Flower Noir faux pas

[Darth Eggplant]

something I wonder about

in year one

just a small Flower Noir

point really,

Hector sprouts Don.

hmmmm....

let's see, well in

The Maltese Falcon

Mr Gutman aka the Fat Man

has two associates,

a small surly fellow named

Wilma, and the wonderfully

oily Mr. Cairo.

now in most film noir films,

the big man Hector

is the sort who always has

a goon waiting in the wings

for just such a purpose.

now Hector Don and Domino

meet in Don's dark curtain

drawn room, obviously because

Hector does not wish to be seen

so if Hector does not want to be

seen it means he does not want

to be implicated,

and so would he shoot Don?

 

Now if Hector had a Mr. Cairo

with him , then Mr. Cairo

would do the dirty work.

but since he did not have

a Mr. Cairo present

would Hector shoot Don,

implicating himself

in front of a witness?

Domino.

 

I think not.

 

I think it should have played out

with Hector explaining to Don

that he was angry,

he could get angry,

and incompetance

especially at the top

is not to be tolerated.

and so I think he should have

explained to Don that Don was

in charge, and that Don was

to stupid to be in charge

and was becoming a liability.

And to teach Domino and Don

a valuable lesson,

Hector would have Don sprouted.

BUT Hector should of as he spoke

to Don. causually extended the gun

towards Domino.

such a dramatic device teaches:

 

incompetance and stupidity

is punishable by death.

 

promotion occurs through Darwinism.

 

and Loyalty is shown

at the point of a sword,

and it's a gamble but

If I (Hector) hand the gun

to my lieutenant,

will he shoot me

or will he follow instructions?

 

it is also a cruel pleasure

(a luxury of the rich and powerful)

and poetic irony to watch

Don's face as Domino

his subordinate

usurps him.

 

AND it gives Hector

leverage against Domino.

part of the code.

I ordered a hit,

you carried it out,

yes bad me for thinking it

but even badder you for doing it.

 

at any rate it is how Lucasarts

made the game, I just would have

liked to have seen my Flower Noir

version of events transpire.