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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2617875" data-attributes="member: 1057"><p>I was gonna say the same thing.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it all starts with the hobo. In a dark alley one night, shaking off a day-long drunk, the hobo witnesses something . . . otherworldly. It drives him to the bottle, and raving. Another night, outside of a diner, an author overhears the hobo's ramblings, and decides the guy would make a helluva character in a story, so he approaches to hear more and learn what he can. The hobo tells the author Terrible Things. The author writes it down, and is bothered by it, so he approaches his friend, the professor, who is well aquainted with a couple of archaeologists and an antiquarian. The professor relays information to these experts who recognize that Something Awful is afoot. They recruit another professor who knows geography and Where Strange Things Are Rumored To Dwell, and a plucky up-and-coming student tags along as part of a research project. The author, sensing a blockbuster in the making, accompanies the group, and happens to mention it in passing to the hobo, for whom he bought a meal to say thanks for the great ideas. The hobo, still haunted by what he saw, insists on coming along, in order to exorcise from his mind the Nightmarish Vision of that Fateful Night, and so the whole gang'ss Off To See The Dark Unholy God Who Dwells In Blasphemy! Fun for the whole family.</p><p></p><p>So, yeah, sounds like execution of the character, as opposed to concept, to me.</p><p></p><p>Warrior Poet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 2617875, member: 1057"] I was gonna say the same thing. Maybe it all starts with the hobo. In a dark alley one night, shaking off a day-long drunk, the hobo witnesses something . . . otherworldly. It drives him to the bottle, and raving. Another night, outside of a diner, an author overhears the hobo's ramblings, and decides the guy would make a helluva character in a story, so he approaches to hear more and learn what he can. The hobo tells the author Terrible Things. The author writes it down, and is bothered by it, so he approaches his friend, the professor, who is well aquainted with a couple of archaeologists and an antiquarian. The professor relays information to these experts who recognize that Something Awful is afoot. They recruit another professor who knows geography and Where Strange Things Are Rumored To Dwell, and a plucky up-and-coming student tags along as part of a research project. The author, sensing a blockbuster in the making, accompanies the group, and happens to mention it in passing to the hobo, for whom he bought a meal to say thanks for the great ideas. The hobo, still haunted by what he saw, insists on coming along, in order to exorcise from his mind the Nightmarish Vision of that Fateful Night, and so the whole gang'ss Off To See The Dark Unholy God Who Dwells In Blasphemy! Fun for the whole family. So, yeah, sounds like execution of the character, as opposed to concept, to me. Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]
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