On a slightly related note, 'Into the Bayou' really reinforces for me a dark comedic tragedy theme for Gremlins, that becomes less comedic and more tragic the more you read and internalise it. Gremlin life appears to have been written to the work of Thomas Hobbes, most notably Leviathan, wherein he notes:
"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short."
Obviously, there are key differences here, but the central theme of 'a time of war', and lack of security can be implemented. On one hand there is an element of comic relief to their portrayal, but on the other a deeply disturbing story of colonisation, colonial views of indigenous cultures, inequality, and social determinants of Western notions of 'success'.
Just wondering if these themes were intentional, or whether I'm simply over-thinking things. I have ideas germinating about having a Gremlin campaign that focuses on the negative impact of humans coming through the Breach.