like a fedora-grabbing Indiana Jones, here’s the second of our two essays on issue #38, looking at the two big monologues that dominate the issue.
Tim: When the first issue of this arc came out, my commentary noted the return of Persephone’s narration, and how its changing role in the
series impacted the way we perceived her actions and motivations. Now, as we
approach the end of this penultimate arc, her narration is one half of a pair
of monologues that (almost) bookend issue #38. At the beginning, we have
Ananke’s drunken ramblings to Robert Graves. At the close of the issue, we have
Persephone’s cryptic remarks and her descent in darkness as she seemingly
vanishes from existence.
These two speeches do more than frame the story in this
issue though. The way the comic presents them, and the way we are encouraged to
engage with them, speaks volumes about the two characters we’re dealing with.
And, as we draw closer to the end of The
Wicked + The Divine, I think they are not only guiding how we are supposed
to interpret these characters, but the series as a whole.
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