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thoughts on tales through time: issue #2 - strong medicine

as per usual, spoilers under the cut!

i'll be honest. don't have a lot to say about this one. booker is in the wild west and beats up some guys. that's pretty much it. however, i still do have some things to say:

number one. everyone calling booker english even after he told them he's french killed me. how do you even mix the two up. i cannot figure it out. funniest part of the whole issue

number two. the panels when booker first enters the town where he's looking at the men who have been hung? and thinking about his own hanging? yeah....

booker, comparatively, isn't that old. in this, set in september 1870, he's only been immortal for just over half a century (58 years, i checked). your first death has gotta be pretty traumatising, i think andy even mentions it in the comics (cannot remember which) as something you don't forget. i don't know where this is going but just. a thought.

i also liked how it shows booker's telegram to andy. more fun character things. i found it kinda hard to follow while i was reading so here's the full text (i added punctuation + paragraph breaks for ease of reading):

"My friend Andromache. Have been diverted by weather and other matters. Will join you in San Francisco as soon as is practical.

Something gnaws at me. Like a string that has been plucked. I need to hear the note it sounds.

In any event I am compelled here, though as yet I am unsure why. I expect I will find out why soon enough.

This strange life we lead must have a purpose. These strings always pull us to where we must be. Is each pluck of the string another note in a symphony? But I must confess, my friend, the conductor of the symphony just may not be very good at his trade.

That notion gives me pause. That we are not directed by a grand design. That our destiny is just a chaos that ultimately means nothing.

What I must do here feels necessary. But I am at a loss to see what may come of this affair."

there is so much to unpack here! firstly, the idea that they're somehow compelled to be where they need to be is interesting i guess, but this also might be booker having thoughts about immortality and not anything to overanalyse. it also sure does show booker's general.... difference to, let's say nicky, in ideas about immortality and what it all means. it's kind of exactly what i would expect from booker but it's also interesting to see his thoughts on the subject i suppose

secondly, what he must do? save a doctor from getting murdered. what will come of this affair? well. here's the last panel:

i really love the new perspective that this puts the events of opening fire/the movie into. i remember a post floating around a while ago about how copley actually found out about the old guard in the first place, because.... how do you find that. but the idea that dr. milford merrick-

(i'm sorry. pausing the train of thought. i cannot stop laughing at the name milford.)

(back to this very serious and sensible review post.)

the idea that milford told his children about the time booker saved him, and this getting back to merrick and merrick therefore investigating? i like it a lot actually. shows the Butterfly Effect idea the movie introduces us to except in a... less good way.

anyway, that concludes this review post. apparently i was lying about not having a lot to say.

see y'all next month for tales through time issue #3: passchendaele and lacus solitudinis!

#neon has thoughts on tales through time #the old guard #tales through time #tales through time spoilers #booker #strong medicine #i am So Sorry everyone this post is mostly a normal review but milford is killing me #i don't know why. it's just such a dumb name. milford

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