The Ring Cycle by Wagner

Wagner has always been an important influence on this project. 

 

The hero’s journey continues still according to certain rhythms. 

A hero’s journey trope has appeared: the magic ring.

I was finishing my first ever ring and I was so excited the metal was actually just about to be fully polished and the ring disappeared and no matter how hard I looked, it was gone.

 

Days later it reappeared inside my leatherman inside its sheath. Many hero’s journeys such as the Lord of the Rings and the Wagner Ring Trilogy include magic rings.

 

The ring feels warm and like it’s buzzing. 

 

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_ring

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Napoleon was programmed to not listen to Hortense.

From the Memoirs of Queen Hortense:

He [Napoleon] even said to me one day : "People tell me you are clever. I don't know anything about it. I always feel as though you were ten years old. It is the same with Eugene. I have never been able to get used to hearing him reason out something logically." And the Emperor added : "That is the trouble with parents when they get old. They can never realize that children grow up, and sometimes could actually teach them a lesson."

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