girlAnachronism wrote:Curious, but a bit too improbable. I think Daniel was the factor the Order wasn't expecting. I wouldnt' be surprised if they wanted to keep Bree alienated, maybe even to the point that they bribed her classmates to mock her. Then her parents graciously offered to homeschool her and she jumped at the chance. Somehow Daniel resisted the mob mentality and reached out to Bree, which the Order hadnt suspected, so they tried to induct him [getting him to go to the camp, etc]
I agree. I don't think Daniel is acting on anyone else's orders except... those of his heart
. He seems like the proverbial wrench in the gears--or as they say on Scooby-Doo, "And we would've done it do, if it weren't for those meddling kids!". If it wasn't for her budding relationship with Daniel, Bree would've just gone along with the ceremony. If he wasn't there to look after her, she would've had nowhere to turn to once they took her parents. Again, this last setup/abduction attempt with her father was foiled by Daniel (along with Jonas). I don't think the Order expected that her one friend would be this... tenacious in sticking by her and protecting her.
I'm a big fan of the Thelemic coming of age themes that the LG15 saga is playing out, partly because I find it awfully clever. The Creators are much more clever than we give them credit for I think.
Ok, I'm no expert on this (so everything here is by way of Wikipedia), but according to Crowley, the Law of Thelema can be summed up as :
* "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law"[24]
* "Love is the law, love under will"[25]
* "There is no Law beyond Do what thou wilt"[26]
Which is a mandate to discover and manifest one's True Will, which he described as one's inner divine nature, spiritual destiny, or proper course in life.
So anyway, from what it appears, the Order/her parents/all that is powerful in Bree's life have controlled all aspects of it up until a couple months ago. She was confined by her homeschool seclusion, her parents' strictness, her religion--which seemed like it was one of those all encompassing ones that have camps and communes, etc. Despite being an obviously intelligent girl, she never acted/made big decisions as expressions of her own free will.
This is evident in the earlier videos, which nearly all take place in a box (i.e. her room), and all her decisions are her parents' decisions for her, despite her own self wanting something else.
The catalyst to her changes is Daniel. Due to pulling power of their brief relationship (i.e. Love), Bree begins to challenge her parents/religions' impositions on her free will, declaring at one point: "If I want to do something and my parents say no, I'm going to do it anyway" (paraphrased)
After choosing this though, Bree (as a girl) has to deal with the consequences of the expressions of her will, as well as the continual challenges to her expression of it.
I think Daniel's role isn't so much mandated by someone In-Series (i.e. Tachyon's organization, Bree's dad, etc) as out-of-Breeniverse symbolic of themes presented in the story as a work of fiction. He represents the power of love as a draw/impetus for Bree to begin/continue expressing her will.
On another thematic note, he is an obvious foil to Bree. Many people have noted that only when you put Daniel and Bree together do you get a fully-actuated person (personally, I think they make pretty actuated people when they stand alone). In this vein, Jonas (outside of all the usual plot conspiracy stuff) is a mirror charactor to Bree. You know, the literary device where they have a more minor charactor's situation/traits/etc mirror that of a main charactor (a la Dream of the Red Chamber) to accentuate plot points or add lit depth.
