And he's correct about your dead self's activities being set pretty firmly in the so-called "past." However, John is neglecting a few details, most likely because he doesn't actually understand anything I'm talking about, or that he's talking about.
You definitely should care, though. Don't worry, I'm going to explain why.
Ready? Great. Here it goes.
John's death of narrative relevance came about because he took a venomous tooth to the torso fighting Lord English. Which happened because he was following Rose's instructions as his part of an effort to revitalise canon from its accelerating decomposition. The blood loss and Heroic nature of his death killed his body. The unique venom in that fang killed his place in the evolving metafiction. No godhood or Godhood or take-backs of any kind. That's it. Dead in every literal sense of the word, meta and otherwise.
You with me so far? This is about 1/2 of the information, but only because I'm condensing it quite a bit. There's bound to be some data loss as part of the streamlining process, I just want to make sure none of it is an essential part of the story, if you know what I mean.
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You definitely should care, though. Don't worry, I'm going to explain why.
Ready? Great. Here it goes.
John's death of narrative relevance came about because he took a venomous tooth to the torso fighting Lord English. Which happened because he was following Rose's instructions as his part of an effort to revitalise canon from its accelerating decomposition. The blood loss and Heroic nature of his death killed his body. The unique venom in that fang killed his place in the evolving metafiction. No godhood or Godhood or take-backs of any kind. That's it. Dead in every literal sense of the word, meta and otherwise.
You with me so far? This is about 1/2 of the information, but only because I'm condensing it quite a bit. There's bound to be some data loss as part of the streamlining process, I just want to make sure none of it is an essential part of the story, if you know what I mean.