Annotated 27-4
Felinda is meant to be the “mutual acquaintance.” Turns out Felinda believes in traditional journalism enough to contact Shanna instead of just posting a YouTube video and saying “Comment if you know anything about Ferris O’Leary! And remember to like share subscribe!”
Carol’s already hid the body: what’s a little light impersonation next to that? It could be argued that this is simply continuing to hide the body.
Would it have been better for her to take no action here? After mulling it over, I think not: Shanna’s too persistent to let an unanswered PM be the end of her search. Her next move would be investigating any friends listed on that account, then finding someone else who worked at Ferris’ level, the same way she found him. Laura has her suspicions, but loose-lipped Thomas would be the real gold mine.
But in any event, whether it’s the right move strategically or not, Carol is too paranoid not to make a move here. When you feel like you’re about to be attacked, you attack back. Preemptively.
Remember when I said Shanna was being ‘a little’ creepy in the last page? Well Carol looks full ‘I’m gonna need to dig another grave!’ creepy in this one.
She does look a little Gollum-esque, in expression and in posture.
I bet it was pointed out 300 times in the original post that she says “My can reach me at this number” but here you go, 301.
Also it feels super weird to read “Ferris” correct himself in the same post.
She said she’s a reporter.
Not an editor! =)
As far as Ferris’ post reading like dialogue rather than, I dunno, a self-aware human being with unlimited time to self-edit… I’m deeply guilty of manipulating the phrasing and timing of my posts in messenger apps to convey a less robotic tone and help my contacts recognize my rhythm as genuinely “me”.
It’s the sort of thing Shanna would pick up on if live conversation by text with Ferris was a frequent mode of communication for her, but Carol’s probably safe if Shanna’s using language like “Facebook’d” to describe her behavior – she doesn’t come across as the kind of person whose skill set includes “native fluency in computer use”, so probably rarely uses that method of contact anyway.
I do this, not sure why, other than it saves time doing a full edit/rewrite on every comment.
I loathe Facebook PMs. Mostly because on mobile, they live in a different app, and I loathe the way that app pops up profile icons on the screen. That’s right: popups, on mobile. Never before or since have I uninstalled an app with such prejudice.