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* [[{{Carrie}} Carrie White]] ([[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]]): although note that Dinky Earnshaw actually refers to "being like Carrie at the Prom", which suggests she was, at least in ''his'' home universe, a fictional character only.

[[WMG: [[TimeLord Roland is the Doctor, Randall Flagg is the Master]]]]

[[WMG: BANGO SKANK is Jamie DeCurry.]]

That's why they're so smart, and seem to combine traits of several different animals.

Stephen King states in his forward to ''The Gunslinger'' that the books were originally conceived as ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. The latter took place during the Civil War; although it wasn't the focus, it was an omnipresent force shaping the characters' actions - much as the Fall of Gilead was treated in the first volume.

[[spoiler:He could still use the sneetches because they were technology-based and not created by the King himself, but his other abilities (permanently turning an area the size of Thunderclap into a blighted wasteland, for example) were shut down by the same magical field that kept the King from just jumping or climbing off the balcony.]]

Since the books did make Deschain being white a plot point in certain areas concerning race. [[spoiler:It's also worth noting that this isn't the first time the Gunslinger has gone on his quest. Who is to say that he had to look and be the same person every time he went through his quest?]]

[[spoiler:After all, this isn't the first time the Gunslinger has gone on his quest. Who is to say that he had to look the same every time?]]

[[WMG:The movie will have an in-story explanation for the RaceLift]]

* [[spoiler: Confirmed for the Film via the poster that shows the words "Last Time Around" superimposed over the Horn of Eld. The director has also stated that the Dark Tower film will be a sequel to the final book.]]

[[WMG: It's a game of Sburb.]]
[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Each cycle is a doomed timeline and the cycles will end when Roland abandons saving the tower in favor of building a new one which will create a new world.]]

[[Each cycle is a doomed timeline and the cycles will end when Roland abandons saving the tower in favor of building a new one which will create a new world.]]

We know at the end of the novels, it is left open that the cycle repeats. Maybe the film is actually the events that take place after the final book. King posting a picture of the horn Horn of Eld on his social media account, which Roland had at the start of the next cycle at the very end of the book. So, if Roland has this horn in the film, wouldn't that mean this is the cycle that follows? And maybe, this is the cycle to end all cycles.

[[spoiler: Confirmed for the Film via the poster that shows the words "Last Time Around" superimposed over the Horn of Eld. The director has also stated that the Dark Tower film will be a sequel to the final book.]]

Many, many times, the protagonists seem to simply "know" what to do without really any explanation. They're in fact remembering echoes of the previous cycles, repeating what worked before and avoiding what hasn't. For instance, the reason Eddie and Jake knew about Dandelo was because they were with Roland during previous cycles when they met the empathic vampire (Susannah might've been with them too, or might've died before then during the previous cycles). The cycles may end when the entire Ka-tet makes it to the Dark Tower, and Roland chooses not to enter and remain with his loved ones.

** Green is also a color associated with Flagg in ''{{TheStand}}'', and what he says to Lois (specifically, the laugh being described as a "titter" and saying "Look at me Lois/Llyod") further strengthens the argument.

[[Each cycle is a doomed timeline and the cycles will end when Roland abandons saving the tower in favor of building a new one which will create a new world.]]

** Not so {{Jossed}}, especially considering that this is WMG. [[spoiler: Dandelo is very similar to IT, and has a stuttering robotic servant named after the stuttering hero of ''{{It}}''. This, in combination with hints from ''Dreamcatcher'' that It is still alive, indicate that Dandelo is It in Allworld.]]

** In {{It}}, the driving force behind IT was the deadlights (the red) circling outside the gates of the universe while the other that help the kids after the turtle was the white. Since Pennywise was the physical embodiment of the deadlights, IT was[[spoiler:/is]] the most powerful creature in King's universe. All others that followed were decedents/creations of Pennywise or at least a varintant (like the Crimson King's Spider-god mother).

Blaine claimed that Patricia, the other monorail based in Lud, had essentially had a mental breakdown and would not stop crying. He removed certain restraints from Patricia's programming so she could kill herself. He then goes on to plan to kill himself, after destroying the city of Lud.

[[WMG: Farson's rebellion was Gilead's version of the AmericanCivilWar.]]

She wasn't that much interested on the Tower as Roland and Eddie from the get-go, and as soon as she had a chance to stay with a twinner Eddie, she took it with both her hands.

of the boulder free zone committee ignored the urging of Mother Abagail...

The series as a whole seems to run on a dreamlike logic when you think about it. The strange setting, the deus-ex-machinas, the abundance of characters just plain knowing stuff out of nowhere... It's all a dream that Stephen King had one night, hence why King's works, King himself, and his childhood memories keep showing up.

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** {{Jossed}} by the last book. ''{{Insomnia}}'' is not a part of the tower universe; it's actually a deception in the same mode that Odd Lane is a glamour and a "wrong direction".
*** Still possible. It's Roland who declares ''{{Insomnia}}'' a dead end.