User blog comment:NotCrazyZora/Bloody Mary's status/@comment-6045649-20140709173114/@comment-24557726-20140709201234

To Grave:

"To Hippo: Why didn't the Crooked Man just shoot Bigby when he was in wolf-form? Why didn't he intervene? He allowed Mary to die. He gave up on her. I think it's obvious he could've easily stopped the whole thing and killed Bigby off with ease, but he didn't, because he knew she lost, he knew he lost, and he knew nothing could be done. Ever watch Star Wars: Episode III? Palpatine allows his greatest servant to die. He eggs it on. Sure, he could've easily stopped the death, but he didn't, all so he could betray the others in the end to gain more power for himself. A bit unrelated, but I hope that conveys my point. TCM is explicitly stated as having killed off his family when they got in his way. Mary, by then, was too violent and too openly brutal for her own good. She was a burden on him, so he decided to kill her off, let himself be captured, then try to deceive Fabletown back to his side.

Mary's in that same position. If she even was still in the factory, if she fled, I don't think she'd go back to help the boss that had betrayed her. She threw him to the wolves. Literally."

That was my counterpoint to Hippo for the same question.

To Glaive: I never accused you of anything. I stated that it seemed like it was only you and your friends saying she died. Indeed, the vocal majority, if not the only vocality, of her Death is you and a collective of TWD users. Could just be coincidence, but I have seen groupism take place over there. It isn't unfounded to think that maybe there's a bit of group-mentality going on here. That's not accusing you of being a bad admin, it's saying that I'm worried you might be abusing your authority a bit. If I came at you decrying you and saying you're awful, it'd be wrong. You think poorly of me, I think poorly of you, but I don't, won't, and haven't incorporated that into anything of my argument. It's a sidenote and nothing more.