[quote=Nudraxon][quote=Phèdre Delaunay]I really loved the intimate moment between November and the masked guy… I think the real theme here is how hard it is to let go of ideals, to move on and accept that you’ve changed.
November still dislikes the Minister, so yes, she’s tecnically still a revolutionary - but you can sense the Liberation of Night has lost all meaning for her. For the masked guy too, probably, but he’s the kind of person who lived and breathed for a cause, and letting go of it would be terrifying to him - he and November clearly shared something, maybe it was love but even so, it was the love that stems from a common goal. And November can’t find it in herself to tell him that she doesn’t really care anymore - I thought that moment was incredibly touching and sad.
In the end, she’s prepared to be potentially arrested for a cause that is not even hers anymore, rather than disappoint an old friend. I think her letter in the epilogue might mean that she resigned from the Council, although that’s not clear… well, anyway, I found her really interesting.[/quote]
I personally interpreted that moment a little differently.
[spoiler] Going back to November’s sketchbook metaphor, the "Beautiful drawings in the centre of pages" would be her actual plans, possibly related to the Liberation. The little sketches in the margins would be her little ideas that she had no intention of actually carrying out. Like, for instance, wouldn’t it be fun to stage a mini-Liberation in the middle of a public celebration? However, when she became a revolutionary leader who clearly inspired many people, some people took those ides seriously. And when she finds out, she decides to go along with it, rather than telling the truth and letting down all of the people whom she has inspired. I personally saw that more as a reflection on how leaders of movements can be held up as symbols, to the point where they can’t even have ordinary human flaws (such as, say, forgetfulness), as many people will be willing to follow even their least thought-through ideas.
While she clearly has been out of action for a while (possibly relating to memory problems?), I’m not sure if that means that she has given up her cause. I didn’t really see anything in her letter that indicated to me that she was resigning from the Council. The fact that she sends you one of the masks could be seen as a passing of the torch, but it could also be seen as her re-committing to her cause.
Of course, I could be entirely wrong about all of this. [\spoiler][/quote]
Sorry to be a bother, but would you by any chance have the echo of that moment?
Thanks either way.