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Zero at the Bone by MadLori
MadLori:
--- Quote from: mariez on October 20, 2007, 07:10:07 pm ---Thanks for stoppng by and answering some questions, Lori. I'm glad Brad's not one of the bad guys!
Yeah, I knew Petros worked for the brothers - but the people who beat up J.J. are the second group of bad guys and they want Jack dead, too - only for different reasons, right? ....and the scary message about making D kill Jack made me think that maybe Petros was working both sides of the fence....they could kidnap Jack and get D for whatever reason...that there is some connection between the two groups somehow?......well, I'll stop because my head is spinning and I'll wait patiently and see how this all plays out. Really compelling stuff!
Marie
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They don't want Jack dead so much as they want D to kill him. Does that make sense? Way back when at the beginning, Jack was just a convenient target. Their blackmailing of D wasn't about Jack, it was about D.
But now that D and Jack have a relationship, one imagines that they might exploit that relationship to inflict as much harm on D as possible, for whatever reason.
ifyoucantfixit:
I keep having this notion rattling around inside my head...The fact that D said there is nothing they
could do to make him kill Jack... I can think of one scenario...The torture scene from Shades. If D saw they
were torturing Jack that way, he would kill him before he let that continue....UUUUUUUUUgggggghhh. I cant
bear the thought...
mariez:
--- Quote from: MadLori on October 20, 2007, 11:12:36 pm ---They don't want Jack dead so much as they want D to kill him. Does that make sense? Way back when at the beginning, Jack was just a convenient target. Their blackmailing of D wasn't about Jack, it was about D.
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Thanks, Lori. Yes -that does make sense! I can see that, and my head hurts trying to figure out why? But that's the whole point of a good mystery, isn't it?
--- Quote from: MadLori on October 20, 2007, 11:12:36 pm ---...
But now that D and Jack have a relationship, one imagines that they might exploit that relationship to inflict as much harm on D as possible, for whatever reason.
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Yeah, that's very clear! And I just have to repeat what Mikaela said. GULP - really scary stuff.
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on October 20, 2007, 11:40:19 pm --- I keep having this notion rattling around inside my head...The fact that D said there is nothing they
could do to make him kill Jack... I can think of one scenario...The torture scene from Shades. If D saw they
were torturing Jack that way, he would kill him before he let that continue....UUUUUUUUUgggggghhh. I cant
bear the thought...
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Yeah, that thought occurred to me too, Janice - which is why I was thinking there was some connection between the groups, some way they could use each other to the advantage of both - but that doesn't really make sense either because the second group prevented J.J. from getting to Jack - they have their own agenda because of D......I have to stop thinking now! LOL!
Marie
Mikaela:
--- Quote from: mariez on October 21, 2007, 11:30:09 am --- Yeah, that thought occurred to me too, Janice - which is why I was thinking there was some connection between the groups, some way they could use each other to the advantage of both - but that doesn't really make sense either because the second group prevented J.J. from getting to Jack - they have their own agenda because of D......
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Perhaps the best we can hope for is that the two groups trying to get at Jack and D end up fighting each other in all-out war because they deem the other bad guys are in their way.
For some mysterious reason - probably because the tension of Zero makes me crave a little comic relief - the idea of the bad guys' in-fight brought to mind a scene in "Monthy Pyton's Life of Brian". The one where two competing Judean Peoples' Front groups accidentally meet on their way to kidnap the wife of Pilate (I think it is) and end up fighting each other like crazy (literally) because both want to take honour for having thought out the plan and performed the kidnap. ::) Well, fingers crossed for something similar happening in Zero, but I doubt there's much of a chance of that - the people hunting J&D are too evil. too determined and too persistent to be thusly distracted - and they might even form an alliance, seeing that their goals *could* be combined to horrifying effect.
I am *so* hooked on this fic right now - so anxious to see what happens! I bet we're in for some really gruelling cliff-hangerish nailbiting scenes yet. :o
--- Quote ---I have to stop thinking now! LOL!
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You speak for me. Though I still keep speculating, despite myself. It only leads to my head hurting, though.... And the only cure will be the next update, and the one after that! ;D
mariez:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on October 21, 2007, 04:15:36 pm ---Perhaps the best we can hope for is that the two groups trying to get at Jack and D end up fighting each other in all-out war because they deem the other bad guys are in their way.
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I like your way of thinking!
--- Quote from: Mikaela on October 21, 2007, 04:15:36 pm ---For some mysterious reason - probably because the tension of Zero makes me crave a little comic relief - the idea of the bad guys' in-fight brought to mind a scene in "Monthy Pyton's Life of Brian". The one where two competing Judean Peoples' Front groups accidentally meet on their way to kidnap the wife of Pilate (I think it is) and end up fighting each other like crazy (literally) because both want to take honour for having thought out the plan and performed the kidnap. ::) Well, fingers crossed for something similar happening in Zero, but I doubt there's much of a chance of that - the people hunting J&D are too evil. too determined and too persistent to be thusly distracted - and they might even form an alliance, seeing that their goals *could* be combined to horrifying effect.
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HaHa! Love Monty Python and I know exactly what you're talking about. But I agree, both sets of bad guys are pros and definitely focused on their targets, and it's the idea of that alliance that has been bouncing around in my head (and making it hurt).
--- Quote from: Mikaela on October 21, 2007, 04:15:36 pm ---....And the only cure will be the next update, and the one after that! ;D
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I'm torn. I can't wait for updates - but I don't want the story to end! I'm so happy a sequel is planned. I'm not ready to say good-bye to these guys.
Marie
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