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libraryofbabelIt's debated whether St. Augustine did in fact coin the saying, "Hope has two daughters: Anger and Courage," but the idea is an attractive one. After all, being able to believe in a better world (Hope) would ideally lead to anger at the way things are, as well as the courage to effect change.
Hope of BAD END=DEAD END wonders when Grace Yi stopped being angry; her younger years were so characterized by anger at the state of the world and the willingness to enact justice, but at a certain point she softened—became more willing to work with the establishment, to exercise patience, to wait.
Was that patience, or was it reticence? Was it in service of a plan, or was it complacency and sloth? Iris Virga named the attractive surroundings of Tokyo-F as a temptation toward complacency, while she visited; can a temptation toward peace, toward laying down the sword be complacency as well?
To her, it seems, there are several paths forward: to understand why the her of the past laid down the sword, to see if there was any merit to it, or to reject that path, having seen what her mentees wrought when she attempted to work with vampires in hopes of bending their social order toward something better. What path she will choose remains to be seen.
Hope of BAD END=DEAD END wonders when Grace Yi stopped being angry; her younger years were so characterized by anger at the state of the world and the willingness to enact justice, but at a certain point she softened—became more willing to work with the establishment, to exercise patience, to wait.
Was that patience, or was it reticence? Was it in service of a plan, or was it complacency and sloth? Iris Virga named the attractive surroundings of Tokyo-F as a temptation toward complacency, while she visited; can a temptation toward peace, toward laying down the sword be complacency as well?
To her, it seems, there are several paths forward: to understand why the her of the past laid down the sword, to see if there was any merit to it, or to reject that path, having seen what her mentees wrought when she attempted to work with vampires in hopes of bending their social order toward something better. What path she will choose remains to be seen.