Full Tilt: Blog #4: Ride #3: Swinging Boat

So...ride #3...exciting isn't it? At this point, it has become apparent that the rides are slowly getting more dangerous, the mysteries of the park are being revealed, and new things about Cassandra are being learned. Unfortunately, I won't be discussing any of those ideas in this blog post. The third ride that Blake goes on is a swinging boat. Unlike the other rides, Blake actually doesn't start on the ride. As he enters the area of the ride, the boat becomes a giant ship in the middle of an ocean. Instead of beginning on the ship, he starts in the water surrounding it. When he gets on the ship, the captain tells him how they're going after the great blue whale. It is at this point that it is apparent this ride is made from the book: Moby Dick. He sees the whale and the captain describes her by saying, "See how she opens her mouth to filter life from the sea! I'd hate to be a krill caught in her baleen." This line is very reminiscent of the one said before by Blake, which was, "You see, my Mom is sort of like a blue whale...Mom filters losers through her baleen as if they were kirll." It is at this point that Blake realizes that the whale in the ride is his mom, and the captain is Carl, her current boyfriend. This makes is apparent that Cassandra not only knows about Blake, but she can read and use his actual thoughts and things he has said. This makes her almost invincible, and gives her a huge advantage over Blake. Anyways, Captain Carl of course, like Moby Dick, fails to defeat the blue whale, but Blake escapes. So, is there an established meaning behind Carl "losing" against Blake's mom? Most likely. To Blake, and most likely to Quinn as well, Carl has no chance with Blake's mom due to her going through a string of relationships that don't seem to have much meaning. Oh my god I wrote a lot. Done.