Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

Marginalia also includes ideas of worship and religion we saw in Dictee yet not as attached to Catholicism. I just find it interesting this faith in the face of fear but different from the forced worship we normally see in the other texts.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

"Now think again, this time there is only the child. We must save her yes?" This is interesting because it's asking if you will do something, not a demand. After that asking what if many were there? Is it talking about what to do if many suffer? If a sole person can do something?

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 I think the source references the past, for rivers they originate from lakes or oceans, a bigger piece of the past. I think it is forgetting of previous culture, to new things like reservoirs that hold and maybe change the systems where water originally comes, for better or worse

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 It reminds me of idea of the present to the future. Does one take care of the now, the mother? Or help the future by any means. It seems like this dilemma, even if you know and care for your mother, what would others think. As it talks about this thought multiplied to many.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 In a way, it seems the land itself has become a commodity. Not just because it is colorized but because its image as this place of wealth. The light maybe in reference to the images you see in photos of a well-lit country in bright lights. As there is mention of photography.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

Even insignificant, tells us about some stories as a whole? It reminds me of Dictee in the way of silence, because at least in this world of the book this fictional character did not make it big. Yet becomes known through us to become real.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

The way the story ends, with Charlie Chan as this old man, originally talking about himself as this great comic artist to show us as a small creator now 72 is interesting. I wonder if this play into the bigger story of things being seen as grand up until being almost

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

I just find it interesting how this fictional character plays into a deeper role within another comic. And how they play such a big role in the end with keeping fate. Is it to portray an inevitable and making peace with it?

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

I find it interesting that Chan is written as this successful person in this swap on page 281. Does he just do it for a sorta play on the swap? Or is it deeper in the fact that his political comics could have been successful in this timeline?

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@MalloryAsis I think it is a bit of both knowing they have worked together before. What would have happened if the roles changed is interesting to look into. This potential of Siong if the roles were different yet at the same time there doesn’t seem to be much change visually.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@MalloryAsis I think this control is similar to Dictee in the way writings are often silenced. Ducted focuses more on female perspective but there is still this bodily involvement. The comics however seem more direct on speaking about these policies while Dictee is more abstracted.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 @nobile_sam99999 I was also wondering on the symbolism, seeing as Singapore dealt with many wars which devistated the land yet it kept risin up, perhaps that is the reference? That and even seen as lesser or even a pest in terms of concern when it was seeking and achieving independance.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 I do find it interesting that they interact more in these chapters. I wonder if it is a way to add more information, since Liew seems to be more of an explainer of what we are seeing while looking at Charlie's history even if in reality Liew is doing all of this.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

This is mostly me just remebering older shows which featured animals, but I do wonder why for the more childish yet serious comics it uses animals to discuss rather than people? Is it just to simplify history?

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

I find it interesting the variety of genres within talking about varying topics and history of Singapore. I wonder if the varying serious to more comical motifs is made to resemble other types of comics and if it is made to show them more or find its own way of discussing them?

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 I think SciFi actually might be a sorta bridge between real world evnts and fiction, seeing as it is just otherworldly in forms of future possibility. These types of genre use are interesting especially with what seems to be more serious topics on independance and time.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@MeganCurmudgeon It reminds me of Maus in a way filtering through the use of the past comics and then talking to us explaining the storytelling. It also has different artstyles and color of the paper which make it easier to tell when they show certain parts of comic, explaining, or real images.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

I like the use of color to show us the original comics and the more current explainations in white paper. In a way it feels both directed to young adults and adults wanting to learn about this especially with the use of their other artwork and real images of their life.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 @nobile_sam99999 Yeah I think that is it. I noticed that with the colors as well, that wild being bright, the future being dark and dirty almost in black and white. It's interesting that in the more adult part of the comic it a blend of bright and dull colors.

[Xochilt Quetzally Pomposo Alarcon @QuetzalWoomy]

@Anna44332211 @nobile_sam99999 Mybe 'the wild' is a representaton of childhood? the innocence and view of the world before noticing the more political within? The blocks that make one fit into society like what we saw in class with the kids their is this sense of innocence until realizing the politics within?