Deus ex machina, folks.... [View all]
Dating back to the ancient Greeks, this was the mechanism to resolve an insoluble issue. The playwright literally had a machine, either a crane or a trap door, lower or lift the resolution character into place. As an aside, many people to this day find the device toosimplistic or an easy way to escape an impossible situation. It does not necessarily imply God (or Gods) actions, but a totally unexpected surprise to the audience.
Something Has to happen to Derail this freight train which is going to plummet off the cliff Which is going to happen reasonably soon. Of course there are many possibilities, none of which do I wish to elucidate here since they are obvious to all. In keeping with the notion of fiction, those who watched the man in the high castle may remember that the beginning of the end of the Nazi structure within the United States occurred upon the death of Hitler. The ensuing attempts to wrest power coupled with confusion and insurrection caused the power elite to self-destruct. I just note that for literary example, of course.
Until then I remain very nervous and wary. I would mention that if the shoe were on the other foot, the RW would be screaming for an autopsy with a toxicology for a RW Justice who died so proximal to an election.
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