Talk:Time

The edit of 28 Dec. (User:Richvanf) is not just speculation; it's wrong. anthropomorphic personifications do not require belief. They just are, as Death has always been, since before any sentient creature to "believe" in him. --Old Dickens (talk) 22:29, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Agreed that APs exist regardless of belief. But it's also correct that the *form* taken by APs springs from belief and imagination -- that's why death is a skeleton with a scythe, why The Lady is a striking woman, why the horsemen are, well, horsemen. What form the New Death took in Reaper Man depended heavily on how people in the Century of the Fruitbat thought of Death.

Now, the point about Time taking the form of a beautiful woman because that's how Wen envisaged her... that's enticing speculation. I tend to agree, but there's not a whole lot of incontrovertible textual evidence. I would not object to anyone removing this speculation from the article.Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 02:40, 29 December 2015 (UTC)