Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140904033414/@comment-397235-20140918010828

Well, for funereal things, Kirk brings Elaine's book to her graveside after he's finished (I really liked how Takeru kept Kouichi from paying his respects to Sanae so that's going to carry over); there he runs into both the mother of the Extra the next year, and Violet, who's visiting her sister. This is October, so it's cold, so he offers to buy her something not cold, and they talk a little bit; this is where he saves her life. I remember this encounter being right after Yukari's death in the anime, but I'm shuffling events around a bit. Not long after this Kirk becomes Nonexistent, which persists until Light kills himself; rather than Isabel I've decided to have Kirk pull Violet out of class. She figures out who he is, but figures out it probably doesn't matter any more at this point. It pisses Isabel off, but he gets a thoughtful nod from Thomas, and Amy starts hanging out with he and Holly as a partial result.

The only person who 100% believes Holly is the Extra is Alexandria; everyone else just targets her because, well, why not? I noticed in the anime no one but Takako actively pursued Mei after Yumi's death. Since Amy doesn't attack her best friend, there's no real great shock but also everyone else is kind of half-assing it. Isabel doesn't think Holly's the Extra; she thinks Holly's something far worse: someone who's actively trying to make the Calamity worse, or maybe even the manifestation of Death itself. Mr. Clemens, meanwhile, decides Holly is the original Jordan, who was one of his classmates; that doesn't end well.

Yeah, the 911/999 thing didn't really work either. It's not the time or place for that kind of joke. Kirk also mentions several times he's familiar with TV; in fact, the reason Doctor Who is brought up in the first place is Nolan's insistence on calling him "Abe" since he thinks Kirk may be a bit nerdy, but doesn't realize Kirk knows about Star Trek.