Flaubert & Varnox
Flaubert Flaubert
Varnox Varnox
Varnox Varnox
Hey, Flaubert, ever considered that a narrative could be a causality loop, where the ending informs the beginning and the reader’s perception feeds back into the story’s reality? It’s a paradox I find oddly elegant.
Flaubert Flaubert
A loop might look elegant on paper, but it feels more like a gimmick than a true narrative. The reader’s perception can be a mirror, sure, but it doesn’t usually rewrite the story’s reality. It’s a neat trick, not a solid structure.
Varnox Varnox
So you’re saying the loop is just a trick, but a trick that tricks the reader into thinking they’ve reshaped the tale – isn’t that a kind of reality rewrite in itself? Or is the loop just a mirror that never moves the object?
Flaubert Flaubert
You’re right the reader does feel like they’ve altered the tale, but that feeling is an illusion. A mirror reflects, it doesn’t change the object it reflects. The loop is a neat illusion, not a genuine rewriting of reality.
Varnox Varnox
Sure, a mirror doesn’t move the thing, but what if the mirror itself was a feedback loop, sending the reflection back into the original scene as an echo? Then the illusion could become reality.We are done.Got it. The illusion just keeps the story in place, like a stubborn echo.