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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she refer to the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?

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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she refer to the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals hospital's R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?



** It's a lot easier to destroy a reputation than to repair one. The town has grown up with the story of Sarah the WickedWitch and child killer, and they may not be ready to let it go just yet. There are probably also plenty of conspiracy theorists who would doubt Stella's story for no good reason.
* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But how would this book bring to life stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?

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** It's a lot easier to destroy a reputation than to repair one. The town has grown up with the story of Sarah the WickedWitch and the child killer, and they may not be ready to let it go just yet. There are probably also plenty of conspiracy theorists who would doubt Stella's story for no good reason.
* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in on its pages. But how would this book bring to life stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala villains, ala urban legends and gag stories?



* In the book's version of "The Big Toe", the walking corpse asks "Where is my toe?", but in the movie it specifically asks "Who took my toe?". If the corpse is apparently ignorant of the identity of the person responsible, why does is seem so certain that ''any'' person is to blame? Why couldn't the toe have been nipped off by a scavenging animal, or broken off by sheer accident because its coffin finally caved in under the ground?

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* In the book's version of "The Big Toe", the walking corpse asks "Where is my toe?", but in the movie movie, it specifically asks "Who took my toe?". If the corpse is apparently ignorant of the identity of the person responsible, why does is it seem so certain that ''any'' person is to blame? Why couldn't the toe have been nipped off by a scavenging animal, or broken off by sheer accident because its coffin finally caved in under the ground?
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** Or, similar to their version of The Pale Lady, they'd undergo AdaptationalVillainy.
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** Yep, the pot of stew is part of the story and appears out of nowhere. So the movie's corpse knows the toe was physically cut off and put in a stew.
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** Perhaps because Auggie eats the toe in the stew, giving the corpse the impression it was taken specifically to be eaten.

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** Perhaps because Auggie eats the toe in the stew, giving the corpse the impression it was taken specifically to be eaten.

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** It's a lot easier to destroy a reputation than to repair one. The town has grown up with the story of Sarah the WickedWitch and child killer, and they may not be ready to let it go just yet. There are probably also plenty of conspiracy theorists who would doubt Stella's story for no good reason.



* In the book's version of "The Big Toe", the walking corpse asks "Where is my toe?", but in the movie it specifically asks "Who took my toe?". If the corpse is apparently ignorant of the identity of the person responsible, why does is seem so certain that ''any'' person is to blame? Why couldn't the toe have been nipped off by a scavenging animal, or broken off by sheer accident because its coffin finally caved in under the ground?

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* In the book's version of "The Big Toe", the walking corpse asks "Where is my toe?", but in the movie it specifically asks "Who took my toe?". If the corpse is apparently ignorant of the identity of the person responsible, why does is seem so certain that ''any'' person is to blame? Why couldn't the toe have been nipped off by a scavenging animal, or broken off by sheer accident because its coffin finally caved in under the ground?ground?
** Perhaps because Auggie eats the toe in the stew, giving the corpse the impression it was taken specifically to be eaten.
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** FridgeBrilliance: Sarah may have added those stories, once faced with the truth of her own bad actions, later on as a benign counterbalance to the horrible ones. After all, people in gag stories and the vast majority of urban legends usually ''survive'' their tales!

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** FridgeBrilliance: Sarah may have added those stories, once faced with the truth of her own bad actions, later on as a benign counterbalance to the horrible ones. After all, people in gag stories and the vast majority of urban legends usually ''survive'' their tales!tales!
* In the book's version of "The Big Toe", the walking corpse asks "Where is my toe?", but in the movie it specifically asks "Who took my toe?". If the corpse is apparently ignorant of the identity of the person responsible, why does is seem so certain that ''any'' person is to blame? Why couldn't the toe have been nipped off by a scavenging animal, or broken off by sheer accident because its coffin finally caved in under the ground?
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* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But how would this book bring to life stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?

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* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But how would this book bring to life stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?stories?
** FridgeBrilliance: Sarah may have added those stories, once faced with the truth of her own bad actions, later on as a benign counterbalance to the horrible ones. After all, people in gag stories and the vast majority of urban legends usually ''survive'' their tales!
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* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But what about the stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?

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* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But what about the how would this book bring to life stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?
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** It's possible, but it wouldn't have accomplished anything. All it would prove is that Sarah Bellows was admitted to a mental hospital, where she was submitted to beatings and electroshock treatment in an effort to make her confess to her 'crime.' There's no solid evidence that she was innocent beyond her own denials.

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** It's possible, but it wouldn't have accomplished anything. All it would prove is that Sarah Bellows was admitted to a mental hospital, where she was submitted to beatings and electroshock treatment in an effort to make her confess to her 'crime.' There's no solid evidence that she was innocent beyond her own denials.denials.
* Sarah's book is supposed to contain every story, and the ones that don't manifest in the film can even be glimpsed in its pages. But what about the stories with no supernatural creatures or villains,ala urban legends and gag stories?

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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she refer to the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?

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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she refer to the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?claims?
** It's possible, but it wouldn't have accomplished anything. All it would prove is that Sarah Bellows was admitted to a mental hospital, where she was submitted to beatings and electroshock treatment in an effort to make her confess to her 'crime.' There's no solid evidence that she was innocent beyond her own denials.
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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she have the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?

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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, but didn’t she have refer to the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?
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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, bu didn’t she have the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?

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* Stella claims that most people didn’t believe her when she told the truth about Sarah Bellows, bu but didn’t she have the paperwork and the wax cylinder from the hospitals R.E.D. Room to back up her claims?
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