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Seeds of Yesterday
Who's in the Picture?
Background -- Malcolm Do you have an opinion about who's in the picture? Write to me.
"I think in Seeds of Yesterday the man hovering over them is Joel... because in that book he was the one who was always spying on them and looking over them... Malcolm wasn't really the main figure anymore in their minds, it was more Joel hovering and he was the "John Amos" to Bart. And a lot of people seem to think it is Cindy standing next to Jory... but why would Cindy be with the kids like that? I mean, sure, Melodie ran off, but she was married to Jory and the twins were hers... I agree with you that it is Melodie, I have always thought so."
"I think it's Joel in the back, then Chris and Cathy, then Bart and
Cindy, then Darren and Diedre. But I suppose it's a matter of opinion. But you see, after the twins were born Jory couldn't walk, so that would make that guy Bart."
"I do not think that is Joel in the background because Joel was supposed to be a small older man that was hunched over a lot. Yes, they had a fear for Joel (i.e. the Jory inicidents) but Cathy always felt that Malcolm's spirit in the house was the reason for all of the negative and bad things that happened to them. It makes sense that it could be either, so that is just MHO."
"I think the one hovering in the top is Malcolm's spirit. The old people are Chris and Cathy. The blonde with the curly her is Cathy when she was young and the guy beside her is or might be Chris. The twins are Cory and Carrie. Why I think that the last four people are Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie is because in the book it seems like the past is repeating itself. For Cathy and Chris, just staying in the house brings back lies, secrets, and betrayal into their lives."
"For Seeds of Yesterday, the man in the backgrouund is Joel Foxworth, not Malcolm. Malcolm already died and stopped haunting them. Even though I never read the book yet, I heard Joel came back and was haunting the Sheffield family, so that has to be him."
"I have something to say about the "Seeds of Yesterday" pic. The person in the background has to be Malcolm because Cathrine claimed that she could always feel his presence. The picture is about the children of the attic, not really about the people like Jory, and Melodie now. It is the past repeating itself and the evil legacy left by Malcolm. So...
"In the pic on 'Seeds of Yesterday', I agree that the figure looming in the back is Malcolm, rather than Joel, because Joel is described as being more hunched and without the quality of dark power & dominance displayed in his countenance. I also agree that the twins are Darren and Diedre, that the older couple in back is Chris and Cathy, and that the blond woman is melody. However, I think that the man next to Mel is bart, not Jory, because A) he is standing, and Jory was crippled before the twins were born, and B) the man there is pictured with a cruel, scowling expression, such as only bart displayed. Jory was always kind, and although he spent some time in a state of depression, he never wore the menacing look pictured.
"The man in the 'cloud' is Malcolm, it couldn't be Joel because
Joel was weak, sickly, and wasn't dead like the image of the cloud conveys, also, Joel didn't haunt Cathy and the rest of the family as Malcom did. The 2 old people are Chris and Cathy. They couldn't be
Corrine and Bart because Bart was dark haired, they couldn't be Corrine and Chris Sr. because Chris Sr. didn't live to be that old, and they couldn't be Malcom and Olivia because Olivia died before that book was written. The 2 in the middle row are Bart and Melodie though Melodie shouldn't be there seeing as she ran off before the twins were that old. The man is Bart not Jory because Jory was paralyzed before the twins were even born. The 2 in front must be Darren and Dierdre because Cory and Carrie were dead, and the symbolism doesn't make sense, With people looking as they did in the book, ghost twins are irrelevant, though Darren and Dierdre are."
"Some people really need to reread this story. In none of V.C. Andrew's (or ghostwriter) books has she put someone who is not in the story in the picture and I do not believe she has done it now. The old man is Joel. Cathy and Chris are the middle aged people in the first row just as they are described in the story. I can see why though that some people believe that the young couple is Jory and Melodie and their twins, but this is also not right. The man standing is obviously Bart and the blond woman is Cindy. The reason this is is because the story, while pertaining of course to Jory and Melodie, largely is centered around the problems of Bart and Cindy. Although I don't believe the artist had this in mind if you look at the picture and relate it to the story Melodie was already gone when the twins reached the age they seem in the picture and Jory was in a wheelchair also if you look up close you can see that he has brown eyes like Bart and Jory had dark blue eyes. And the last point, why would Melodie be in the center and on the cover of the book when she really had no major role? The person on the cover is usually the main character or someone who the story mostly centers around. Ex... Cathy-FITA, Cathy Chris-POTW, Bart-ITBT, Cindy-SOY, Corrine-GOS."
"If you look at the pictures for some other books, you will see that they don't really depict a scene, or a certain point in the book, they are just a group of the main characters. My feelings on this picture are: Malcolm is the shadowy man in the background, or at least his spirit. Remember in ITBT, Bart was reading his journals and trying to fill his shoes. By the time SOY comes around, Bart is starting to become 'normal' although he still has some evil in his. I think it is Malcolm's spirit haunting Bart, as well as Cathy and Chris. Foxworth Hall just has an evil aura to it, don't you think? My argument for why it is not Joel lies in the fact that Joel was described as effeminate. The couple in the back row are Cathy and Chris. Can't be Bart Sr. because he had dark hair. I think the younger guy is Jory. His arms are muscular and I would imagine Bart wearing a suit, or something. I always felt it was Melodie next to him, but after reading others' thoughts, it might be Cindy. But I would think Cindy would look more provacative, and younger, like maybe 16ish. And the twins, Darren and Deidre."
"Hey, I think the young woman in the "Seeds of Yesterday" stepback is Cindy. Because of the dress."
"That picture is very tricky although I believe that the guy is the background is Malcolm and the older couple *could* be Chris and Cathy BUT remember Christmas "Now don't say that you don't like jewelry" Chris said (I believe she says something about only wearing one piece of jewlery? I'm not sure) etc.. "...I really wanted to buy you opera-length pearls like the ones she used to wear..." but he didn't buy her pearls, he brought her a teardrop shaped diamond for all the tears Chris said he would cry if Cathy didn't let him love her. Well after all that the older women *is* wearing a pearl necklace so it wouldn't surprise me if that wasn't Cathy and Chris. I think that the guy in the middle row is more likely Bart for Jory was crippled before the twins were born, plus Jory has "blue-black" hair, and the guy in the picture has brown hair, like Bart. The girl with blonde hair could be Melodie but I personally think its Cindy because in If There Be Thorns Cindy as a child is described to have blonde curls. Cindy was also like a second mother to the twins or so Cathy explains in SofY so she would be holding the twins like that. Melodie left soon after the twins were born so I'm not sure that's her. You could say that the twins were Cory and Carrie but weren't Darren and Diedre described as being just like them? Well that's my opinion."
"OK, The man in the background is Malcom. Remember, his spirit was always haunting the house? The next people are Cathy and Chris, NOT Corrine and Bart. Why? Both Corrine and Bart were dead by then.
"Ok, the guy in the backround is Malcom. Because of the title Seeds of Yesterday, I believe that the older couple is Cathy and Chris at the time they of this book. The younger people below them are the younger Cathy and Chris and the twins are Carrie and Cory. You see they are remembering the days when they were locked in the attic. And why would Melodie be on the cover? The younger Cathy that the older Cathy is remembering is on the cover. "
"OK, I just have to say something about what everyone is saying. First of all, everyone who said that it was a younger version of Cathy in the picture is just wrong. First of all, the person standing beside her cannot be Chris because of the hair color. That makes it seem strange on its own. But, can everyone remember back to Flowers in the Attic? In that Cathy was always complaining that Chris and Cory got the curly hair, while her and Carrie only got slight waives. Then in Petals on the Wind when she cut her hair for the Christmas Ball she said it became curly. Well, the person in the pictures hair is long and curly. That just doesn't match up to Cathy. Also, I always thought that it was Malcolm in the back because Cathy saw him in Joel, which was the main reason she didn't like them at first. Then she got other reasons, but she never really saw Joel like she did Malcolm."
"I think that the man in the back round is Joel. The older man is Chris. The woman is Cathy. The younger guy is Bart. Why? Jory can not walk, think about it he would be in a wheelchair if that was him. The younger girl is Melodie. I know it looks like Cindy but it's not! The twins are NOT Cory and Carrie. They are Darren and Diedre!"
"I'm a little unclear if the figure in the background is Malcolm or Joel. I think that there is a good argument for both. The older couple is clearly Chris and Cathy. Nobody else makes sense. I've always thought that the younger couple was Bart Jr. and Cindy. After all, they had very important roles in the book. Cindy was blond and looked older than her age of 16. Bart was brunette and mean. Jory had black hair, blue eyes. Just because the younger woman is standing behind the twins, it doesn't mean that she's Melodie. Melodie had a small role in the whole scheme of things. The twins are Darren and Deidre. They do resemble Carrie and Cory, but they were only Carrie and Cory in Cathy's mind. They are undeniably Darren and Deidre."
"I think it is Malcolm hovering in the back, because he is the "evil essence" I guess you'd say, of Foxworth Hall. I think that it's not Cindy, but it is Melodie. And I think that the man standing next to her is Bart, since Jory gets crippled and the whole thing with Bart loving Melodie." LATER: "I changed my mind. I finished the rest of the book (I was only 2/3 of the way thru) and I think that it is Cindy, not Melodie."
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