The Tick Tock Man

[B Rag]

Since this section is for individual character discussion, I thought I might as well make a thread for the best character in the series: The Tick Tock Man! :rock:

If only there was a whole book dedicated to this far too short-lived character...

[Darkthoughts]

I agree, he seemed like he had a whole mythology of his own behind him, I'd also be interested in hearing more about that.

[sarah]

meh. I liked The Tick Tock Man and he had some good funny moments. I thought he was a fitting charcter for Jake to make his first kill, but that was good enough for me. He served his purpose, imo.

[Jean]

meh. I liked The Tick Tock Man and he had some good funny moments. I thought he was a fitting charcter for Jake to make his first kill, but that was good enough for me. He served his purpose, imo.
same here. I am also inclined to admire Mr.King for being able to create a wonderful character and dispose of him instead of pumping him dry as a lesser author would be expected to do. It shows an almost Dickensian generosity.

[Letti]

Okay I see he was a great character but I wasn't fond of him a lot.
Can you tell me guys why you like him so much?

[Chassit]

I cannot say that I liked Mr. Quick, but he was certainly an interesting fellow heehehe.


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[B Rag]

Okay I see he was a great character but I wasn't fond of him a lot.
Can you tell me guys why you like him so much?

Not really... I just liked him. His character was an enjoyable one. I liked the way he got so furious over the smallest thing. And I liked how mean he was. He made a good villain.

And I bet he could beat up Roland...

*looks around* Who said that? :innocent:

[Daghain]

same here. I am also inclined to admire Mr.King for being able to create a wonderful character and dispose of him instead of pumping him dry as a lesser author would be expected to do. It shows an almost Dickensian generosity.

Amen, brother. :D

Seriously, one of the finer Ticky moments is when he says "I told her about that laugh."

I LOVED that! But, Ticky isn't essential to the rest of the story. So he had to go. So sorry, Ticky, bye-bye. :D

[VolsToTheWall]

Lud needed to have a cool "head bad guy" and Tick Tock filled those boots and then some. He's just a great supporting character, and yes, his quick temper (or lack of a fuse altogether as he said) was quite amusing.

[MonteGss]

Cry your pardon but I didn't give Tick Tock a second thought. His role was very minor, smaller and less interesting than Gasher even, and not too exciting imo.
Roland would totally kick his ass. :) :P

[Matt]

I liked Ticky because I would have loved to know how the politics inside Lud had broken down over the years.

Also, where did his grandpappy get the German plane?

[Jean]

Also, where did his grandpappy get the German plane?
I have an idea, even wanted to develop it, but learned that it was called fanfiction, and fanfiction was frowned upon, so had to abandon it.

[Matt]

:o

I want all kinds of fanfiction on this site. :nana:

I plan to put a sub page on fan art to showcase some of the best stuff.

I wonder if we need a subforum at Turtleback for it.

[Jean]

great!

and now, as Monty Python would have put it, for something completely different

back to The Tick Tock Man

(I have moved a few posts to Facilitators' Questions)

[Matt]

Back to Ticky!!

I realize that "Flagg" went and got him to bring him to the Emerald palace but my question is why?

Just to give him another chance to kill them? :lol:

[B Rag]

Roland would totally kick his ass. :) :P

Well, perhaps he would literally kick his rear end... but then Ticky would spin around and:

A: Throw his knife through him before he even had a chance to draw his guns.
B: Crush his head with one hand.
C: Throw him across the room.
:cool:

[Daghain]

Oh, oh, don't get between Monte and his love for Roland lol. It's going to get ugly. :D

[ZoNeSeeK]

I liked alot of the Lud stuff, Wastelands was one of my favourite books by far. I think alot of the story there redeems roland for what he did to Jake in the Gunslinger.

[Matt]

I totally agree with that. Roland and Oy going after him made everything Jake had done for them mean something.

[B Rag]

Hooray, there's finally a wikipedia entry for Andrew Quick!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Quick

[Daghain]

Cool!

You know, you can go to the Ancient Scrolls forum and write one up for the future Towerpedia, if you'd like. :D

[B Rag]

Nah, I don't remember enough details about him. Unless "He's totally rad" would be adequate...

[Daghain]

Well, somebody has to start somewhere! Even a sentence or two would be a start. If you change your mind, let me know and I'll put a thread in for you. :D

[B Rag]

Well, I suppose I can put what I do remember. Although there's a fairly decent chance that it'll be incorrect...

[Daghain]

Oh, you are evil, LOL. I will put in a thread, just for you. I'm happy when anyone makes an effort. :D

And don't worry, I'll be verifiying info before I put it out on the Wiki. But it would be nice to have someone give it a start.

Your thread is in the Ancient Scrolls forum under the sub-forum Characters. :D And I appreciate any help I can get!

[JRSly]

I liked Ticky because I would have loved to know how the politics inside Lud had broken down over the years.

Also, where did his grandpappy get the German plane?
I wanted to know this too!

"The Wastelands" and more specifically Lud is really where I started to get invested in the quest and thought I was developing an idea of what the whole series might end up being about. The German plane was what I thought would be a big leaping off point for where the story was heading.

I enjoyed the books for the most part, but I have to admit I was more than a little disappointed at the ultimate direction compared to what I thought King was preparing us for in "The Wastelands".

[Matt]

I agree actually. I guess the idea throughout (starting with "Hey Jude") was just to show that there were thin spots between the worlds and some came through.

But I would have loved to get more insight on what happened in Lud, maybe there will be some info in the comics at some point

[The Lady of Shadows]

i had a long conversation with someone here (razz? ves'ka gan?) about that german plane. i think we decided it came through the bermuda triangle just like eddie thought.

really, what is the bermuda triangle except a place where things disappear. i was thinking that that entire area was just a kind of thinny that dumped things where ever the hell it wanted to.

now, i know what you're thinking. "she's f'n daft - the thinny kills." but really, we don't know that do we? we just know that things disappear into it and are never seen again. but since no one and nothing is ever seen again, we don't know what happens to the things that go into the thinnies. we know that the thinny can reach out for things (the thinny in eyebolt canyon sure as hell could) but can different thinnies have different properties?

and even if people don't survive the thinny, why wouldn't a machine? why couldn't the plane? although why it would have been in the bermuda triangle in the first place is a mystery in and of itself isn't it possible that the bermuda triangle is a thinny and the plane went through it and landed in roland's world and quick somehow repaired it and flew it just that once?

[Jean]

I have a very clear idea of where the plane came from, I might post a short story in I, Gan when I can think coherently again.

[The Lady of Shadows]

I have a very clear idea of where the plane came from, I might post a short story in I, Gan when I can think coherently again.

oooh. i can't wait. here's hoping you'll be thinking coherently again soon (and not just because i'm greedy either!). :couple:

[Jean]

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[Wuducynn]

Since this section is for individual character discussion, I thought I might as well make a thread for the best character in the series: The Tick Tock Man! :rock:

If only there was a whole book dedicated to this far too short-lived character...


I wish I had my quote that you sigged on .Net about you and Ticky.

[Jean]

I can try to find it - if I have any B Rag posted in any threads I archived, that is, and if the moment of archiving coincided with his having exactly that signature. I will go through my archives soon anyway, for the Palaver Castle.

[Wuducynn]

I can try to find it - if I have any B Rag posted in any threads I archived, that is, and if the moment of archiving coincided with his having exactly that signature. I will go through my archives soon anyway, for the Palaver Castle.

Thanks! I don't care what they say about you Jean, you're a good guy.

[VastOne]

I always viewed Ticky to be the a complete antithesis of Roland....

And when their paths met, good ole Tick Tock's Ka ticket was cashed in...

SK and another brilliant character.

VastOne

[TowerofRoses]

The Tick Tock Man was one of these characters you either hate or love. For me he was okay, funny even. Sadly his part was very small, i would have loved him to stick around as sort of sidekick for Flagg, for comedic purpose(sort of Ticky gets really attached to Flagg who just rolls his eyes at the others antics) But yeah, Andrew as a class A psychopath and the little backstory he got with the cider press was a nice tidbit. Too bad we never found out how Lud was before the whole cataclysm happened, i am sure it would have been rather interesting to go deeper into this be it in comics or the books.

[Sai Sheb]

I liked tic toc but as king said You gotta kill your darlings.
He served his purpose and had to go before it started to resemble The Stand...
I also think the thinney idea is correct. Like the episode of Dungeons and dragons...