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A Shoggoth on the Roof:
is there a reason it say I don't have permission to post w/ spoiler tags?
no, the ghosts don't take revenge, William kills the rake (at least, it's implied he does between those two songs), and then the rake joins his children in death.
the_pied_piper:
I don't think the spoiler tags are working at the moment, i can't seem to get them to do so either.
Where is it implied that William kills the Rake? The song featuring the children is called 'Revenge' therefore i would say there is more implication there that it is the children who actually kill the Rake.
For example, in Revenge each child implies they have come back to life for revenge: Charlotte, "But father don't you fear, Your children are all here"; Dawn, "But papa here in death, I have regained my breath"; Isaiah, "And buried in an urn, But father ,i return" all followed by "O, the hazards of love".
A Shoggoth on the Roof:
To start, "but Papa here in death" suggests they're all, well, in death. And it was definitely established beforehand that William was coming to save Margaret, and then the Rake threatens Margaret in Margaret in Captivity, I figure it'd make more sense for William to kill him, as opposed to the ghosts of his children. I mean, William's in love and desperate to save Margaret, the Rake is definitely threatening to kill her or at least hurt her, and, William's actually got a physical body to kill the Rake with. Ghosts are good for haunting and all, but actually killing? I can't see the Rake committing suicide because some ghosts haunted him, he seemed pretty cool and guilt-free with the whole killing his children thing. It just seems much more logical.
the_pied_piper:
True, but you could think about it not in real life terms as it is a story and in stories things like ghosts coming back for revenge can and do happen.
A Shoggoth on the Roof:
It's not really real life terms regardless. the dude can shapeshift. and there's anthro sex, a murdering male prostitute, and a forest queen. But yea, either interpretation works.
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