"like Judd had a dog iirc which didnt get turned evil, just a bit "slow".. the Wendigo(s) had no interest in it?"
Judd didn't really have much to offer the Wendigo, not in the past nor present, so it didn't bother with him. He didn't have much to lose - working class job (farmer and railroad worker), no children, just his wife Norma, easy insubstantial pickings. That said, it did save him as a useful tool, just like it had with all who visited the burial ground. (It's hinted that Stanny B. might have been one of the Wendigo's victims; according to the novel his grandfather was a millionaire, a successful pelt trader, but Stanny B., in startling contrast, ended up becoming a crazed, alcoholic bum who died on the road).
"also the time Louis was nearly running into the Wendigo, hearing it move around and see some shadow.. if it was that omnipotent why wouldnt it target Louis and eat/touch him/ whatever? if he had plans with him, why go near him in the first place, just to scare the shít out of him and leave? ..sure it liked to make hints about its evil nature pointlessly..it made the impression its wandering around in the forest looking for a prey."
That's part of its nature. The Wendigo was a malicious and erratic entity, usually associated with cannibalism, vengeance, pride, greed and insanity. In terms of that scene, one possible explanation was that it's simply toying with him. It could be testing his fortitude, but it could also just be waiting for him to slip up, at which point he would in the end have a tasty (though short-term) meal. Another explanation, though, could be that the forest is filled with other Wendigos, thereby explaining the constant flux of movement.
"Why tell Louis to stay away from the burial ground in the form of Pascow? wouldnt it make more sense for it to say "go for it, that place is awesome, and dont forget to recommend it to your friends as well"?"
When Pascow was brought in, he was muttering how the Pet Sematary wasn't the "real" cemetery and stuff about the "soil of a man's heart being stonier", the latter a phrase that Judd himself repeated, even under the Wendigo's influence.
Why would Pascow even warn Louis, a man that he hadn't even met? Why even bring up the burial ground at all for that matter? It's not like Judd said anything to make Louis suspect, nor did Louis have that much interest in the deadfall or what lied beyond. A rather telling clue about Pascow and the entity speaking through him was this line:
"Injuns bring my fish."
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 is 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 his case a beguiling persona that it adorned to put things into motion.
Now, to what end?
In mythology, the Wendigo is generally a being cursed with insatiable hunger, each meal resulting in its increasingly growing appetite and size. King's version, though, seems to have more advanced telepathic capabilities, allowing it to not only control and speak through its meat puppets, but to also actively influence peoples' behavior. It also feeds off from people's grief and sanity (not sure if this was also a feature within some of the other versions of the legend or if this was entirely King's own). It's hard to say as to whether the Wendigo's age and advanced level of development allowed it access to these abilities or if it had always had access to them. Going back to Judd, the reason why the Wendigo didn't claim him immediately was because he didn't offer anything. Oh, sure, he had Norma, but she was easy pickings, an appetizer before the main course. Louis, however, was a happy, successful doctor with a wife and two kids, a dreamer (constantly fantasizing about getting away to work at Disneyland and about Gage; in fact, he's obsessed with Gage more than Ellie, so much so that he didn't even bother to console her during her time of need.) and something of a punk (he identifies himself with Church before it had been castrated) - a grade A gourmet feast ripe for the taking. The Wendigo COULD have claimed Louis right then and there, but it would only be a temporary morsel to a much greater, longer-lasting meal. Grief and sanity were the currencies that it valued, and its power had increased tenfold since Pascow's death. It multiplied even further with Church and Gage's, allowing for that sideshow Louis had to endure with his father-in-law, even to the point of affecting those outside of Louis' family. Near the end of the novel, Steve Masterton noted that the year was a disaster for him and his colleagues; Surrendra's relatives were arrested outside the country, one or both killed in the process, the nurse Charlton also experiencing grief due to her mother's operation, and four of Steve's family members were killed. Steve nearly becomes another victim of the Wendigo, even dreamed that "something huge with foghorn lights for eyes" reached out to "touch him" but had withdrawn its hand at the very last second.
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