meta: The Bell Jar - The Crimson Horror

[lonewytch]

In which there is much riffing on the idea of the Bell Jar, both scientific and literary; some exploration of  Welsh Saints, mistletoe and Sir Gawain; some subversion of the way symbols have been used up until now; and those old favourites of a monster mirror, the x motif, the chair agenda and eye symbolism.

Comments

[janie_aire]

There's so much to love -- both in The Crimson Horror, and this here meta

[a_phoenixdragon]

OMG, sheer brilliance. My brain is completely spinning with possibilities!! And I cannot wait to see how this eppie ties into Gaiman's and what will be revealed there, because they have OPENLY TIED THE TWO.

The Circus? The children? The past and future juxaposition? Yeah...this next meta will be just as enlightening and mind-bending as this one has been. Just...WOW. I do not see where you are 'all over the place' as this is just...wow!!

*HUGS*

[lokifan]

This is fantastic!

Thinking about the mistletoe bit - mistletoe of course is a parasite. Which was part of its holiness for Celts (it had to be taken by Druids without touching the ground) and also why it became the tool for murdering Baldr - everything else on eareth had agreed not to harm this god of light, but no one asked the mistletoe because it was just a parasite. Underestimated. I can't quite fit it all together, but it seems like it might be part of the symbolism with Ada - her mistletoe eyes, her cane, the parasite-mother, and the way she is perhaps underestimated because she's disabled? Idk. It might also key into Ada being both sympathetic and quite dark/dangerous.