Mar-06-2012, 05:04 PM (UTC)
I suppose that's correct, but I'm not just talking about the rise of new villains or life throwing one a new curveball. When Farseer ended, Fitz had finally, after all pain he had gone through, secured a place for himself in the world. It was a solid happy ending, even after having to let Molly go. Tawny Man doesn't just give him new problems to deal with, but reveals that the choice he made was wrong from the very beginning. And then he gets back together with Molly, even though I actually liked that he didn't get her in the first place: sometimes, you can't get everything you want. I thought that was a good message.
So what we thought was happy turned out not to be, and what he had learned to let go was suddenly thrown into his lap. Even though I liked Tawny Man, that did feel a bit like a betrayal.
So what we thought was happy turned out not to be, and what he had learned to let go was suddenly thrown into his lap. Even though I liked Tawny Man, that did feel a bit like a betrayal.
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