His Divine Shadow
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Originally posted by Reveal7:
[b] Alex, you say that Prince and Satan don’t know why they do what it is that they do.[/b]
That’s [b]Aleck[/b], and yes. You’re correct, that’s what I’m saying. Prince is closer to the original concept of Satan as a hired gun, with some of the later biblical (and Miltonian) concepts of Satan thrown in for good measure. While Prince is definitely a tempter and a liar, practicing both to serve his own needs, He is also strangely honest. He reveals to Kai where Stan is located, for one thing, and in the same scenes reveals that he really does not know who he is, or why he does what he does. The scenes with Kai show Prince being the most honest he is allowed to be. So, judging by this, he is a hired hand. Placed there to distribute punishment to the guilty. And anyway, your concept of Satan does not necessarily have to jibe with the Beans’ concept, nor with mine. LEXX is not a biblical account, but is using the Christian mythology as an archetypal basis on which to build the story of Season 3. Trying to read it as a theological text is as wrong-headed as trying to read it for its scientific accuracy. It ain’t C.S. Lewis, fercryin’outloud.
quote[quote][b]All that balance stuff was Prince’s way of trying to keep Xev off balance. It worked.[/b][/quote]
I don’t believe that for an instant. Good must always have evil as a threat, else it becomes meaningless. Water needs Fire as much as Fire needs Water, or the universe is thrown out of balance. If Water were destroyed, Fire must be destroyed as well, else the balance is gone. And vice versa.
quote[quote][b]Satan is the father of lies. [/b][/quote]
Actually, Satan is a composite of many pre-Christian deities which early theologians lumped together to brand all competing deities (particularly those who represented indulgence, such as Pan, Bacchus, etc.) as “evil” and his character has been as inconsistent as JHVH’s, ranging from a hired gun (used to carry out JHVH’s dirty work), a trickster (generally harmless, but annoying), and the High Prince of Hell. But that’s neither here nor there.
quote[quote][b]True EVIL, more often than not, comes in the most appealing forms.[/b][/quote]
And evil itself is appealing on its own…
quote[quote][b]It looks good, it feels good, it sounds good, it tastes good. Just a little look, a little touch, a little taste… etc.[/b][/quote]
Of course, this hearkens back to the philosophy that all indulgence is evil, which, if you’ve watched LEXX as closely as you appear to have done, you will note is not necessarily the prevailing philosophy of the show in general.
quote[quote][b]Who is Princes’s opponent? Who did he destroy? The planets may have been destroyed, but it appears as if the souls that inhabited said planets haven’t really been harmed, as of yet. [/b][/quote]
…And we don’t know if it was ever his intention to destroy any of the souls on the planet Water. Prince, better than anyone, knows that by killing the citizens of Water leads only to their eventual reincarnation. Like I’ve said, his hatred for Water is hard-wired within him, and has no reason. He is there to keep the balance going, and the presence of the LEXX tipped the balance of power.
–Aleck