Beyond 'Beyond the Aquila Rift'
Most people here know about the freeze frame or slow motion "secrets" of Aquila. But I see less talk about the episode's message or the inspirations behind the original story (although most things I found, I did find on Reddit).
If you're like me and consider Aquila one of the best, if not the best episode of LD+R, you might find this thing I wrote about all of the above intreesting:
https://medium.com/@adrianchm/beyond-beyond-the-aquila-rift-a18a70896f75
Inside, you'll find all the secrets listed, plus my two interpretations of the story, and a comparison between the original story and a certain old one from Normad Spinrad.
Posted Aug 2, 2022, 9:50 PM UTC
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Thank you for sharing, it was a great read and I loved the spider hints. Although I did get confused by the random sentence about Russia.
Yeah, it is out of the blue but it was the first thing on my mind when I thought of an example of creating an alternate reality to live in. Many Russians remain pro-war despite the evidence, and others just turn off, pretending this reality does not exist. Here's an example: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/30/people-are-turning-off-muscovites-put-the-war-aside-and-enjoy-summer
It's all a universal thing, I learned about long ago it when trying to find the answer to: "what happens to cults when the apocalypse does not start on the prophesied day?" (answer: some people check out of such cults but others become even more fanatic). But the sheer scale of the alternate reality that millions and millions of Russians believe in -- despite knowing deep, deep down it's not real -- made me mention it in the post.
We're used to talk fiction, especially stuff like hard sci-fi, disconnected to the current daily events of the world. I guess this makes the comparison unexpected, to put it mildly. I get that, but I still thinks it - sadly - fits the subject like a glove.