Plot discussion? (Spoilers!)
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[Edit] My latest theory: Crane provided the hair and picture for the glamour, the book, the dress and the perfume. He hired Lily’s services to act out his fantasy. [Judging from his response when Lily’s identity is uncovered, I doubt that he would knowingly have sex with her. She was likely picked by a third party, or Crane alternatively only saw her glamoured self]. Her meeting with Crane was pictured without him knowing, most likely for blackmailing purposes. -Faith and Lily, like the other girls at the Pudding & Pie, were magically (and literally) forced into a bond of silence by their employer regarding his identity and the identity of their costumers. The enchantment was most likely cast on the purple ribbons worn around their necks. The employer also held the power to behead them though the magic ribbons [which makes him the murderer]. -Faith and Lily were close and may even have lived together. Under interrogation Tweedeldee claimed that she was of somewhat questionable morality and had stolen an item of value from his employer, the ‘Crooked Man’ (the name of the next episode, ‘The Crooked Mile,’ is also from the same nursery rhyme). If Crane was indeed the employer of the Tweedels the pieces could fall nicely into place: Lily stole something from Crane at the Woodlands, disguised as the real Snow White. And Faith was in on it. Lily had taken the picture of Crane in room 207 in case they have to blackmail him. -The employer learns of the breach of contract and kills them. Maybe he is informed of Faith’s intention to meet at Bigby’s apartment? Lily was killed in room 207 [this strengthens the assumption that her killer ran the P&P and the hotel]. -The placing of the heads at the entrance to the Woodlands was clearly a message. I doubt the murderer himself delivered the heads, being as sophisticated as he probably is. Instead, one of his employees sets up the scene. The ribbon and signet-ring are left as a clue by someone who sympathizes with Faith, perhaps one of the girls at the P&P (or as a plea for help considering their plight). But who was the message for?
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So I was just wondering what you guys think. It's obviously very early to speculate over most of the plot, but here are a few pretty concrete thoughts:
- Ichabod Crane isn't Lily's murderer. Beauty's master key wouldn't open the room, and the torn dress suggests that Lily (or one of the other girls) had worn it on an earlier occasion, possibly when the picture of Crane was taken. I believe he's being framed.
- Lily was reported missing before the night of Faith’s murder, and was presumably killed before her too. We can assume the blood at The Open Arms was hers because her corpse held a similar flower.
- The purple ribbons probably prevent the girls at the Pudding & Pie from talking. More information on room 207 will have to come from either Crane or Georgy.
- Lily's body will probably be thrown into the witching well before Holly can cremate her. I imagine Crane will dispose of it now that he's become a suspect (Bigby was probably confronting him over the well in that missing scene from the episode's preview). This means that no further clues will come from her body. Dr. Swineheart still hasn't come up with any results from examining Faith's head. Either that or her missing body will probably provide a lead in the future.
- Lawrence probably can't provide any information regarding the item Faith was concealing, on account of them being apart. I suspect that he, like Woody, Beauty and Beast, is merely a distraction at this point.
- Considering their handling of earlier investigation scenes, the Tweedles are probably the ones who searched through Faith's items at the P&P. Their employer (The Crooked Man?), however, seems an unlikely murder suspect.
As for my speculations:
Crane long-term hired room 207 at The Open Arms for his Snow White RP. Either he himself or someone else at the Woodlands provided the hair and picture for the glamour. Lily regularly played his Snow, but Faith covered for her at least once as suggested by the note at P&P. It’s hard to point out which of the two was killed first, but neither could have been a mistake considering the careful placing of both heads at the Woodlands’ entrance. It has to be a message for someone there. It may even be a plea for help. I suspect the purple ribbons magically behead the girls at P&P if they speak against the rules.
The Tweedles' employer could also be Crane. He did instruct Bigby to be gentle at the interrogation and Faith may have stolen something from him when she was covering for Lily. Perhaps an item that could reveal his identity and ruin his reputation. Not certain about that one however. Also, unless he's being framed, I can't imagine why the picture of him and Snow would be left behind at the hotel.
What do you think? We obviously have a long wait ahead of us before the next episode, so you might as well shoot on.
Comments
I think the story lost a lot of its drama... I mean I love Snow and it made me rly angry and sad that she was dead. But gamewise... that was a good thing. I feel that her "revival" rly lost a lot of emotional value for the series. It also lacked compensation for that. There is no thrill for me to rly continue atm when they try to tell me that crane is the murderer. Even if he turns out not to be... it lost its edge for the moment...
Yeah, I can see Crane being the Tweedles' employer. If Faith took Lily's shift unexpectedly, that's likely what got her involved.
Crane is a pervert and is definitely guilty of the Snow White RP and probably the stalking. However, I think that's just a sidetrack to the killer's goals. Maybe Crane is the target, but it seems too early in the game for that to be revealed. I still think Bigby is the ultimate target of the killer.
I can totally relate to what you're saying, but having followed the comics for years I knew she would survive somehow. She's one of the main characters and later has Bigby's children. Seeing as the game takes place before the comic series her death made no sense..
I just thought they write a whole new story unrelated to the comic book storyline so I didn't think shed survive. And i kinda liked it cause it rly got me emotionally entangled.
There weren't a lot of options this episode. Almost whatever dialogue option you picked the response seemed the same every time. Not thrilled about that. Good episode, but not great.
felt the same to me... like a filler episode... not bad but not that good either... expected much more after that long wait
I agree. Obviously TellTale made a lot of edits to the storyline during the big delay, and some of the scenes that appeared at the original preview for episode 2 now appear at the preview for the next installment. Overall it was a short episode with limited choices, but it was very informative and I bet the next one will be great. Wouldn't mind a little action again..
Agreed. Without a variety of dialogue options with different responses, I'm just basically watching a movie.
What about that little wooden magic thing that Crane said they shouldnt open? It contained Snow's hair and half her picture with Rose. Why would he take it with him why would he want some of the evidence on him? Bigby had already looked at it and Crane saw what was in it so why does he need to take it with him? I also recall Snow saying "someone must have taken thiss picture from my apartment" but who took it?
Yeah, I too thought that the wooden container might be the item Faith stole. Still, I reckon it's too early to speculate over that.
I've also been thinking maybe the purple ribbons somehow behead the girls from P&P if they speak against the rules. I actually have a strong feeling about this. The theory does beg the question of how Faith managed to swallow her ribbon and signet-ring after being beheaded, but maybe one of the other girls left it for Bigby as a clue? The Little Mermaid was helpful enough at the club..
I've played 2 different save files, which I caught Tweedledum and Woodsman in different save files. If you are interrogating Woodsman, he will share with you Lily is his long time customer, and that night when Faith shows up, he is mad. This shows that Faith is covering Lily for Woodsman but not Crane.
Also, I think the photo of Crane and Snow White is taken by someone else. The stalker might take it during his stalking, and who knows, maybe he feels angry after seeing Snow and Crane sleep together and decided to kill her. I think the photos is left there for someone to find.
As for "these lips are sealed", it might be some kind of enchantment which makes the girls unable to speak about their job, whenever they want to mention something about their job, they'll end up saying "these lips are sealed". In the comics, Weyland was put under such enchantment when he was imprisoned. Also in the game, Little Mermaid actually spilled out "these... lips...", I think it shows her trying very hard to talk about the truth but unable to speak them out.
Im pretty sure your right about the ribbon thing. It just feels sooo weird that every stripper/prostitute had one and as always would say the famous line "these lips are sealed".
I don't think Crane's being framed. There was NO Photoshop back in the 80's.
Someone could have taken the photos without him knowing and then put them under the bed. I mean its easy to telk that they were planted on purpose. Someone else is framing him and since it looks soooo bad for Crane the actual killer knows that Crane will be hunted. Its Crane who has this weird obsession with Snow and we know hes been gettin "massages" but we know most probably he wouldnt kill Snow. He seemed quite upset about her death. I think Bluebeard is the one who is getting Crane framed. Bluebeard is rich and money is power.
For example Snow said "someone must have stolen this picture". Bluebeard is rich, he can just pay someone to have a copy of Snow's key made. He wants control of Fabletown. I wouldnt be surprised if he hired the Red head guy to follow Bigby around. To see Bigby screw up (because we know Bigby has a hot temper) and to see how Bigby would handle the case. Bluebeard could have also joined in on the interragation of Dee/Woodsman just so he could encourage Bigby to use force. Bluebeard could use this against Bigby to get him fired. When that happens and Bigby looks like the bane of Fabletown, Bluebeard can easily do whatever he wants. He'll have money and power over the fables.
Now I could be totally wrong about all this but even if Bluebeard looks to obvious, maybe Telltale wants us to think hes to obvious. Sometimes thebanswer is right under your nose but you dont bother to look there because its just feels like it would be too easy. Thats just what I think.
Really? Two women murdered already and Snow possibly being the next target isn't enough motivation? She actually has to die?
For one thing, a lot of us pointed out right away that Snow was likely not really dead since they've said this game is supposed to fit in with the continuity in the comics. Besides, the brooding male anti-hero out to avenge the death of a female love interest? Done. To. Death. Frankly, I was surprised there weren't more people shouting about "women in refrigerators" and decrying Telltale as chauvinists after the last episode.
Personally, I thought the way they handled it was great. Having Snow walk in right in the middle of Bigby interrogating his suspect to find out who killed Snow is, IMO, way more interesting. And Snow is too good of a character to have her just show up in the first episode so she can die and provide motivation for Bigby. I'd much rather see her as a character we can interact with throughout the series. And you can't even say that Telltale wasn't being fair with the audience by pulling a deus ex machina or some such similar cop-out to get out of dealing with Snow's death because no one ever said that Snow was dead. It was simply misdirection. Which seems perfectly fitting for a noir mystery story.
Plus, Snow being alive raises a lot more interesting questions. Like why was the latest victim made up to look like Snow? How is Crane's obsession with Snow connected to the murders?
He could of finished his... business and left before the killer came in.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the ribbon also beheads them if they somehow break the rules or talk. Bigby did say that whatever severed Faith's head may have been magic.
I just replayed the first episode and caught the woodsman like you suggested. So Faith covered for Lily at Woody's while she was meeting with Crane. Lily left her the thank you note after meeting Crane at the Open Arms. They acted out the whole Snow White RP thing in room 207. She wore the dress from the book and their picture was taken (maybe she took the picture without him knowing?). Crane left. Lily was unharmed at the time but the dress was torn in whatever game they were playing (untying a bodice looks like a pain in the ass).
Later, Lily suspiciously changed into cloths resembling those of Snow. The question is, why was she trying to pass for the real life Snow White?
Also, in her note she promised to meet Faith at the apartment. What apartment?
Gren was at the Woodlands to report Lily missing the day after Faith turned up dead. Lily was killed in room 207. Where Faith was killed remains unknown.
I already wrote this in another thread. I don´t think the ribbons behead the person wearing it. But I don´t really know anything about the fables world, so what do I know lol...
What I have been thinking about is - what if those ribbons are just for fable hookers?
Concerning Crane,I think that it is not the real one and that someone is using glamour to look like him and incriminate him.However remember in episode one when we first enter Crane's office,he mentions that he has an appointment with someone for a "massage" and he asks Snow where is the bottle of wine he wanted.In room 207,we do find a bottle of wine on the desk.Maybe he did meet Lily but he didn't kill her.In the comics Crane did have feelings for Snow and even assaulted her but he isn't a criminal.When we see him looking in the mirror at the end of the episode,he didn't seem angry or worried to me that Bigby had found the pictures.Maybe it is a conspiracy against all those who run Fabletown.Or what if the killer is trying to make Bigby think that it's all about Snow just to prevent him from discovering something else ?
Except she was never going to die, especially when you remember that this is a prequel to the Fables series. And they certainly have not lost any drama, there are still two dead fambles.
Crane is not Dee's employer. Beauty revealed they work for the Crooked Man.
Well, it's possible he didn't do it, afterall he's a pussy, but come on...that Snow White glamour dough...
Doesn't matter...He killed BroMirror!
BroMirror R.I.P. 2013-2014.
My theory on the subject: http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/58314/about-crane-spoilers
That one container that Crane took in the episode 3 preview wasn't the same one taken off of lily. Bigby had the Lily one because if you remember back at the pudding and pie Bigby could show it to Georgie.
My guess is that it is a different container that Crane is going to use to Glamour
as someone else so he can return to the woodlands undetected.
Yes but that wouldn't account for Lily dressing as the real life Snow White after removing the fairytale dress. Why would she try to pass as her?
Some good theories. Regarding the third, Crane could be ridiculed for sleeping with a troll. Still, I feel like he isn't the killer. Your first theory is close to mine.
Here is my latest theory:
Crane provided the hair and picture for the glamour, the book, the dress and the perfume. He hired Lily’s services to act out his fantasy. [Judging from his response when Lily’s identity is uncovered, I doubt that he would knowingly have sex with her. She was likely picked by a third party, or Crane alternatively only saw her glamoured self]. Her meeting with Crane was pictured without him knowing, most likely for blackmailing purposes. -Faith and Lily, like the other girls at the Pudding & Pie, were magically (and literally) forced into a bond of silence by their employer regarding his identity and the identity of their costumers. The enchantment was most likely cast on the purple ribbons worn around their necks. The employer also held the power to behead them though the magic ribbons [which makes him the murderer]. -Faith and Lily were close and may even have lived together. Under interrogation Tweedeldee claimed that she was of somewhat questionable morality and had stolen an item of value from his employer, the ‘Crooked Man’ (the name of the next episode, ‘The Crooked Mile,’ is also from the same nursery rhyme). If Crane was indeed the employer of the Tweedels the pieces could fall nicely into place: Lily stole something from Crane at the Woodlands, disguised as the real Snow White. And Faith was in on it. Lily had taken the picture of Crane in room 207 in case they have to blackmail him. -The employer learns of the breach of contract and kills them. Maybe he is informed of Faith’s intention to meet at Bigby’s apartment? Lily was killed in room 207 [this strengthens the assumption that her killer ran the P&P and the hotel]. -The placing of the heads at the entrance to the Woodlands was clearly a message. I doubt the murderer himself delivered the heads, being as sophisticated as he probably is. Instead, one of his employees sets up the scene. The ribbon and signet-ring are left as a clue by someone who sympathizes with Faith, perhaps one of the girls at the P&P (or as a plea for help considering their plight). But who was the message for?
I'm rather curious about who else smokes Bigby's terrible cigarettes.
It wasn't Crane for all we know.
Colin
Man, you're right!
Lily's Snow clothes also had no blood on them. Neither did the dress. I'm guessing she was killed when naked.