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Originally posted by Combat Chuck:
The death of the whale, the blood spilling, the 'pedestal'....it means that we have conquered a literal god. It is an example of our power even without size.
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Very interesting stances Chuck. I think that's a really damn good interpretation.
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Originally posted by Schroeder:
The people without umbrellas see all the violence and problems in the world. Some of them handle it okay. Some of them run over to get their own umbrella.
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Good call there... I like the idea of the people with the umbrellas blocking out the violence. You can totally see that.
I'm surprised that no one's said anything about the actual stuff coming from the baleen. I liked Chuck's idea of wondering how the people could have gotten the beast up there... it kind of reminds me of the Maoi statues of Easter Island.
For the people in my world, it's just a daily occurance. This whale fell from the sky (that's why they manufacture these huge iron spears and hoist them straight up). They catch the whale and basically feed the town with it. I liked Pliedes note that the whale looks like it's in pain, I feel that way too (you'd think that would hurt). It's in so much pain that it's grinding it's baleen (which would hurt a lot since it's just a bunch of vertical bars of tooth). Hence the stuff coming from the whale's mouth. If you think that's scary, imagine the whales that don't land on the spears. They're pissed off, they have to swim all the way back to the clouds (precipitation). Everyone in the village has an umbrella (they've invented them after many years to protect themselves from the debris that comes from the whale's mouth). This time the whale happened to land this way and the people on the left have to use their umbrellas until the whale dies. Now if the umbrellas were on the other side you could interpret it as a social statement. Those who live on the right side have umbrellas, and even though they don't need them and the other people do, they still won't give them up. Fucking bastards.