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[Phaedra]

[Dorkmaster]

Good analysis, Phae...

Perhaps the Gift of Eve (remember, the following, that by removing it, they lose the difference of good from evil), is not free-will, but instead, knowledge...

Remember, the in the story of creation, christian-style, the tree that Eve ate from caused mankind to forever thereafter have knowledge of good and evil. (while they could choose whatever they wanted, they really had no sense of evil previously. They knew what was disobeying, but not true evil, at least from what I gather...)

So one could say that the gift of Eve was Evil-ness itself? Or the ability of mankind to comprehend Evil fully?

I dunno. It's deep though. Me likey.

[Incitatus]

I'm going with dorkmaster 99% on this one.
I believe that she has the right idea about the Evangelic Christian scriptures, which declare eve's "gift" as the ability from the tree of knowledge.

Though I believe that by removing the gift of eve, you would make someone sociopathic. One can still tell good from evil, he just has no conscience to influence him one way or the other.
A potentially MAJOR personality flaw.

[Phaedra]

[HitsHerMark]

I agree that the "gift of Eve" in this particular case is "knowlage of good and evil".

Unlike the story of Pandora, there was evil in the world (technically) before Eve and Adam ate of the fruit. Eating the fruit gave them the ability to recognise it is all.

As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The inability to tell good from evil is a bad thing and will lead to bad things regardless of weather one is insane or innocent.

[Incitatus]

I suppose your right.
It's just that Kerry has shown some twisted sense of morals, even if fleeting.
Though I suppose one could argue more basic emotional responces prevailed in place of morals.

His methodical nature can still be seen either way, either he doesn't care that he's done horrible things, or he doesn't know, which would contradict some of his more reccent conversations.

Unless...
[SPECULATIVE]
By comming into possesion of the gun, the curse has been... semi-lifted. Sort of a dirrectional indicator, that he's on the right track. His admissions to having done what he himself describes as terrible things, and even taking up some responsibilities for his killing victor. Non-characteristic until now, and even going against him having lost "the gift of eve."
Obviously The gun will play a(lethal?) role in Unspilling the spilled blood, but if true, this effect on the curse and kerry could indicate a major and probably metaphorical role.
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[krystyn]

A major trait of sociopathic behavior is extreme selfishness in behavior, with little regard for consequences delivered to others, but I was also under the impression that this was combined with a lack of moral compass, as well. So, maybe not so much with the being able to tell good from evil?

[Phaedra]

[konamouse]

If the gun isn't loaded, how can it kill? Lucy had the gun in the cemetery but she resorted to throwing it at Kink (there were no bullets).

The gun itself hasn't been used to kill in this timeline (2005) and I'm not sure if it has even been fired since 1945.

[hmrpita]

Dang. This simple soul interpreted "the gift of Eve" as merely Life.

This is why I don't post very often.

[ariock]

A person with no sense of right or wrong kind of reminds me of the Gun. A gun is a very dangerous tool, and can be used to protect or defend, but the gun itself doesn't know the difference.

[johnny5]

[rose]

Do we know anything about Corazon's family tree?

And j5 is correct about Devon, althought I think there is at least one of Lucy's brothers who lives nearby. The one with the wife that Lucy doesn't like and the daughter.

Also, as for the curse, Lucy is not a killer - but does her gambling addiction count? Losing her father's house? Still, she is on the giving end of the curse, not the receiving end right? So she wouldn't be cursed?

as for Kerry, we still don't know his father's name right? Tucker is his step-father. I remember Don suggesting to Kerry that he change his name back to his father's name at one point, but Kerry couldn't because of his VA benefits.

At this point, I am wondering about all the characters and their respective family trees.

[j5]

[HitsHerMark]