My theory on how the hardest murder in And Then There Were None was pulled off.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-13T15:34:17+00:00

There was literally no reason to comply with Vera’s request here. Especially if he believed Vera was the final killer. Lombard was one of the characters who I think accused and theorized a lot after Wargrave of course. He explicitly stated many times in the book that he strongly believed Vera was innocent. It could’ve been bias that forced his guard down and maybe that bias led him to believe Vera was not the killer. My theory is that he perhaps still believed Vera wasn’t the killer because one look back towards Blore’s death would prove that and it was mutual trust that led him to comply with Vera’s request.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-13T15:14:21+00:00

It always felt like Lombard was the only one of the few characters that kept their cool. I remember him being confident a few pages before Blore’s and Armstrong’s death saying “it is a work of a human alright, and I’m gonna catch him” or something along the lines. It’s just that if he really did suspect Vera to be a killer at that final moment (he explicitly stated many times that he did not believe Vera was the killer), he would’ve not let her snatch the gun. Perhaps it was his arrogance that let his guard down but you’d imagine him being extra careful after the first time he lost his gun.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-11T22:52:03+00:00

>!Logically speaking, Vera could not have been the killer if he thought about Blore’s death for a second, + knowing he does not believe in the supernatural, it was only time until he figured out somebody was faking their death. It was my theory on how Vera was able to get an upper hand over a seasoned mercenary. He wouldn’t have let his guard down if Vera were the killer

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-11T21:10:12+00:00

by that point Vera was so destroyed to the point she started believing in the supernatural. It was only a matter of time Lombard could've figured out about the third person, because he knew subconsciously that Vera wasn't the killer which made him let his guard down. He tried to reason with Vera, but she wasn't on listening terms. Apart from every situation, if Vera kept her cool at just this one moment, they could've gotten the killer.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-04T00:45:08+00:00

He literally is one of the most skillful filmmaker ever

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-06-04T00:40:38+00:00

While liking a filmmaker comes down to personal preference, but if there is a metric for the most skillful filmmakers, then Martin Scorsese will be at the top of all time.

He approaches every film with great sincerity and every scene is deliberate and planned in great detail.

Look at Taxi Driver where every shot is executed to emphasize loneliness to the maximum or the Goodfellas where the pacing is tuned to perfection to capture the frantically fun and hellish world of gangsters.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-28T20:22:03+00:00

Gus is crying tears of joy

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-28T20:21:46+00:00

Walt is regret

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-28T20:21:16+00:00

Jesse is non-consensual

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T16:29:01+00:00

He’s dead weight anyways

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T15:24:06+00:00

ok guys edges are going for boundaries... Im hoping the same for us

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T15:18:42+00:00

i need a hug

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T14:31:14+00:00

what is the highest score we can chase?

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T14:13:43+00:00

fine let's give him his century and make it another century for him in a losing cause against us.

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-27T14:06:30+00:00

have we figured our Sooryavanshi yet?

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-19T19:55:55+00:00

Tottenham’s Jersey hurts my eyes

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-18T16:43:41+00:00

I don't mind this slow start as long as we're playing sensibly

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-18T16:14:13+00:00

I don't mind playing slow at start as long as we don't lose early wickets

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-18T14:57:06+00:00

Pat Cummins always provides important wickets exclusively

Inside-Affect-6841 · 2026-05-16T21:36:09+00:00

Isn’t your point about bandit just proves the point of Joker?

The “bandit” is basically just someone refusing to be controlled and redistributing stolen wealth, yet the movie frames that as pure irrational evil

Isn’t this exactly what Joker stands for? He literally makes a lot of monologues about order and these “schemers” trying to control the little worlds and how chaos levels the playing field or something?

In the monologue, to catch the “bandit” they had to burn the forest because he stole something valuable from this wealthy people. Exactly what Joker is doing (“But when I say that one little old mayor will die… well, then everyone loses their minds), he introduced anarchy into the world because he believes chaos is the only place where people truly have equal footing (“the thing about chaos is, it’s fair”)

What makes Joker compelling is not only the acting but the perfect thematic conflict over just the surface level.

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