Hey, is anyone else thinking of the Fates for the Pink Ladies? One looks to the left, one to the right and the middle on straight ahead. TSHOTP says one of the two races of lodge spirits is "The Nordic Race" which could liken them to the Norns, and the Venus statue in the Red Room and the Saturn lamp bring up Greco-Roman deities, which also leads to the Fates/Triple Goddess if you see 3 women together. I mean yeah, at first I thought they were just showgirls but the fact that they aren't actually there and that they are posed in that particular way makes me think maybe they are a set of 3 Lodge spirits. Or they're just 3 actresses designed to evoke the feeling of looking at the Fates, to maybe drawn our attention to this scene as a momentous one (whether its a red herring or not.) I know its not like Lynch to use such a common trope, but.. its hard to believe he'd put such obvious posing in there without meaning for us to see that.
mtwentz wrote:polishq wrote:Ragnell wrote:I've been thinking about the shoes and clothes and how identity ties into this fugue. Because its lasted so long I think most of us are giving up on a quick leap, but as its been pointed out he hasn't heard his real name yet. More importantly, he hasn't seen anyone ELSE in danger yet. I think his reaction to a direct threat might justify waking him up because so much of Cooper's true identity is wrapped up in protecting others. So far the threats have been out of his line of sight and vague, but they are circling from multiple areas. The $50k. Lorraine's gang. The casino mobsters. At some point Dougie-Coop will be facing real violence, probably with someone innocent nearby to protect. At that point... we should have an interesting reaction. Maybe another vision, maybe some muscle memory or some more progress or maybe a significant leap.
And... if Lorraine's redcar henchmen are on a mission from DoppelCoop, and there's a significant danger that violence might break this spell on him, that explains the distance. They would have been instructed not to engage him directly, to leave traps or shoot from far away.
I was thinking about Janey-E's absence at the end of part 5, and how she had urged Coop to call the people they owe money to that morning. He never did, so Janey-E may be in danger now and that's why she never picked Coop up from work. I'm really interested to see how he reacts to this potential hostage situation.
I am guessing that the people he was supposed to call work for the Mitchum Brothers.
If I were a betting man, first the Mitchums are going to try and beat him up. Then when they realize his talents, they are going to try an recruit him for their own nefarious ends. Maybe to cheat out all the other casinos?
The hostage idea is an interesting theory. It'd be interesting to see how he finds that out since right now he can't find his way home, does not have Dougie's cellphone, and doesn't have the motivation to leave the statue. He'll definitely need to SEE the danger to react.
Another reason I'm interested in how DougieCoop reacts to someone in danger is the "Split Cooper" theory. If Cooper's essence really was divided between him and his doppelganger, then he won't react violently to prevent violence, he'll stick to evading or warning. But if Dougie-Cooper is really Full Cooper Prime, if Dougie and Doppelcoop are just derivatives, then seeing him have the fighting ability will confirm it.
Wonderful & Strange wrote:I think Richard and Linda and two birds with one stone go together.
Richard and Linda alone mean nothing.
Richard and Linda need to somehow be taken down, either killed or otherwise neutralized.
It's possible that the Richard and Linda clue refers to the RELATIONSHIP between Richard and Linda. Is it referring to a husband and wife, brother and sister, or partners in crime pair?
The thought of twins occurred to me, given that the main conflict is DoppelCoop and Cooper. Someone in another thread brought up the Richard Horne = Audrey + DoppelCoop theory (the logistics of which are whacked, but not completely impossible by Lynch standards), and if that were the case I'd hope for Linda to be a lawful good twin sister to balance out Audrey's family and reflect the duality and identity themes. (And if Linda is not a twin sister, please let the Worst Horne We Have Yet Seen be Jerry's kid instead.)
