I still subscribe to the idea that the kid surrendered in the end to the judge, and that what was encountered in the jakes was actually the kid having raped and murdered the lost girl, and that the judge having "gathered him up in his arms" was him being metaphorically consumed by what the judge represents, and that he surrendered to his vices at long last.
aye I can't agree. I believe the kid (now the man) succumbs to the judges pursuit and mutilates the girl with the judge. coronation of him taking the reins so to speak. This is why the judge celebrates that he can never die, because he has successfully converted another into his moral code.
anyway, the MAN is not the judge's type. You say it above yourself, he likes children.
Yeah, I don't think the judge raping and brutalizing the man fits with the judge's ultimate aim. He consistently tries to get the kid to give himself wholly to the altar of war and bloodshed, and even if he kills the man after their encounter in the jakes, that is not a victory for the judge because the kid did not accept his place in the dance. The only reason the judge would celebrate and "never die" is that he was successful in his goal to corrupt the kid.
I still subscribe to the idea that the kid surrendered in the end to the judge, and that what was encountered in the jakes was actually the kid having raped and murdered the lost girl, and that the judge having "gathered him up in his arms" was him being metaphorically consumed by what the judge represents, and that he surrendered to his vices at long last.
aye I can't agree. I believe the kid (now the man) succumbs to the judges pursuit and mutilates the girl with the judge. coronation of him taking the reins so to speak. This is why the judge celebrates that he can never die, because he has successfully converted another into his moral code.
anyway, the MAN is not the judge's type. You say it above yourself, he likes children.
Yeah, I don't think the judge raping and brutalizing the man fits with the judge's ultimate aim. He consistently tries to get the kid to give himself wholly to the altar of war and bloodshed, and even if he kills the man after their encounter in the jakes, that is not a victory for the judge because the kid did not accept his place in the dance. The only reason the judge would celebrate and "never die" is that he was successful in his goal to corrupt the kid.
I don' know if anyone is readng this now, but ' sodimised to death' seems a bit unfeasable. Certainly not in one evening..