[UA] Re: [UA]

[Gar Hanrahan]

> >> >Within a century, some other cave-woman displaces the first Mother, 
>and
> >> >she pops through the House of Redemption on her way out, and starts
> >> >killing and eating children (sounds like the opposite of being a 
>mother
> >>to
> >> >me).  That's a powerful enough concept that she probably Re-Ascends in
> >> >short order.
> >>
> >>I didn't think ex-Clergymembers could re-Ascend.  I though that was
> >>mentioned in the inital description of the House (but I could be wrong).
> >>In certain ways, it would seem to easy for them to do so (a. they know 
>all
> >>about the IC, b. they're fanatically opposed to their old archetype, 
>thus
> >>pushing them to ascned as an opposite archetype, etc).
> >
> >I have to say, though, that the Killer of Children seems like a pretty 
>good
> >archetype.  Needs a punchier name, of course....  Lilith, Medea, Baba 
>Yaga,
> >and any number of real world murderesses.
> >
> >Kind of hard to put a positive spin on that one, though.
>
>Perhaps the Bogeyman that frightens children into behaving?  That makes for 
>a fairly positive spin (not terribly so, but it's closer).  Characters like 
>Saint Nicholas's old sidekick, Black Peter, who'd take away bad children in 
>a sack, would be used to convince children to be good.

You could also possibly maybe argue for mercy killings, euthanasia, 
etc...and maybe tie in mothers who put their kids up for adoption/leave them 
on doorstops. Call it the Childless Mother or something.

Eh. Weak.

>Mr. Teapot
Gar
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