Etc. Just real clever, and that sort of helps you take it seriously when it can be clever without being droll. And that also makes one relax, as these are sort of like jokes or puns, and wit can soften things as he gives the needed medicine.
It's also "cool" and "hip", becuase he lays it out with street lingo, dude, any major player, my man, with just half a heart, he'd TELL you...
Yet he's kind of saying it in a logical, formulaic way at the same time:
Now, listen up class. Any dude such that he is major and has no less than half of a heart would tell
anyone, including you, that, any world such that it is minor and having fallen apart, will in all
cases fall together again. Or, to put it another way, any DEMON such that it is a)at your door and b)
is there at night will for a certainty not be present in the morning.
I don't know, but it's like big brotherly advice that has the substance of a deep lecture on metaphysics and the meaning of life while simultaneously being cool and hip, close to the street. It tells you that you are strong without patronizing you, and even chiding you a little bit (come on, have you ever seen a squonk's tears buddy? Well, look at mine over here...)
It says "shape up, be strong", but it says "don't worry about it, we've all been there" and yet "so were the Masters of Life. How do you think they got to be where THEY are, DUDE?"
As to the form it is very clever:
Any MAJOR dude With HALF a heart
Any MINOR world
Etc. Just real clever, and that sort of helps you take it seriously when it can be clever without being droll. And that also makes one relax, as these are sort of like jokes or puns, and wit can soften things as he gives the needed medicine.
It's also "cool" and "hip", becuase he lays it out with street lingo, dude, any major player, my man, with just half a heart, he'd TELL you...
Yet he's kind of saying it in a logical, formulaic way at the same time:
Now, listen up class. Any dude such that he is major and has no less than half of a heart would tell anyone, including you, that, any world such that it is minor and having fallen apart, will in all cases fall together again. Or, to put it another way, any DEMON such that it is a)at your door and b) is there at night will for a certainty not be present in the morning.
I don't know, but it's like big brotherly advice that has the substance of a deep lecture on metaphysics and the meaning of life while simultaneously being cool and hip, close to the street. It tells you that you are strong without patronizing you, and even chiding you a little bit (come on, have you ever seen a squonk's tears buddy? Well, look at mine over here...)
It says "shape up, be strong", but it says "don't worry about it, we've all been there" and yet "so were the Masters of Life. How do you think they got to be where THEY are, DUDE?"
:P
Perfect!
Perfect!
nicely put . right on target
nicely put . right on target