Talk:Heroes and Monsters/@comment-28288412-20160719122216/@comment-410526-20160719134620

Honestly, it's just a visual effect. Stuff doesn't have to make sense since it's only going to be on-screen for less than a second.

The average member of the audience isn't going to be thinking "Hmm, isn't it rather odd how in these 4 frames, there's one slash producing trails in two directions directions in this frame? It must be foreshadowing that another character that also produces red after-effects was responsible for this!"

Shows aren't made for people who step-by-step things to find secrets. If this were a teaser trailer or fast-cut flashback sequence maybe, but this is way too much of a stretch IMO.