And suddenly he wonders if that is why his mother was always in space.
It's interesting to me how Jim's grieving brings him to a different understanding of his mother.
And that his empathy and compassion have truly resurfaced:
Jim wishes-he wishes a lot of things, but this is specifically for her-that they had stayed behind and searched for Dr. Korby’s body.
But some things are open ended like that, and grief is the way humans try to find closure. He can’t do anything about it now. Jim makes a resolution though, that he’ll try his hardest to always recover the bodies of the dead.
so you can imagine why i found this chapter absolutely key, insightful, programmatic, a poetic manifest --
Christine-she’s one of those rare people who stands between seeing and understanding. She is more than seeing, less than understanding, a steady haven Jim didn’t even know existed and didn’t even realize he used.
with my current bias i'm summarizing the conceit of this story as, "new ways of seeing/not seeing as brought about by Spock's absence" -- in full awareness that i'm now only seeing that aspect and will have to read again under different circumstances and report how that view has changed
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It's interesting to me how Jim's grieving brings him to a different understanding of his mother.
And that his empathy and compassion have truly resurfaced:
Jim wishes-he wishes a lot of things, but this is specifically for her-that they had stayed behind and searched for Dr. Korby’s body.
But some things are open ended like that, and grief is the way humans try to find closure. He can’t do anything about it now. Jim makes a resolution though, that he’ll try his hardest to always recover the bodies of the dead.
YES.
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Christine-she’s one of those rare people who stands between seeing and understanding. She is more than seeing, less than understanding, a steady haven Jim didn’t even know existed and didn’t even realize he used.
with my current bias i'm summarizing the conceit of this story as, "new ways of seeing/not seeing as brought about by Spock's absence" -- in full awareness that i'm now only seeing that aspect and will have to read again under different circumstances and report how that view has changed
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