Low is both a geographical place and state of mind. Hope, however, manifests itself, in the return of a space probe that has crash landed on the scorched surface: An inhabitable planet has been found! It is now up to Stel to dispense the despair that has brought her low, to rise to the surface and bring back the co-ordinates of their potentially new Earth. It’s just the kind of bleak outlook you’d expect from this writer. Remender delights in showing people at their best and worst, serving up doses of his patented political commentary and social satire along the way. Happiness is quickly dispelled by the harsh and violent reality of life after humanity was forced to live in cities at the bottom of the ocean to escape the heat of an ever expanding sun. Together with artist Greg Tocchini, Remender wastes no time bringing tragedy to Stel’s life. For Remender, this offers an opportunity to put his characters through the gauntlet. For Stel, this means there is always hope, even if she’s the only one who believes it, which is generally the case. Put simply, our realities don’t exist without our permission. If we hope, we can will ourselves a better outcome. If we despair, we close the doors on our own liberation. Meet Stel, eternal optimist and acolyte of Quantumology, the belief that reality is a projection of our inner states that which we believe we deserve. Remender has acknowledged it as well, and Low is his attempt at taking a more positive direction As it turns out, readers aren’t the only ones to have noticed this trend. Although never morose, Remender’s writing definitely lacks sentimentality endings are hard won, but they are not necessarily what Hollywood would ever deem as “happy”. Readers already familiar with Rick Remender’s writing already know his stories and characters tend to dwell on the darker aspects of life.
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