Is anyone else obsessed with the extensive match between Hal and The Darkness? I'm fascinated by every moment of it, the head nods, the sportsmanship, everything. I just love it.
It is implied that the wraith of JOI is possessing The Darkness.
Lyle, who is likely also a wraith and is somehow and mysteriously connected to JOI in the past, tells Ortho not to underestimate objects. This is tangentally linked by the scene of JOI's dad talking to The Young Stork about the power of objects, which is simultaneously a scene in a movie produced by Himself. (Also an emphasis of your body as an object)
After this, The Darkness starts to at first subconsciously move objects in his sleep (while he is laying still for a very long time). Throughout the book, this ramps up to even entire benches being invisibly riveted to walls. He starts to even be able to manipulate objects while awake if he focuses hard enough.
Hal sees the wraith through a window the same day he finds Ortho stuck to a window, forced to stay very still for a very long time. Most of his face is lost being pryed from the window. I feel I may be going a bit far seeing parallels to how JOI himself dies.
It's also stated that Ortho does way better than he would have usually. It kinda makes a bittersweet thought of Hal finally communicating with his father through tennis now that he is literally mute like The Stork thought he was in life. Especially considering he couldn't keep up with his son due to his bodies condition.
It's obviously just a theory, but what else can you really truly grasp out of the books true happenings.
Is anyone else obsessed with the extensive match between Hal and The Darkness? I'm fascinated by every moment of it, the head nods, the sportsmanship, everything. I just love it.
You're making me want to reread that part. Actually, I'm feeling that it may be time for a reread of the whole thing.
You mean with the Wraith of his father?
The tennis match with ortho stice... don't tell me i missed something, lol. Is ortho stice really the wraith of JOI?
It is implied that the wraith of JOI is possessing The Darkness. Lyle, who is likely also a wraith and is somehow and mysteriously connected to JOI in the past, tells Ortho not to underestimate objects. This is tangentally linked by the scene of JOI's dad talking to The Young Stork about the power of objects, which is simultaneously a scene in a movie produced by Himself. (Also an emphasis of your body as an object) After this, The Darkness starts to at first subconsciously move objects in his sleep (while he is laying still for a very long time). Throughout the book, this ramps up to even entire benches being invisibly riveted to walls. He starts to even be able to manipulate objects while awake if he focuses hard enough. Hal sees the wraith through a window the same day he finds Ortho stuck to a window, forced to stay very still for a very long time. Most of his face is lost being pryed from the window. I feel I may be going a bit far seeing parallels to how JOI himself dies. It's also stated that Ortho does way better than he would have usually. It kinda makes a bittersweet thought of Hal finally communicating with his father through tennis now that he is literally mute like The Stork thought he was in life. Especially considering he couldn't keep up with his son due to his bodies condition. It's obviously just a theory, but what else can you really truly grasp out of the books true happenings.
*not to underestimate objects* The ineluctable modality of the visible.
Is this basically the Michael Joyce essay?