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6/14/2025, 3:19:29 PM
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To me, Beeny’s guiding principles always come down to “will this get me the kind of relationship I want with America” and “will this keep me safe”. All of his narration is just justification for these two points. Yes, he lives in terror and you could argue that he's motivated at least in part by impulsive panic, but ultimately everything he does is of some benefit to himself. Leaving home means he can become successful, but also means he doesn't have to face America's romantic relationships or intervene against her dangerous new friends. Lying to the Judges about how he gets shot keeps America safe, but it also means he’s not arrested for soliciting. Betraying the democrats ostensibly ensures she’s safe from the Judge’s retribution (not that it works), but it also means he’s safe as a collaborator. Claiming her body in a horribly literal sense when there's nobody left alive to care for her gives him some of the control he’s always desired. Its certainly not the act of a friend or “the kindest thing” he could do in that situation. Its also definitely not something he does it a moment of impulsive panic, it’s a decision he comes to after "months". It comes across as an act of deeply weird, fetishistic possessiveness, but it also means that he doesn’t lose his successful career as singer. How nice for him.
Beeny justifies his actions by saying he doesn't really know why he did it, and claims its a way it keeps her memory alive while punishing himself, but the story undercuts this - not only by his own actions (after all its HIS memory of her story), but by contrasting his justification with the final page that directly follows it. The Judges get the final word – America is DEAD. THIS is the real world.
To me, Beeny’s guiding principles always come down to “will this get me the kind of relationship I want with America” and “will this keep me safe”. All of his narration is just justification for these two points. Yes, he lives in terror and you could argue that he's motivated at least in part by impulsive panic, but ultimately everything he does is of some benefit to himself. Leaving home means he can become successful, but also means he doesn't have to face America's romantic relationships or intervene against her dangerous new friends. Lying to the Judges about how he gets shot keeps America safe, but it also means he’s not arrested for soliciting. Betraying the democrats ostensibly ensures she’s safe from the Judge’s retribution (not that it works), but it also means he’s safe as a collaborator. Claiming her body in a horribly literal sense when there's nobody left alive to care for her gives him some of the control he’s always desired. Its certainly not the act of a friend or “the kindest thing” he could do in that situation. Its also definitely not something he does it a moment of impulsive panic, it’s a decision he comes to after "months". It comes across as an act of deeply weird, fetishistic possessiveness, but it also means that he doesn’t lose his successful career as singer. How nice for him.
Beeny justifies his actions by saying he doesn't really know why he did it, and claims its a way it keeps her memory alive while punishing himself, but the story undercuts this - not only by his own actions (after all its HIS memory of her story), but by contrasting his justification with the final page that directly follows it. The Judges get the final word – America is DEAD. THIS is the real world.
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