I do not mean any disrespect to religions, but I tried to revisit what might have happened in the Garden of Eden in a realistic light. Of course, snakes would not talk in real life, but human nature would not be so different back then from how we are now. In this episode, the Serpent confesses, but in other episodes, Adam and Even will have their turn each. If only I could figure out Google's valuation system: Crawled but not indexed is a nightmare phrase for aspiring bloggers.
In the last episode, Eve accidentally stepped on Serpent and called him ugly. The serpent was hurt physically and emotionally. 'Simple 'sorry' would have done, moron!' Serpent thought to himself that Eve was so beautiful! Then he saw Adam, a dead ringer for God and just as beautiful!
CHARACTERS
in my Graphic Novel
SERPENT
represents the frailty that sees us stray from the path and often into
darkness. Big predators make the
headlines, but ordinary people are tempted to commit small-scale cheating when
shielded under anonymity. On good days we can fight off the temptation, but on
bad days when we just have lost something, our hands reach out for it while a
sinking feeling spreads inside our hearts, warning us that this is not the way
to get even with life. However, God or the universe may not mind if the gain is
minimal. So we tell ourselves.
Perhaps,
horror stories draw us in because we may slip into darkness at any time at our
own will. We may need religion or
fantasy stories, hoping they will bring us back into the light. I am too chicken to wrong individuals, but my
integrity did not always hold firm against faceless organizations. My story combines horror and fantasy, but you
will find it oddly accurate because I will not sugarcoat the truth. To myself,
I will be brutal.
GODDESS IRIS/NEMESIS: Instead of picking one from the existing religions, all of which I respect, I opted to represent the universe's will via Goddess IRIS. God gave us light, and Goddess followed it up with the sound, but as sound travels slower than light, no one knows her existence despite benefiting from her gift, music. Something turned this once open-book IRIS into NEMESIS, Goddess of Retribution.
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