![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Some eternal questions I've been meaning to put down in my journal....
People have a huge variety of images as to what Heaven would be like. In a Holmes slash story I've recently been reading Watson has a dream of his wife, Mary, who died in childbirth (according to this writer) and she's holding the baby, who now has two teeth. It's as though the baby has continued to grow in the afterlife. Hm. After-life is, apparently, another life, and people continue to develope, only it's on another plane of existance, normally invisible from this one.
Ever since reading![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
camwyn's Diary of a Mountie I've had this lingering annoyance in my mind about Oz. Everyone stopped aging when the fairies came to rule the country. Dorothy was stuck at 12 years old from the point she arrived, only aging when she went back to the regular world. Presumably this means babies are stuck as babies forever. Gah, how tiresome, having to take care of a baby forever. Sure they're cute, but when they're really young the parents don't get any sleep. I'd crack in no time. (Of course that's probably a major reason I don't have any children - I think my sanity is a thin veneer at the best of times.;)) And since the babies can't die, if they were neglected they could only suffer, endlessly. Or, imagine being stuck pregnant for the rest of your life, and your life is forever. Or being old and sick forever. At first glance, everyone stopping all their aging seems heavenly, but it could be hell for some.
Perhaps people who are stuck at an unpleasant stage seek some magical assistance getting to an acceptable age? People who aren't happy as adults could possibly even get reverted to being children, and then grow up when they feel interested in having a useful place in the community.
See, I don't write, I sort of meta-write. *thwaps self on head*
And on a completely unrelated note -eor has been working on archiving our old laser disks to dvd, so we ended up watching, twice over, the scene where Garak first introduces himself to Bashir. *drool* Garak: "I'm so pleased to have met such an interesting new friend.
I must go take a shower and then go to the Motor Vehicles Department to get my liscense updated - I can't register to vote in my neighborhood if I don't have an updated liscense. I've been wasting this sunny, cool day off, which actually isn't a freebie - it's stolen from next weekend, meaning next will just be Sunday, and all groceries and laundry and not much time for anything else.
People have a huge variety of images as to what Heaven would be like. In a Holmes slash story I've recently been reading Watson has a dream of his wife, Mary, who died in childbirth (according to this writer) and she's holding the baby, who now has two teeth. It's as though the baby has continued to grow in the afterlife. Hm. After-life is, apparently, another life, and people continue to develope, only it's on another plane of existance, normally invisible from this one.
Ever since reading
camwyn's Diary of a Mountie I've had this lingering annoyance in my mind about Oz. Everyone stopped aging when the fairies came to rule the country. Dorothy was stuck at 12 years old from the point she arrived, only aging when she went back to the regular world. Presumably this means babies are stuck as babies forever. Gah, how tiresome, having to take care of a baby forever. Sure they're cute, but when they're really young the parents don't get any sleep. I'd crack in no time. (Of course that's probably a major reason I don't have any children - I think my sanity is a thin veneer at the best of times.;)) And since the babies can't die, if they were neglected they could only suffer, endlessly. Or, imagine being stuck pregnant for the rest of your life, and your life is forever. Or being old and sick forever. At first glance, everyone stopping all their aging seems heavenly, but it could be hell for some. Perhaps people who are stuck at an unpleasant stage seek some magical assistance getting to an acceptable age? People who aren't happy as adults could possibly even get reverted to being children, and then grow up when they feel interested in having a useful place in the community.
See, I don't write, I sort of meta-write. *thwaps self on head*
And on a completely unrelated note -
eor has been working on archiving our old laser disks to dvd, so we ended up watching, twice over, the scene where Garak first introduces himself to Bashir. *drool* Garak: "I'm so pleased to have met such an interesting new friend. I must go take a shower and then go to the Motor Vehicles Department to get my liscense updated - I can't register to vote in my neighborhood if I don't have an updated liscense. I've been wasting this sunny, cool day off, which actually isn't a freebie - it's stolen from next weekend, meaning next will just be Sunday, and all groceries and laundry and not much time for anything else.