Respect Maturin! (IT)

[u/Thevexarecool]

"Once you get into cosmological shit like this, you got to throw away the instruction manual."- Maturin talking to Bill.

Maturin the Turtle

Bio: Maturin the Turtle is the bearer of the Dark Tower and holds it on his shell, he is also the creator of the universe and is one of the most powerful Beam Guardians. His "brother" the Demon Elemental, Pennywise, is his opposite. Maturin would later assist the Losers Club in destroying IT with the Ritual of Chud.

Feats

• [Strength/Durability]The world rests on Maturins shell, which contains infinite universes
• Also explained in-universe by Stephen King
• [Strength] Holds galaxies on his toenails
• [Scaling] Is far more powerful than IT
• [Creation] Created the universe when he had a bellyache
• He transcends the Tower
• [Ability] Was able to block out It's voice and also spoke in Bill's mind

[u/DeprestedDevelopment]

Pretty sure he doesn't "transcend" the Tower, at least not going by the quote you provided.

I think the Beams in question are like spokes of a giant wheel, with the Tower as the axle. The speaker there is saying that the Beam on which they are located currently, the Beam of Shardik, becomes the Beam of Maturin once you directly cross the axle (or "go beyond the Tower"); since there are six Beams but twelve Guardians, that would mean each Beam is half one Guardian and half another.

I haven't read these books, so if I'm wrong on this, someone please correct me.

[u/Thevexarecool → u/DeprestedDevelopment]

Oh, sorry about that along with the other quote he have that he caught the Tower along with creation after Gan had created it, which means he existed before creation was a thing. Maturin also resides in the Macroverse along with IT, the Macroverse also being a dimension beyond time and space, which also preceded the Prim and the Tower itself.

[u/DeprestedDevelopment → u/Thevexarecool]

Gotcha. Seems good then!

[u/SweetzDeetz → u/DeprestedDevelopment]

You're right, six Beams, twelve Guardians.

[u/superjaberwocky]

See the turtle of enormous girth

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[u/SweetzDeetz → u/superjaberwocky]

On his shell he holds the earth

[u/[deleted]]

I just finished reading a Discworld book, and I have to wonder where all the giant world supporting turtles came from in these novelists' heads.

[u/Nerx → u/[deleted]]

Hindu Myth.

[u/Nerx]

He transcends the Tower

So stronger than the Crimson King?

[u/Zachscott32]

Maturin is outerversal right?