"Purple Monkey"

bosquelito · Post by **bosquelito** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:12 am

Video #4

Discusses 2 familiars: A boa and a purple monkey (female role), does not discuss Owen

Notable statements (talking about Purple Monkey):
She basically just
Helps Me Out
Helps Me Out
Sad times (baby in crocodile blanket -- crocodile is Egyptian)
basically anything daniel can't help her out with

Is there an analysis anywhere of the spedup "dialogue" with Purple Monkey in video 4?

And of the kind of haphazard music at the end?

bosquelito · Post by **bosquelito** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:20 am

In case anyone is wondering, my curiosity for bringing up old stuff like this here stems from loose threads in the Cassie story.
I put it in this forum for sake of keeping primary info about the video in general here -- the CiW gang will parse the useful posts, I'm sure.

Dare Darlington · Post by **Dare Darlington** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:33 pm

I was thinking their might have been something in that video too...

kilgoretroutlovesyou · Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:05 pm

One key trait in Lovecraft books is that the heros of his tales (often secluded/sequestered scholarly types) rely upon animal companions who help them out.

Is P-Monkey a HPLovecraftian protector and advisor. Does Pmonkey really have the power of speech?

Also, remember Bree saying that the only friend she made in NZ was a dog. Another companion?

cuseguy85 · Post by **cuseguy85** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:30 pm

Wasnt it Nottinghamshire where her only companion was a dog? Not trying to be picky, but dont want ppl confused if this becomes something important.

lordgreystoke422 · Post by **lordgreystoke422** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:10 pm

ok....someone called the boa a familiar.....
I am on my Palm Pilot right now..so hard for me to bounce around...

has there by any discussion of the symbolism of the boa being a snake..the fact it was referred to as a familiar suggests to me it may have.. anyone know? any thought?

carlylives · Post by **carlylives** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:11 am

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Plurp · Post by **Plurp** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:35 am

kilgoretroutlovesyou wrote:One key trait in Lovecraft books is that the heros of his tales (often secluded/sequestered scholarly types) rely upon animal companions who help them out.

Eh? I'm a big Lovecraft fan and I don't recognize animal companions as a common theme in his stories. In fact, at the moment, I can't think of any of his stories that featured animal companions of the protagonist. (But maybe I'm just phasing out.)

Flautapantera · Post by **Flautapantera** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:29 pm

Plurp wrote:
kilgoretroutlovesyou wrote:One key trait in Lovecraft books is that the heros of his tales (often secluded/sequestered scholarly types) rely upon animal companions who help them out.
Eh? I'm a big Lovecraft fan and I don't recognize animal companions as a common theme in his stories. In fact, at the moment, I can't think of any of his stories that featured animal companions of the protagonist. (But maybe I'm just phasing out.)

It would make more sense if Lovecraft did involve animal companions. But if you think it doesn't, I'll trust you, seeing as I've never laid my hands on any of Lovecraft's works.

kilgoretroutlovesyou · Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:20 pm

I think I got the "animal companions" from this other book I was reading at the time. My bad. Stuff sometimes bleeds together.

But I was right on the sequestered scholarly types, right? Because if I am not, then I really ought to shut the hell up.

And honestly, I'd hate to do that. That would be a job of work.

Plurp · Post by **Plurp** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:11 pm

kilgoretroutlovesyou wrote:But I was right on the sequestered scholarly types, right?

Absolutely! Lovecraft often told his tales from the point of view of a private investigator, a scientist, or a journalist -- someone who would examine even the impossible in a rational, critical way, and give into the madness only when it was overwhelming.

affihq · Post by **affihq** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:52 pm

It's all some very interesting forshadowing