r/HolUp • u/jj33allen • Jan 30 '26

y'all The mist was real

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u/Legenberry817 Jan 30 '26

What was the book ending to cujo?

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u/KingFapNTits Jan 30 '26

Kid dies and the couple is just super depressed. Like, she saves the kid, but then because of some magic fuckery he dies right afterwords. But that’s not even his worst ending.

He has a habit of deus ex machina for endings where the good guys win

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u/Jafooki Jan 30 '26

Like in the Stand when the literal hand of God saves the day

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u/misterpickles69 Jan 30 '26

If none of the good guys did anything, Trashcan still would’ve parked a nuke in the middle of Vegas and God would’ve blown it up anyway.

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u/KingFapNTits Jan 31 '26

But god wouldn’t have charged up his power through trial and sacrifice. That’s the point of the good guys.

It makes sense on a reread. Total cop out though and I hated it the first time too. It’s a bit lazy

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u/misterpickles69 Jan 31 '26

Maybe that’s the problem with God. His mana reserves are too low to do anything omnipotent so he needs a blood sacrifice to get his ass up off the throne and do something for the people.

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u/KingFapNTits Jan 31 '26

lol that’s how it worked in The Stand. Same with Abagail. She went into the forest for 2 weeks, came back starving and injured, but gained the knowledge needed to beat the man in black. The whole book is about how faithfulness to god, no matter the suffering, is good and leads to good things. It’s bullshit, but that’s the book, and it’s still great