History WMG / LockeAndKey

** Pessimism. The Nazis believed, and the alt-right believe, that their respective nations were/are in terrible states. Dodge claimed to Rufus that the mental healthcare system is horribly broken and evil and turned out to be completely wrong; Dodge likely believed every damn word he said. [[Literature/MotherNight We are what we pretend to be.]]

** Co-opting of a symbol and completely changing its meaning. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century#United_States Several Native American tribes have vowed to no longer use the symbol we now call the swastika.]] Imagine that happening to an entire letter of the Greek alphabet.

** Pessimism. The Nazis believed, and the alt-right believe, that their respective nations were/are in terrible states. Dodge claimed to Rufus that the mental healthcare system is horribly broken and evil and turned out to be wrong; Dodge likely believed every damn word he said. [[Literature/MotherNight We are what we pretend to be.]]

** Pessimism. The Nazis believed, and the alt-right believe, that their respective nations were/are in terrible states. Dodge claimed to Rufus that the mental healthcare system is horrible broken and evil and turns out to be wrong; Dodge likely believed every damn word he said. [[Literature/MotherNight We are what we pretend to be.]]

* His only other chance for letting the others know what's happened is if [[spoiler: Rufus comes to visit.]]

* His only other chance for letting the others know what's happened is if [[spoiler: Rufus comes to visit.]]

[[WMG:If Dodge goes through the wellhouse door in his current post-Clockworks form, will the soul of Dodge and the parasite be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?]]

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[[WMG:If [[spoiler: possessed Bode]] goes through the wellhouse door, will the soul of Dodge and the parasite be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?]]

[[WMG:If possessed Bode goes through the wellhouse door, will the soul of Dodge and the parasite be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?]]

[[WMG:If [[spoiler: possessed Bode]] goes through the wellhouse door, will the [[spoiler: soul of Dodge and the parasite]] be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?]]

[[WMG:If [[spoiler:possessed Bode]] goes through the wellhouse door, will the [[spoiler:soul of Dodge and the parasite]] be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?]]

[[WMG:If [[spoiler:possessed Bode]] goes throught the wellhouse door, will the [[spoiler:soul of Dodge and the parasite]] be destroyed and leave an empty body, or will nothing happen?

** The echo was summoned in a very specific way. [[spoiler: The instruction in Dodge's "Backup jar" said to "Say my secret name", suggesting that names are more than just labels for the Wellhouse. If Ellie had used his real name, is it possible that Luke would have been produced without the parasite?]]

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* This was already explained in a flashback issue with Ellie Whedon. [[spoiler: Dodge sent a shadow to hide part of his mind in her home, along with the Wellhouse Key, Gender Key, and written instructions to say his name at the Wellhouse. Ellie stumbled upon this little surprise and followed his orders. He appeared, killed her mother, and she ran off and didn't see Dodge again until he tricked Bode into helping him escape the Wellhouse.]]

I keep on wondering why Dodge's echo would be in the Wellhouse, because why would anyone want to bring back the echo of a murderous psychopath? [[spoiler: Rendell used it to at least bring back his mom so he could talk to her again]]. Then I realized maybe Rendell, or someone else, brought back Dodge for the same reason, hoping to bring back the echo of his old self before he was possessed. Obviously, it didn't quite work.

I keep on wondering why Dodge's echo would be in the Wellhouse, because why would anyone want to bring back the echo of a murderous psychopath? [[spoiler: Rendell used it to at least bring back his mom so he could talk to her again]]. Then I realized maybe Rendell, or someone else, brough back Dodge for the same reason, hoping to bring back the echo of his old self before he was possessed. Obviously, it didn't quite work.

Counterpart to the head key, it allows access to the soul, and would let them get a demon out of someone.

It occurred to this Troper when reading Clockworks #5. Dodge [[spoiler: with parasite]] comments that Rendell will never love Erin because she is not white. While this might at first just seem to be a remark to sow discourse, Erin probably believes this as well. Later on, she only says "white", but not only because [[spoiler: her empty head is completely empty and white]] but because it reminds her of everything she could never have and now can never have.

It really bugged me at first that apparently Benjamin Locke [[spoiler: made keys]] that included symbols he'd have no familiarity with (A ying yang? ''DNA''?), but then I remembered that [[spoiler: apparently the dead metal whispered the designs to him. The door demon parasites can see into the human realm and don't have any respect for chronology, so of course they throw random symbols onto the keys that don't make sense for a moderately-educated 18th century blacksmith to know.]]

It really bugged me at first that apparently Benjamin Locke made keys that included symbols he'd have no familiarity with (A ying yang? ''DNA''?), but then I remembered that apparently the dead metal whispered the designs to him. The door demon parasites can see into the human realm and don't have any respect for chronology, so of course they throw random symbols onto the keys that don't make sense for a moderately-educated 18th century blacksmith to know.

(Question: Is this more accurately described as Chekhov's Gun or as Foreshadowing?

Since it involved the dramatic use of so many keys, the memories of adults could only explain it to themselves by remembering it as part of the production. This also made them not remember that the group was fighting. Judging by Professor Ridegway's flashback, Rendell Locke fought with the Crown of Shadows and used the Anywhere Key somehow. Dodge seems to have made himself larger and more muscular (but not Giant Key-sized) and Rendell looks like he made himself older. Also, Kim Topher may actually be flying.