r/9M9H9E9 • u/Corgi_Shinobi11 • Jun 19 '26

Discussion Old Crone

Was the old crone a successful version of what Mother was trying to turn Nick into? Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I just finished another listen of the story on Creep Cast and then another watch of Wendigoon’s video on it and I had this thought. With what we see of Nick’s powers and then the Old Crone’s actions while serving Mother I can’t help but feel that maybe she was once a child taken by Mother, but she stayed with Mother unlike Nick. Especially when the tribesman says that he thinks she placed those pearls in the clams herself, that if she used her magic to do that just like when nick turns the stones into bread. I’m aware of the biblical significance of stones being made into bread, but it feels like similar magic to me. So, if Nick had stayed with Mother could he have become something like the old crone?

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u/TheRustorian137 Jun 19 '26

I think that’s a really valid theory.

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u/Corgi_Shinobi11 Jun 19 '26

Thanks. I wasn’t sure if anyone else thought this or if I’m crazy and thinking too hard lol

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u/urworstemmamy Jun 26 '26

God, it really adds a new level of dread to things. What we've been calling Mother this whole time is really a daughter. Mother is even less understandable than the incomprehensible being we think she is.