Hilarious how people act like it is always the “end times”….they have no idea how bad it was in past history. Do you know about 70,000 years ago a super volcano in Sumatra erupted…and the ensuing global impact killed off just about all humans? We were down to about 40 “breeding pairs” and a total of about 5-10,000 humans on the planet…It took until the late Stone Age before our population recovered…just about got snuffed out. Of course, the religions then were probably very different than the ones we made up in the last couple thousand years.
I’ve always wondered whether Flagg caused the plague or just capitalized on the doom we created for ourselves. Open to interpretation I think, but I prefer the latter.
In my interpretation of the book, Flagg never caused anything, but when he sensed something evil was to occur, he doused gasoline on the fire. He saw the evil in human's hearts and incited it 100 fold. He was a force of nature
In is own words, King said that Randal is pretty much a incarnation of the Crawling Chaos, the Black Pharaon, The one who haunt the dark, Nyarlathotep. One of the original God created by H.P Lovecraft and he is the more dangerous one, if Cthulhu or any other god come back we will be dead or Mad but him? Is already here and he play with us, some time save us but to bring a horrible Damnation. Look how King describe Randall and now look as many variant of Nyarlathotep are like this.
SK uses this part in the book from Yeats’s poem which fits Randall Flagg perfectly - And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Here’s the whole thing.. The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
He is the embodiment of the demise of the human species. Sometimes that feels more inevitable than other times. That's why Randall Flagg is creepy AF to me. We don't learn from our failures and follies and he smiles real big and wants to profit from selling cremation services or some such.
The fact is that within the stand his agenda is played out a little too shortsighted. He may be charisma, familiarity, and temptation. I think King's theme was here is that charisma is good but only with truth behind it or you get a salesman, familiriaity is only good as long as we take stock on ourselves, and temptation is only positive without deciept. Im not religous but the themes seem to suggest a morality without concrete, unmovable beliefs. Back then when he was writing this the man could make you think.
“He’s the spirit of our age, he’s the spirit of our century.” And unfortunately, he’s still very VERY relevant.
I know, like obama and biden.
@@zackthebongripper7274 umm okay I guess
@@Howard_T_Duckmore like Gates , Musk & Zuckerberg , , ,🤔🔥🌹🔥
Hilarious how people act like it is always the “end times”….they have no idea how bad it was in past history. Do you know about 70,000 years ago a super volcano in Sumatra erupted…and the ensuing global impact killed off just about all humans? We were down to about 40 “breeding pairs” and a total of about 5-10,000 humans on the planet…It took until the late Stone Age before our population recovered…just about got snuffed out. Of course, the religions then were probably very different than the ones we made up in the last couple thousand years.
Funny...I was thinking of the Guy between those two....@@zackthebongripper7274
I’ve always wondered whether Flagg caused the plague or just capitalized on the doom we created for ourselves. Open to interpretation I think, but I prefer the latter.
Hasn't man polluted the Earth themselves
I definitely think it’s the latter
In the book it explains he doesn’t create the virus but he feels a change on earth as it begins spreading, which makes him draw power from the carnage
In my interpretation of the book, Flagg never caused anything, but when he sensed something evil was to occur, he doused gasoline on the fire. He saw the evil in human's hearts and incited it 100 fold. He was a force of nature
@@mr._.mav792 Need to read the book man delights people did Flagg lose in the book the Stand captivates skeptics and Christians
In is own words, King said that Randal is pretty much a incarnation of the Crawling Chaos, the Black Pharaon, The one who haunt the dark, Nyarlathotep. One of the original God created by H.P Lovecraft and he is the more dangerous one, if Cthulhu or any other god come back we will be dead or Mad but him? Is already here and he play with us, some time save us but to bring a horrible Damnation. Look how King describe Randall and now look as many variant of Nyarlathotep are like this.
Satan basically...
@@thediaz07I'd describe Nyarlathotep as more like Bill Cipher or cosmic Joker
SK uses this part in the book from Yeats’s poem which fits Randall Flagg perfectly - And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Here’s the whole thing..
The Second Coming
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Second Coming was Salem' s Lot's original title. Thanks for putting up the full poem. Its relevance to recent times is frightening.
@@leah-sagerodgers1715 oh I didn’t know that! I watched The First Omen recently too, which is a good reminder
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Not to mention he’s goddamn Nyarlothotep!!!
Nyarlathotep
He has a Canadian tuxedo on demin demon
Surf curse god damn
My name is Legion, cus we are many.
So they have pronouns? LOL. Regardless Jesus one shotted them and stuck em into a pig...what a loss! LOL 😂😂
He is the embodiment of the demise of the human species. Sometimes that feels more inevitable than other times. That's why Randall Flagg is creepy AF to me. We don't learn from our failures and follies and he smiles real big and wants to profit from selling cremation services or some such.
Anyone else here to because Stephen king saying penny wise and Randall flag are the same entity?
UGGGH!!!😢😢😢 THE SPIRIT OF PURE EVIL
The fact is that within the stand his agenda is played out a little too shortsighted. He may be charisma, familiarity, and temptation. I think King's theme was here is that charisma is good but only with truth behind it or you get a salesman, familiriaity is only good as long as we take stock on ourselves, and temptation is only positive without deciept. Im not religous but the themes seem to suggest a morality without concrete, unmovable beliefs. Back then when he was writing this the man could make you think.
***BILL***
So hes satan.
No. That's the Crimson King, whom Randall works for
The Devil is showing up in your work,..😭😭😭🐺🐺🐺🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
damn the cocaine is talking here
He's Donald Trump
Randall Flagg is intelligent tho....
Dude. Get a grip, he's clearly your gay lord Obama.
Cringe
Cringe af💀
Really? Trump is looking more like Jesus being persecuted.
So he’s the man in black from the dark tower