There will be spoilers for both IT and Dreamcatcher in this post, so if you have not read either of these books, well, you've been "spoiler alerted".
Anyway. I've read both IT and Dreamcatcher recently, and I noticed something.
In IT, we are told that the Losers, including Mike, begin to forget their experiences and each other. It's never said right out that they forgot everything, but it's heavily implied. And then, in Dreamcatcher, when Mr. Gray arrives at the top of the hill where the Standpipe used to be, he finds a statue dedicated to all the lost souls in '85, and to the children...all the children. And this statue was donated by the Losers. It said so right on the pedestal, and all their names were there.
So if the Losers forgot everything, or even as much as was implied, how did they think to put up a statue?
Then there is the question of Mr. Gray himself. Who else do we know that called ITself Mr. Gray? (Or was it Grey?) And then the ominous note of: "Pennywise Lives". Were the byrum drawn to Derry because of the residue IT left behind?
And gosh, between Bob Grey, Mr. Gray, and the Greys from Lud, I think Sai King should have written "50 Shades". It would have been a hell of a lot more interesting!
Anyway. I've read both IT and Dreamcatcher recently, and I noticed something.
In IT, we are told that the Losers, including Mike, begin to forget their experiences and each other. It's never said right out that they forgot everything, but it's heavily implied. And then, in Dreamcatcher, when Mr. Gray arrives at the top of the hill where the Standpipe used to be, he finds a statue dedicated to all the lost souls in '85, and to the children...all the children. And this statue was donated by the Losers. It said so right on the pedestal, and all their names were there.
So if the Losers forgot everything, or even as much as was implied, how did they think to put up a statue?
Then there is the question of Mr. Gray himself. Who else do we know that called ITself Mr. Gray? (Or was it Grey?) And then the ominous note of: "Pennywise Lives". Were the byrum drawn to Derry because of the residue IT left behind?
And gosh, between Bob Grey, Mr. Gray, and the Greys from Lud, I think Sai King should have written "50 Shades". It would have been a hell of a lot more interesting!