vague warnings


I haven't seen this movie, but one part from the novel that always annoyed me was when whatever force tried to warn Louis about the barrier did so in such a vague way. They sent Pascow back in a dream state to tell Louis not to cross the barrier. Why not tell Louis "the evil burial ground is trying to have your child killed. Built a fence for your front yard so he won't get run down in the rud."

And I know, the common retort is "because then there wouldn't be a movie". I don't accept that. If the opposing force that sent Pascow back has enough power to warn but not interfere, it should have the sense enough to not be vague about it.

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I figure he probably thought it was just a weird dream and he was sleepwalking, probably due to his "horrible" first day and the events that happened, I think it even says something about that in the book. When Jud and Louis bury church I think he's almost completely forgot about that night by then...sorta like if you had a nightmare about going down a road or maybe in a building and three months later you see that road or building you would probably be like "oh hell it was just a dream, and this is just coincidence..."

"Plum near cut his head in two mmmmm hmmmm"

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That's part of my point. I think the warning would've taken if it hadn't been so vague. "Your son's going to die!" is a little more dire than "Don't cross the barrier!"

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I think it's a ... sort of a power struggle between good and evil. The good does have just enough power to get a warning across, but the evil has enough power to keep the warning vague. Something like that, anyway.

In the book it's mentioned that the power of the burial ground cycles in phases, like the phases of the moon, and that Jud believed the "full moon" of the evil was upon them. So that would help explain why the evil was powerful enough to suppress the good's warning.

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Exactly. The power in the burial ground did not want anything to interfere. That's why it also made Jud fall asleep when he was waiting for Louis.

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That's an interesting theory, but I don't know that I buy it. I would think in that kind of power struggle the evil would block the warning from coming across at all. It doesn't really play that evil has the power to change the message but not stop it.

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hahaha well let's keep some perspective here. We're talking about good and evil supernatural interventions - things that may not exist, whatsoever. So to buy or not buy a theory about the rules of these things is a bit silly, don't ya think?

It's a work of fiction - supernatural fancy. I think the invented notion of a power struggle between good and evil fits pretty well here. It's a bit of a common thread with King - e.g. The Stand.

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Exactly, westal sage. I agree.
Whether good & evil exist or not, NO HUMAN knows the rules of how it works.

No one can say what warnings can or cannot emerge or what good & evil can or cannot do.


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"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

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I always thought it was because it took alot of energy to manifest and warn people.The price of gaining all that knowledge in death was balanced by the inability to communicate it clearly.


And its always like some sort of balance that must be maintained.Like evil didnt have complete control so good couldn't either.








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Because it wasn't Victor Pascow that was speaking to Louis, it was the Wendigo speaking to him as Pascow. A rather telling clue was this line in the novel, back when he was in Louis' office:
"Injuns bring my fish."
He also uttered phrases used by Judd ("a man's heart is stonier", etc).

Now, to what end? Why warn him? The answer - he wasn't; it didn't matter how the message or influence was delivered, it was just important that the knowledge of the burial ground itself was implanted into the intended victim's mind, the small seed for what would be a potential garden that would eventually be harvested. The burial ground was the Wendigo's hunting ground, a gaping net that lures in its "fish" - the troubled, grief-stricken souls who wander through. Pascow was just a tool like Judd, in this case a beguiling persona that the Wendigo adorned to put things into motion.

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