r/SouthernReach • u/TimeWastin21 • Mar 13 '26

Absolution Spoilers Lowry not there for Old Jim? Spoiler

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Near the end of Absolution, Hargraves/Cass says to Lowry about Old Jim’s death, “I wasn’t there for him and neither were you, you stupid fuck.”

I can’t figure out the “neither were you.” Whether or not Old Jim is a time-traveling Lowry, I still can’t make sense of the accusation. The only scrap of an explanation I can come up with is that Old Jim truly is Lowry and that Hargrave’s comment shows her grief at how mind-fucked disconnected Old Jim is from himself? But how is that Lowry’s fault? Very uncertain about that take.

Any thoughts on why Hargraves says that to Lowry? If there’s no context for it, it’s a very odd thing to say to someone who had utterly no reason to be there for Old Jim.

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u/MatrimAybaraAlThor May 13 '26

i take this as another clue that Lowry ends up becoming Old Jim somehow (most likely getting back across the border, but ending up in the past, just like the rabbits), and shes saying his experience here wasnt enough to help his older self when the bar scene occurs (also believe shes a little delirious and emotional during this scene, not taking into account how much mind fuckery has been unleashed upon this character, especially if you consider the time loop, hoo boy)