WHO is mom?
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readerf61 — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 02:07 PM)
Isn't seeing patterns part of the autistic spectrum? I'm not trying to actually go there butwhat's the saying, "as above, so below." If we can have children on different spectrums of normal, would that also occur in angels?
Really, this is is just a crazy thought; I'm not attached to it.
No, David. No one is happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.
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centrd — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 02:49 PM)
Yeah, but there are still hordes of angels up there. He's not alone. It's been referenced more than once on the show and even in this episode where Amenadiel says Uriel was just one of many in the middle. The Silver City is nothing if not angels everywhere, all Uriel's brothers. They're the most important residents other than God, who's always MIA.
Amenadiel: Pathetic, small Uriel. Not the eldest son. Not the young rebel. But an angel buried somewhere deep in the middle. Lost in the crowd of your betters.
Of course, Amenadiel was trying to intimidate him there. I doubt everyone treated him that way.
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barrelofmonkey — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 09:33 AM)
My big question is, how did he get so unstable to begin with? Sure he felt left out as a kid, but that's not reason enough to go nuts. What on earth was going on with him that would make him lose it like that?
In the comic, it seems like all the angels go a bit crazy in the absence of the Presence. Some lash out, but most fall into apathy.
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centrd — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 10:21 AM)
SUCH a good point! It's true, since a piece of God (divinity) is in each angel, when he is absent, they feel it as a severe lack which results in a kind of powerless bereavement that doesn't diminish, rather it continues to grow into a kind of insanity.
All of them so far have been suffering from God's absence. Lucifer the most (and yet perhaps he has handled it the best), because he was literally discarded (or so he believes) over a simple difference of opinion. But we can clearly see it in Amenadiel's terrible choices and now Uriel's even worse ones. All of this extreme behavior in an attempt to please God and connect with him somehow, to feel his love/presence in their lives.
Great
observation.
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centrd — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 01:18 PM)
Interesting comment by Mom, especially with facial expressions added:
Amenadiel: None of this would have happened if I still had my
Mom: Your powers.
Amenadiel: How did you know?
Mom: A mother knows. But I also know it's possible to regain your strength. That we both can.
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centrd — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 04:04 PM)
Nice, succinct way to put it.
And as a woman once scorned myself, I can relate to where she's coming from. Although, personally, I believe in letting karma take its course, not taking up arms. lol.
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centrd — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 04:08 PM)
Also, it's extremely common for the kids to get caught in the middle when parents are divorcing. There's lots of anger on all sides and it takes a truly big person to not want your kids to take your side, especially if the other side isn't playing by the same rules. It's messed up, for sure, but I'd be super surprised if Mom doesn't give in to those very common urges to want her kids to take her side, while at the same time saying things like "your father would be proud of you if he were here". It's very difficult to navigate.
"Beauty chains me to the earthThe heavens are not a place for human souls."
