Werdna
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2013, 05:57:48 am » |
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Wow. I know that SJI has always had an undercurrent of darkness running through it - Dani's nightmares being the most obvious example - but this really looks like active malevolence. In panel 2, it's clearly established that the three of them are walking on the shoulder of the road on the left side, from the POV of inside the car. In panel 3, there's the shadow of the car in the background. In panel 4, it looks as though the car actually is accelerating (kicking up a cloud of dust and/or exhaust behind it) and cutting to the left side of the road with the three of them still clearly on the shoulder.
I agree with SpaceCadet's assessment about the seriousness of the situation. My only question (apart from who the driver is): is the "Eeeeeeeee..." sound effect meant to be the squeal of brakes? If it is, my guess is that this is an attempted robbery. I think the plan would be to be going fast enough so that Dani wouldn't have time to react, slow down enough to incapacitate her (at a minimum; death is still a possibility), jump out, grab Dani (or the watch, if it has been established that she had it on her), and drive away. So, based on that supposition, I think the driver has got to be Derek. He would still be pissed off that he never got Danielle during the night of the watch, and he probably hates Adrian enough that this plan would bring about maximum pain. jmundt is right about this not being Kanti's or Q's style, especially since their plan, when we last saw them, was to get into the house, not to run someone down.
I'm trying to figure out the timing of the day: Adrian has music lessons first thing, shows up at work, deals with Laura, goes back to Deep Black Vinyl, takes Erin home, gets a ride from Jacqui to the airport, meets Dani ... and, OK, with all that happening that sounds like it might be after dark already, especially given how close to the winter solstice this still is. Kudos on the narrative timing, Daphne!
But man, we are going to a dark place as we approach the hiatus in the main plot.
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