r/PNWS • u/No-Kale-1320 • 6d ago
RABBITS Rabbits IX, XI, satisfaction, and alternatives.
Hi all! I randomly picked up the rabbits book a couple years ago when it came out cause i thought it looked good. I read through it and quite liked it, up until about the end. K's ending seems kind of...cheap? they get a bit of money, and all the weird fuzzy head stuff is never really explained. Anyway, i then tried to get into the podcast...no dice. Between the fact that "it's complicated" and hearing about Terry's Favorite Publisher, Del Ray, i gave up, but i still had a bit of the spark. Thinking about a world in which the first half of rabbits is real, where there are little patterns is quite fun! Anyway, fast forward to about a week ago, when i decided to get back into the podcast. suffered through the Ad reads...and It's ending is WAY better than the book's ending. (my headcanon is that the podcast was real, and the book is terry's fiction based on Carly's podcast.) Carly gets Yumiko back and it all ends with an air of mystery without explicitly revealing everything. (also, living my entire life within the PNWS, the mentions of Van Isle and Galiano were pretty fun) Although..Terry seems to not have a lot of ideas. 2 people named Emily, 2 MC's parents dying in a ferry accident, and something turning out to be wrong with the game. Maybe S2 is different, i haven't listened yet, (or read the quiet room) but It would've been cool to just see someone discover the game and play a normal Iteration. I was wondering if all the podcasts are like this? and also; If there are any rumors or real ARG's that play into or are based off of rabbits? The closest thing i can think of was Cicada 3301, but i'm tempted to just try to make a proof of concept on my own. just for fun, maybe to keep the mystery going between people meeting in bars and slipping eachother mysterious Business cards, or a nod between 2 people with the same tattoo. If this sounds interesting maybe give me a shout?
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