th8827
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7/12/2016
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Barselaar wrote:
The Master wrote:
Barselaar wrote:
Why would you want to know his name? It's not worth it. Turn back now...
How do you know that it's not worth it? The information could sell well...
It could, correct... But rest assured, any attempts to learn it will not end well.
Which means that, if you manage to learn it, you can sell it repeatedly, since it will end badly for anyone buying it.
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Gone NORTH. It's nice here.
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xKiv
Posts: 846
7/13/2016
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Professor Sketch wrote:
I have the same hopes for Mr. Eaten as I do for the Doctor.
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But I prefer the pun option.
It's actually not just any pun. It's a *burn*.
Which is why it has to be written in something that's on fire in its natural state.
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https://www.fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/xKiv - a witchful, percussive, dangermous and shadowry scholar of coexplodence, hopsidirean, and walker of fallen kitties.
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al2o3cr
Posts: 66
7/13/2016
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There's some content in the wiki from Seeking that demonstrates that it's a little of both.
[spoiler]
On the one hand, there's an explicit reference to it being "Mr. Candles", mentioned on the "Give up your Enigma" text on the Queen of Inks card, and some old content from a Mr. (Eaten) Sacks visit a few years back.
On the other hand, there's no shortage of hints in Seeking that it's a seven-letter word (SEVEN IS THE NUMBER) in the Correspondence. Problematic, since normal materials generally (always?) burst into flame after at best *six* symbols have been inscribed. Examples include the "In your dreams, you hear a voice echoing hollowly each night" card that starts the Seeking plot.
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IMO, the act of utterly effacing the name of something is the critical act here. There's historical precedent for the belief that erasing the name of something effectively destroys it; chiseling the cartouches of unpopular Pharaohs off monuments was thought to be equivalent to attacking them in the afterlife - and the "In your dreams, you hear a voice echoing hollowly each night" card result has you finding a place where the Name has been chiseled off...
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Dungerson
Posts: 44
7/13/2016
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Here's what we know about Mr. Eaten:
- He's waiting for a reckoning that shall not be postponed indefinitely. i.e., he's waiting for his time.
- He's lurking, dead and drowned. You can't see him, not without making a very bad decision and dooming yourself.
- Finding his name gives your character an ending, albeit a bad one. Perhaps one can argue that he's the endpoint of the FL franchise.
- His domain is candles, shinin' in the dark.
Therefore:
[spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgUB3lF9IQA[/spoiler]
(I'm sorry)
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maricolous
Posts: 56
7/13/2016
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I... I can't believe I was actually surprised by that...
You think maybe one day I would learn...
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
7/13/2016
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For what it's worth: this site claims that the ancient Egyptians used the first candles. http://candles.org/history/
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Catherine Raymond aka Mrs. Rykar Malkus http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Catherine%20Raymond (Gone NORTH)
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Johny Topside
Posts: 46
7/13/2016
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From Ambition Nemesis
[spoiler]Mr. Mups' name is "That which is empty, whose purpose is to be filled" Mr. Candles name could be something like that.[/spoiler]
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Kittenpox
Posts: 869
7/13/2016
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Spoiler warning, but Mr Eaten's actual name is:
[spoiler] , due to a contractual dispute with Warner Bros.
Think about it - have you ever seen Mr Eaten and Prince in a room at the same time? :-p[/spoiler]
edited by Kittenpox on 7/13/2016
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Current [Fabulous Diamond] count: Twenty-Five (of 50). Halfway there! ^_^
Metaphysical Caprice: 11.
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NO PLANT BATTLES PLEASE.
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Saklad
Posts: 528
7/13/2016
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You may as well ask “Doctor who?”. The literal name isn’t the point.
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The Angry Pirate
Posts: 30
7/13/2016
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Optimatum wrote:
Hey, Mr. E already has 999 Watchful. Even with the most min-maxing and Notable overclocking I doubt any of us will achieve that.
You would have thought with 999 watchful Mr Eaten would have seen this whole thing coming. After all if 200+ watchful is enough for an impossible theorem 999 watchful should have been enough for Eaten to realize that all his space-bat-friends hated him.
edited by The Angry Pirate on 7/13/2016
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suinicide
Posts: 2409
7/13/2016
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Mr. Veils probably has 1000 shadowy.
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A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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