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>Oh, goody. I was hoping for a transformation like this >in The Cartoonist's ontological status. >Bodes well for a strong ending. > >I suppose it's inevitable in some sense; given his >resistance to closure, authoring an ending would be >almost antithetical to his character. > >Not sure what powers he has now ... Well, resurrection >is a good one :) >I'm thinking especially of his relationship to strip >focus. > >Nice sharp limitation on his knowledge based on strip >time. >Had he not been disconnected over the critical period >his (non-)use of information might have been hard to >reconcile with his new intentions. > >I'm assuming he's relying on mutuality with Patrick in >giving some of those terms on his behalf. >Less a promise than a clarification/prediction, "I'm >surrending now, but certain things will run their >course." > >I was vaguely thinking that there must also be some >kind of "4th wall" change (that's the phrase that >auto-idiomized the thought), but then it occurred to >me - >In spite of the enfolding of strip-ness into their >reality, I don't think T&R has ever actually breached >the 4th wall. > > >(Yeah, I've been away. RL and all that totally camping >my attention.)

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