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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:43 AM, In_a_flat_field <beautychokes_at_gnqnels5CtbC0AeJzf1AcNISBHg3Cx1yV3CifNEYyIvYxJIOa-mfbPDRo6OQTRhd6c59vLot0OOtwNTFfzG3h62V.yahoo.invalid>wrote:
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> Ahhh. Interesting. That said, I was still going along cosmic horror lines.
> The idea that this is a being with a single consciousness and many seemingly
> normal and yet corrupted bodies (which explode into a chaos of tentacles at
> the worst possible moment) is one I like. As far as the infiltration of the
> womb goes....I'm thinking that this happens almost literally. Perhaps the
> woman breaks some kind of pregnancy taboo. Maybe the Thing comes to the
> dreams of the clan women who bear no children. It wears the form of a
> beautiful goddess and she/it offers fertility. Perhaps a single living
> fragment of the horror creeps INTO a sleeping womans womb and devours the
> unborn child, replacing it with a sort of changeling. In this way, the thing
> can insinuate itself into a stead over a lifetime....or worse, over
> generations.
> Although I can definitely see the similarities, ogres seem more like a race
> that propogate themselves via rape and adultery. They do what they do to
> survive (although they're horribly evil). The Thing With Many Bodies attacks
> the morale and purity of the clan in a host of fashions. It's more like a
> familial curse than anything else. I'm now of the mind that there should be
> some kind of seasonal test of purity conducted by Urox's followers. A bit
> like that bit in John Carpenter's 'The Thing' whereby the blood of the
> survivors is tested in an open flame. Only significantly more brutal. That
> way, the people don't resort repeatedly to the Urox followers ritual. It's
> just too savage and often results in the deaths of those entirely pure.
> For the record, I'm also going to have it absorb the bodies and souls of
> those it slays, keeping the clans bold ancestors trapped inside its
> multifarious selves.
> Would you say that's still too similar to ogres? I value any opinion on the
> matter. :)
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> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com<WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>,
> hcarteau_at_... wrote:
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> > Selon In_a_flat_field <beautychokes_at_...>:
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> > > (I'm thinking that it has some kind of fertility connection. I'm all
> for
> > > infiltration...what about the wombs of the clans women?) , but I really
> > > appreciated reading the learned community's take on the matter! ;)
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> > /// Your Glorantha is yours, but what you suggest is in fact well-known :
> it is
> > OGRES. They are very handsome (with flashing teeth) and they like to
> seduce
> > women so their race spreads. And yes, they do eat humans (which they call
> > food-men). "Eat your ennemy in secret" is their motto.
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> > The thing with many bodies I see more as a cthuloid horror, perhaps the
> > manifestation of the clan's fears and dark secrets.
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