At 05:33 PM 6/13/01 -0400, Susan Beth wrote:
In fact, Fox Mulder is given as one of the examples for The Lost Soul (Scully is a Librarian)
...which you say corresponds with the male "Professor"...further fodder for my (Avon == Scully) hypothesis! (;-p)
Even his pursuit of Shrinker -- he's punishing Shrinker for what he did (er, what Avon thinks he did) to Anna, but there's no moral outrage or indignation that this awful thing befell him/his loved one, no attempt to make Shrinker repent or apologize or acknowledge that he had hurt an innocent, no sense he's trying to right the balance of good/evil in the world. It's pure revenge, "you hurt someone who mattered to me" without any attempt to cloak it in anything nobler.
Well, not having read the book in question, nor being particularly well-versed in the Psychology of Avon, I hesitate to dispute this, even though I feel inclined to (but I will argue that if delusions of morality are a prerequisite for Lost Soulhood surely Travis is even *less* qualified than Avon--Travis' motivation for revenge (against Blake, the Federation, humanity) being "you hurt *me*").
Come on, some Avon expert out there, support my case. I mean look at me, I'm talkin' about Avon! I'm this close to converting! Don't you want me on your team? Huh? Huh?
Hmph. -- "You mix your laundry list with your grocery list and you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast."