Vivian aka Lady of the Lake
Firstly I wanna thank people who suggested the Vivian theory, everything I wanna share here started from that theory.
Let's begin at the beginning, as the King of Hearts would say, and start with identifying Vivian. The only fable by that name is Vivian(Different writers and copyists give her name as Nimue, Viviane, Elaine, Niniane, Nivian, Nyneve, and Evienne, among other variations) the Lady of the Lake. She was Merlin's student, and is known for enchanting Merlin himself, she used her power to trap him in the trunk of a tree(Aunty's tree?). Also that would explain why the Ring of Dispel didn't work. "Ring of Dispel is a ring given to Sir Lancelot by the Lady of the Lake which could dispel any enchantment." And why the Mirror couldn't show something covered by powerful magic.
I'm almost 100% sure that she was involved, but it's doubtful if she's the killer, as it is doubtful that any of the killings actually happen at all? Who would have the interest in killing prostitutes and framing Woody and Crane? Obviously not CM and his people, why would he frame Crane and then get him out like that?
Now what do we know about the "victims"? Both worked as prostitutes, both had looser boyfriends in Lawrence and Woodsman, both owed money to somebody( most likely Bluebeard, because it's not Crookedman, as Dee&Dum would have such information on file, and we don't know any other rich person, and if it is Bluebeard then he has no motive of killing them either, why would you kill somebody that owes you money before they pay?).
Speaking of their files, it said there that Faith stole compromising picture from Crane and $500, that mean's 2 things: that she either wanted to blackmail him(or already blackmailed and $500 was just the first payment) or just frame him for whatever reason, and that when she was searching Woody, she wasn't looking for money, but rather something more important. I first thought it might have something to do with what he came to steal from Red Riding Hood's rich grandma. [BTW it's also interesting that Wolf said he think he's seen Faith before, because Donkeyskin as well as RRH, and Cinderella, have the same "father" Charles Perrault.]. And why did the Donkeysking come to Woody's when he was expecting Lily? It's one of the still unanswered questions for me.
What we can say surely so far is who took the picture of Crane and Lily, well, obviously not Crane himself, and he wouldn't leave it there in the room, but someone who had access to that room, like Vivian for example or Beauty, that $500 would help her make that late payment of $470. Somebody made everything look like it was him and they knew Wolf will find it, why? Cause they (through Narissa) told him where to look. How did Dee&Dum know that Wolf is after Crane and that he is at Lily's funeral? Only one person I can think of and it's Beauty, who also owes money to CM, and in whom Georgie has an interest for some reason.
Now there are still questions I just can't find answers for right now, but I feel like as soon as they're answered everything's gonna fall into place. Who could've said "stop laughing" and why? If B.C.W stands Boy who Cried Wolf what is J.D.? Why beheadings? (does it have something to do with Queen of Hearts or Headless Horseman?)
Let's begin at the beginning, as the King of Hearts would say, and start with identifying Vivian. The only fable by that name is Vivian(Different writers and copyists give her name as Nimue, Viviane, Elaine, Niniane, Nivian, Nyneve, and Evienne, among other variations) the Lady of the Lake. She was Merlin's student, and is known for enchanting Merlin himself, she used her power to trap him in the trunk of a tree(Aunty's tree?). Also that would explain why the Ring of Dispel didn't work. "Ring of Dispel is a ring given to Sir Lancelot by the Lady of the Lake which could dispel any enchantment." And why the Mirror couldn't show something covered by powerful magic.
I'm almost 100% sure that she was involved, but it's doubtful if she's the killer, as it is doubtful that any of the killings actually happen at all? Who would have the interest in killing prostitutes and framing Woody and Crane? Obviously not CM and his people, why would he frame Crane and then get him out like that?
Now what do we know about the "victims"? Both worked as prostitutes, both had looser boyfriends in Lawrence and Woodsman, both owed money to somebody( most likely Bluebeard, because it's not Crookedman, as Dee&Dum would have such information on file, and we don't know any other rich person, and if it is Bluebeard then he has no motive of killing them either, why would you kill somebody that owes you money before they pay?).
Speaking of their files, it said there that Faith stole compromising picture from Crane and $500, that mean's 2 things: that she either wanted to blackmail him(or already blackmailed and $500 was just the first payment) or just frame him for whatever reason, and that when she was searching Woody, she wasn't looking for money, but rather something more important. I first thought it might have something to do with what he came to steal from Red Riding Hood's rich grandma. [BTW it's also interesting that Wolf said he think he's seen Faith before, because Donkeyskin as well as RRH, and Cinderella, have the same "father" Charles Perrault.]. And why did the Donkeysking come to Woody's when he was expecting Lily? It's one of the still unanswered questions for me.
What we can say surely so far is who took the picture of Crane and Lily, well, obviously not Crane himself, and he wouldn't leave it there in the room, but someone who had access to that room, like Vivian for example or Beauty, that $500 would help her make that late payment of $470. Somebody made everything look like it was him and they knew Wolf will find it, why? Cause they (through Narissa) told him where to look. How did Dee&Dum know that Wolf is after Crane and that he is at Lily's funeral? Only one person I can think of and it's Beauty, who also owes money to CM, and in whom Georgie has an interest for some reason.
Now there are still questions I just can't find answers for right now, but I feel like as soon as they're answered everything's gonna fall into place. Who could've said "stop laughing" and why? If B.C.W stands Boy who Cried Wolf what is J.D.? Why beheadings? (does it have something to do with Queen of Hearts or Headless Horseman?)
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I thought it was said that Faith and Lily owed money to Georgie Porgie because of how his club operates.
EDIT: Never mind, I noticed that you did, but using the enter key would also help immensely in your case.
Sorry for the jumble of text, just thinking out loud. I'm still trying to figure out some of the gaps in time between the murders as well.
Lake is listed on comicvine.com. I can't post the link otherwise I would. :3
Who said that about they owing money to Georgie? himself?
By the way, what's wrong with links? They could be posted before, as well as pictures.
The links and such are temporarily MIA. I don't know why either, but there's a sticky about it. I took a hiatus from these forums for a couple of weeks and then I come back to no links or pics. Hope they bring them back soon otherwise it'll be hard for me to update my story origins thread. :/
Yeah, it does make things a bit harder. I found a way of posting links by breaking the link somewhere with a space, usually right after "http:" part, but it is not a very elegant solution, as it forces people to copy-paste it and then remove the space so they could open it. Hopefully they'll manage to fix this issue soon, your profound knowledge of folklore would surely be missed around here. And thanks for the information!