Virodhi
Since: Jul, 2009
Mar 23rd 2014 at 6:36:01 AM
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Agreed. I'm not saying Crane absolutely couldn't be the killer, but since all the "evidence" we have so far is a photograph and some brief scenes taken out of context, all in a setting where illusions and shapeshifting are an explicit part of everyday life, the whole setup screams Red Herring (or frame job) to me.
Either way, it's far too early to make definitive statements about anything.
As of Episode 2, it's incredibly premature to insist that Crane must be the killer. Unless you have comic spoilers in mind (in which case they don't belong on the video game page), the evidence the player sees could just as easily demonstrate a frame job. 1) The polaroid "proof" is found under the bed, in an envelope, at the murder scene. For that to constitute "proof" you'd have to know that the polaroid was taken the same night (see below), that it was actually Crane in the photo (against see below), that Crane apparently set the camera up himself to take an implicating shot, murdered the girl, stuffed it in an envelope along with other incriminating photos, and then just left it there. 2) The dress Lily is wearing the photo is roughed up, but Bigby makes a specific point of noting that it wasn't bloodstained and she wasn't wearing it when her head came off. That photo isn't dated, it could have been a previous encounter. Or... 3) Lily is glamored to look like Snow White. This shows it works on photos. Yet it's impossible to assume Crane is also being impersonated? 4) Crane smashes the magic mirror, but it could just as easily be out of rage at realizing he's been outed as a creepy old man perving on his assistant, and then framed for a murder. 5) There's no explanation for why he'd go to all the trouble of hiding the body but throw down the head on his own doorstep. 6) Or, for that matter, why he would murder Faith in the same fashion.
On a meta level, it seems unlikely that the serial killer is being outed in part 2 of a 5 part noir story.
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