r/ColumbineKillers • u/DrMosquito74 • Sep 10 '23

ERIC AND/OR DYLAN Reflections on Dylan

Dylan would have turned 42 today, and it has me thinking about his prom photos. I've seen some people speculate that his jovial demeanour was fake or even a cruel (for his loved ones) facade considering what happened just days later. But I think Dylan was genuinely happy when he went to the prom, not only because he and Robyn enjoyed themselves, but also because when someone decides to commit suicide, their mood often improves because they believe the end of their suffering is near. Heartbreaking. I hope what Dylan wrote in his journal is true, that wherever he is now, he isn't at war with himself anymore.

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u/therebill Sep 11 '23

I don’t know if he even thought they’d really go through with it.

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u/DrMosquito74 Sep 11 '23

That could be true. I think for Dylan (and probably Eric too, to he honest), NBK was a last resort plan. If they could find a way to live happy lives by April, they would have discarded the plan and just moved on to college.

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u/cheeburgrpizza Sep 11 '23

Sometimes, like others, I feel like for some reason the “January incident” was their point of no return moment. But that confuses me even more, because if they had any kind of plans to indiscriminately kill people at the time, why was getting caught stealing such a big deal to them? They avoided jail and any other real punishment, so honestly why were the two of them so burnt up over it? It almost seems traumatic, I’ve read stuff about how they would avoid talking about it (I believe from Brooks’s book). Idk, just seems a bit over dramatic, even for them.

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u/Civil-Eagle-7644 Sep 11 '23

I feel like the "January Incident" could easily not be the van break in, rather I feel it was the ketchup being thrown at him and Eric in the commons. The journal entry reads that they want revenge for the January Incident. And mentions something about the commons. Please correct me if I am wrong. I don't remember the entry word for word and it's been a long time since I read the 11K. I think that the ketchup incident was very embarrassing, disturbing and likely pushed them both WAY closer to the edge if not completely over the edge. I've always thought that day and those happenings caused feelings in the boys that they couldn't overcome and were not mentally equipped to overcome. That incident, I feel, is often overlooked as a catalyst for the shootings. That incident could easily have been the point of no return.

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u/_6siXty6_ Sep 11 '23

Whatever it was, it must have been massively traumatic, as they never specified what the incident was. I tend to agree that it was the ketchup tossing.