Ho Yay: Winslow's man-crush on Guybrush.

Guess that's one more bit of faux symbolism added to this trope! All of this makes a pattern to Jesus' descent into the netherworld and resurrection from the tomb to destroy death and Satan once and for all.

In the same chapter, Guybrush makes his journey through the Crossroads, manages to unite himself in spirit with his body, and returns to destroy LeChuck once and for all through his trials and pains, before closing up the Crossroads with a sacrifice of his Shred of Life and using Elaine's ring as a part of the Crossroads exit spell to return to life and reunite with Elaine in the living world in his fully revived body.

Arguable since it resembles more the veve/symbol of Papa Legba, who, like Galeb, is an important figure in Haitian Vodou who stood at the Crossroads and was responsible for allowing/denying communication between the land of the living and the afterlife, often portrayed as an old man with a walking staff, a pipe and an affinity for dogs, sound familiar? This makes it less of Christian symbolism and more a case of the people at Telltale Games actually doing the research.

The map patterns are: Gateway = feet, Center = heart, Swordfight path = right hand, Treasure Hunt path = left hand, and Thieves' Den = head.

In Chapter 5, the map of the Crossroads is shaped like a cross where Christ was crucified.

In the same chapter, Guybrush cures Elaine and everyone else across the Gulf of Melange of the Pox of LeChuck, and then gets betrayed by LeChuck and pierced by his Cutlass of Kaflu before dying kind of like when Jesus was pierced by the nails of the cross and died to save humanity from all ills.

Faux Symbolism: According to Telltale Games' forum thread, there are PLENTY of examples of faux symbolism.

Evil Is Sexy: Poxed Elaine in Guybrushs eyes, which makes him wonder if he secretly craves LeChuck.

Also begging to be explained is Elaine's seeming prescience (made even more puzzling as she is not in her right mind most of the game) - people even theorize that Elaine has voodoo-like powers.

Epileptic Trees: Tales is like an incomplete puzzle that invites fans to submit missing pieces: especially regarding the role of the Voodoo Lady in setting the story in motion, and her allegiance and motivation.

Contested Sequel/ Surprisingly Improved Sequel: The general consensus is that the game, while not quite as good as the first three, is a significant improvement over Escape from Monkey Island.

Apparently he and The Map are still platonic friends, as he keeps bringing it up even after he is paired with Anemone.

Before there was Winslow/ Anemone, there was Winslow/ The Map.

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