Apr-21-2012, 05:25 PM (UTC)
I can't say that I have ever felt like the ends of any of the RotE books have ever been 'the ends' for me....each trilogy has always felt more like a pause and even more so the further and further it has stretched out.
The RotE books, as they continue to be written, don't end. Likewise, life, while you live it, doesn't end. Some periods feel calm, others stormy, others...
I can't believe that, even after everything, Fitz will get his 'happy ending', despite the fact that it appears as though he has achieved it already through his marriage to Molly. I hope he does but I always come back to the question that prompted Robin to write the story in the first place...what if magic were addictive? I think, with this in mind, that his ultimate ending msy well be due to a path he takes that Elderlings of old should have taken but did not...that maybe he chooses death over extended life. He may not though, as it will all depend, of course, on how Robin wants to write it....and I'll accept whatever fits Fitz.
Overall though, I am setting myself up for the latter stages of FitzChivalry Farseer's life as being similar to a couple of other characters in books whose finishes still affect me deeply!
Realism. That's what it is for me. All very true to life really. I think I said it somewhere here before (maybe the War with Chalced thread)...that the happily ever after or "ultimate ending" many expect may not be 'perfect' but more true-to-life, more balanced.
The RotE books, as they continue to be written, don't end. Likewise, life, while you live it, doesn't end. Some periods feel calm, others stormy, others...
I can't believe that, even after everything, Fitz will get his 'happy ending', despite the fact that it appears as though he has achieved it already through his marriage to Molly. I hope he does but I always come back to the question that prompted Robin to write the story in the first place...what if magic were addictive? I think, with this in mind, that his ultimate ending msy well be due to a path he takes that Elderlings of old should have taken but did not...that maybe he chooses death over extended life. He may not though, as it will all depend, of course, on how Robin wants to write it....and I'll accept whatever fits Fitz.
Overall though, I am setting myself up for the latter stages of FitzChivalry Farseer's life as being similar to a couple of other characters in books whose finishes still affect me deeply!
Realism. That's what it is for me. All very true to life really. I think I said it somewhere here before (maybe the War with Chalced thread)...that the happily ever after or "ultimate ending" many expect may not be 'perfect' but more true-to-life, more balanced.
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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