"I wonder how much our reactions to it are affected by feelings about the ending. Because one of the reasons it works so well for me is SW turning his weakness and suffering into a weapon. That he maintains his agency."
Oh, that definitely may be a part of it. :) Though for the record, the kitchen scene works well for me and I love it, it's just also upsetting. The ending indeed doesn't work for me, and they are obviously very closely related, but I don't think it makes me like the kitchen scene less, or that I would like it more if the ending was different. If I think about it then I'm not particularly happy with where it ultimately leads, but I generally just don't think this far. :D I just like it as it is.
"Can you say a little more about that? I'm having trouble getting my head around what you mean."
I just meant that healing ZYL's eyes has no cost in the novel, so the drama writers grabbed the cost from somewhere where it already exists in the novel, and made the Dial a much more prominent 'character'. :D
"This is making me think, if we import novel rules about the Hallows, that post Dial-exchange(s), Shen Wei and ZYL (and CSZ and GCC) are both/all extremely long-lived. :D"
Now I am not following? :D Doesn't the novel Dial just take a part of one person's lifespan to give it to the other person? Like, the amount of years stays the same, just moved around?
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Oh, that definitely may be a part of it. :) Though for the record, the kitchen scene works well for me and I love it, it's just also upsetting. The ending indeed doesn't work for me, and they are obviously very closely related, but I don't think it makes me like the kitchen scene less, or that I would like it more if the ending was different. If I think about it then I'm not particularly happy with where it ultimately leads, but I generally just don't think this far. :D I just like it as it is.
"Can you say a little more about that? I'm having trouble getting my head around what you mean."
I just meant that healing ZYL's eyes has no cost in the novel, so the drama writers grabbed the cost from somewhere where it already exists in the novel, and made the Dial a much more prominent 'character'. :D
"This is making me think, if we import novel rules about the Hallows, that post Dial-exchange(s), Shen Wei and ZYL (and CSZ and GCC) are both/all extremely long-lived. :D"
Now I am not following? :D Doesn't the novel Dial just take a part of one person's lifespan to give it to the other person? Like, the amount of years stays the same, just moved around?