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What even is the Childlike Empress?
Upon reading The Neverending Story, I was almost immediately fascinated by the Childlike Empress. I haven’t watched the movie, but in the book, most allusions to her are vague hints. >!She’s childlike but she’s not a child. She’s called an empress but she doesn’t exercise any power. She’s existed as long as Fantastica has, but she isn’t old. She’s outside of time, her life is measured by names not hours.!< I was fascinated. What manner of being is she? Here are a few of my unfiltered thoughts from my reading journal:
>!𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢.!<
>!𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢- 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?!<
>!𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵- 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 “𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴” 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢; 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 (𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺?)!<
>!𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳- 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭- 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘮.!<
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭- 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥? 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
>!𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢- 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘹 𝘰𝘧 “𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯” 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘴” 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.!<
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.
>!𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 (𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥), 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳”. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.!<
𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳- 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴. (Though they were pollinated by beetles) 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴= 𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘈 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘺) 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
Also, there’s a bit where Atreyu and Falkor are discussing the Childlike Empress, and Falkor cuts him off from speaking about her. I wonder what Atreyu was about to say? Why did Falkor stop him? That also seemed a little ominous to me. What are your theories?
Excerpt:
>!‘“Falkor”, Atreyu asked, 'do you suppose the Childlike Empress cares what becomes of Bastian?"!<
>!'Maybe not,' said Falkor “She draws no distinctions.”!<
>!"Then," said Atreyu, “she is really a...”!<
>!"Don't say it,' Falkor broke in. 'I know what you mean, but don't say it.'!<
>!For a while Atreyu was silent. Then he said: “But he's my friend, Falkor. We've got to help him. Even against the Childlike Empress's will, if we have to. But how?”!<
>!“With luck,” the dragon replied, and for the first time the bronze bell of his voice seemed to have sprung a crack.’!<
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Upon reading The Neverending Story, I was almost immediately fascinated by the Childlike Empress. I haven’t watched the movie, but in the book, most allusions to her are vague hints. >!She’s childlike but she’s not a child. She’s called an empress but she doesn’t exercise any power. She’s existed as long as Fantastica has, but she isn’t old. She’s outside of time, her life is measured by names not hours.!< I was fascinated. What manner of being is she? Here are a few of my unfiltered thoughts from my reading journal:
>!𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢.!<
>!𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢- 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?!<
>!𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵- 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 “𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴” 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢; 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 (𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺?)!<
>!𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳- 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭- 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘮.!<
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭- 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥? 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
>!𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢- 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘹 𝘰𝘧 “𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯” 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘴” 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.!<
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 “𝘴𝘩𝘦” 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.
>!𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 (𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥), 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳”. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.!<
𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳- 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴. (Though they were pollinated by beetles) 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴= 𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘈 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘺) 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
Also, there’s a bit where Atreyu and Falkor are discussing the Childlike Empress, and Falkor cuts him off from speaking about her. I wonder what Atreyu was about to say? Why did Falkor stop him? That also seemed a little ominous to me. What are your theories?
Excerpt:
>!‘“Falkor”, Atreyu asked, 'do you suppose the Childlike Empress cares what becomes of Bastian?"!<
>!'Maybe not,' said Falkor “She draws no distinctions.”!<
>!"Then," said Atreyu, “she is really a...”!<
>!"Don't say it,' Falkor broke in. 'I know what you mean, but don't say it.'!<
>!For a while Atreyu was silent. Then he said: “But he's my friend, Falkor. We've got to help him. Even against the Childlike Empress's will, if we have to. But how?”!<
>!“With luck,” the dragon replied, and for the first time the bronze bell of his voice seemed to have sprung a crack.’!<
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