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Reply To: 516 Title – Our Decay

Home › Forums › Once Upon a Time › Season Five › 5×16 “Our Decay” › 5×16 “Our Decay” spoilers › 516 Title – Our Decay › Reply To: 516 Title – Our Decay

January 17, 2016 at 5:10 pm #315145
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Unless this is meant to refer to the nature of the show (I don’t expect Kistowitz to suddenly develop such a subtle form of self-reflexivity, so no), I’m reminded of a quote by writer Brian Aldiss.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.”

I actually don’t know the original source, but have seen it quoted by others, and attributed to Aldiss. Anyway, seemed a propos.

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