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** The BystanderSyndrome scene itself might be this, as [[spoiler: by that point, Lasombra has already found out the body in the hospital and is nearing the end of his journey, and they don't need the people to react to him anymore.]]
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]] The seemingly gibberish of the tapping of tongues and lips also ties to the Pontifex Institute's [[spoiler: nihilistic view of reality that words have no meaning and ultimately all is gibberish.]]
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's and Lisa's rooms and the Pontifex Institute compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's and Lisa's rooms and the Pontifex Institute compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]] The seemingly gibberish of the tapping of tongues and lips also ties to the Pontifex Institute's [[spoiler: nihilistic view of reality that words have no meaning and ultimately all is gibberish.]]
**]] The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's and Lisa's rooms and the Pontifex Institute compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
**
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure black chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
** Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
** Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
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* EldritchAbomination: EldritchAbomination:
** [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure black chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
**Also, certain Certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
** [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure black chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
**
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Null edit, Alphabetizing examples Removed shoutout that was typed in draft form that I forgot to delete. Also alphabetized Shoutout to its correct position.
* SanitySlippage: Lasombra clearly starts losing it near the end, [[spoiler:culminating in him crossing the DespairEventHorizon after discovering he's not even real]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
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** The in-universe wikipedia page for the Pontifex Society mentions an interview the cult's founder gave to Psychology ______ at Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City of Lights book store. The former was a real magazine, and the latter is a real place where many public gatherings and events took place.
* SanitySlippage: Lasombra clearly starts losing it near the end, [[spoiler:culminating in him crossing the DespairEventHorizon after discovering he's not even real]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
* SanitySlippage: Lasombra clearly starts losing it near the end, [[spoiler:culminating in him crossing the DespairEventHorizon after discovering he's not even real]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
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General clarification on work content Changed Pontifex Society to Pontifex Institute when appropriate. According to in-universe wiki page, Pontifex Society is the previous name of the organization. Need to add trope explaining this trivia in future. Also corrected some parts about Empty Man vs Between One, and added "separateness is an illusion" to cult's views.
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]] The seemingly gibberish of the tapping of tongues and lips also ties to the Pontifex Society's [[spoiler: nihilistic view of reality that words have no meaning and ultimately all is gibberish.]]
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's room and the Pontifex Society compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's room and the Pontifex Society compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]] The seemingly gibberish of the tapping of tongues and lips also ties to the Pontifex Society's Institute's [[spoiler: nihilistic view of reality that words have no meaning and ultimately all is gibberish.]]
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda'sroom and Lisa's rooms and the Pontifex Society Institute compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object during random intervals.
** The same whispers emanate from the strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's
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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Pontifex Society passes themselves off as a self-empowerment group. They're actually a cult that [[spoiler: is exploiting The Empty Man's power for, among other things, ThePowerOfCreation.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power to experiment with this, up to and including the creation of [[{{Tulpa}} thoughtforms]].]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: Veers ''hard'' into this after Lasombra starts investigating The Pontifex Society.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lasombra's wife and son died in a tragic car crash [[spoiler: while he was having an affair with Nora. It turns out this backstory was written for him by the Pontifex Society.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power to experiment with this, up to and including the creation of [[{{Tulpa}} thoughtforms]].]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: Veers ''hard'' into this after Lasombra starts investigating The Pontifex Society.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lasombra's wife and son died in a tragic car crash [[spoiler: while he was having an affair with Nora. It turns out this backstory was written for him by the Pontifex Society.]]
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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Pontifex Society Institute passes themselves off as a self-empowerment group. They're actually a cult that [[spoiler: is exploiting The Empty Man's power for, among other things, ThePowerOfCreation.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler: The PontifexSociety Institute are using The Empty Man's power to experiment with this, up to and including the creation of [[{{Tulpa}} thoughtforms]].]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: Veers ''hard'' into this after Lasombra starts investigating The PontifexSociety.Institute.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lasombra's wife and son died in a tragic car crash [[spoiler: while he was having an affair with Nora. It turns out this backstory was written for him by the PontifexSociety.Institute.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: [[spoiler: The Pontifex
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: Veers ''hard'' into this after Lasombra starts investigating The Pontifex
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Lasombra's wife and son died in a tragic car crash [[spoiler: while he was having an affair with Nora. It turns out this backstory was written for him by the Pontifex
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** Paul is the only hiker who isn't afraid to cross the bridge in the prologue. [[spoiler: Bridges end up becoming an important motif around The Empty Man, and Paul is later described as a "bridge" between The Empty Man and The Pontifex Society.]] Furthermore, as stated below the word "pontifex" is Latin for "bridge builder".
** After Paul is possessed by The Between One, Greg discovers his SelfHarm scars. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.]]
** After Paul is possessed by The Between One, Greg discovers his SelfHarm scars. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.]]
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** Paul is the only hiker who isn't afraid to cross the bridge in the prologue. [[spoiler: Bridges end up becoming an important motif around The Empty Man, and Paul which is later described as a "bridge" between The Empty Man Between One and The Pontifex Society.Institute.]] Furthermore, as stated below the word "pontifex" is Latin for "bridge builder".
** After Paul is possessed by TheBetween One, Empty Man, Greg discovers his SelfHarm scars. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society's Society/Institute's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.]]
** After Paul is possessed by The
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Empty Man and "its reality"]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become the new Empty Man, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become the new Empty Man, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Empty Man and "its reality"]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society Institute cultists]].
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The PontifexSociety Institute gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become the new Empty Man, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become hosts for The Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Empty Man and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The Empty Man's new host, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become hosts for The Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Empty Man and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, Institute, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The Empty Man's new host, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Empty Man's current, deteriorating host.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society Institute are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Empty Man's current, deteriorating host.]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, who according to the cultist Garrett, acts as a transmitter for [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society Institute worship The Empty Man, who according to the cultist Garrett, acts as a transmitter or "prophet" for [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
** A large poster for "Music/TheMisfits" hangs in Amanda's bedroom.
** The in-universe wikipedia page for the Pontifex Society mentions an interview the cult's founder gave to Psychology ______ at Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City of Lights book store. The former was a real magazine, and the latter is a real place where many public gatherings and events took place.
** The in-universe wikipedia page for the Pontifex Society mentions an interview the cult's founder gave to Psychology ______ at Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City of Lights book store. The former was a real magazine, and the latter is a real place where many public gatherings and events took place.
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent, that nothing is real to the world, and that The Empty Man, an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society Institute believe that loss is nonexistent, separateness is an illusion, that nothing is real to the world, and that The Empty Man, the "prophet" for an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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General clarification on work content After rewatching film, corrected part about black cloth— staring at it has no bearing on whether or not it emits glow/chanting. Still have much work to do in future.
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** The same whispers emanate from the woven black cloths in Amanda's room and the Pontifex society compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object while it is stared upon directly.
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** The same whispers emanate from the woven strange black cloths hanging in Amanda's room and the Pontifex society Society compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object while it is stared upon directly.during random intervals.
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and black chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
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Finished reverts. See my previous edit for explanation.
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** The same whispers emanate from the woven black cloths in Amanda's room and the Pontifex society compound, but said whispers (and subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object while it is stared upon directly.
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** The same whispers emanate from the woven black cloths in Amanda's room and the Pontifex society compound, but said whispers (and intermittent subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object while it is stared upon directly.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, which acts as a transmitter or antenna to [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, which who according to the cultist Garrett, acts as a transmitter or antenna to for [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, a transmitter for the EldritchAbomination known as "The Between One," will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? because "it causes division."
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? because "it causes division."
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and nonexistent, that nothing is real to the world world, and that The Empty Man, a transmitter for the an EldritchAbomination known as "The Between One," will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? because "it causes division."]]
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? because "it causes division."
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Lasombra learns about tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers ''he'' is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Between One's attempt to use him as a host.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new Empty Man, which is the host for The Other, aka The Between One.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new Empty Man, which is the host for The Other, aka The Between One.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Lasombra learns about tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers ''he'' is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Between One's The Empty Man's attempt to use him as a host.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a newEmpty Man, which is the host for The Other, aka The Between One.Empty Man.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new
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* VehicularKidnapping: Lasombra maces and stuffs Garret into his car.
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* VehicularKidnapping: Lasombra maces and stuffs Garret Garrett into his car.
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Reverted most of my edits after realizing that this page needs a massive cleanup due to the lack of differentiation beteeen the Empty Man, The Other/Between One, and the Noosphere, as whoever created this page treats them as being one and the same.
I need to make much more extensive drafts in Word and watch the film a few more times (as I remembered that the film was unclear whether the corpse in the cave was The Between One or the previous Empty Man) Left a couple of Between One mentions, one Noosphere mention, and the changed from James to Lasombra for consistency/preventing confusion.
I need to make much more extensive drafts in Word and watch the film a few more times (as I remembered that the film was unclear whether the corpse in the cave was The Between One or the previous Empty Man) Left a couple of Between One mentions, one Noosphere mention, and the changed from James to Lasombra for consistency/preventing confusion.
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** We also learn from various cultists that essentially, The Pontifex Society [[spoiler:worships The Empty Man, a possessed host acting as an antenna for an Eldritch Abomination that will unite the Noosphere (the cult's term for the sum of all sentient minds) in chaotic nothingness after destroying our current "false" reality.]]
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* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The Between One.]]
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* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The Between One.Empty Man.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Lasombra is a {{Tulpa}}, everything he knows is a lie, and he ends up becoming The Between One's new host (aka Empty Man) because, after learning all of this, he has no reason to fight it.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Lasombra is a {{Tulpa}}, everything he knows is a lie, and he ends up becoming The Between One's new host (aka Empty Man) Man because, after learning all of this, he has no reason to fight it.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter to communicate with the cultists. It is unclear if the skeleton in the cave during the prologue is The Between One, or the previous Empty Man.]]
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** The previous Empty Man as it appears in both the prologue and Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes The Between One's new host.]]
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes The Between One's new host.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Between One and "its reality"]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Between One Empty Man and "its reality"]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
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* HumanoidAbomination: The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.SpiderLimbs. It is unclear if these remains belonged to [[spoiler:the previous Empty Man or the eldritch abomination known as "The Other" aka "The Between One."]]
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become the new Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Between One and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The new Empty Man, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become the new hosts for The Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Between One Empty Man and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The new Empty Man, Man's new host, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Between One's current, deteriorating host.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Between One's Empty Man's current, deteriorating host.]]
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More corrections to differentiate between Empty Man and Between One, and changing "James" to "Lasombra" for consistency.
Just realized more edits/cleanup needed (after I rewatch the movie) because whoever created this page failed to differentiate between The Empty Man, The Between One/Other, and The Noosphere, treating them all as being The Empty Man.
Just realized more edits/cleanup needed (after I rewatch the movie) because whoever created this page failed to differentiate between The Empty Man, The Between One/Other, and The Noosphere, treating them all as being The Empty Man.
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* AncientEvil: The Empty Man is seemingly this, judging by the remains the hikers find in the prologue.
* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
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* AncientEvil: The previous Empty Man is seemingly this, judging by the remains the hikers find in the prologue.
* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
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* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The Empty Man.]]
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** The same whispers emanate from the woven black cloths in Amanda's room and the Pontifex society compound, but said whispers (and subtle blue glow) only emanate from the object while it is stared upon directly.
* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for TheEmpty Man.Between One.]]
* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Seemingly happens to Paul by the Empty Man in the prologue. In the end, it appears the same is will happen to James.]]
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Seemingly happens to Paul by the Empty Man in the prologue. In the end, it appears the same is will happen to James.James Lasombra.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Lasombra is a {{Tulpa}}, everything he knows is a lie, and he ends up becoming The Empty Man's new host because, after learning all of this, he has no reason to fight it.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Lasombra is a {{Tulpa}}, everything he knows is a lie, and he ends up becoming The Empty Man's Between One's new host (aka Empty Man) because, after learning all of this, he has no reason to fight it.]]
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** The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
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** The previous Empty Man as it appears in both the prologue and Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw [[spoiler:mind screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Between One]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become The Empty Man's new host, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become The Empty Man's new host, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except The Between One]] One and "its reality"]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to becomeThe the new Empty Man's new host, Man, he won't have the motivation to fight it and live for himself. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The Pontifex Society gives Lasombra such a [[DarkAndTroubledPast depressing backstory]] so that, when it's time for him to become
* HumanoidAbomination: The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue; a giant humanoid skeleton with [[ExtraDigits massive hands]] and SpiderLimbs.
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* PossessionBurnout: [[spoiler: Paul's body is deteriorating after being The Empty Man's host for so long]].
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* PossessionBurnout: [[spoiler: Paul's body is deteriorating after being The Empty Man's host Man for so long]].
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, which acts as a transmitter or antenna to [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One" They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, which acts as a transmitter or antenna to [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One" One." They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:James learns about tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers ''he'' is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Empty Man's attempt to use him as a host.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new host for The Empty Man.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new host for The Empty Man.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:James [[spoiler:Lasombra learns about tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers ''he'' is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Empty Man's Between One's attempt to use him as a host.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new Empty Man, which is the host for TheEmpty Man.Other, aka The Between One.]]
* {{Tulpa}}: [[spoiler: Lasombra was created as a new Empty Man, which is the host for The
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* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page. [[spoiler:We also learn from various cultists that essentially, The Pontifex Society worships a Lovecraftian entity that will unite the Noosphere (the sum of all sentient minds) in chaotic nothingness after destroying our current "false" reality.]]
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* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page. [[spoiler:We
** We also learn from various cultists that essentially, The Pontifex Societyworships [[spoiler:worships The Empty Man, a Lovecraftian entity possessed host acting as an antenna for an Eldritch Abomination that will unite the Noosphere (the cult's term for the sum of all sentient minds) in chaotic nothingness after destroying our current "false" reality.]] ]]
** We also learn from various cultists that essentially, The Pontifex Society
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter.]]
Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man as a transmitter.transmitter to communicate with the cultists.]]
** Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
"]]
** The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
** Also, certain members of the "Noosphere" (the sum of all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry.
** The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become hosts for The Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Empty Man and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The Empty Man's new host, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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** "Pontifex" is a Latin word meaning "bridge builder". It's also an old term for a pontiff or bishop, or, a "bridge" between man and god; Pope Francis even uses "@Pontifex" as his Website/{{Twitter}} handle. [[spoiler: This fits with both Paul and Lasombra, who become hosts for The the new Empty Man, or, "bridges" between The Empty Man Between One and the real world. It also fits with The Pontifex Society, who operate as a ReligionOfEvil, and created Lasombra to be The new Empty Man's new host, Man, i.e. "building a bridge", and functioning as their spiritual leader ''a la'' the Pope.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Empty Man's current, deteriorating host.]]
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* MetaphysicalFuel: [[spoiler: The Pontifex Society are using The Empty Man's power in their experiments. To continue doing this, they created Lasombra to replace The Empty Man's Between One's current, deteriorating host.]]
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* PsychicNosebleed: James starts suffering them shortly after blowing into an empty bottle on a bridge.
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* PsychicNosebleed: James Lasombra starts suffering them shortly after blowing into an empty bottle on a bridge.
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, a transmitter for the EldritchAbomination known as "The Between One," will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]] The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the concept of "right and wrong." Why? because it "causes division."
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, a transmitter for the EldritchAbomination known as "The Between One," will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]] ]]
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? becauseit "causes "it causes division."
** The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the very concept of "right and wrong." Why? because
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The Empty Man is not the "Eldritch Abomination", the being known as "The Other/The Between One" is. The collective minds of the cultists are not the abomination, they are the "Noosphere"
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* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page.
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* ApocalypseCult: [[spoiler:The Pontifex Society]], according to their in-universe Wikipedia page. [[spoiler:We also learn from various cultists that essentially, The Pontifex Society worships a Lovecraftian entity that will unite the Noosphere (the sum of all sentient minds) in chaotic nothingness after destroying our current "false" reality.]]
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* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The Empty Man.]]
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* BrownNoteBeing: When Paul encounters The previous Empty Man's remains in the prologue, [[spoiler: he almost immediately becomes a host for The Empty Man.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Empty Man, who is a manifestation of the thoughts of the cult and, if one of the cultists is to be believed, also minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes the Empty Man's new host.]]
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes the Empty Man's new host.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Other/The Between One, an entity "of pure darkness and chaos" which uses The Empty Man, who is Man as a manifestation transmitter.]]
Also, certain members of thethoughts "Noosphere" (the sum of the cult and, if one of the cultists is to be believed, also all conscious thought) which includes [[spoiler:the minds of inhuman things "ancient and angry."]]
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The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomesthe Empty Man's The Between One's new host.]]
Also, certain members of the
The previous Empty Man as it appears in Lasombra's [[spoiler:mind-screw hallucination]] near the end of the movie would also qualify.
* EmptyShell: Paul becomes this after being exposed to the Empty Man in 1995. [[spoiler:Might have happened to Lasombra at the end of the film, after he kills Paul and becomes
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* ExistentialHorror: [[spoiler:Veers into it at the end with James, when he learns that he was a tulpa created by the cult with no free will or real existence.]]
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* ExistentialHorror: [[spoiler:Veers into it at the end with James, Lasombra, when he learns that he was a tulpa created by the cult with no free will or real existence.]]
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** After Paul is possessed by The Empty Man, Greg discovers his SelfHarm scars. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.]]
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** After Paul is possessed by The Empty Man, Between One, Greg discovers his SelfHarm scars. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that The Empty Man's power manifests most effectively "through the cracks of sorrow". This is why Lasombra was The Pontifex Society's first successful attempt at a thoughtform, and it's why both he and Paul became hosts for The Empty Man.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except the Empty Man]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Learning that [[spoiler: nothing is real except the Empty Man]] The Between One]] isn't too kind to the psyches of [[spoiler:the Pontifex Society cultists]].
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, [[spoiler: and are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Pontifex Society worship The Empty Man, [[spoiler: and which acts as a transmitter or antenna to [[spoiler:the Eldritch Abomination known as "The Other" or "The Between One" They are using its power to create thoughtforms.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, an a transmitter for the EldritchAbomination known as "The Between One," will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]]] The Pontifex Society's questionnaire reveals that they reject the concept of "right and wrong." Why? because it "causes division."
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:James learns about Tulpa's early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers he is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Empty Man's attempt to use him as a host.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:James learns about Tulpa's tulpas early on, and sees the cult attempt to create some throughout the movie. By the end, he discovers he ''he'' is one, with an actual file folder holding cutouts of generic news articles used to create his life story. The revelation is timed in such a way to incapacitate his resistance to the Empty Man's attempt to use him as a host.]]
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* PsychicNosebleed: James starts suffering them shortly after blowing into an empty bottle on a bridge.
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]]
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* BlackSpeech: Certain people affected by The Empty Man are seemingly compelled to whisper... ''something''... to other people. All that's audible is the tapping of their tongues and lips. [[spoiler: Whatever this is, it [[PsychicAssistedSuicide causes several people who hear to kill themselves]], and it causes Ruthie to commit a MurderSuicide in the prologue. It's heavily implied that the whispering has other effects as well.]] The seemingly gibberish of the tapping of tongues and lips also ties to the Pontifex Society's [[spoiler: nihilistic view of reality that words have no meaning and ultimately all is gibberish.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film has a [[ProlongedPrologue lengthy prologue]] with four characters, three of whom die by the end of the prologue, and the film them picks up with our actual protagonist.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film has a [[ProlongedPrologue lengthy prologue]] with four characters, three of whom die by the end of the prologue, and the film them then picks up with our actual protagonist.
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* ShoutOut: Lasombra addresses Garret as "Neal Cassady" due to the young man's [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration Beat Generation]] lingo.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The phrase “We transmit, you receive” is a CallBack to David Prior’s previous short film ''Film/AM1200''.
** Lasombra addresses Garret as "Neal Cassady" due to the young man's [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration Beat Generation]]lingo.lingo.
** The police detective Lasombra meets with several times is named Villiers, a nod to ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'', which shares a few thematic similarities with the movie.
** The phrase “We transmit, you receive” is a CallBack to David Prior’s previous short film ''Film/AM1200''.
** Lasombra addresses Garret as "Neal Cassady" due to the young man's [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration Beat Generation]]
** The police detective Lasombra meets with several times is named Villiers, a nod to ''Literature/TheGreatGodPan'', which shares a few thematic similarities with the movie.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the crowd of cultists spot Lasombra and start matching his footsteps, Lasombra mutters, "Yeah... no," and sprints away.
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* StrawNihilist: spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.
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* StrawNihilist: spoiler: [[spoiler: Amanda and the Pontifex Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that The Empty Man, an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Amanda and [[ReligionOfEvil/the Pontifex Society]] believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that [[EldritchAbomination/The Empty Man]] will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: spoiler: Amanda and [[ReligionOfEvil/the the Pontifex Society]] Society believe that loss is nonexistent and that nothing is real to the world and that [[EldritchAbomination/The The Empty Man]] Man, an EldritchAbomination will help humanity to discover the truth of life.]]
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