TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Introduction & Theory 1:14 - The Dark Tower Explained 2:45 - Who is the Crimson King? 4:17 - Power Over Multiple Realities 5:32 - The Donald Connection 7:03 - King's Writer Characters & Self-Insertion 8:21 - The Dark Half Connection 9:45 - Patterns & Parallels 11:03 - Meta-Narrative Implications 12:15 - Final Thoughts
Interesting but, Gan is the ultimate manifestation of the creative force in the SK universe. SK is the most powerful "shiner" in his multiverse. The Crimson King got defeated by much weaker "shiner" using a pencil and paper. Roland entering the Tower and emerging into a slightly different version of the story is (I think) Roland being trapped in the writing/rewriting process.
A lot of King's stories have layers of horror. For example, In "Storm of the Century", the first layer of horror is a dying Linoge taking a kid away to raise as an apprentice. The true horror is realizing that Linoge said that he had done this multiple times. What happened to the other "apprentices"? Is he really dying or did he just say that for an easy meal? In "It", most people focus on the horror of a clown monster. The most terrifying, to me, was realizing that It could reproduce. Who's to say that It hasn't been reproducing since landing on Earth millions of years ago? In the "Dark Tower", it is not the Crimson King that has Roland trapped in a cycle suffering (Hell) for entertainment.. It's Gan/SK. Even the Bible says that God is way more terrifying than the Devil.
@@starshipstoryActually, it's Patrick Danville, an artist who first appears as a child in Insomnia. And the Crimson King also appears in it. Long days and pleasant nights. 🌹🗝️🚪
Crimson King represents Death. Steve is good above Crimson, Crimson can't live without Steve, but Crimson truly dies when Steve dies, thereby winning..
Roland is the Crimson King. The Crimson King is Stephan King. Stephen King is Roland. Remember Cuthbert's Horn of Eld? Things can be changed, Roland is not doomed to endless unchanging repetitions of the cycle. Which character other than Roland is as single mindedly focused on climbing the Dark Tower? The Crimson King. Well, maybe Walter Padick/Randall Flagg, but since he is also Stephen King, he hardly matters. Somewhen along the line, Roland Deschain becomes the Crimson King. In answer to your question, I doubt very much this was intentional in 1982, by 2004 King understood.
I think he inserts himself into all of his work in some form or fashion....he's not that good of a writer. All of the characters seemed very simple and have limited actions and reactions. Just my opinion. Good video tho.
Um... Duh. Both The Crimson King and Roland are avatars of the author. He says that specifically in the books. Hell, he literally inserts himself into the story to say that's what's going on.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction & Theory
1:14 - The Dark Tower Explained
2:45 - Who is the Crimson King?
4:17 - Power Over Multiple Realities
5:32 - The Donald Connection
7:03 - King's Writer Characters & Self-Insertion
8:21 - The Dark Half Connection
9:45 - Patterns & Parallels
11:03 - Meta-Narrative Implications
12:15 - Final Thoughts
Interesting but, Gan is the ultimate manifestation of the creative force in the SK universe. SK is the most powerful "shiner" in his multiverse.
The Crimson King got defeated by much weaker "shiner" using a pencil and paper. Roland entering the Tower and emerging into a slightly different version of the story is (I think) Roland being trapped in the writing/rewriting process.
ah, that is interesting - so the CK got defeated by a "writer" i.e., pen and paper :)
A lot of King's stories have layers of horror. For example, In "Storm of the Century", the first layer of horror is a dying Linoge taking a kid away to raise as an apprentice. The true horror is realizing that Linoge said that he had done this multiple times. What happened to the other "apprentices"? Is he really dying or did he just say that for an easy meal?
In "It", most people focus on the horror of a clown monster. The most terrifying, to me, was realizing that It could reproduce. Who's to say that It hasn't been reproducing since landing on Earth millions of years ago?
In the "Dark Tower", it is not the Crimson King that has Roland trapped in a cycle suffering (Hell) for entertainment.. It's Gan/SK. Even the Bible says that God is way more terrifying than the Devil.
@@starshipstoryActually, it's Patrick Danville, an artist who first appears as a child in Insomnia. And the Crimson King also appears in it.
Long days and pleasant nights.
🌹🗝️🚪
Didn't she say ''destructive force", not "creative"?
I’d say this parallel came about unconsciously. But I think truly on to something!
Long days and pleasant nights
And may you have twice the number.
Crimson King represents Death. Steve is good above Crimson, Crimson can't live without Steve, but Crimson truly dies when Steve dies, thereby winning..
He's an scp called the scarlet king.
True fiction.
Does the crimson king have trump derangement syndrome also?
Roland is the Crimson King. The Crimson King is Stephan King. Stephen King is Roland.
Remember Cuthbert's Horn of Eld? Things can be changed, Roland is not doomed to endless unchanging repetitions of the cycle. Which character other than Roland is as single mindedly focused on climbing the Dark Tower? The Crimson King. Well, maybe Walter Padick/Randall Flagg, but since he is also Stephen King, he hardly matters. Somewhen along the line, Roland Deschain becomes the Crimson King.
In answer to your question, I doubt very much this was intentional in 1982, by 2004 King understood.
The books keep mentioning my birthday, and Stephen King got hit by the van on the day I turned 19.😬😆
I think he inserts himself into all of his work in some form or fashion....he's not that good of a writer. All of the characters seemed very simple and have limited actions and reactions.
Just my opinion.
Good video tho.
Probably , king has an annoying habit of self inserting into his books. Cant stand that about him.
Um... Duh. Both The Crimson King and Roland are avatars of the author.
He says that specifically in the books.
Hell, he literally inserts himself into the story to say that's what's going on.