If Eric hadn't broken his nose...

...would the death toll have been much higher?

Due to the fact he could have remained focused ,I think yes it could have been.

Who really knows. I personally think he would have grew uninterested either way. The crime he fantasised for months about had failed miserably and murdering hiding kids wasn't ''Doom'' enough for him. The original plan was to pick off kids fleeing from the school after the bombs went off. That's what he was truly relishing.

There would have probably been a few more victims. I think it was one of the things that slowed them both down.

I think there would have been significantly more deaths in the library had Eric not broken his nose. I think he was hurting quite badly and didn't want to look soft in his dazed state in front of those he'd been trying to act so tough in front of. I expect they thought the ground floor would have been covered in SWAT by this time and just went down there actually expecting a final shoot out rather than having a go at shooting at the bombs.

It's also crossed my mind that Eric blew his brains out in the style he did (rather than the way Dylan did) to try to completely destroy his nose & face to hide the fact in his autopsy he'd actually inflicted the damage he did to himself following the gun recoil in his little accident.

I think the nose had little to no effect on the shooting. Eric seems ok on the cafeteria footage just maybe a little disappointed if anything, let's not forget that they left the library in an attempt to blow up the propane tanks not because they didn't want to kill anymore, I think they just got bored of shooting people point blank hiding under tables.

Jakeo33 wrote:

I think the nose had little to no effect on the shooting. Eric seems ok on the cafeteria footage just maybe a little disappointed if anything, let's not forget that they left the library in an attempt to blow up the propane tanks not because they didn't want to kill anymore, I think they just got bored of shooting people point blank hiding under tables.

I'm not so sure they got bored. They weren't exactly in there hours and by all accounts they (particularly Dylan) seems to be having a good time.