tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post1153156671898663232..comments2023-11-10T03:46:58.196-05:00Comments on Dragging Blue Lake: Chapter 45: Earl Is Pulled BelowPenelopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-16439018061424926482009-01-30T01:02:00.000-05:002009-01-30T01:02:00.000-05:00Lothere:If you can imagine, the social divide was ...Lothere:<BR/><BR/>If you can imagine, the social divide was much worse in the 1990's than it is in the 2070's for a number of social, political and ideological reasons. Mortimer Goth, for instance, would have grown-up viewing Townies like livestock. Even in the present day, if a Townie is murdered or something along those lines, the police don't normally tend to do very in-depth investigations. You'll get to see that in action later in the story. Unfortunately. <BR/><BR/>The next chapter is from Kvornan's perspective and at the time of the flashback, he didn't know about the mass grave. In fact, Kvornan didn't find out about it until tonight when he went to visit Rainelle's grave and found that the Tellermans had dug-up the entire backyard. <BR/><BR/>He did, however, know about one of the teenagers in the grave and he will disclose that person's cause of death in the next chapter. And it is safe to say that the bodies in the mass grave all died the same way. <BR/><BR/>Van:<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, 28 is a good chapter to go to for puzzle pieces. Roan fills in some important gaps there but I wouldn't take his story as gospel- Some of it was just speculation. And some of it was embellished by Roan himself. That kid is a total ham. <BR/><BR/>However if you go back to 35, you'll find that at least some of his story is confirmed fact:<BR/><BR/>http://draggingbluelake.blogspot.com/2008/12/chapter-35-ermengarde-sees-only.html<BR/><BR/>And actually, you might want to take a peek at 35 anyway before I post 46. I'm just say'n. ;)Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-17495830390215044372009-01-29T22:44:00.000-05:002009-01-29T22:44:00.000-05:00*enlightened* This chapter makes sense now:http://...*enlightened* This chapter makes sense now:<BR/><BR/>http://draggingbluelake.blogspot.com/2008/11/chapter-28-donald-shows-his-bravery.html<BR/><BR/>What a lucky random pick for my reread :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-90532334750273998112009-01-29T21:42:00.000-05:002009-01-29T21:42:00.000-05:00No matter how they died, the whole mass grave thin...No matter how they died, the whole mass grave thing is really creepy. I guess because the whole caste system is. It's just bugging me more and more. (I know, I'm one to talk.) Mass graves are so dehumanizing, as Earl was thinking. Bodies just being dumped in there. :-( Ugh. Are we going to find out how those kids died in the next chapter, along with every other major plot line in the entire story?lotherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728796788599581316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-90600657087658095592009-01-29T14:17:00.000-05:002009-01-29T14:17:00.000-05:00Oh no Karen, not you too!I suppose there is just a...Oh no Karen, not you too!<BR/><BR/>I suppose there is just a growing sense that something terrible is going to happen to Ermengarde. I wonder if any of my characters have that same sense. <BR/><BR/>But the circumstances surrounding their deaths were indeed strange. Very strange.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-23773534467607120032009-01-29T13:33:00.000-05:002009-01-29T13:33:00.000-05:00I was shocked for a while before realising Ermenga...I was shocked for a while before realising Ermengarde had no connection with the Tellermans.<BR/>I wonder why so many dead townie children? Disease or some strange circumstances?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-85456239304499982512009-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:00"Earl's eyes grazed over the growing number of cra..."Earl's eyes grazed over the growing number of crates that littered the forest floor, each housing the delicate remains of children that died around the time his father was born. If these children had been Residents, they would not have spent the past eighty years anonymously heaped into a mass grave in a derelict garden. It was beyond sickening. It was inhuman."<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps. Also, I discovered a photographic blooper while I was writing that paragraph. *whistles innocently*<BR/><BR/>I fixed it though.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-9264574180121511722009-01-28T22:52:00.000-05:002009-01-28T22:52:00.000-05:00Well, good to hear it's not Ermengarde. *runs off ...Well, good to hear it's not Ermengarde. *runs off to reread Chapter 19*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-58918761385748089962009-01-28T21:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:13:00.000-05:00It's so funny to me that you guys all thought of E...It's so funny to me that you guys all thought of Ermengarde. She doesn't even know the Tellermans! But I guess she is the only kid we know of with the sort of health problems that could seemingly lead to death. I might have to re-think this chapter... See where I can slip in the fact that these kids have been dead since the mid to late 1990's. <BR/><BR/>But yeah, if there were a massacre, I would show it! <BR/><BR/>Yikes... This puts ideaz in my head. I kinda think that Alexei is going to want to make up for lost time with Kvornan and that might involve a killing spree. And while that sort of thing isn't really Kvornan's style, he does get to be a little scary under Alexei's influence. *shudders*<BR/><BR/>Wait- Dave Matthews has a song about a gravedigger? That's one of those bands that I like but that my boyfriend will not listen to under any circumstances. So as a consequence, I haven't listened to them in ages!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-7640885949648610842009-01-28T20:59:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:59:00.000-05:00OH CRAP! Me three! I freaked, I thought it was E...OH CRAP! Me three! I freaked, I thought it was Ermengarde too. I totally remember that scene now though. Maybe you should have had Earl say something about digging bodies up again or how they ought to be left where they lie or something, I would have made the connection then. Or maybe it's just been too long since we read it. I was thinking there was a massacre or something and this was how we were learning about it. :-D<BR/><BR/>This next chapter is looking mighty interesting...<BR/><BR/>And now I have that Dave Matthews Gravedigger song in my head. :-o (Which is OK because it's awesome.)lotherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03728796788599581316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-61233736879105996532009-01-28T20:47:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:47:00.000-05:00Why doesn't Kvornan want Rainelle put there? He'll...Why doesn't Kvornan want Rainelle put there? He'll answer that question in the next chapter. Actually, 46 will answer a lot of questions. Questions like , "What is a Sheut?" "How did Kvornan become a vampire?" and "Why doesn't Kvornan want Rainelle buried in Arbormoor?" You know, little questions. :p<BR/><BR/>If he kills the gravedigger then I imagine that he will just leave the body there and walk away. He would gladly bury Rainelle himself if he could but I don't think that he could move the coffin without being seen.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you guys want to go back and skim through Chapter 19. It's not just a fight over J.L. Dina recounts some important history there.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-10644750449908844272009-01-28T20:13:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:13:00.000-05:00Ohhh!! Whew! I was thinking the same thing as Van!...Ohhh!! Whew! I was thinking the same thing as Van! I was like...what? Who died! *nods head* Good to know it;s not Ermengarde. But then...<BR/><BR/>why doesn't Kvornan Rainelle to be put there? And if he kills the grave digger won't he have to find a grave to dig himself? <BR/><BR/>Poor man! Just doing his job!Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310342796477898153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-59830768231252850692009-01-28T19:57:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:57:00.000-05:00Oh no, no one is currently dying at the Tellerman'...Oh no, no one is currently dying at the Tellerman's! I'm sorry that was confusing. Let me take you back to Chapter 19:<BR/><BR/>http://draggingbluelake.blogspot.com/2008/09/chapter-19-isabella-is-left-to-fog.html<BR/><BR/>The Tellermans have a burial plot in their backyard left over from the previous owners (the Tricous) and the graves are being re-located. There were a number of unmarked graves, plus the graves of the two Tricou children (Fricorith and Gvaudoin) and the grave of Rainelle Neengia (points to banner), who worked at the House. Fricorith and Gvaudoin were moved to the family plot at Gothier Green Lawns. The rest of the bodies (all Townie teenagers) are basically being dumped in the woods. Rainelle is in the coffin that Kvornan was sitting on. But this continues into the next chapter. <BR/><BR/>So Ermengarde is not dead! She's fine. We'll see her in 47.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-57951372946073122872009-01-28T18:41:00.000-05:002009-01-28T18:41:00.000-05:00The poor guy :(People are dying at the Tellermans'...The poor guy :(<BR/><BR/>People are dying at the Tellermans'? Oh my. I wonder whose coffin that is. Kvornan definitely cares, so... hmmm... hopefully it wasn't Ermengarde? That's all I can think of right now, but then again, I'm having a reeeeeally slow day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com