Yeah. Barker really didn't get a 'best revenge is to live well' style revenge. But he did get an awfully thorough one. And you could argue Barker would have suffered more if he'd tried to take care of his now-crazy wife, as opposed to accidentally killing her then being miserable about it for ten minutes.
I would have just gone to the Judge's house and burnt it down with him in it. Day one.
Then you would have burnt your daughter to death, too! Same basic endpoint, though your plan does have the virtue of being quicker.
But when it comes to poorly laid plans the judge takes the cake. I mean, he goes to these extreme measures to get Lucy and when he finally gets her alone at his house he torments (I had always assumed he was in love with her, but maybe he just wanted to rape her at a party*) her to the point that she tries to kill herself. What? Then he ends up having to raise her kid. Whoops! Though I guess he does attempt to recoup his losses in the end.
OK OK. No burning the house down... and I'll assume that Sweeney really wants to use his signature straight-edge... You'd think he could just pull a Jack the Ripper like everyone else. Because, I don't know, making up a silly name but moving right back into your old place and into your old profession seems a bit risky. Luckily the Judge has a terrible memory... or maybe he's just done it so many times it all starts to blend together. But he'd have a lot more kids then.
*Which given social status and what not he probably could have gotten away with one way or the other.
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I would have just gone to the Judge's house and burnt it down with him in it. Day one.
Then you would have burnt your daughter to death, too! Same basic endpoint, though your plan does have the virtue of being quicker.
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OK OK. No burning the house down... and I'll assume that Sweeney really wants to use his signature straight-edge... You'd think he could just pull a Jack the Ripper like everyone else. Because, I don't know, making up a silly name but moving right back into your old place and into your old profession seems a bit risky. Luckily the Judge has a terrible memory... or maybe he's just done it so many times it all starts to blend together. But he'd have a lot more kids then.
*Which given social status and what not he probably could have gotten away with one way or the other.
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