Yes—Tommy Atkins. I think it was my first encounter with the name and Kipling came later, but I'm honestly not sure. The internet tells me Steve Coogan played him in the movie, which I approve of.
I was sorry to lose him too, although I found it a poignant image that if you try to bring someone forward whose timeline (in parallel to yours, anyway) has ended, you just get their miniature, empty, neatly-folded clothes.
Agreed. It's one of the few things I remember from The Return of the Indian (1985), along with a vague sense that Boone is less of a jackass, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered him affectionately, which I did, which is one of the reasons I did this re-read to myself.
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Yes—Tommy Atkins. I think it was my first encounter with the name and Kipling came later, but I'm honestly not sure. The internet tells me Steve Coogan played him in the movie, which I approve of.
I was sorry to lose him too, although I found it a poignant image that if you try to bring someone forward whose timeline (in parallel to yours, anyway) has ended, you just get their miniature, empty, neatly-folded clothes.
Agreed. It's one of the few things I remember from The Return of the Indian (1985), along with a vague sense that Boone is less of a jackass, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered him affectionately, which I did, which is one of the reasons I did this re-read to myself.