(urth) spoilers re: evil guest. Lovecraft-esque theories.

[Matthew Keeley]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:21 AM, Duncan Truter <dtruter at gmail.com> wrote:
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> -The watch is from HPL to RC. so that's obviously from Lovecraft to
> Randolph Carter (dream-quest of unknown kadeth, and the two 'silver
> key' books, the last of which ended with RC on earth in the body of an
> alien lizard, trying and failing to get back into his own body, as far
> as I can remember). How is RC involved with this story? Is he Gideon
> Chase? probably not, I think.


Well, "RC" could also be "Robert Chase," Gideon's apparent father. But
"Randolph Carter" does also make sense...


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> -Reis seems to actually be a rather genuine guy, and Chase to be the
> evil one. I think that Chase is the bad guy. yes, they're both bad,
> but Chase seems to be far worse. Think about it: who is dead in the
> end, and who got EXACTLY what he wants? (sorry to capitalise a word).
> Miskatonic U has a copy of the Necronomicon. Soon after Chase got
> tenure there, he became the ambassador to Woldercan. So he got access
> to a book he needed to read (possibly) then became ambassador, which
> he asked for in the start as far as I can remember.
>

Chase already has a position at Miskatonic when the book starts - he would
have had access to the Necronomicon before he met Cassie.

-Matt
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