Ericka, how about a nice walking stick of some sort, instead--possibly a shillelagh someone brought home for the victim from Ireland, or a monogrammed, handmade hardwood cane, or something?
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
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Topic!Cindy - Dec 07, 2004 1:01:36 pm PST #8568 of 10001
What is even happening?
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 1:02:43 pm PST #8569 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Cindy, thing about something that idiosyncratic is that is leads straight to the perpetrator, and there goes your novel.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 07, 2004 1:03:40 pm PST #8570 of 10001
What is even happening?
Deb, wasn't erika talking about the crutches belonging to the victim, though?
eta...
I'm thinking, if they were used as, well, a blunt instrument, could you tell they were the vic's? Probably not. They're probably gonna have to find it with blood on itand stuff. Nobody's ever gonna ask me what I'm thinking ever again, are they?
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 1:04:49 pm PST #8571 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have a lot to think of... must not be as close to done as I'm thinking. But eventually, I'll be glad I took the time, right?
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 1:16:44 pm PST #8572 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'm thinking, if they were used as, well, a blunt instrument, could you tell they were the vic's? Probably not. They're probably gonna have to find it with blood on itand stuff. Nobody's ever gonna ask me what I'm thinking ever again, are they?
(blink)
You're absolutely right. Not the perp's, the vic's. Huh.
Now I'm madly curious to know the circumstances.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 4:20:53 pm PST #8573 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe there's such a thing as trying to be too cute. But it did encourage me to ask the questions "Can crutches be a murder weapon?" and "How distinctive are they?" which are important things to know in this situation.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 4:23:41 pm PST #8574 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, erika, have them hold the floor end of the crutch and swing like a baseball bat. Mucho deado.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 4:29:04 pm PST #8575 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Good to know.
Susan W. - Dec 07, 2004 7:39:28 pm PST #8576 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
What would someone a few months away from death of tuberculosis look like? Deathly pallor or hectic bloom?
I'd think pallor, but I know in the Anne of Green Gables series, when Anne comes home from college one summer and learns that Ruby Gillis is dying of consumption, there was something about the roses in her cheeks being too bright.
Ginger - Dec 07, 2004 7:58:13 pm PST #8577 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think that flushed face is in the earlier part of the disease, when there are intermittent fevers. By the end, you get the reason why it's called consumption--weight loss, hollow cheeks, dry skin and the characteristic cough.
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