Bill Coty
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Bill Coty
This has bothered me every time I have read ROTE. When Linden calls Bill Coty and warns him about Roger Covenant he asks her if she thinks Roger is violent and should he bring a gun. Linden responds by telling him guns might be an overreaction.
After talking to Bill Coty she calls first Megan then Sheriff Lytton. In both conversations she is convinced that Roger Covenant is dangerous. Why then didn't she tell poor Bill Coty that she believed Roger was dangerous?
We all know what happen to Bill Coty.
After talking to Bill Coty she calls first Megan then Sheriff Lytton. In both conversations she is convinced that Roger Covenant is dangerous. Why then didn't she tell poor Bill Coty that she believed Roger was dangerous?
We all know what happen to Bill Coty.
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Re: Bill Coty
She believed Roger was dangerous, but not that dangerous.Earthpower wrote:This has bothered me every time I have read ROTE. When Linden calls Bill Coty and warns him about Roger Covenant he asks her if she thinks Roger is violent and should he bring a gun. Linden responds by telling him guns might be an overreaction.
After talking to Bill Coty she calls first Megan then Sheriff Lytton. In both conversations she is convinced that Roger Covenant is dangerous. Why then didn't she tell poor Bill Coty that she believed Roger was dangerous?
We all know what happen to Bill Coty.
Billy Coty's death will probably be paralleled by someone's death in
the Land later on in the Chrons.
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Re: Bill Coty
Dunno if you'll see my post, but... this question was really not given the attention it deserved.
It bothered me A LOT, and it's especially supposed to bother Linden... and does.
...but probably over-compensating as she attempts to compensate for her biases.
...and maybe also trying to not accept responsibility for the knowledge that she has of this person & this situation.
(partly because much of it is difficult or impossible to explain/justify to others.)
I think it's SUPPOSED to bother people.Earthpower wrote:This has bothered me every time I have read ROTE. When Linden calls Bill Coty and warns him about Roger Covenant he asks her if she thinks Roger is violent and should he bring a gun. Linden responds by telling him guns might be an overreaction.
It bothered me A LOT, and it's especially supposed to bother Linden... and does.
Yes... I think Linden was trying to be vigilant of herself... (Asking herself the question, "Am I being unreasonable and unfair towards this person [Roger] for the multitude of reasons I have to do so?")After talking to Bill Coty she calls first Megan then Sheriff Lytton. In both conversations she is convinced that Roger Covenant is dangerous. Why then didn't she tell poor Bill Coty that she believed Roger was dangerous?
...but probably over-compensating as she attempts to compensate for her biases.
...and maybe also trying to not accept responsibility for the knowledge that she has of this person & this situation.
(partly because much of it is difficult or impossible to explain/justify to others.)
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My impression is that Linden thought Roger was dangerous because he would attempt a kidnapping. That's dangerous for Joan. It need not be that she thought he was violent as well. And even if she did, she wasn't sure enough about it to commit to Bill bringing guns into the hospital.
But I also agree about the biases. That's a good point as well. She isn't sure herself that she isn't jumping to conclusions and imagining things. There was no old man in an ochre robe ...
But I also agree about the biases. That's a good point as well. She isn't sure herself that she isn't jumping to conclusions and imagining things. There was no old man in an ochre robe ...
Kidnapping she suspected from meeting Roger. Violence she suspected from suspecting Lord Foul.In [i]The Runes of the Earth[/i] was wrote:She had tried to believe that there would be no danger unless the old man in the ochre robe appeared to warn her.
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Bill Coty was shot by Roger in Berenford Memorial Hospital as Roger was escaping with Joan. (See the last page of chapter 3 of the ROTE prologue.) Poor Bill never made it to the hollow in the woods behind Haven Farm.Akasri wrote:I kept waiting for Bill Coty to show up in the Land somewhere. If I remember right he was running down the hill toward Roger when the gunfire erupted, I was always afraid he got close enough to be included in the summons.
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...besides, should the movie eventually be made. Jackie Gleason is no longer available to play the role of Lytton.
Too bad, since the tale of the White Gold Belt Buckle still begs to be told...although it is not as compelling as this story that crosses the barrier between Saturday morning cartoons and the world of the Last Chronicles.
Too bad, since the tale of the White Gold Belt Buckle still begs to be told...although it is not as compelling as this story that crosses the barrier between Saturday morning cartoons and the world of the Last Chronicles.
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