Pluribus: Is The Winds of Wycaro a real novel series? Here’s what we know

Vince Gilligan didn't just give us a virus in Pluribus that made the entire world happy except for the miserable protagonist, Carol Sturka, a fantasy romance author played by the brilliant Rhea Seehorn. He gave us a story inside this story called The Winds of Wycaro. That sounds like one of Doctor Strange's many spells, The Whilring Winds of Watoomb.

The Winds of Wycaro is a book series Carol has written for the TV show, which is too popular among the readers, as we can see during one of her reading sessions. And then when she's giving autographs to the fans. It would've been a sensation, it seems, if it were a real novel series. Unfortunately, it's not.

In the first episode of Pluribus, she is joined by Helen (Miriam Shor), her romantic partner and manager, who has a sharp understanding of book marketing. In one scene, Helen subtly rearranges the display in a bookstore, moving Carol’s novel The Winds of Wycaro from the bottom shelf to the top so it catches shoppers’ attention.

Sadly, Helen has quite a small role in this series, as her body couldn't accept the 'happiness virus,' and she dies in the middle of the episode.

This made-up novel series in Pluribus can get its own series

Every fan of The Winds of Wycaro we see in Pluribus is so excited about the latest book that the viewers couldn't help but think, ‘What's so special about it?'

One name, Raban, is something the viewers of the show will keep hearing in the beginning. He is the main protagonist, and it seems like the guy is the real deal. One of the fans is just too into the character, and he brings this prop sword to show Carol, who asks her to hide it.

Though it isn't revealed who Carol has based this character on, there's certainly a story behind it. This is because when she's walking with Helen in her final moments (which she, or we, obviously can't deduce at the time), they are looking at what fans are saying about the character.

Amid this debate pops a question from a fan: Whom is this fictional character Carol based on? She is clearly uncomfortable answering that query and simply asks Helen to put George Clooney in the answer.

That is something interesting and something fans would like to know. So Vince Gilligan can go next for this fantasy tale, if humanity survives. Though the odds are against it if Carol keeps losing her temper in Pluribus. She has already killed over 11 million people out there.

But something like that has already happened. To jog your memory, Harry Potter has shaped many childhoods to believe in magic. Dumbledore's right, words certainly are an inexhaustible source of magic.

Anyway, the point here is that there was a book, a companion guide, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by J.K. Rowling herself. However, under the pen name of Newt Scamander, which is a name that is mentioned in the first Harry Potter book and the film. Of course, Fantastic Beasts was mentioned too, but that came in 2001.

So, if that can happen, it can happen with The Winds of Wycaro, too. It would be an interesting watch.

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