Topic: Undead Parasite's boss room

[Dracula9]

Is there any canon explanation as to why the House of Sacred Remains just happens to have an entire room made of living tissue? Or was it a normal room that the Parasite turned into the Red Falcon-esque thing we know it as?

Just something that's always irked me.

[Viskod]

Normally when I think about anything like this I just handwave it away because "This castle is a creature of chaos, it may take many incarnations" and such. But the castle from Lament of Innocence isn't the one that Dracula takes up residence in right?

So who knows?

[beingthehero]

Same reason there is a portal to god knows what in Legion Corpse's room - Rule of Cool.

[Dracula9]

It's a portal to the Nether. Obviously.

[beingthehero]

It's a portal to the Nether. Obviously.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania ?

[X]

The boss itself might be just a classic homage to games like Contra and Gradius. I only know that I beat the "Living" s**t out of it 

But the castle from Lament of Innocence isn't the one that Dracula takes up residence in right?

Pretty much so since LoI doesn't take place in Romania either.

[ganonfloyd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania ?

Heh.

[Dracula9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nether_Providence_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania ?

Well played, Hero. Reminds me of the restaurant named Peklo forever back.

[Flame]

Once you beat the parasite the room goes back to being a normal room iirc

[crisis]

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there is also that part in curse of darkness the pathway 2 legion (wich is completely optional so i can see how some of yuo have may have overlooked it). as yuo recall it starts as a typical basement of the church or chapel or whatever that building was, and as you descend deeper it gradually starts to become moar organic, almost as if you're entering the belly of a monster through its intestines. explain that?

[GuyStarwind]

It's a Castlevania game. I tend not to question where it's monsters came from.

[DragonSlayr81]

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there is also that part in curse of darkness the pathway 2 legion (wich is completely optional so i can see how some of yuo have may have overlooked it). as yuo recall it starts as a typical basement of the church or chapel or whatever that building was, and as you descend deeper it gradually starts to become moar organic, almost as if you're entering the belly of a monster through its intestines. explain that?

Yeah, the more you go down into the crypt, the more you see meat growing on the walls and corpses, until it becomes a full, throbbing tube. Where you fight Legion, I always considered it a sort've womb(Legion is the egg and Nucleas is the embryo/fetus within). You even fight odd embryo monsters on your way down to the boss room.

Personally, I always loved the whole "organic" area of the Undead Parasite and Garibaldi Temple basement crypt. I always wanted a new CV with an entire area similar to that. It reminds me of that part of the Necronomicon movie with the Mi-Go and the cavern where the walls throb like they are living flesh:

http://youtu.be/MiiJnhqqCxI?t=1h16m13s

Regarding the Undead Parasite, the description states this:

"Undead infested by parasites from working on constructing the filthy Great Shrine."

Taking from that, I guess the parasites infest dead flesh and assimilate it into a larger living(or unliving) organism. And it seems like this happened as a result of the building of the House of the Sacred Remains, which was built with unholy intentions.

What I think is that the Undead Parasite is "otherworldly" and came into this world during a ritual summoning or such(perhaps hitching a ride on a demon). In Hell, or the Abyss, perhaps this sort of parasite isn't a threat to otherworldly creatures(demons, spirits), but upon entering our realm, it finds the flesh of the dead and infests it, assimilates it and seeks out more. That's just my take on it.

[X]

Taking from that, I guess the parasites infest dead flesh and assimilate it into a larger living(or unliving) organism.

Ironically enough this exact scenario happens in Contra 4; more specifically the Black Viper harvest yard area.

Contra 4 Hard (No Deaths, Power Ups) Boss 09 Black Viper

[Dracula9]

So, Slayer, your theory is basically John Carpenter's Thing, only with dead flesh rather than any flesh?

[DragonSlayr81]

So, Slayer, your theory is basically John Carpenter's Thing, only with dead flesh rather than any flesh?

Theory, yes. And it's a odd one at that. Who knows, the Undead Parasite(or parasites) could be common in the Abyss(note, when you travel to the Abyss in DoS, there are a lot of areas that are full meaty, like your are within a living organism). Different realms, different rules. It might be the equivalent of War of the Worlds, where the Martians are uber powerful, and nearly wipe us out, but are weak against our diseases(yet to us, a common cold isn't that deadly). Kryptonite harms Superman, but it isn't as deadly to other people. I think, where ever these Undead Parasites originate from, perhaps they aren't as harmful to, say, demons. They are probably like fleas or Athlete's Foot. But, crossing over, coming in contact with the flesh of dead human bodies, the parasites go out of control, gorge themselves and assimilate the flesh, mutating into more complex and grotesque forms.

I really DO love the idea of the Undead Parasite. Something otherworldly(origins in the supernatural), but also somewhat sci-fi. Reminds me of that whole scene in Poltergeist when that portal to the netherworld tries to "devour" the kids in their room, literally becoming a giant meaty gullet, trying to suck them in:



It's an interesting way to look at the supernatural. Even, in that movie, when they(spoiler to those who haven't seen it)

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... pull Carol Anne out of the netherworld with the tether, her and her mother are completely covered with slime and fleshy placenta-like meat.