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Where does it state that BOBs feeds on/eats Garmonbozia? (spoilers)

posted 10 years ago by gingerngilligan
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(Spoilers)

Peaks fans seem to take it as a fact that BOB eats/feeds on Garmonbozia (creamed corn). Where do people get that from? Where in the series or film does it state that? I have been a fan of Twin Peaks since it first aired. I have watched the series (I own Definitive Gold box) & FWWM (DVD) many, many times & I have never seen this mentioned or shown. I have also seen the FWWM deleted scenes & still there is NOTHING with BOB eating Garmonbozia. I want someone to show me the scene that proves BOB eats Garmonbozia?

It is stated that Garmonbozia is pain & sorrow (lots of people call it suffering instead of sorrow which is wrong). BOB feeds on fear & pleasure which is a whole different ball game people. Garmonbozia stands only for pain & sorrow. It is never stated that it stands for any other emotion. BOB feeds on fear & pleasure instantaneously as seen with the closeup of his mouth when Laura comes home when he frightens her. He gets pleasure from rape & sex.

Mike states that BOB STOLE the corn, but never says that he ATE it. Mike & the Grandson are the only Lodge folk we see handling or doing anything with the Garmonbozia. MFAP/Mike's arm eating it at the end of FWWM & the Grandson is holding it in his second season appearance. Mike/The arm repented when he saw the face of God. I believe the arm is good.

I believe the corn being stolen represents not so much corn but that something has been changed. I believe BOB stole the pain & sorrow Mike felt over Laura's death by changing the outcome of the future. BOB got Cooper to tell Laura not to take the ring. Laura was suppose to have the ring after her dream, but Cooper's words changed that. I also believe that whoever wears the ring is promised to be Mike's next host. That is why the left arm goes numb. Mike doesn't have an arm. With Laura promised to be Mike's next host BOB cannot have her. The ring connects Laura to Mike & he feels the pain & sorrow she is experiencing along with her.

[–] billwenham 10 years ago

Does it state that BOB feeds on fear and pleasure? I haven't watched the whole series in a few years, but it would stand to reason that Laura was experiencing a ton of pain and sorrow that BOB was feeding on. Which he created in a way, from possessing Leland.

[–] nikkiweir 10 years ago

Does it state that BOB feeds on fear and pleasure?

Pretty much. From Ep13:

Do you understand the parasite? It attaches itself to a life form and feeds. Bob requires a human host. He feeds on fear, and the pleasures ...

However. In the movie lodge scene, we appear to face Mike and the Man, who sit side-by-side on a sofa. The Man rests his hand on Mike's shoulder, as if giving ballast for the missing arm. Together they say the line, chanting without inflection:

Bob I want all my gar-mon-bo-zi-a.

Ever have a dream that seems so lucid you're certain that it refers to something that is real in the waking world, and just when you're about to supply a critical bit of information as if you were conscious, the whole thing turns into mumbling?

From Ep17, we hear these words:

No, Doc, I don't want it. I want to be there. Every
single part of me needs to be there - for both of them.

I think that in that scene, Doc was about to provide something that Bob, if you will, provided much more of from time to time than Doc did, and that since this thing made people unaware of what he was doing and the pain that it caused right at the time, Bob was able to get away.

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"The bonsai: the ultimate miniature." —Will Hayward, Twin Peaks.

[–] billwenham 10 years ago

I just got my Bluray box set so I can't wait to rewatch the whole series. Thanks for the reply! :)