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15 years ago
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Eeep! I have a few ideas... but they are a bit convoluted...
well a lot of it works around how we understand 'reincarnation'
as in - literally - cassy dies then comes back as a cat OR in a roundabout way, as in - cassy sort of mentally shoves all her mind into her cats so Maruman is half him and half her (which would explain the madness and moments when he seems different) OR Cassy doesn't have a choice in the matter somehow, she overwrites Maruman's mind with her own for some reasonm perhaps because she is dying too early....
Ashlings' guildleader
15 years ago
Ashlings' guildleader
Master of Obernewtyn
Oh yah! I found my team - I thought they missed me but then i saw there are four teams! This is going to get interesting.
I was also thinking along the same lines as your last two ideas Maz.
15 years ago
Wed Sep 17 2008, 10:31pm
My idea is pretty similar too... i was looking at it as a roundabout way, where cassy lives through maruman/ which is basically what you suggested Maz.
And then his role in the book... well he is the moonwatcher so, if cassy is reincarnated as maruman she can certainly keep an eye on Elspeth.
Wanderer Ward
15 years ago
Wanderer Ward
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I just wrote something nice and concise but as usual the stupid internet chose the moment I clicked the 'reply to thread' button to disconnect and lose my message.
even worse - I can't remember what I said...
something about the previous theories that if the moon is important and Cassy had access to that knowledge then were she in Maruman's mind he too would know...
But I think the issue is how much access the two minds have:
1. they are totally separate and Maruman has no knowledge of Cassy there but she feeds him knowledge
2. They are completely mixed (like mixing red and blue to make purple) and have created a entirely new mind
3. They are partially separate but the bit where they are mixed up creates the madness and uncertainty of Maruman
Oh and just a thought on lifespan - a shared mind could possibly tranfer certain qualities of Cassy to Maruman thus giving him the longevity of a human?
Oh and thinking also - dreamtrails - Maruman says something early on about animals knowing all about them but what if the presence of Cassy in his mind gives him awareness of the purpose they could be put to to help Elspeth in her quest OR Cassy when talking to Maruman finds out about dreamtrails and gets the idea there to hide clues there?
lastly I'm going to look up Merimyn later (when I'm next taking a break from my essay). From what I briefly remember and a couple of the ideas I have its possible to argue that Merimyn is important somehow - e.g he is the cat before the merge of him and cassy created Maruman
OR! or, new idea!! what if Cassy actually gave her knowledge/mind to Merimyn? In that line of thinking Maruman would be a descendant of Merimyn and the knowledge/mind of Cassy has been passed generation to generation. I like this idea. :nod:
Sorry, I'm good at ideas, but not coherant ones.
*dpm*
So anyone had any brilliant ideas yet? Or want to expand on an idea... i'll try and have a go at writing teh start of something soonish, but i have an assignment due tomorrow so i should probably get back to that...
Sorry for this spammish post...
Wanderer Ward
15 years ago
Wanderer Ward
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I did something silly |:(
I said I'd look up examples but then didn't take the books to uni with me...
Ashlings' guildleader
15 years ago
Ashlings' guildleader
Master of Obernewtyn
I'll try and do something tomorrow.
Just a reminder that we need your entries in today! Thank you :)
Gah... completely forgot about this... [act]looks sheepishly[/act]
has anyone done anything????
Wanderer Ward
15 years ago
Wanderer Ward
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oops... no... and I have to leave for lectures now! on no. well, in about 2 hours I'll have some free time so I'll type up whatever I can but we're not going to have quotes as my books are very far away (unless I'm sneaky and steal them from the other teams |:| )