Why Did J.B.Books Defend Himself in the Saloon Gunfight at the End?
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gorgsharpy — 3 months ago(December 12, 2025 02:32 AM)
I think Siegel went filmic about it.
Like Books said:
It's usually some
six-fingered bustard
that couldn't hit
a cow in the tit
with a tin cup
that does you in.
Those lines recurring … and Books seeing the boy in his moment of death - his surrogate son - crying out to him to watch out. What better way to die than that. Having the boy's support and sympathy. And getting the death he wanted. And his words coming true.
Epic.