More creepy poetry for the Entity

[aunt_zelda]

 So I finally watched Linkara's April Fool's videos today. Guess what was buried in the credits of one of them?

The bones from hell you cannot tame
Devour your life and all your fame
That is the price to play its game
And all while you're reminiscing

Creeeeeeeeepyyyyyyyyy!!!! As nightmare fuel-y as the Entity is shaping up to become, I'm loving the heck out of the scary poetry cropping up for its story arc. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing and the more Linkara recites poetry the better, in my not very humble opinion. 

What does it mean? Well, the last line is probably an obvious reference to the show, and the first three lines are about the Entity, but its just as mysterious as ever. 'The bones from hell' might allude to where it came from, or what it looks like, the second line might explain what its done to Linksano (???and possibly Ninja Style Dancer???) and the third line seems to hint that the Entity is toying with Linkara or playing a sick kind of game with him. (Is there a way to win? Somehow, I doubt that.) Or it could just be saying that fighting the Entity is going to cost Linkara something or someone(s.) Hardly a new threat, but unsettling all the same.

Comments

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but it's driving me absolutely batshit crazy that I swear I KNOW those lines, but I CANNOT figure out where I heard them.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Unless it's Shakespeare (ok, a Shakespeare play that I've studied, I don't have the whole canon committed to memory. Yet.) I'm pretty much lost. *shrugs*

It's pretty similar to the other creepy verses we've seen over the past couple of months, in particular that one that ends "you'll know it by its hissing." The thing it reminded me of at first was the poetry from 'The Beast Below,' a bad/good episode of Doctor Who.

Sounds pretty METAL, to be honest. 'Bones from hell' that 'devour your life' would not sound out of place in certain genres of music.

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

I remember that, and I remember being annoyed by how familiar that sounded, too.

I agree that it does sound like lyrics, but it also COULD be Victorian or pre-Victorian poetry, or it could be poetry from a video game or something styled after that era of poetry. Or... what I thought it was at first... an old nurdery rhyme or something from one of those "scary stories" books for kids.

It is driving me insane now not knowing thig, arrrg!

[taekarado.livejournal.com]

having emailed linkara about the origins of the poem, i can tell you second-hand that he wrote it all himself, so its probably just coincidence that you recognise them.

[malaloba.livejournal.com]

"Beneath the seas, beside the flame
Off the coast where the lost beast came
To bring the world misery and shame
A piece of the world is missing

The path you should have never crossed
The beast exacts a heavy cost
The number of the beast is lost
You will know it by it’s hissing

The bones from hell you cannot tame
Devour your life and all your fame
That is the price to play its game
And all while you’re reminiscing"

All the stanzas so far in order of appearance. This doesn't include the lines referring the the magic gun, as they don't really fit with the rest in terms of rhyme scheme.

No I didn't type this up and save it on my computer. That would be silly.

[malaloba.livejournal.com]

First stanza: Referring to the Entity coming from Vyce's world

The second one puzzle's me except for the last line, which refers to the sound the Entity makes. There's more to the first three lines, but I can't figure out what aside from the Entity is evil and dangerous.

Likewise, I can't make much of the third stanza other than the Entity will kill us all.

I instinctively want the whole poem solely so I can analyze it. I've been in English classes too long...

[robynred.livejournal.com]

I saw a theory claiming that the Entity is MissingNo. And honestly, looking at the evidence, it makes the most sense right now. xD (You can find the theory here and here.)

[taekarado.livejournal.com]

ive done a little poetry analysis for my a-levels, so i want to try taking a crack at it. hold on a sec.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Just driving by to say that that sounds really interesting. :) *Can't wait to see how the Entity arc closes itself out. ^__^*

[sunqueen86.livejournal.com]

the Sea beside the flame means:
Surfing on the conner of Cinnabar Island

Off the coast where the lost beast came mean:
The Missingno Appers for battle

To bring the world misery and shame/A piece of the world is missing mean:
MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game

The path you should have never crossed mean:
if you catch it DO NOT SAVE THE GAME

The beast exacts a heavy cost means:
endless glitches

The number of the beast is lost means:
it has no real pokemon number Ex: pikachu is #25

You will know it by it’s hissing:
very long string of glitchy sounds

The bones from hell you cannot tame:
sometime it will have a Kabutops fossil, Aerodactyl fossil and Ghost forms

Devour your life and all your fame:
ruins you Items the pictures from the Hall of Fame

That is the price to play its game:
That 's what happens when you save your game after catching it

And all while you’re reminiscing:
while you are still playing.