Re: [HoE] So, who's on?

[George Dorn <toadpooka@usa.net>]

Not when you consider that the purpose of abominations is to cause fear, not to kill, murder, maim
and destroy.  As time and technology went on, abominations became fewer, since there were less
shadows for them to hide in anymore.  The Reckoners had a sweet enough deal going on with PEOPLE
causing fear in the world, monsters probably didn't do the trick anymore.  Suppose that the
Pinkertons, Rangers, and BHS stopped looking out for creatures in every corner, and turned their
attentions to more 'human' terrors, such as cultists, hucksters, whatever.  After the bombs hit, the
lack of communicaiton between towns enhanced the 'rumor factor,' so it was profitable for the
Reckoners to make abominations again.

Also, they do mention certain abominations becoming public, but they were pretty much assumed to be
natural creatures that were just discovered, similar to the prairie ticks and Rattlers in the Weird
West.  Skinwalkers were one example, in the Syker's chapter.

Erik Kjerland (S&T Onsite) wrote:
> 
>         So, HOE suggests that common knowledge about
> abominations/monsters/etc. did not come out between 1876 and 2081?
> 
>         That seems a bit of a stretch.

-- 
Love,
Joseph Malik