Theories - Overlooked Evidence
I know the Nerissa/Faith thing has been done to death, but hear me out.
There seems to be a ton of evidence, in either direction, that both groups consistently overlook in their theories. For example, I've heard the Mirror argument a dozen times, but not once have I seen anyone explain why the jewelry box was broken in Faith's cubby. There's a bunch of little stuff like that all over the place. If Lily's track marks show through the glamor, why wouldn't Faith's bruises (if she glamored as Nerissa)? How would Nerissa/Faith get the glamors to follow through with the double glamor theory (in which, they glamor as each other and Nerissa, as Faith, is killed)?
And not just Nerissa/Faith theories, either. Why did Bluebeard burn all of Crane's stuff/destroy the Tweedle's office? If you go there first, there's nothing that points to him, so why bother? What happened to Jersey and the Tweedles? Why wasn't the Woodsman at Lily's funeral (Holly states in a certain dialogue branch she wishes he was there) or at the trial? Why were the Tweedle's not arrested for the whole putting a bunch of bullets in people thing, or even mentioned as being fugitives? If Toad had the money, why did Snow make him go to the Farm?
Give me your theories, with as much evidence as you possibly can. I want to find the most plausible explanations to these little mysteries as possible. I'm not expecting to get much attention here, given the game isn't particularly new or talked about anymore, but I can hope.
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I certainly don't know about the whole Faith/Nerissa mixup, but I can answer some of these questions:
I think the game was purposefully vague about that. It seems you were supposed to get the impression they were down and out.
For the funeral, he was probably felt too guilty to show up because he was a client of hers - that, or Holly and Grendel were pissed at him. As for the trial, his taxi ride after the fight at Lucky Pawn was probably supposed to be his exit for the Season. That discussion he had with Bigby set up some ambiguity of his future whereabouts, which was probably a noir trope to keep you guessing what the Woodsman was doing next.
As I mentioned earlier, Bigby kicked their butts. That, and Bloody Mary had the Crooked Man escape into the streets. Crooked Man was a far larger priority than some petty thugs like the Tweedles.
I think it was more about the principle of it all. Toad frequently broke the rules in the past, and Snow wanted to take a stricter stance on unglamoured Fables. Keep in mind, she said in Episode 4 that Bigby was not to give Toad any money, and depending on your choices, choosing to give him money meant disobeying Snow even if you felt you owed him money for wrecking his place in Episode 1.
This is exactly what I mean. I was hoping some other players might have other questions or theories about smaller bits of the game too. I feel like there's so much that gets overlooked. Bits of dialogue and whatever else that doesn't get talked about much.
Boy, do I have some unanswered questions... I finished the game, but haven't played through all the options yet, so let me know if any answers can be found in the game!
That's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I can come up with more :P
I can answer ONE of those questions.
Woody didn't die because his fable is told a lot, unlike Georgie. I believe they stated that if their legend is told a lot, it would make them more powerful. Hence why Woody survived a stab to the head, but Georgie died with a stab to the gut. Means Georgie died from a lack of popularity.
For some reason that sounds so funny.
I don't know if this has been talked about at all, but I've just thought that there is one other person, besides Bigby, who would know for definite, that Faith and Nerissa glamours were used. The person who provided the glamours. Could it have been Aunty Greenleaf? She was an intermediary for Crane to get a Snow glamour from and for other Fables to get glamours as well. This is backed up by Lily having Aunty Greenleaf in her address book. Most would go to her for the fact they are cheap, but also may do so if they wish to impersonate other Fables, which I believe is illegal, so registered witches would not be able to do so. Plus, she wouldn't ask questions about it, especially if she got paid handsomely for it. I imagine all of them had several glamours ready for clients.
Track marks are not very easy to hide. There's several ways bruises can be hidden. Makeup is one of them. Could also be a reason why Nerissa doesn't respond well to Bigby touching her.
Bluebeard could very well stumble on the same evidence you do. Fabletown is an investment on his part and Crane is basically stealing from him. He could see burning his stuff as revenge and destroying the Tweedle's office to send a message.
They were looking for them in episode 3 as well as Crane, but when the Crooked Man made his move, they realized that the Tweedles were only part of a much bigger problem. I'm sure they would have been arrested, but they were more often than not in hiding or under Bloody Mary and Crooked Man's protection.
Well, the money was for a glamour right? It's puzzling to me too, cause if he has the money, why would Snow outright refuse him? If he breaks the rules afterwards, then send him.
When the Magic Mirror couldn't show Faith's body, that led me to believe that Faith is probably alive and was probably Nerissa.
Well, you can ask the mirror where Lily is and he says almost the same thing.
Was that before or after they found her body? Plus can the Mirror find those hidden with Glamour?
If I remember correctly, you only find out who she is if you do the "autopsy" before talking to mirror. Plus he did show Faith's daddy brittled bones so he can show dead people. Idk about those hidden with "illegal" or "unauthorized" glamour because all of the people Bigby can ask the MM to find are humanoid fables but I would assume MM could be able to find anyone glamoured by the 13th room witches.
I'm a bit confused lol
But who would be such a person that supposed big bad would cover for them?
Because what you're suggesting is that there is even "bigger bad" behind the scenes that for whatever reason was never brought up by the guy who would likely know and save his hide.
What are you confused about and I'll try to elaborate.
But the Mirror can't tell you where Lily is before the autopsy?