2009-08-24, 15:45 | Link #1921 |
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I still feel the George/Shannon dynamic is just odd. What I mean is why did George fall in love with her? He even says that he met her a few times in the family conference but suddenly just noticed her only day and began liking her. That's just weird to me. Shannon views him as a prince charming, but with George we don't really know why he just started to like her, considering they only see each other once a year.
As far as the 'deepness' between Kanon/Jessica, I really just get more of a teen love feel from it, since they are teenagers. Know how many girls in my school have a boyfriend and say it's the deepest thing they've ever experienced. 2 months later they break up and, although she feels sad, she eventually moves on and dates another boy and says the same thing. It can develop into something deeper, sure, but both of them are still kids. And because George cries he's suspicious. Most times he's trying to hold in his tears, like when they discover Rudolf, Kyrie and Hideyoshi's bodies in EP 3. |
2009-08-24, 15:48 | Link #1922 |
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There was also the scene when Beatrice attacked George and Shannon... if I remember correctly, Shannon made that barrier, while George was on the ground cowering in fear or something (bad memory, please correct me if that's wrong)... however, I found that a little odd, it might just be a character flaw, but I thought it'd be better if he at least TRIED to protect Shannon. I'm not really sure what to think of them as a couple, but I'd hate it if Shannon's love was just one-sided. In Episode 4 George shows that he'd kill everybody else for Shannon, I'm not really sure what to think of this though... it might mean that he really loves her, or maybe he has some ulterior motive.
But I do agree that he seems too "perfect" and unsuspicious to be COMPLETELY innocent. ^^;
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He still seems suspicious to me though. >.>
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2009-08-24, 16:27 | Link #1926 |
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While I don't dislike Shanon and George as characters I do understand Kanon and Jessica's relationship more. They kind of have the same problem but Jessica learned to deal with it to a certain extent. Kanon kind of admires her for her strength while she wants to help him to do the same thing for himself (some general teen love included of course). However he also regards her with envy and he doesn't have any self-confidence because of his status and that's where the whole relationship fails while everything works out perfect (until the murders begin) for George and Shanon which makes them quite boring for me. They are both too perfect in their own way.
Ah, since this thread is for speculation... IMO George is so unsuspicuous that it doesn't even make him suspicious again... I can't think of any believable motive at the moment, even Shanon is more suspicious, especially since EP5 (I didn't say that I myself do think of her as the culprit or something close to that). I know, there are other characters that also don't have a clear motive right now, but at least those characters are suspicious enough because of certain facts and events. |
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2009-08-24, 17:03 | Link #1931 | |
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IMO the 2 pairs or whatever I should call them are one of the most unimportant/uninteresting aspects in the whole franchise anyway, so I don't really care... |
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2009-08-24, 17:09 | Link #1933 | |
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2009-08-24, 17:11 | Link #1934 |
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While I can understand why JessicaXKanon might be interesting, I personally find GeorgeXShannon quite boring really. Like previously mentioned, they're too perfect and not much of a reason is given from George's point of view. ^^;
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2009-08-24, 17:57 | Link #1935 |
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I believe I saw a theory on TVTropes once that George and Shannon really weren't in love, and the whole "too perfect" thing was the main basis of it. I have to admit, although George and Shannon are very cute, Kanon and Jessica are even more likable and cute in the eyes of most fans, including myself.
Also, an interesting note: with some minor additions, my theory from here still makes sense after EP5. I might have to edit it a little, but it's actually starting to make more and more sense 0_o |
2009-08-26, 09:43 | Link #1937 |
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I stayed up all night trying to read as much as I can about EP5 but I still have a theory that I want to put out there.
Here it is. I'll be sleeping for 7 hours after this so I won't be able to reply. There are a bunch of things I glossed over I believe so feel free to poke holes in my theory. Spoiler for Umineko EP1-5 theory: Original Culprit:
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2009-08-26, 09:50 | Link #1938 |
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1) Rosa was confirmed dead for Episode 1.
2) The shed is locked with a padlock. It is absolutely impossible, realistically speaking for someone to open the shed from the inside. 3) Rosa could absolutely not be able to kill George, Shannon and Gohda, let alone Kumasawa and Nanjo, nor Jessica and Kanon.
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2009-08-26, 11:38 | Link #1939 |
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I am throwing out a theory about Umineko. I think it is a long shot but I am curious how well it stand up to scrutiny becuase I think it works but is sort of bonkers. Also I might be missing something super obvious that blows it out of the water. So here it goes. Tell me what you think: Spoiler for My theory on the "killer" in Umineko:
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2009-08-26, 12:02 | Link #1940 |
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I'm not buying "accounting tricks." I will accept that if someone has the same name as someone else, it's theoretically possible for the red text to apply to one or the other in some unexpected way (though I don't personally think that any such instance exists). However, if there are two people, there are two people. The only way I can see this working is if, for instance, Asumu's son turns out to be someone like Kanon (a person who already exists on the island and is accounted-for). If there are two Battlers, but one has another name and is a person we already know, that's one thing. But some extra person is more or less impossible to justify without ridiculous tricks at this point. I don't think it's going to be that complicated or - let's be honest - that cheap.
I think you'd be better off applying your theory while targeting someone else as "the other Battler." But even if you did, it's still rather tricky to show anything substantive yet. Still, couldn't Battler still be a mastermind? "Not the culprit" and "didn't kill anyone" don't necessarily exclude setting everything up. I think it's pretty much ridiculous that Battler could possibly be in any way involved, but if you want a crackpot theory, puppetmaster Battler is still theoretically valid. Sort of. |
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