Here For The Gay, and then some

Christa Wolf, Cassandra, trans. Jan van Heurck

when lilith returns home the butterfly on her shirt, very commonly a symbol of transformation, is made plainly visible for her entire visit. we're supposed to see that she has changed fundamentally since the last time she came to this place (notice the triangle pattern and the trees as well. behind her head is the shape of a spinning gyre carved into her chair) credit to @pozimek for screencaps

lilith meets adriel in a garden with adriel beneath a tree and she's told that she has power and free-will and the choice of what to do with it. that "she" had intended for lilith one specific purpose, but that lilith gets to decide for herself. lilith is something new. an eve who becomes lilith, an eve on the verge of apotheosis, an eve with the willpower to deviate from the path. reya's way is not the only way

adriel tells lilith that she is the cause of everything happening. that she has more power than any halo bearer. he's telling her the truth. adriel doesn't understand what the halo is, but he understands alchemy and what can come from someone who can follow their own path. someone with uncompromising power that could eclipse the radiant light of a halo. a black moon lilith, teeth already bared. "reya's blood!"

this meeting with adriel is a similar story to eve and the serpent but in this case it becomes the story of two philosophers having a discussion beneath the alchemical tree of life. neither of them have an advantage over the other. it's the same story but it's also something new

WARRIOR NUN SEASON 2 : AVATRICE’S FIGHT STYLE

WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN? IN THUNDER, LIGHTNING OR IN RAIN?