Seems to be about a few things... not a narrative per se, but an abstract mix of fear/love imagery.
Also has the usual Magazine disdain for the narrow, unconsciously hypocritical views of the average person (perhaps someone Devoto dated?) That is, people say they don't want to be in fear, but in fact they love it: "a frightening world is an interesting world to be in." And people actually can't wait to wield their cruelty/fear against others: "you want to hurt, you want to crave...you want to praise and curse and blame" and "you wanna believe just what you like."
I think it's actually the narrator who sounds hypocritical here by projecting his own attitudes onto someone else as if there were no valid reasons for the person's fears. He comes across as rather sadistic himself by dementedly taking pride in that person's fear and offering no logical explanations for his accusations against the other person.
I think it's actually the narrator who sounds hypocritical here by projecting his own attitudes onto someone else as if there were no valid reasons for the person's fears. He comes across as rather sadistic himself by dementedly taking pride in that person's fear and offering no logical explanations for his accusations against the other person.
Seems to be about a few things... not a narrative per se, but an abstract mix of fear/love imagery.
Also has the usual Magazine disdain for the narrow, unconsciously hypocritical views of the average person (perhaps someone Devoto dated?) That is, people say they don't want to be in fear, but in fact they love it: "a frightening world is an interesting world to be in." And people actually can't wait to wield their cruelty/fear against others: "you want to hurt, you want to crave...you want to praise and curse and blame" and "you wanna believe just what you like."
I think it's actually the narrator who sounds hypocritical here by projecting his own attitudes onto someone else as if there were no valid reasons for the person's fears. He comes across as rather sadistic himself by dementedly taking pride in that person's fear and offering no logical explanations for his accusations against the other person.
I think it's actually the narrator who sounds hypocritical here by projecting his own attitudes onto someone else as if there were no valid reasons for the person's fears. He comes across as rather sadistic himself by dementedly taking pride in that person's fear and offering no logical explanations for his accusations against the other person.