Help me out with the E3 ending, please.
Why isn't Bigby dead? He lost the fight, and with him out of the picture there is no one left to physically oppose the bad guys. So... Crane was theirs for the taking.
They obviously came prepared to put him down being that Mary had a silver bullet and Woody's axe, but they decide not to kill him mid swing because Snow asks nicely? What? Snow had nothing to trade for Bigby's life... like I said... Crane was theirs for the taking with Bigby out of the way. It would also put an end to his investigation which is obviously troublesome for whomever is behind all this. Maybe I missed something?
Kinda salty about how Bigby went down, too. The choice to kill Dum was too easy, IMO. They were trying to kill you with shotguns and had previously tried to kill you and other Fables with shotguns. Self defense killing is justified in just about every society on the planet. I would have liked something like a choice between killing both Dee AND Dum (hate those guys) and retaining Crane, or saving the life of a hostage Mary had taken (Narissa and/or Snow, maybe?) in order to gain leverage over a Big Bad Wolf that they had underestimated.
Instead we get blasted to bits, a broken arm, and spared by the mercy of our enemies.
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To settle this matter: The Wolf Among Us is a prequel to the Fables comic-book series by Bill Willingham. This means Bigby Wolf is protected by the title and unfortunately can't be killed in the game. Same goes to other Fables who is alive in the comics.
Thanks for the reply. I realize that Bigby is the main protagonist in the story, and if he died there would be no story left to tell. So killing him off obviously makes no sense, story-wise. I get that.
I was more asking if anyone had any insight as to why the baddies chose to spare him with the plot we currently have while displaying my dissatisfaction with the way Bigby was utterly defeated once he finally drew the rats out of hiding
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I'll admit I was incredibly disappointed with the ending. not because I didn't like the game, but I hated that the player, after killing or sparing Dum, Can't go after Bloody Mary and has to stand there like an idiot waiting to be shot.
For the same reason Bigby can choose not to kill Dum, We have no idea of the extent of what the crooked man wants. Mary may be nuts but the crooked man just might want to avoid bloodshed.
Technically, it isn't self-defence if you're holding them up against a wall and they're disarmed and unable to harm you.
Bigby can't be killed. This is a prequel.
He could've picked up the gun and fired when Bigby turned around.
Bigby was choking him out, if you let him live he collapses on the floor and seemingly falls unconscious as his eyes roll back.
That makes sense. Good point.
There isn't a grand jury that exists that would indict a person for killing their attacker in a struggle AFTER being dealt a non-fatal gunshot wound. It's self defense even if the attacker was disarmed during the fight. The mere presence of force in numbers and deadly weapons would be enough to lead a reasonable person to believe that Bigby, Snow and Crane were in enough danger to constitute self defense.
They were also literally backed into a corner with no means of escape.
Have you studied at law school?
We can assume the guy involved with shady dealings which have already resulted in two gruesome deaths wants to avoid bloodshed? He brought a lot of muscle and an arsenal designed to kill the BBW. The silver bullet and Woodsman's ax kind of implies they were intending to put ol' Bigby down. Then when he has nothing to gain by not killing Bigby, he just doesn't for some unknown reason. Is this guy obsessed with Snow White, too? lol
He got what he wanted. I guess he didn't see the point. They probably would have had to kill Snow too, or try.
Not law school, but a BA in Criminology and a career in Criminal Justice
Doesn't mean that the writers didn't had him killed "because he can't die in a prequel".
I think that the Crooked man considers Bigby more trouble than he's worth (like the witch said "there are powers at work that go way beyond his pathetic authority"), so he didn't want to have him killed.
Dee and Dum also probably knew shotgun fire would be enough to slow him down or knock him out (which for their surprise wasn't), but they knew it was very unlikely to kill him (come on, the Huntsman, who isn't even challenge enough for Bigby to transform, had his axe sunk deep in the back of his skull). Mary too was careful enough to have the silver bullet fired at his side, which she guessed would be enough to incapacitate him "not a real werewolf", having just in case the huntsman's axe in hand, that, considering the fable aspect, as for now seems to be one of few things (like silver bullets) that can put Bigby down permanently.
Another thing, TCM's interest in Crane suggests that he's somehow involved in the deaths. I guess that he too is after the killer and Crane being in Lily's scene made TCM hunt after him.
I don't think he'll be killed actually. Probably there'll be a second season so you know it. It is a prequel so it is the story before the Fables. So if Bigby is killed Fables wont exist.
Very impressive, you must be well learned of criminal practices. And in my opinion, the end was just made up of some PIS (Plot induced stupidity) because TellTale couldn't think of a better way to move the plot forward than what they came up with.
Well hopefully we will find out they had a really good reason in the following episodes
The Crooked Man must want to recruit Bigby for his plans. Remember Aunty Greenleef's words: "There are powers at work beyond your pathetic authority" Something big must be stirring.