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Perhaps she’s eating the turtles as a way of disposing of them to keep them from hurting other people, and over the years it’s taken its toll on her physical appearance.Įither way, this is sort of where we begin to see how evil corrupts souls in The Unknown. Why then does Auntie Whisper’s have all these turtles? Well, we know Auntie Whisper’s is a good woman, if a bit strange looking, and also has magical abilities. They are a corrupting force just like the turtles, something Lorna would know, and they corrupt her in the same way the turtles corrupt Beatrice’s Dog. But what does Lorna affectionately refer to them as? Her turtles. Auntie Wither’s also mentions it’s Greg and Wirt’s influence that has made her wicked again. I’m going to say she didn’t eat them though, as when Wirt commands the spirit to leave, Lorna isn’t coughing up any black turtles.
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We don’t know if Lorna ate a turtle or not, but it is interesting she’s another good person turned crazy after being in close proximity to them. However there is one character in the show who is corrupted by evil. We assume Auntie Whispers initially is evil but later discover she’s a kind old woman just trying to protect Lorna, and she even warns the boys about Adelaide. This is where people get confused about the turtles because we see Auntie Whispers eat them but without going through any kind of transformation.
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The next time we see the Turtles is in The Ringing of the Bell, when Greg and Wirt encounter bunches of them kept in barrels. Getting all of Greg’s candy is all it cares about, to the point it jumps off of a house. The turtles make him malicious, and interestingly enough, obsessed with a thing he did when he ate the turtle in the first place. Without the turtle, Beatrice’s dog is just a sweet puppy who even helps get Greg out of the river. So we know without a doubt the turtles have some kind of evil magic. The monster it becomes is terrifying and comes pretty close to ripping Greg and Wirt to shreds. But we know that isn’t true considering what they do to Beatrice’s Dog.īeatrice’s Dog, smelling the candy Greg put on a turtle, eats it and then becomes a hideous monster with glowing eyes, hellbent on chasing the boys and devouring the entirety of Greg’s candy. The Black Turtles are all over this show and most people who’ve tried to interpret them can’t really say that they are much more than a motif. However, when we start to consider other elements of the show, the beast’s true identity becomes clear.įirst things first, let’s take a look at an element nobody seems to be able to make sense of. If The Unknown is the Afterlife, then how would dying be of any real concern? Are you double dead at that point? Does your soul cease to exist? Double Dying is not a particularly novel idea and it does provide stakes to a story, but why does the Beast feed indiscriminately on children? And how does the Woodsman’s daughter come back at the end. However, as a few of my friends pointed out, that interpretation doesn’t really make much sense. The most common fan interpretation going around is that the beast resembles the devil, or something along those lines. It has to do with the beast and the idea of just what the heck is it? Looking back on it though, it seems fairly obvious. I hadn’t even thought of it and I haven’t seen one person to take this conclusion away even after multiple re-watches.
LORNA OVER THE GARDEN WALL CRACK
This one in particular however I have to give credit to my friend Sydney because it took her one watch to crack this baby open. We have a lot of ideas of symbolism and what do certain aspects of the shows represent. I’ve gone through and watched the miniseries several times now and me and my friends have been talking about pretty frequently in the past month or so.