{"id":493,"date":"2015-09-07T01:05:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T05:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2015-09-07T08:28:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:28:55","slug":"interview-with-thaddeus-ryker-from-deep-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2015\/09\/07\/interview-with-thaddeus-ryker-from-deep-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Thaddeus Ryker from DEEP BLUE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/2015\/09\/07\/interview-with-thaddeus-ryker-from-deep-blue\/bsi-cl-deepblue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue.jpg?fit=212%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"212,318\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bsi-cl-deepblue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue.jpg?fit=212%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"bsi-cl-deepblue\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kate-hill.com\/compellingbeastsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bsi-cl-deepblue.jpg?w=212&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Where are you from?<\/strong> For the past 100 years I have lived under the sea, alone. In the dark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your main purpose in life?<\/strong> To find true love, for that\u2019s the only thing to break the curse that keeps me living as half man, half sea monster. I have but three more days to find her, or I will turn completely into a giant squid and live the rest of eternity alone down here, but with a human\u2019s mind and memories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a love interest?<\/strong> I have been searching for love for the past 100 years, and I think I may have found my one true love at last. Her name is Kate\u2014I feel a little guilty about this, but I snatched her from the deck of a cruise ship. Her family and friends probably think she jumped.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your weapon of choice? <\/strong>I am half giant squid. My tentacles are razor sharp. I need no further weapons than that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What makes you happy? <\/strong>Kate makes me happy. For the first time since being cursed and banished to deep blue, I have companionship. You cannot imagine how lonely it is being down here in the dark, alone, with a man\u2019s brain and heart\u2026 but nobody to talk to or touch. And for the first time in a long time, I have hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? <\/strong>This is an obvious answer, but I would be 100% human, not half man half beast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"compbeastsblog\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are you from? For the past 100 years I have lived under the sea, alone. In the dark. What is your main purpose in life? To find true love, for that\u2019s the only thing to break the curse that keeps me living as half man, half sea monster. 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