Island of Doom

We also talked about the derivation of Gnostic teachings. My friend thinks that the antagonistic relationship that Michael and Lucifer exhibit in the episode actually corresponds to the Gnostic vision of the material world as having a false god representing evil and a true god above it representing good, but given the cumbersome nature of many of the complementary explanations that have been typed up later in the episode of this vision, we can only speculate that it's representation still remains at this most basic level.

Had a lot of conversations with friends about twin brothers. I've always thought that Mike Carey's approach of treating the relationship between Lucifer and Michael as a mirror image of each other, rather than a simple and superficial dichotomy, was really clever. It's because of this brotherly bond that Lucifer displays rare guilt and nostalgia, and even though these emotions are subtle and hard to detect (Lucifer doesn't seem to be a person who displays such emotional vulnerability so easily), they are evident in his conversations with Michael, or with others. What surprised me most was that Lucifer doesn't try to hide these emotions; he admits frankly and openly that he feels sorry for Michael, that he is responsible for his brother's sacrifice, and that he uses the word "grief" in front of other people, just to let them know he keeps Michael's death in his heart.