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  • Emily Waldorf replied to the topic Character Castle 2.0 in the forum Fantasy Writers 4 years, 1 month ago

    I tried to pour everything you’d want in a big brother into him… which is an interesting dichotomy, since he’s my protagonist. =) Great job on the post!
    Why is it a dichotomy? Don’t people like big-brother protagonists?

    Oh, that’s awesome. I wouldn’t worry about considering it from a theological accuracy standpoint. the Bible is rife with analogies and metaphors. I think entering the heartbeat of eternity is an amazing way of putting it. I’ve actually done some personal study on whether someone enters eternity the moment they die or if they go into a dreamless sleep until the second coming and is then resurrected into eternity, and my ultimate conclusion was – it didn’t matter. A dreamless sleep passes without time being felt, so whether the dreamless sleep lasts a day or a thousand years, it would pass without any time being felt passed. So it either way, the perception of the soul would be that after death, eternal life began instantaneously… though that is just my take on it. I certainly could be wrong. So to say the heartbeat (which the heart is not just a physical organ but a metaphor for much of what the soul is) enters eternity is awesome. Or the heartbeat of eternity. A cool twist on the idea of life after death. It would be interesting to hear more about the heartbeat of eternity. =)
    Thanks! I’m afraid I can’t tell you any more about the heartbeat of eternity, because it’s not something I’ve thought out, lol. I was reminded of one line in a poem by Rupert Brooke: [underlined]

    And think, this heart, all evil shed away,

    <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>   A pulse in the eternal mind,</span> no less

    Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;

    Glad you liked it!

     

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