In the first season of “Sweet tooth“, Netflix series developed by Jim Mickle, few details are revealed about the origin of the virus that swept the world or its connection to the animal / human hybrids that emerged around the same time.
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For now, it’s only known that Gus was created in the Fort Smith research lab by a scientist named Pajarita. When the military threatens to take away all of her experiences, the woman turns to a janitor she recently met, Richard, who takes the baby half-human, half-deer to Yellowstone National Park and raising her as his son.
Apparently Gus was born a year before the virus (Crumble) kicked off, so is he the first hybrid that has existed? The answers are in the DC comic of the same name. While the fiction, available on the popular streaming platform since June 4, has made some changes from the original Jeff Lemire material, this is the explanation it could adapt.
THE ORIGIN OF VIRUSES AND HYBRIDS
In the comic number 26 of “Sweet tooth“Some flashbacks are shown which reveal the origin of the virus. In 1911, a doctor-in-training named Jeff Thacker appears, who, in his search for the fiancé of his sister, Louis Simpson, who has been missing for months, arrives in Alaska and discovers that Louis’ missionary ship is deserted.
Later he finds a church littered with plague corpses and Louis, who during his time with the natives, fell in love and was accepted, however, sparked chaos by entering a sacred cave, where he found the elders. bones of hybrid people. that to the tribe they were gods in physical form, including one similar to Gus who was called Tekkeitsertok, the Inuit god of the hunt.
By disrupting the holy place, the virus killed everyone in the area. After learning everything, James decides to murder Louis’ baby, a hybrid boy similar to Gus. For a century, this “divine punishment”, as the locals call it, remained isolated from the rest of humanity. But when Fort Smith discovers the same cave, it begins to experiment with the remains and carries the virus to the rest of the world.
Will it be the same in the series of Netflix? A few years ago, Jeff Lemire, the creator of “Sweet tooth“He said,” I can’t imagine the show without this story [de la expedición de flashback], because he ended up bringing back much of the end of the series. “
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