[UA] Cannibal

[Nick Wedig]

>>> Rather than mythological "ogres" and "ghouls," I'd think the more
>>realistic conflict would be between those who cannibalize for spiritual
>>reasons (some old Paupan tribes, some Amazon tribes, Jeffrey Dahmer) and
>>those who cannibalize out of necessity (the Donner party, that soccer team
>>whose plane crashed).
>>
>>Oddly enough, this is (roughly) the plot of the screenplay I'm working on. I
>>figure the time is right for serious cannibal noir.
>
>Heh.  One UA screenplay idea I had was called "Saturnalia" and was centered
>around the "Ritual of Saturn" -- an ugly ritual that gives a man power by
>destroying (and ritually consuming) his offspring.  I was inspired to it by
>the fact that Abraham Lincoln and HPL have no living descendants.  (I'm
>sure there are plenty more historical examples, but I just don't know
>them.)  

IIRC, Isaac Newton never married and might have died a virgin (the virginity of dea guys is hard to validate, however) but I'm too lazy to back that up.

Mr. Teapot
newtonian physicist

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