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scarletspeed7 posted...

From what people are saying, there's a strange disconnect in the dialogue being presented before the death, and it makes the character of Abby come across as ridiculous as a result. It sounds like bad writing more than anything else. The jumps in logic and the jumps in conversation don't seem grounded in the realism that people need to make the scene feel like a scene and less like a necessity to get from Point A to Point B.

That's just my position from what people are saying. I have no horse in the race particularly.

Let me play out the scene.

*Abby, Joel, and Tommy all enter the compound and the other people chat with Joel and Tommy while someone pulls Abby aside.*
Someone: You're really fucking lucky, you know that?
Abby: I know.
*Everyone enters a room.*
Tommy: Hi, I'm Tommy, nice to meet you.
Mel: Nice to meet you, Tommy.
Tommy: And that over there is my brother Joel.
*Silence*
Joel: Y'all seem like you know me or something.
Abby: That's because we do.
*Abby shotguns Joel in the knee cap. Other people surround Tommy and beat him unconscious while Joel is in agony on the ground. The others grab him and pin him against the wall.*
Abby: Joel Miller.
Joel: Who are you people?
Abby: Guess who I am?
*Joel really thinks about it for 10 seconds of silence.*
Joel: ...If you're gonna kill me, then say your speech and get it over with.
Abby: Tourniquet his leg. You don't get to rush this.
*Abby knocks Joel out with a golf club.*

That's all there is before they torture and murder him. It's just... so bad. It happens so fast.

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