[UA] Cloudbusting and an archetype

[Bailey Watts]

>Well, the point was that The Comte looks at all humans as inferior to him, 
>and he talks down to them, makes references to things they couldn't 
>possibly know (ancient literature from societies we no longer even know 
>exist, for example), etc.  I imagine once he might have been a friendly 
>father figure like Wonka, but became more and more cynical as no Charlie 
>showed up and all he found were varieties of the other rotten little kids.  
>So he becomes a grumpy old man (taken to the millionth degree) and looks 
>upon most people as more of a nuisance than they're worth dealing with.
>
>Mr. Teapot
>had more or less forgotten that story

Am I the only one who was creeped out by Wonka?  When I read the books as a 
kid everything was cool until near the end where Wonka discloses why he held 
the Golden Ticket contest.  When he said that he chose children because an 
adult wouldn't do things his way it made me think that Wonka was planning 
for his ghost to possess Charlie.  It gave me nightmares for weeks.
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