![]() Its insectoid transformations then merely act as a reflective manifestation of humankind’s darkest desires. Fear of what, if unchecked, humanity might become. So, while Locust draws from others to build its foundational, body horror frights, it borrows most heavily from the deeper fears created by mankind itself. A theme echoed as it is Rick and Seth Brundle’s own unshakable faith in themselves that lead to the horrors in their own respective universes. This is even in the face of something as awful as a flesh-warping, transmutational virus. ![]() On this level, it presents readers with the concept that mankind and its own beliefs, are the true terror. Locust’s incorporation of a pseudo-Christian cult that practices child sacrifice and is slowly subsumed by the locusts themselves, exhibits the piece’s deeper themes. Daisy is going on holidays with her dad and her. While the transformation of humans into monstrous bugs certainly provides horror by itself, it is the wider thematic terrors that heighten Locust and its Cronenberg influences. Its hard to resist the madcap enthusiasm that the irrepressible Scout brings to every page he bounds across. A subgenre that generates its scares through the grotesque violation of the human form. Several principal managers, software engineers, and support personnel were recruited from rival firms, such as Adobe Systems and Macromedia, to found MadCap. It is in this reference to the famous director that the thematic undercurrent of Locust, Rick and Morty, and their links to The Fly becomes clear.Ĭronenberg is well known for his association with the concept of body horror. MadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in San Diego, California that creates help authoring tools and solutions for technical writers and documentations teams. The eventual resolution to “Rick Potion #9” involves the further debasement of the human form into what the titular characters refer to as Cronenbergs. It’s a concept that’s been explored many times in fiction but is perhaps most notably connected to 1986’s The Fly, directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. The transformation of humankind into insectoids as a concept stretches back further. Like the locusts themselves, however, the similarities between the two stories are more than skin deep and extend to their thematic content. On the surface, these two stories are similar enough that with few alterations Locust could be the tale of another group of survivors of the same apocalypse.īut the sense of hopelessness engendered by Locust, imparts a profound sense of dread to the subject. This dichotomy demonstrates just how close the two can sit. Yet while Rick and Morty is undoubtedly a comedy, Locust sits staunchly in the horror camp. In both instances, a virus spreads through the population leading to mass transformations of human beings into hostile insectoids. This outbreak of bizarre, skin-shedding, anthropomorphized insectoids, is of course eerily reminiscent of the popular Rick and Morty episode, “Rick Potion #9”.
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