BOC: Imaginos, part 9 - Susie

[Johnny Firic]

9. SUSIE
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In the past, I misinterpreted the relationship between the first person from
"Astronomy" and Susie. I thought that his granddaughter and the Susie from
"Astronomy" are the same person. Because of "time-travel", this is
impossible. However, their parts in the story - Susie's in "Astronomy" and
his granddaughter's in "Magna" - seem repetitive. Both act as a "deus ex
machina" for Imaginos: here, he only finds out the full truth about himself
as he accompanies Susie on her quest for self-fulfillment. She is challenged
by Evil, and he realizes that it is his "fate" to present to mankind that
same challenge. In "Magna", he brings the device with which to achieve this
goal from Mexico (=nowhere, as has been said), but brings it as a birthday
present for his granddaughter, and plants it on her family's attic. The
"deus ex machina" thing fits in here in that it was the event of her
birthday and the necessity for a present that prompted him to make the
journey to Mexico. It is easy to suppose the two were actually one. However,
another point I considered is this. In a "Morning Final" article, Susie is
described (and in the FAQ reported) as being "very experimental and sexually
aware" in "Astronomy", *** as well as in "Dominance and Submission" ***. The
latter song is of course unrelated to the Imaginos theme, yet it's the same
Susie! My explanation is that it was the real-life Susie's (the one
described in D&S) resemblance to the character from the Imaginos story that
prompted Sandy Pearlman to name the character Susie. Now, it's easy to
project this into the story: with his "foresight", the Captain (Imaginos)
sees the role of his granddaughter is very similar to that played in the
past by Susie. He suggests they name her Susie.

And now we come to the unclear point in "Astronomy", as you'll see in a
moment.
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