The inability of the “demon” character to save himself because he keeps being afraid of being saved by someone else, thus condemning himself to more damnation and continuing to be “caged” is something that I can see happening to a lot of people in the world. There’s a definite parallel between that and various passages in the Bible about the human condition of refusing to repent and believe.

I find this fascinating and interesting… and a little sad.

But all in all a good piece.

First, I never really got into In Nomine. Having been underwhelmed by the much-hyped World of Darkness, I had… let’s say commitment issues… when I heard about the premise behind In Nomine. Not because I didn’t like said premise, but rather because I did.

So, you might be pleased to know that I followed it just fine even without knowing anything about the world’s metaphysics or the various factions mentioned. Somebody who’s not willing to keep going when they see a polysyllabic name they don’t recognize might not enjoy this story, but… what are you going to do about that?

I have to say, I enjoyed the story. The length doesn’t hurt the story. It’s not exactly the most linear thing in the world, but it keeps moving, which is all you really need to do to stay float.

Some people might look at it and go, “This isn’t a story. There’s no resolution.” and they’d be right… in fact, Ellen aside, there’s the very deliberately built up sense that nothing at all out of the ordinary happens for ol’ Tone on this day of days, and Ellen’s more an aversion of anything out of the ordinary happening than anything actually happening. Which, I’m feeling, is rather a good part of the point.

I loved the “Want some popcorn?” “I like milk duds.” exchange. Perfect punctuation to the exposition on direct answers. I laughed out loud. It might not have been your intention, and I might be the only one, but I did. I found that hilarious, in a subtle way.

If I had money, I’d be putting some in the tip jar just for that.

One gets the impression that this guy is a Fallen Ofanite, yes?

And I hope he dies filthy.