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I thought "between the swinging blades" was just a metaphor - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.148|162.158.214.148]] 05:41, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | I thought "between the swinging blades" was just a metaphor - [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.148|162.158.214.148]] 05:41, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | ||
− | : | + | :it is and should be changed in the explanation. It is all the things mentioned by Megan that are the swinging blades--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC) |
::But anyone who can give some examples where this sentense is used in the real world? I could not find much using google. Would like it in the explanation, better than what I have done so far. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | ::But anyone who can give some examples where this sentense is used in the real world? I could not find much using google. Would like it in the explanation, better than what I have done so far. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 21:25, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | ||
− | + | ::What came to mind for me is the blade-on-a-pendulum from Poe's short story "The Pit and the Pendulum", except that there were multiple ones that a life form would have to avoid being hit by. Do a google image search on "Pit and the Pendulum" to see what I am talking about. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | |
− | + | :::That's what came to my mind as well. Not necessarily from this short story, but just a general depiction of a hellish place with fire and deadly (torture) devices. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 07:10, 15 September 2019 (UTC) | |
− | + | :::I was reminded of the climax of Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum"... considering the previous comic, Randall may have been thinking the same.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]] | |
− | + | :I am not sure it's a metaphor. I thought it was Randall's first (of two) instances of something too ridiculous to actually be observed, the other being the screaming. The other stuff mentioned before the blades are all plausible observations. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 22:30, 14 September 2019 (UTC) | |
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− | + | Mentions of swinging blades is just a trope of an absurd life threatening hazard. Anyway, mentions of them always remind me of [https://ogn.theonion.com/video-game-characters-denounce-randomly-placed-swinging-1819565686?_ga=2.64683307.585344065.1568532178-1255070246.1556608491 this 19 year old joke article from the onion].--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.202|162.158.75.202]] 07:32, 15 September 2019 (UTC) |