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Isn't the Moon a womb-symbol?
*slaps forehead* Good thinking.
Caulder's betrayal, while foreshadowed, does seem a bit, ah, spontaneous - he just shoots Josh like that? Clearly his paranoia was peaking, but I would have liked some evidence of it earlier. Part of the problem with Doom Patrol is that it felt, occasionally, like GM would forget he had the cast he had, focusing on Rebis, Cliff and Jane while forgetting about Dorothy, Josh, and Caulder. Dorothy and Caulder, at least, get to do things and demonstrate personal growth/change -- Josh doesn't quite fit. But, on the other hand, his observations about the Patrol's function as a therapy group for super-freaks suggest more was going on - he was the most adult, and I think his reasons for remaining with the team were never really clarified, although his suspcions over Caulder might be part of that or some wild ennui we're not party to.
Definitely think the Dadaists have been the highlight of the GM run for me, especially the second batch of them. Nobody's final interaction with Cliff, Cliff carrying him over to the painting because he's realized that their war doesn't really exist and the Dadaists are victims as much as villains (but not victimized, oddly -- a weird distinction I'm having trouble grasping onto), and they're just super-freaks like the Patrol, only more self-actualized than our heroes... |
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