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question regarding robert olmstead and the shadow innsmouth
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:09 pm
by satinsoven123
Hi, i'm new to this forum. I don't know if this is in the right section, so please move it accordingly.
I recently read the Shadow over innsmouth, and as is usually prevalent in HP's stories, I found many questions unanswered. My most important question is this:
Why was the protagonist being chased by the deep ones during his escape from the hotel?
edit: Also, what the hell is the illustration on the cover of
the call of chthulu and other weird stories a picture of?
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:30 pm
by Eternities End
a famous public domain painting...
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:37 pm
by satinsoven123
what do you mean? isn't it a scene from some story?
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:46 pm
by Eternities End
no...its a painting...just because its the illustration doesn't mean its in the book...
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:44 am
by satinsoven123
oh ok. So then can you answer my question about robert olmstead?
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:57 pm
by Eternities End
I think they wanted to kill him/sacrifice him to Dagon/Hydra...at least that's my impression...that and they might not of liked him too much being evil fish monsters...After he escapes, I'm pretty sure they just don't want him to get out of town
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:37 pm
by satinsoven123
the sacrifice theory sounds the most probable. They had to take advantage of the opportunity, because olmstead remarks upon the scarcity of normal humans in the town. Another (rather unlikely) theory is that they might have wanted him because of his ancestral connection to Obed Marsh. Whether to punish him or praise him, I dunno.
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:34 am
by Eternities End
Yah idk if they could realize that by simply looking at him...The sacrifice theory seems the best in my opinion
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:38 pm
by lovecraft518
He also knew way too much about what was going on in town
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:25 pm
by Eternities End
They're fish people...you can't let something like that leak out or the state police will come in and have a giant Fish n chips fest!
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:55 pm
by tsathoggua
Hardly state that looks like federal government stuff to me
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:23 am
by JJ Burke
i don't know the name of that painting, but it might have been chosen to represent a scene from 'dagon'.. if that's in the book
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:11 pm
by Eternities End
yah maybe
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:39 pm
by satinsoven123
I think that makes sense. Dagon is the only story from that book that features a man climbing over rocks and ledges on the island in the sea, and because of the shipwreck his clothes are all torn.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:55 pm
by tsathoggua
i think you've got it there
