sammit Mite
27 Oct 12 - 00:44
Hello,
This question has been tumbling around in my skull ever since finishing the Bartimaeus Trilogy. I nearly jumped for joy when I found this forum, knowing it may actually be answered. I have seen a similar question to this one, but it was not answered...
How, exactly, does Bartimaeus feel for Ptolemy? Does he love him in a purely platonic fashion? His adoration for his little master is so strong, so beautiful, it seems to me to transcend common ideas of love. Could it be a romantic love (assuming the Spirits even feel romantic love...)? Does age or gender or species even matter to a Spirit if/when it falls in love? Perhaps I read too much into it, hoping that a writer dared to take love to such a level, regardless of many taboos or walls we would normally perceive as humans. I love the innocent portrayal of something far deeper. Something like soul mates. Even if Ptolemy couldn't truly understand it at his age. I quite like the idea that we could say Bartimaeus is in love with Ptolemy, as simply as that. We already know that he has not, so far, "gotten over" him. I assume he never will. Having real confirmation of that instead of speculation would be awesome. Of course, if the truth is to the contrary, I would like to know that too.
Thank you so much for your beautiful mind and all that it has given us!
This question has been tumbling around in my skull ever since finishing the Bartimaeus Trilogy. I nearly jumped for joy when I found this forum, knowing it may actually be answered. I have seen a similar question to this one, but it was not answered...
How, exactly, does Bartimaeus feel for Ptolemy? Does he love him in a purely platonic fashion? His adoration for his little master is so strong, so beautiful, it seems to me to transcend common ideas of love. Could it be a romantic love (assuming the Spirits even feel romantic love...)? Does age or gender or species even matter to a Spirit if/when it falls in love? Perhaps I read too much into it, hoping that a writer dared to take love to such a level, regardless of many taboos or walls we would normally perceive as humans. I love the innocent portrayal of something far deeper. Something like soul mates. Even if Ptolemy couldn't truly understand it at his age. I quite like the idea that we could say Bartimaeus is in love with Ptolemy, as simply as that. We already know that he has not, so far, "gotten over" him. I assume he never will. Having real confirmation of that instead of speculation would be awesome. Of course, if the truth is to the contrary, I would like to know that too.
Thank you so much for your beautiful mind and all that it has given us!
