[UA] UA and Twin Peaks

[Mark K]

>>I am looking for suggestions, brainstorming, etc.
>Dr. Kiel?  You want to take this one?
>
>-G.

I imagine Greg has pointed in my direction because I am a bit of a David 
Lynch freak (I actually have an editing credit in the second edition of 
“Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks” – but enough about my 
geekery!).  Although I have never run a game involving the TP setting, Lynch 
tends to be a big part of my games (overtly – I love his soundtracks for 
mood, or coverty – Lynchian themes of parellel identities and non-linear 
plot lines are timeless…)

I did a setting that was pseudo-TP, a small Midwestern filled with dark 
secrets that actually tied into the existence of a Cruel One and an 
important mechanism for the Comte’s ascension.  (If you would like the 
outline, I would be glad to send it out…)

As for a TP game proper, I think the biggest challenge would be explaining 
Lynch’s unexplained.  To quote the man himself, “The more unknowable the 
mystery, the more beautiful it is."

That said, there are somethings I have thought about.  Most notable is all 
the allusions, both in and out of story.  For instance:

Dale Cooper: Dale’s middle name is Bartholomew, marking him D.B.
cooper, a la the famous skyjacker.

Glastonberry Grove: The coincidental name shared with the
legendary burial place of King Arthur (sort of: It’s really Glastonbury) has
had many run off in search of possible Fisher-King connections. I wonder…
Most have proven a little tenuous, although some connections have been
made: Andy seems to be set up as a Parsifal archetype. A good analogy
is Windom Earle: King Arthur, Caroline/Annie: Guinivere, Coop: Sir Lancelot
My own personal knowledge of Arthurian legend only goes as far as the Howard
Pyle illustrated children’s books and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, but 
I
do like the idea of the cup-of-coffee-as-holy grail. The idea of “a child
without a father” suggests to me Donna, or Lucy’s baby, or even Little Nicky
(he has to serve some purpose!).

Harry S. Truman: Not only in reference to the former U.S. president.
But also the name of the man who lived near Spirit Lake under Mt. St. Helens 
and
refused to move from his home despite the warning of volcanic eruption was
named Harry Truman, as well.

(They do seem to tap symbolism and the statosphere, don't they?)

For a complete list of references, go to:

ftp://lutetia.uoregon.edu/pub/twin-peaks/allusions

Good luck and I will be interested to hear if you do something with it!

M.

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