Saint James Infirmary Guest Page 13: The Sun Refused to Shine

[jmundt29]

Not physically possible.

In #12 Erin Hackberry has a playbill out for a production of a Pinter play starring her and Weston, "The Legend In His Own Mind."  The date for this event is October 1, 2016.  Adrian scratches out a meager existence...or tries to...with Echo.  He's a couple eyelashes from destitute, but he seems healthy, if depressed.

In #13 It's 2020 and Adrian is visiting the grave of Erin Cavanaugh who died in 2015.  He is there with Rain and Dani, but no Echo.  He is rich, but his health is failing him (his cane does not appear decorative).  Aside from all the other inconsistencies, unless Erin was somehow cloned back in the late '80s, there is no way these two events could coexist in the same future.

[Daphne]

Weston, "The Legend In His Own Mind." 

Good grief, the man has had about four lines in the whole comic.

[jmundt29]

Daphne, I do apologize, but he's going to have to have a Jessica Rabbit moment to purge his initial negative impression.  He looks like he's trying to be a cross between Prince (un)Charming from Shrek 2 and a Cavalier (even when not in costume for Kiss Me Kate) and he appears to be trying to carry himself and project the image of Fabio on one of those stupid romance novel covers.  I don't like that look on ANY character, even Clark Kent.  Why would I stand for it from a self-important wannabe player?

[mns_95125]

Not physically possible.

While I am inclined to agree with you it may be possible to reconcile the two if you put a more metaphorical spin on Erin's 'death'.  One could imagine that Erin and Adrian were happily married through 2015 and then got into some kind of conflict with 'him'.  Said conflict fundamentally alters Erin's personality, ripping her away from Adrian, but in a way that later leads to Adrian's partial victory over 'him'.  In effect, Erin Cavanaugh dies in a kamikaze attack and Erin Hackberry rises from the ashes.

[Vidor]

t may be possible to reconcile the two if you put a more metaphorical spin on Erin's 'death'.

That would be pretty silly, since this is not a metaphorical "death" but a straight-up tombstone.

Anyway, obviously this guest comic was even worse than the one before.  Could we have a little less tragedy and sadness and death and a little more mind control sex?

[jmundt29]

I heartily disagree with you, there.  The art was fantabulous, we had more context for the tone, and it certainly seems as if we're in a position where the remnants of the harem are still close emotionally and physically--so while his health holds, there are still possibilities for splash pages.  In 12, color and passion seemed almost to have been drained away to nothing.


I can't see a metaphoric death being commemorated with an actual tombstone, and I can't see Adrian's fiscal fortunes and personal connections shifting as wildly as stringing 12 and 13 along the same timeline would indicate.  He went from Johnny Castle to Gordon Gekko in three years?

[Daphne]

Could we have a little less tragedy and sadness and death and a little more mind control sex?

Could happen!

[GodWilling]

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