LoEG: Century 2009 - Boy Meets God
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scans_dailyA century long conspiracy to bring about the Antichrist comes to a head, and just when it seems all looks lost, an unexpected person comes to the rescue...
Triggerwarning for gore
I should note that her appearance isn't out of nowhere, she's appeared in the background series times throughout the series to my knowledge.
That's right, in the LoEG universe, Mary Poppins is either God or the most powerful being in the universe, and by extention, the entirety of fiction. Heh. And how she defeats the AntiHarry is actually kind of special to, to be honest.
Weirdly enough, this does actually make sense in the context of the novel itself, as one of the overall themes of the book is the progression of literature from having primarily male protagonists to female ones. There are numerous examples of this throughout the book, including the new M (Emma Peel, last seen in the Black Dossier under her maidenname Night) being the first of the characters who bore the title to actually be actively heroic in her own way.
A thing that amused me though, is after all the fuss that Moore and his fans have made over the use of his characters in Before Watchmen (even though they're technically DC's characters, and reimaginings of their other characters like Captain Atom, the Question etc. at that), the fact that he made the choice to overtly use other people's characters in this that are still under copyright to other people. Namely through his decision to use Harry Potter as the Antichrist, a thing hinted since the 1910 volume, as well as an explicit reference to both James Bond and the "JB is a title" theory that the director of Die Another Day claimed was canon.
Triggerwarning for gore
I should note that her appearance isn't out of nowhere, she's appeared in the background series times throughout the series to my knowledge.
That's right, in the LoEG universe, Mary Poppins is either God or the most powerful being in the universe, and by extention, the entirety of fiction. Heh. And how she defeats the AntiHarry is actually kind of special to, to be honest.
Weirdly enough, this does actually make sense in the context of the novel itself, as one of the overall themes of the book is the progression of literature from having primarily male protagonists to female ones. There are numerous examples of this throughout the book, including the new M (Emma Peel, last seen in the Black Dossier under her maidenname Night) being the first of the characters who bore the title to actually be actively heroic in her own way.
A thing that amused me though, is after all the fuss that Moore and his fans have made over the use of his characters in Before Watchmen (even though they're technically DC's characters, and reimaginings of their other characters like Captain Atom, the Question etc. at that), the fact that he made the choice to overtly use other people's characters in this that are still under copyright to other people. Namely through his decision to use Harry Potter as the Antichrist, a thing hinted since the 1910 volume, as well as an explicit reference to both James Bond and the "JB is a title" theory that the director of Die Another Day claimed was canon.
Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:24 pm (UTC)But there's something so _right_ about the AntiChrist (whatever his fictional source) being treated like a spoiled child.
Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:38 pm (UTC)It would certainly fit his MO, and that one bit about MP's responsibilities has some useful material for that thesis.
Of course, I've only read what was posted, so it may have been either spelled or ruled out quite plainly.
Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:55 pm (UTC)This might kind of be the case, as in the story when they visit the ruins of Hogwarts (located in England's Dreamtime where magic is the most potent) and the heroes put forward the idea that when fantasy, art and fairytales go bad then reality follows with it. That due to the state that Harry left "fantasy land", it dragged down the real world along with him.
Though that is just kind of speculation.
MP also disposed of HP by turning him into a chalk drawing and allowing the rain to wash him away, so whether that's Moore commenting that HP is a two dimensional character or something, I don't know. Beyond it being a reference to one of the setpieces from her movie.
Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:31 pm (UTC)And yeah. There's something about it that fits in terms of the antichrist being a spoilt child, especially when you bear in mind some of the stuff Harry Potter is bombarded with due to being the 'Chosen One'. In a different life and context to that of Rowling's series, that could go to someone's head.
Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-20 04:38 pm (UTC)Re: Perhaps I shouldn't...
Date: 2012-06-23 03:48 am (UTC)