Tulpa

The Department of Truth | Image Comics. James Tynion IV; Martin Simmonds. imagecomics.com . Accessed Feb 18, 2022.

Plot Points

[Lee Harvey Oswald] The more people believe in something, the more true that thing becomes. The more reality tips in the favor of that belief. What happened in Antartica was that a group of men managed to make enough people believe in the truth of a flat earth for it to manifest in reality… Retroactively, the earth would always have been flat. And the people would rightly rise up in fury having been lied to by everyone for decades. #tulpa

Motifs

Love and Loyalty

Their master gone, the un-men pause, uncertain of what to do… They must among themselves for a moment – and, at least, a decision is reached. For all their existence, they have followed their master blindly – wherever he might lead… And there seems no good reason to change that situation now. #loyalty

[Liz] He’s kept her safely shut away for years. Isn’t that love? She’s terrified of life without him. Isn’t that love? What other kind of love will protect her from this awful world? The love she shares with Dennis is special, will grow into something wonderful. Even shut away from the sunlight. [Narrator] She knows this is true. He told her so himself. But those eyes.