more than that

it's not just the time, though, is it? It's the bloody foresight! How on earth do these people see so much, and what possesses them to comment on it all in such a clever way? Do they just follow their hearts and the analysis brings out something they never thought about? Or do they really sit there and make cutting observations before blending them into a universal theme? I know many of them are based on earlier tales but someone must have come up with the original at some point. It's flabbergasting and I am flabbergasted.