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'''Weaver Márquez''' is a gifted mathematician and [[Shannon]]'s cousin and childhood friend. A mysterious woman with a semi-mystical | '''Weaver Márquez''' is a gifted mathematician and [[Shannon]]'s cousin and childhood friend. A mysterious woman with a semi-mystical | ||
− | presence, Weaver guides [[Conway]] and Shannon to the {{ZeroLink}} in [[Act I]].Shannon describes her as having had trouble focusing in high school, saying, "She was so smart, but always going off in different directions, mind racing, like five conversations going on in her head at once and you're lucky if even one of them is with someone in the room." She has a tendency to mysteriously disappear. | + | presence, Weaver guides [[Conway]] and Shannon to the {{ZeroLink}} in [[Act I]]. She is often cryptic, but never lies. Shannon describes her as having had trouble focusing in high school, saying, "She was so smart, but always going off in different directions, mind racing, like five conversations going on in her head at once and you're lucky if even one of them is with someone in the room." She has a tendency to mysteriously disappear. |
== Life and work == | == Life and work == | ||
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This same video appeared dozens of times over multiple years before the station was wiped out by a [[Un Pueblo De Nada|flood]]. Mimi remarks that the video of Weaver may have been the station's last broadcast before the flood. | This same video appeared dozens of times over multiple years before the station was wiped out by a [[Un Pueblo De Nada|flood]]. Mimi remarks that the video of Weaver may have been the station's last broadcast before the flood. | ||
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== Family == | == Family == | ||
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Weaver is the cousin of [[Shannon Márquez]]. Her parents are [[Remedios Márquez]] and [[J. Márquez]]. | Weaver is the cousin of [[Shannon Márquez]]. Her parents are [[Remedios Márquez]] and [[J. Márquez]]. | ||
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− | + | Weaver is named after scientist and mathematician [[wikipedia:Warren Weaver|Warren Weaver]] and the famous Colombian magical realist author [[wikipedia:Gabriel García Márquez|Gabriel García Márquez]]. | |
− | + | In [[Act I]], Weaver asks Conway, "Which of your parents was it who wouldn't allow you to watch television?", a nearly-direct quote from the play ''[[wikipedia:Equus (play)|Equus]]''. | |
+ | The street name and number of the farmhouse, 100 Macondo Lane, is a reference to the town of [[wikipedia:Macondo|Macondo]] in Gabriel García Márquez's novel ''[[wikipedia:One Hundred Years of Solitude|One Hundred Years of Solitude]]''. | ||
[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
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[[Category:Act I]] | [[Category:Act I]] | ||
[[Category:Un Pueblo De Nada]] | [[Category:Un Pueblo De Nada]] | ||
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