Čitajući Harryja Pottera, His Dark Materials (trilogija Philipa Pullmana: Polarno svjetlo, Tanki bodež, Jantarni dalekozor) i prvih nekoliko poglavlja knjige Shadowmancer, G.P. Taylora, naišla sam na sličnosti između nekih bića koja se pojavljuju u tim knjigama odnosno serijama knjiga. Naime, dementori iz HP su slični Utvarama iz HDM (u originalu "Specters of Indifference") i možda u manjoj mjeri Thulakima iz Shadowmancera.
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Harry Potter, dementori:
... "Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and desoain, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory, will be sucked ot of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself - soulless and evil. You'll be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."...
... "... the Dementor only lowers its hood to use its last and worst weapon."...
... "They call it the Dementor's Kiss." ... "It's what Dementors do to those they wist to destroy utterly. I suppose there must be some kind of mouth under there, because they clamp their jaws upon the mouth of the vicrim and - and suck out his soul." ...
... "You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you'll have no sense of self any more, no memory no ... anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll just - exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone for ever... lost." ...
HDM, Tanki bodež, Utvare:
... "Pa, kad Utvara uhvati odraslog, to je gadno za vidjeti. Na licu mjesta isiše život iz njega, eto. Ja sasvim sigurno ne bih htjela biti odrasla. Isprva znaju što se događa i boje se, viču i viču, pokušavaju odvratiti pogled i praviti se kao da se ništa ne događa, ali događa se, da. Tada je već prekasno. Nitko im neće pritrčati u pomoć, prepušteni su samima sebi. Onda problijede i prestanu se micati. Još uvijek su živi, ali kao da su izjedeni iznutra. Pogledaš im u oči i vidiš stražnju stijenku lubanje. Unutra nema ništa." ...
Shadowmancer, thulak:
... Beadle feared the thulak more than anything. They were strange, invisible creatures of the dark. They could steal upon you at night, smother you in a dark mist and take from you the will to live. There were stories that they would creep through open windows and come into your houses to cover an unsuspecting victim like a dark blanket. Once the victim was seized he couldn't move. They would take his strength and fill his mind with horrifying, hideous thoughts. These were thulakian dreams that would be with him for the rest of his life. They would leave their victims listless and heavy-limbed, with sunken eyes from the sleepless nights spent fearing their return. ...
Samo za informaciju, HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban izdan je 1999., HDM Tanki bodež 1997., a Shadowmancer 1988. Procijenite sami. :-)
Dodatak:
Tek sad kad sam ponovo pročitala ono što sam napisala uvidjela sam da su dementori nešto kao spoj Utvara i thulaka. Utvare isišu dušu (odraslim) ljudima - to bi bio kao dementorov poljubac, a thulaki kao da se hrane sretnim mislima i umjesto njih čovjeku u um usađuju loše, zle i neugodne misli. Ne mislim reći da je J.K. Rowling išta "ukrala"; dešava se da se otprilike u isto vrijeme u različitim djelima, bez namjere autora, realiziraju slični motivi ili teme. U svakom slučaju interesantno.