This is kind of a mish-mash of a number of things I've read over the years... I think the idea of mirror-pictures having their own reality comes from Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series, and the other references are Oz, Dune, and the Bible. Oh yeah, and the title is from Ozymandias, one of my most-favorite poems.
On a somewhat related note, I feel I should mention that I have a weird relationship to the Bible. I used to read Bible stories when I was little, and treat them exactly the same way I treated Greek myths and traditional fairy tales. As a consequence, I have extraordinary difficulty taking Christianity seriously on a fundamental level. After all, to me, the Judeo-Christian God is always first and foremost a character in a bunch of children's stories. *shakes head* Religion is weird.
( The Lone and Level Sands )
I am going to have to learn how to channel male characters one of these days. Ah well. At least my internet connection is working again -- it turns out that it was nothing more than a loose power cord. I HATE when problems are as stupid as that. On the other hand, at least it was easy to fix!
On a somewhat related note, I feel I should mention that I have a weird relationship to the Bible. I used to read Bible stories when I was little, and treat them exactly the same way I treated Greek myths and traditional fairy tales. As a consequence, I have extraordinary difficulty taking Christianity seriously on a fundamental level. After all, to me, the Judeo-Christian God is always first and foremost a character in a bunch of children's stories. *shakes head* Religion is weird.
( The Lone and Level Sands )
I am going to have to learn how to channel male characters one of these days. Ah well. At least my internet connection is working again -- it turns out that it was nothing more than a loose power cord. I HATE when problems are as stupid as that. On the other hand, at least it was easy to fix!