Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24041796-20141112031519

One day while playing Terraria, I could NOT stop thinking about the Crimson, and why it's like it is. But, today, I've put facts together, and come up with a Theory.

So, when you enter the Crimson, the world is all bloody and gory and such. Well, when you head to a Crimson cavern entrance, you can see that the Stalagmites and Stalagtites actually look like TEETH. So, the entrance would be a Head or something.

When you go down through the entrance (I'm not going to describe it any further), and go into the Crimson Caverns proper, there are Crimson Hearts in the wall, obviously. Now, when you smash three of them, the Brain of Cthulhu will spawn and try to kill you. When you smash three hearts, it may be reminiscent to a HEART ATTACK, for a creature I will explain later.

When the Brain of Cthulhu spawns, it will try to get rid of you, stopping the "heart attack", by killing you. When you destroy all of the Brain's CREEPERS, the Brain itself will split open through the middle to reveal a HEART WITH EYES. The Brain may be a separate entity to the Hearts and what THEY are connected to.

Back to the cavern's entrances. When you somehow manage to get the Brain of Cthulhu to position itself perfectly inside of the cavern entrances, you may notice that it almost perfectly fits in the full cave size. The "Teeth" are also there, and since the Brain fits closely enough to the size of the cave, then it may be Cthulhu himself.

Since you can battle the Brain as much as you want, that may indicate that Cthulhu had multiple brains, or multiple heads.

When you look down at a map of the Crimson Caverns after exploring them, you will notice that the main cavern looks like it could be a creature's Torso, and the caverns leading down and splitting into multiple paths look like HANDS. This may also make Cthulhu have multiple bodies.

That means that for every "Torso", there are multiple entrances, and multiple hands. Every Entrance is a Head.

Since the Crimson Caverns do not move, that means Cthulhu is either dead or dormant. Most likely dormant, as the Hearts actually BEAT.

The EYE of Cthulhu could be something that watches down on the world, planning the next move for when Cthulhu revives, which he will not, because of his hearts being smashed, and/or a possible magic spell that binds him. The Brain of Cthulhu may be a separate entity that watches over the Crimson, protecting it.

Back to the grass mentioned WAY earlier in the theory. It's Bloody. That means that Cthulhu was possibly slain by another creature, and the bloody grass is Cthulhu's blood, itself.

The Crimson is Cthulhu's dormant body.

Thanks for reading this theory. I may post more when I think of some. 