What time is it?

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Tony (or possibly his brother Dan) Gilroy, writing for the character Mon Mothma on Andor:

I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.

In an interview, Gilroy notes that across human history, times of peace are the exception and sentiments like these could be equally relatable to people in virtually any time period. It sure does feel relatable to this moment though.

The series this quote comes from is, obviously, a work of fiction. But its prescience is a testament to how fiction often acts as a mirror for reality. The resonance of the quote instructs us that the hour is later than is easy to admit, and that the loud, hungry, greedy, malevolent monster is here, now.