I only have a few seconds, so I was just curious what others thought about it.
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3 thoughts on “Richard is the important one… not Jacob”
I believe that Richard was most likely a slave trader aboard the Black rock and performed a redemptive act that led to Jacob granting him some form of immortality. While he’s certainly extremely important, I see him more as Jacobs trusted consigliere than the key to it all.
I think the weaving was yet another metaphor for the fabric of time and humanity, symbolizing the complex interwoven people and events that make up the world. Individual mythologies don’t really seem to matter as much as the gestalt of the personalities.
Or RIchard may be suffering punishment instead. I like the slaver idea. His punishment may be to live thru eternity to try to make up for his sins and watch all his friends grow old and die.
I believe that Richard was most likely a slave trader aboard the Black rock and performed a redemptive act that led to Jacob granting him some form of immortality. While he’s certainly extremely important, I see him more as Jacobs trusted consigliere than the key to it all.
I think the weaving was yet another metaphor for the fabric of time and humanity, symbolizing the complex interwoven people and events that make up the world. Individual mythologies don’t really seem to matter as much as the gestalt of the personalities.
Or RIchard may be suffering punishment instead. I like the slaver idea. His punishment may be to live thru eternity to try to make up for his sins and watch all his friends grow old and die.
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