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October 6th, 2011
Down to the Wire, part 4
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Ah, the Carpathians are lovely this time of year.
I hope this doesn't turn into a vampire-themed 'Not Without My Daughter' scenario.
I looked up Carpathians and found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathians_(race). What is scary is that if Roxanne is one, she will be able to pull Lemont to her to feed on his blood or make him do her will. This has not, yet, happened. I think, according to this article, it is because she hasn't yet mated with another Carpathian. I'd like to know if their baby is human or vampire.
What a terrific movie. Not Without My Daughter. Sally Fields is wonderful in it. She should have won an award!
MisTeryWriter- No, Lemont is saying it [i.e., his summary of what happened] sounds slightly WORSE, not slightly better. when said out loud. In other words, "That doesn't sound as [or "so"] well now that I actually say it out loud." Technically, his sentence ought to be "That sounds slightly less GOOD," rather than "well," because the verb "sounds" is acting as a linking verb. The verb "sounds" [like "is," "seems," etc.] is describing the state of BEING of Lemont's summary, rather than its actions. Thus, the subject pronoun "That" calls for the adjective "good," rather than the adverb "well." As in, "My post sounds/seems/ IS pedantic," rather than "My post sounds pedantically."
Lemont's "phraseology" is more conversational, colloquial and more humorous the way Darrin wrote it. It perfectly reflects Lemont's feelings. –He is already defensive & nervous, but with a false sense of confidence — Then, to make matters slightly (just a touch of understatement) WORSE, or slightly less well/good, as soon as he verbalizes the events out loud to a third party, he starts to realize he may just have been had.
Point being that the phraseology is meant to be awkward– it's serving as the objective correlative of Lemont's…. awkwardness.
Should the comma be where it is in the last panel? It needs to be, "Out loud, that sounds slightly (better)", or, "It sounds slightly better out loud". The "less well" is awkward phraseology.