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[[WMG: Somehow, the presence of the Judge in Boulder is part of a XanatosGambit by Flagg; since that one man was there, Flagg will be able to return in his current incarnation.]]

[[WMG:This scenario would be a lot different today]] The world is way more connected today even than it was in 1991, when the update came out. Everyone with a cell phone has camera and video. And if you're the government, you can't shut down the entire internet and cell phone networks without arousing way more suspicion even than the leaked stuff in the book. Not that I wouldn't put it past them to do it anyway, but then the riots would be way bigger, way faster. And there'd be more leaks whether it was shut down or not, video and photos travel so fast today...one word: YouTube. Or, Facebook. Either/or or both. Viral videos all over the place, people sending photos to their entire email or contact list. Even if everyone got their net and cells cut off, there'd be plenty of stuff out before then. And then probably hackers trying to hack into the system to bring it back up and send the info, stealing satellite signals,to get it on TV, ect. And probably ten million Captain Trips Facebook pages and message boards.

Flagg is the creature of darkness, and Mother Abigail is the creature of light.

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[[WMG: Randall Flagg is the {{Slender Man|Mythos}}]]
He appears to people similarly, at least until the plague has run its course.

Seeing as he ''was'' MaxHeadroom, it seems reasonable to assume he would've seen [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs that video]] at some point prior to doing ''TheStand'', and there are definitely similarities, particularly Trash's {{laugh|ingmad}}.

Seeing as he ''was'' MaxHeadroom, it seems reasonable to assume he would've seen [[[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs that video]] at some point prior to doing ''TheStand'', and there are definitely similarities, particularly Trash's {{laugh|ingmad}}.

[[WMG:Matt Frewer based his performance as Trashcan Man on [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs the WTTW Max Headroom weirdo.]]
Seeing as he ''was'' MaxHeadroom, it seems reasonable to assume he would've seen that video at some point prior to doing ''TheStand'', and there are definitely similarities, particularly Trash's {{laugh|ingmad}}.

[[WMG:Matt Frewer based his performance as Trashcan Man on [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs the WTTW Max Headroom weirdo]].]]

[[WMG:This scenario would be a lot different today]] The world is way more connected today even than it was in 1991, when the update came out. Everyone with a cell phone has camera and video. And if you're the government, you can't shut down the entire internet and cell phone networks without arousing way more suspicion even than the leaked stuff in the book. Not that I wouldn't put it past them to do it anyway, but then the riots would be way bigger, way faster. And there'd be more leaks whether it was shut down or not, video and photos travel so fast today...one word: YouTube. Viral videos all over the place, people sending photos to their entire email or contact list. Even if everyone got their net and cells cut off, there'd be plenty of stuff out before then. And then probably hackers trying to hack into the system to bring it back up and send the info, steal satellites to get it on TV, ect.

Even without the nuclear part, I would LOVE to see an update of the novel where it's set today, or for someone to write a novel in the vein of THe Stand in today's world.

[[WMG:This scenario would be a lot different today]] The world is way more connected today even than it was in 1991, when the update came out. Everyone with a cell phone has camera and video. And if you're the government, you can't shut down the entire internet and cell phone networks without arousing way more suspicion even than the leaked stuff in the book. And there'd be more leaks...one word: YouTube. Viral videos all over the place, people sending photos to their entire email or contact list. And I often thought there was a chance that might have caused international problems...if either word of the intentional infections got out that way, or the US took the most logical track and blamed the superflu on a terrorist attack and technology let the wrong nation in on it, there might even be mass nuclear chaos before everyone had a chance to die of the plague.

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[[WMG: Randall Flagg is a [[MageTheAscension Nephandus]].]]

[[WMG: Somehow, the presence of the Judge in Boulder is part of a massive XanatosGambit by Flagg; since that one man was there, Flagg will be able to return in his current incarnation.]]

* Alternately, he intended to [[DemonicPossession possess]] or [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash]] the judge, and send him back to Boulder to cause chaos,or keep him as a replacement boody in case someone managed to defeat him. This is why he wanted him taken alive so badly, and why he [[YouHaveFailedMe reacted like he did.]]

The only thing he needed to be physically present for during the Gathering was releasing Lloyd from his cell, everything else was done through dreams and hallucinations. He isn't near as omniscient as he'd like to believe (since he doesn't even notice [[spoiler: the pyro screaming "My life for you" riding into Las Vagas]]), and the shapeshifting into a corvid is done, with only one exception (where he was panicking) in psychic contact. He only turned into a devil to [[MindRape screw with]] Natalie and increase his fear factor, not because he actually ''is'' a demon. And last but not least, while in the book [[spoiler: Flagg is still plotting in the end]], but in the miniseries, [[spoiler: a mere burst of intense heat and radiation destroys him]].\\