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that-ineffable-devil · 4 months

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I really appreciate that, in Charles' wrap-up of "the pennies dropped" he specifically uses the word "murdered" in reference to Niko. Because she was murdered. She didn't sponteously die. She wasn't killed by accident. She was murdered. It was intentional. Esther threw that bolt with the intention to kill whoever it hit. It doesn't matter that it was meant for Crystal.

Words are powerful. Words have meaning.

And of course he would use the right word. After all, both he and Edwin were murdered. Maybe the boys who murdered them didn't have that exact intention, but their intentions were no less lethal and no less malicious.

#and frankly I'm not convinced that the boys who murdered Charles didn't mean to #maybe it didn't start that way #but the fact that they were throwing rocks at him in freezing cold water #the fact that they chased him #the fact that they had likely already beaten the hell out of him before he got to the water #maybe they didn't intend to murder him but they definitely didn't care if they did #Edwin is a little more up in the air #I don't believe Simon had the intent to murder him #Obviously he couldn't have anticipated the summoning was real #But we don't know the other boys' motivations in that scene #and within film and TV it's not uncommon for a “joke sacrifice” to become a real one because at least one person wants to kill them #dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland #niko sasaki #Major props to the writers for this one because it's IMPORTANT #cw murder

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