Dragaera

Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_*

Wed Mar 30 09:16:11 PST 2005

> From: Joy Jennifer Nicholson [mailto:jjnichol at MIT.EDU]

> 

> 

> I took it to mean "slumming" or "going native".

> 

> 

> > >From: Gaertk at aol.com

> > >To: dragaera at dragaera.info

> > >Subject: RE: Vlad and Kiera *Spoilers for _Orca_*

> > >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:28:09 -0500

> > >

> > >In a message dated Mar/29/2005 10:38:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> > >FRIEDA2133 at aol.com writes:

> > >

> > > >Kiera talking to Vlad in Vlad's office after the kiss.

> > > >

> > > >   "'But,' she continued, 'what are your own people going to say

> > > >when they find you've been meeting me in your own office?  They'll

> > > >think you've finally gone 'into the jungle,' you know.'  She was

> > > >smiling lightly; baiting me.  She knew her reputation.

> > >

> > >This bit always confused me; what does "into the jungle" mean?

> > >

> >

> > I've always taken it to mean "round the bend" with overtones of "going

> > native/wild". It seems to me that the jungle is seen as the opposite of

> > civilisation in Dragaera.

> >

 

I interpreted it more along these lines: http://imdb.com/title/tt0102175/
<http://imdb.com/title/tt0102175/> 

Based on the prejudices involved, that's where my brain clicked. Of course,
I haven't seen that movie, just the plot summary, so I don't know if it's
actually a reference.