- How "real" are these imaginative worlds?
- Are they escapist?
- If so, why are they upsetting?
- Are they other spaces used to resolve real-world conflicts?
- They seem intrusive; people can't elect to enter or leave them
- Characters
- Perry
- Name is a derivative of Percival (like Wade's avatar in RPO)
- Isn't withdraw
- Is impish, but clearly traumatized by the Red Knight
- It's physical form is based on his wife's murder
- Jack
- Seeks forgiveness
- Seems to operate from selfish motives at times
- Is morally ambiguous
- Ofelia
- Bookish, imaginative, and curious (which may make here credulous)
- Her fantasy world is dangerous, but she may use it to confront conflict in her real life
- She perhaps uses the fantasy world to confront her feelings of guilt about her brother's existence
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