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Creepy story, a man knowing he will die, making a perfect replica of himself so his wife won't be alone after his death.

And lived for a decade without teeth as he gave them to his doppelganger statue....

Mephisto of the FoS wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:13 pm And lived for a decade without teeth as he gave them to his doppelganger statue....

I thought that was a bit weird. Terminal condition (...ten years later...) oh, right, terminal condition *urk*.

Still, I wonder if the full sized doll had some relation to Shintoism where in dolls can have souls/spirits?

I know this is weird.

But, he tought he was going to die, and obsessively made the life-like statue, with parts of him in it, a perfect copy, so his wife would not be alone

It screams Ravenloft for me!

Imagine if he instead of Robert Ripley was using it to play "pranks" on his wife gaslighting her and slowly driving her crazy...

Another Ravenloft twist....

Joël of the FoS wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:14 am and obsessively made the life-like statue, with parts of him in it, a perfect copy, so his wife would not be alone

This reminds me a story from Fernando De Felipe's comic anthology of weird collectors stories called MUSEUM.

"The most eschatological (or better scatological) chapter revolves around a renowned scientist, a single woman with no social life who decides to "file" her body. She begins harmlessly, collecting her hair, but then she starts putting her fingernails in storage, and then she keeps all the wastes and secretions the human body is capable of producing. Finally, with this disgusting collection, she builds a golem of putrefaction and invites the press and all her friends to admire her filthy creation. "

https://artbyarion.blogspot.com/2015/07 ... elipe.html

DustBunny wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:11 am

Mephisto of the FoS wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:13 pm And lived for a decade without teeth as he gave them to his doppelganger statue....

I thought that was a bit weird. Terminal condition (...ten years later...) oh, right, terminal condition *urk*.

Still, I wonder if the full sized doll had some relation to Shintoism where in dolls can have souls/spirits?

I thought those gained spirits due to having been in use and useful for a long time.

Wow. Makes me feel a little like being in the kiddie pool when I looked into EC comics Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, and Cape of Fear for Ravenloft ideas.

Joël of the FoS wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:14 am I know this is weird.

But, he tought he was going to die, and obsessively made the life-like statue, with parts of him in it, a perfect copy, so his wife would not be alone

It screams Ravenloft for me!

That's because you always loved dread golems. I think you are the one that wrote about the child-like golem Anna or Anya several years ago?

But yes, this screams Ravenloft. As for making it for his wife to not be alone... I am not sure. Perhaps he did, but I think he made it out of vanity.

I'm obsessed with golems, I know

*back to the basement to finish building my secret pet project*