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Today, I’ll be tackling Unwritten as requested by many people who forced me to do this. I decided to pause on the reading within spans of months hence why it took so long to make this since I didn’t do it when it was fresh on my mind. So, I managed to gather everything in a span of a couple hours from the second half of the Unwritten series since that’s were all the cosmological storytelling is.
Before I start I will say there are a lot of anti-feat to which most are too small or insignificant except a couple which really deters the rating. So this is more brutal since the writing style hinges a lot on metaphor and symbolism which is hard to decipher a lot of the times.
Also, the story telling is separated by volumes but for simplicity sake, I’ll count it all as just one volume. Since the Cosmology already well explains it, this will be a short read over something not to overlook.
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In a metaphor explained stories and people telling of story are described as ants originating from the nest being the source for all the story.Which in reference is talking about human’s collective unconscious which is represented by a white sperm whale or in this case, Leviathans. (Unwritten Vol.1 #23)
The stories are intertwined within Collective Unconcious (Unwritten Vol.1 #22) where they all meet at a point in the Ocean of Pure Concepts. This is symbolic because well “whales swim” though this ocean of stories is disconnected from the order of Leviathan’s. So we’re still within the vastness of parallel worlds/stories and the collective unconscious connecting in between the lines of real and unreal. (Unwritten Vol.1 #50)
So which is it? Well, in the context everything is symbolized as one stories is told by another which is told by another. These stories have the potential of being real as all story can be more real then previous. So, this is a matter is the spaces containing these stories are parallel, it does not discount a hierarchy which an entire volume was dedicated on explaining the realm of Hades and the stairway, in which the endlessness of said stairway is connected with all stories. (Unwritten Vol.1 #24)
So it still remains 1-A+ due to containing an endless amount of stories which is depicted as levels with some stories being more conventionally more real than the previous.
With that being said, the hierarchy is displayed as different, higher, and beyond the worlds of stories. The meta nature of the Unwritten splits even harder since there’s no ending to the regression of whales which applies to the worlds as well hence why infinite of infinite layers into 1-A and High 1-A still works. Also, Pullman even as the Devil and all stories in his realm still pales in comparison to the whales beyond him. (Unwritten Vol.1 #49) After all the merging of all these stories can be contained inside one whale with the stories being described as its organs. (Unwritten Vol.1 #43)
Since the final whale is the source of the other whales encompassing a space for a hierarchy. The Mother Whale will get High 1-A as well.
The ends of stories and everything in complete silence and perfection. (Unwritten Vol.1 #54) Reffered to as non-being, the nothingness that is everything and everywhere, and the space of all possibilities from which everything came. Turning of a blank page where anything is possible, but it still falls short of 0, sadly.
Since 0 can’t work here, instead it will be regarded as High 1-A+(type 2). If anyone could contest this then 0 is very possible.
Before I start I will say there are a lot of anti-feat to which most are too small or insignificant except a couple which really deters the rating. So this is more brutal since the writing style hinges a lot on metaphor and symbolism which is hard to decipher a lot of the times.
Also, the story telling is separated by volumes but for simplicity sake, I’ll count it all as just one volume. Since the Cosmology already well explains it, this will be a short read over something not to overlook.
The Unwritten
The Unwritten is a metafictional fantasy comic book series by Mike Carey published by Vertigo, consisting of 11 collected volumes and 71 total issues. The story follows Tom Taylor as he travels the world in an attempt to understand himself and the stories he studies. Most characters in The...
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The Unwritten Cosmology
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Symbolism of the structure of Reality(Collective Unconscious)
Now, the Unwritten tells us of a story of the protagonist named Tommy Taylor, whom is both a fictional character in his own story. Regardless, the synopsis doesn’t really matter and I’ll skip to the meats and potatoes of the arguments.In a metaphor explained stories and people telling of story are described as ants originating from the nest being the source for all the story.Which in reference is talking about human’s collective unconscious which is represented by a white sperm whale or in this case, Leviathans. (Unwritten Vol.1 #23)
The stories are intertwined within Collective Unconcious (Unwritten Vol.1 #22) where they all meet at a point in the Ocean of Pure Concepts. This is symbolic because well “whales swim” though this ocean of stories is disconnected from the order of Leviathan’s. So we’re still within the vastness of parallel worlds/stories and the collective unconscious connecting in between the lines of real and unreal. (Unwritten Vol.1 #50)
Anti-Feat:
Despite the multiple claims of worlds upon worlds, that worlds of stories described as a stairway without top or bottom, nor the endless stacking of stories. In the same manner these stories are tied in a great knot and not a stacked hierarchy.So which is it? Well, in the context everything is symbolized as one stories is told by another which is told by another. These stories have the potential of being real as all story can be more real then previous. So, this is a matter is the spaces containing these stories are parallel, it does not discount a hierarchy which an entire volume was dedicated on explaining the realm of Hades and the stairway, in which the endlessness of said stairway is connected with all stories. (Unwritten Vol.1 #24)
So it still remains 1-A+ due to containing an endless amount of stories which is depicted as levels with some stories being more conventionally more real than the previous.
Cetacean Hierarchy and the Mother Whale:
The order and magnitude of the species of whales are called Cetacean which Carey uses this idea to describe the next hierarchy separate of the worlds. As stated beyond reality is a stacked oceans of these beings. So a separate different hierarchy which the Cosmology blog already states in several instances of it being beyond the stacking of worlds/stories. Which they are the consciousness behind the world and the words where all things are bubble dreams drifting across another ocean of consciousness. They’re even explained to be more human and truer than humans. (Unwritten Vol.1 #35)Anti-Feat:
Hurting a Leviathan is possible but only when there are connected through the worlds between us and theirs. Plus, this was only possible due to Tom Taylor, so there’s not much of an anti-feat to discuss since Tom Taylor is very much beyond all the stories as well as more powerful than the Leviathan's.With that being said, the hierarchy is displayed as different, higher, and beyond the worlds of stories. The meta nature of the Unwritten splits even harder since there’s no ending to the regression of whales which applies to the worlds as well hence why infinite of infinite layers into 1-A and High 1-A still works. Also, Pullman even as the Devil and all stories in his realm still pales in comparison to the whales beyond him. (Unwritten Vol.1 #49) After all the merging of all these stories can be contained inside one whale with the stories being described as its organs. (Unwritten Vol.1 #43)
Since the final whale is the source of the other whales encompassing a space for a hierarchy. The Mother Whale will get High 1-A as well.
The Perfect Whiteness/The Unwritten Blank Page:
While this came super close to being 0, it is dragged down since a fictional things was within its waves of nothingness. (Unwritten Vol.1 #47) Yeah, the only anti-feat that actually works……The ends of stories and everything in complete silence and perfection. (Unwritten Vol.1 #54) Reffered to as non-being, the nothingness that is everything and everywhere, and the space of all possibilities from which everything came. Turning of a blank page where anything is possible, but it still falls short of 0, sadly.
Since 0 can’t work here, instead it will be regarded as High 1-A+(type 2). If anyone could contest this then 0 is very possible.
TL: DR(Tiering Conclusion):
- Collective Unconscious and Hierarchy of Worlds: 1-A+
- Cetacean Hierarchy and the Leviathan's: High 1-A
- The Leviathan/Mother Leviathan: High 1-A
- The Perfect Whiteness: High 1-A+(type 2)
Miscellaneous:
Enlil and Utu can both be considered to be High 1-A.
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