another thought - if we take it that the female protagonist of "both crosses" is sapphire, and we take it that sapphire can, somehow, see the future, then perhaps the reason for her and craig's difference here is that so far, at the time of writing, only one kid's been crucified, but another will be in the near future. and because "both crosses", though about sapphire, is still narrated by craig, if we take it that craig is a fictionalised version of the real-life craig, who interacts with holly, sapphire, etc., rather than having created them, he could've been misled by sapphire as to what had happened and what was going to happen when she told him about the boys that died. i don't know if any of that made any sense. what i'm trying to say is how the discrepancy between craig and sapphire's accounts could come from sapphire (deliberately or otherwise) blurring the line between what has happened and what has yet to happen.
another thought - if we take it that the female protagonist of "both crosses" is sapphire, and we take it that sapphire can, somehow, see the future, then perhaps the reason for her and craig's difference here is that so far, at the time of writing, only one kid's been crucified, but another will be in the near future. and because "both crosses", though about sapphire, is still narrated by craig, if we take it that craig is a fictionalised version of the real-life craig, who interacts with holly, sapphire, etc., rather than having created them, he could've been misled by sapphire as to what had happened and what was going to happen when she told him about the boys that died. i don't know if any of that made any sense. what i'm trying to say is how the discrepancy between craig and sapphire's accounts could come from sapphire (deliberately or otherwise) blurring the line between what has happened and what has yet to happen.
That's certainly my interpretation. Unreliable narrator, visions of an uncertain (and changeable) future.
That's certainly my interpretation. Unreliable narrator, visions of an uncertain (and changeable) future.
Wasn't it easier when Sapphire and Charlemagne just used her visions to bet on the horses - and spent the whole next week gettin' high?
Wasn't it easier when Sapphire and Charlemagne just used her visions to bet on the horses - and spent the whole next week gettin' high?