Changes: The Nothing

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"No, that would be something, this was... Nothing! And it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger..." - The Rock Biter, The Neverending Story.

The Nothing is the main antagonist in The Neverending Story. It is a power which destroys Fantasia one by one by absorbing it.

Novel

In the novel, the Nothing is revealed to be tied to the human world; it is created by humans' lack of imagination and reluctance to read books. Gmork implies that all Fantasticans lost to The Nothing are reborn in the human world as lies.

The Manipulators are the power behind the Nothing and Gmork's masters. Their goal is to destroy Fantastica in order to replace fantasy with lies to manipulate and control the human race.

In the first half of the novel, The Nothing is revealed to be a mysterious and dark parasite, with the sole intention of running the magical universe of Fantastica into extinction by consuming its very existence.

When compared to a hole, the Rockbiter replied that a hole would be something, but there was nothing. Later on, when Atreyu attempts to glance at The Nothing, his eyes hurt, simply because his brain was not able to comprehend what it is he saw. It is eventually revealed that some unknown entity is behind the Nothing, though the identity of this entity is never revealed.

It also gives people the desire to surrender themselves to oblivion by jumping into the nothing.

The Nothing succeeds in destroying Fantastica, but Bastian creates a new version of the world.

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

In the first film, The Nothing is depicted as a raging storm that takes things away.

Trivia

In the 1984 film, The Nothing is actually a matte painting by Bern Forster.

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 "''No, that would be something, this was... Nothing! And it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger...''" - [[Rock Biter/Pyornkrachzark|The Rock Biter]], The Neverending Story.
-[[File:Bern-foster-the-neverending-story-clouds.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px|The Nothing]]
+[[File:Bern-foster-the-neverending-story-clouds.jpg|right|300x300px|The Nothing, as painted by Bern Forster]]
+'''The Nothing''' is the main antagonist in [[The Neverending Story|''The Neverending Story'']]. It is a power which destroys Fantasia one by one by absorbing it.
-'''The Nothing''' is a power which destroys Fantasia one by one by absorbing it. The Nothing gives people the desire to surrender themselves to oblivion by jumping into the nothing. Gmork said that the Nothing would be a chance for beings of Fantasia to come to the human world, but as lies. The Nothing was created by the manipulators; in fact, it's the emptiness that remains when people stop to have fantasy. The Nothing succeeds in destroying Fantasia, however, Bastian creates a new version of it.
+==Novel==
+In the novel, the Nothing is revealed to be tied to the human world; it is created by humans' lack of imagination and reluctance to read books. [[Gmork]] implies that all [[Fantastica|Fantasticans]] lost to The Nothing are reborn in the human world as lies.
+[[The Manipulators]] are the power behind the Nothing and Gmork's masters. Their goal is to destroy [[Fantastica]] in order to replace fantasy with lies to manipulate and control the human race.
-In the first half of the Michael Ende's novel, The Nothing is revealed to be a mysterious and dark parasite, with the sole intention of running the magical universe of [[Fantastica|Fantasia]] into extinction by consuming its very existence.
-In the film adaption of the novel, The Nothing is depicted as a raging storm that takes things away.
+In the first half of the novel, The Nothing is revealed to be a mysterious and dark parasite, with the sole intention of running the magical universe of Fantastica into extinction by consuming its very existence.
 When compared to a hole, [[Rock Biter/Pyornkrachzark|the Rockbiter]] replied that a hole would be something, but there was nothing. Later on, when [[Atreyu]] attempts to glance at The Nothing, his eyes hurt, simply because his brain was not able to comprehend what it is he saw. It is eventually revealed that some unknown entity is behind the Nothing, though the identity of this entity is never revealed.
-==Novel==
-[[File:Latest-17.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px|The Nothing]]
-In the novel, the Nothing is revealed to be tied to the human world. Or, more accurately, the Nothing is created by humans' lack of imagination and reluctance to read books. The Gmork implies that all Fantasians lost to The Nothing are reborn in the human world as lies.
+It also gives people the desire to surrender themselves to oblivion by jumping into the nothing.
-The Manipulators are the power behind the Nothing and Gmork's masters. Their goal is to destroy Fantastica in order to replace fantasy with lies to manipulate and control the human race.
+The Nothing succeeds in destroying Fantastica, but [[Bastian]] creates a new version of the world.
 ==The NeverEnding Story (1984)==
+[[File:Latest-17.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px|The Nothing]]In [[The NeverEnding Story (film)|the first film]], The Nothing is depicted as a raging storm that takes things away.
+== Trivia ==
-[[Category:Villains]]
+In the 1984 film, The Nothing is actually a matte painting by Bern Forster.[[Category:Villains]]
 [[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:The Neverending Story]]