I am very irritated by the lack of consistency in the storytelling around CD's self-proclaimed paranormal powers. I mean, on top of all the murdering, of course. The Harry Potter message from CD bemoans the torture of residing in his family home after his occasional earthly "adventures" with LVD. What about the astral sex portal? Can't they just meet up there, as needed? Why are they farting around with mortalportal airplane travel when they can just hook up ghosty-style?
CD did get one parallel correct about the HP story and his claims of spiritual powers- they are both works of juvenile fiction.
The forlorn texts about rescheduling the TD death premonition to be after the college graduation events/guests also seems like a very mundane scheduling issue that someone with supernatural powers should be able to resolve. Can't CD just do some "work" on the graduation schedule with his mind? Why are the premonitions about TD's demise so wishy washy? They are a bit of a maybe situation, which I think then is not a premonition, per se; it is more of a guess with very heavy undertones of "let me check my murder schedule, first."
To state the obvious-I feel like the powers CD asserted all equate to normal events with a predictable outcome or evil events he put in motion himself..."See, I can time travel in REAL time. I just go into my portal, and roughly 24 hours later, 24 hours has passed!" It fills me with rage to think that CD used references to TD dying and getting her passwords prior to her death as evidence to bolster belief in his powers with his family and other would-be followers. Yuck, and also duh on the evil transparency.
I do wonder if he used the passwords for something that is problematic and he figured that mentioning the miracle of acquiring them would be a two-fer- it would explain away why he had them before and after her death, and it also gives him a win for the "miracle". In addition, CD mentioning getting the passwords a week before her death seems unnecessarily specific and purposeful timing-wise. I wonder if he needs to be on the record as getting them at a particular time due to some evidence out there like deleting the CV text to TD.
CD's premonitions are good 'ol intentional self-fulfilling prophecies. There is a term for it for a reason- many charlatans have been doing a less hacky job of it than Chad for a long time. Let's call CD's convenient visions promonitions, as in, self-promoting ideas that he made happen for self-serving reasons.
I wonder what CD has told his family about his inevitable life or death sentence? If he can fix broken cameras with his mind, can't he bend a few metal jail bars? Something martyr-y? I had to sacrifice myself rather than using my junior superpower kit? What about gathering the 144, 000 requires his lifelong incarceration or death? How does CD explain the lack of astral visitation with his kids while in jail? It is apparently just a strictly-sex portal. I guess he could be telling them that he is communicating with them via the sound of the dryer buzzer or some other silliness. Also, why does CD's spiritual mission require him to LIE to the court about his continued relationship with LVD as he throws her under the bus legally? Can't CD forge a cleaner straight line to the rapture than all of this deception, stalling, and jailtime? Does God need CD to lie?
It is going to be a huge problem for CD if ED is still putting money on LVD's books. Stopping now mid-trial is worse, though. I am not sure ED is that sophisticated a liar to make any sense of it on the stand.
I can hear my 15-year-old daughter screaming in my head, "Occam's Razor, Mom!" This is a simple mortal everyday (sadly) situation. A unremarkable man and woman cheated on their spouses and killed several people for sex, money, and power and then used religion as cover.
As ever, sorry about the length!
