In the novel Randal Flagg muses at one point that there might be other struggles like the one he and mother Abigail are involved with. Was there a Flag of Europe or Asia? Or Africa? Did any of these beings actually win their battles?
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Hi Joseph Burdette, If it's not written down or spoken of by the author then the answers to those questions would lie in the imagination of the reader. I would think good and evil exist everywhere, it's just that this version was America-centric. Many emissaries in all places in the world and on all levels of the tower would represent the Crimson King, just as the White has it's own staunch supporters.
….Mal speaks wisely.....which in and of itself is a shocker.....
I was just acting. I'm quite the poseur!….Mal speaks wisely.....which in and of itself is a shocker.....
There is a bit where Flagg wonders if there were others like him in Russia, China or Iran then puts it to one side saying that was something for in ten years. It would be an interesting thing to wonder though. Were there other Flaggs and did they also lose?
...........timelines...realities...histories....worlds....possibilities....the universe....is endless.
"there are other worlds than this..."
"...there is nothing new under the sun...." - Qoheleth
Are all the iterations of Flagg in various King books the same person? The Dark Tower says there's many levels for beings to exist on. Is the Flagg from The Stand necessarily the same Flagg from other books like The Eyes Of The Dragon or The Dark Tower series? I think it would be cool to think that Flagg could transcend these boundaries and cross between these levels, rather than being a similar self across many.
Well that guys a serial loser. We know from the Dark Tower that the SK universe covers multiple realities and dimensions. But you could go further and say all other multi dimensional realities like the MCU are just part of it. Every super villain is just part of the larger picture. They all just feed into the SKU or DTU.
Yes, Flagg is the same person in the various books.
Thanks : ) I like it more that way.
Does Steve not contradict himself when regarding John Farson. I believe he initially was Randall Flagg, and then this got changed later. I am right in saying that Walter O'Dim and Flagg are different though, right?
The Steve King universe destroys the MCU.
I wish a company really would do a dedicated SKU. it would be like printing money.
No, Walter and Flagg are the same. The explanation and listing of all of the aliases takes up 6-1/2 pages in Robin Furth's Complete Concordance so too much to put in here.
I think the Marvel books explained something similar as well I believe?
Except don't make it like the MCU.
But why not? its easily the most successful movie series of all time. There have been a few duds but the majority of them were very well done. SK deserves to have a solid stream of movies like that. So does Lovecraft.
..........i like his use of MCU imagery in "Wolves..."