I missed it. Still, makes sense now that I know. [chuckle]
AG was a good book. I shall have to read the new novella. Thanks for making me aware of its existence. ;) | |
