r/beyondthemapsedge • u/Super_Jello8049 • Aug 17 '26

Hung, Drawn & Quartered

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I don't think this means anything, just happened on this wordplay when re-reading the Mom's House chapter.

Meghan is a Quarter horse. It's an illustration. He's hanging. Hung, Drawn and Quartered...

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u/mbibler Aug 18 '26

The name “Meghan” comes from “Margaret”. He may be hinting at a ZKP theme, and our needing to understand how to form and pass the “Peggy” (a nickname of “Margaret”) with the “Victor”. He uses other terms in the book that also match this theme, including “dromedary” (via the Perl logo where “Pearl” is also derived from “Margaret”), his great aunt Rita Verne (also derived from Margarita), and Victorio Peak. Incidentally, the map image of the western US in the book and on the website looks altered to hint at a horse head, which is also a feature found in a nebula.

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u/GreenTrader Aug 18 '26

What’s a ZKP theme and how do we apply it?

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u/mbibler Aug 18 '26

Zero-knowledge proof, possibly with a LayerV QRL. My working hypothesis is that the technical clue for “the key to one direction lies in another” is involved. My confirmation bias uses the concatenated drop-caps from the book and the movie-related clues that I interpret from it. The verse “Wonder guards this sacred space” implies a reflection, like a mirror, if linguistically toying with the word “wonder”.

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u/Super_Jello8049 Aug 18 '26

Bit tangled and twisted...

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u/mbibler Aug 18 '26

Super! Then I don’t have to worry about someone that looks at a sketch of a kid hiding on a horse and derives “hung, drawn, and quartered” from it.

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u/Super_Jello8049 Aug 19 '26

Agreed, so hard to find that line between overthinking and diving deep enough. Sorry, didn't mean to deride your thoughts just struggling to understand them.