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To me Tomas didn’t need a reward, I don’t think he wanted one. From the point he felt Draken-Korin he knew the end was coming, one that his Valheru memories probably told him were inevitable. He had his reward... 100yrs as the consort of the hottie that is Aglaranna. I think he was pretty happy with this. All very Elvish!! Like you I was sad at his end, but in his last moments when he sank beneath the virtual waves he was at peace with himself (& the dragons). The few seconds with Pug at the end sufficed. S From: Giovanni Agosta Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:49 PM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: *MAG END SPOILER* Love the entire cycle but need to get something off my chest Some great thoughts Terry... Thanks for sharing... On 14/08/2013 10:45 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Firstly, I have resisted the urge to subscribe to this mailing list for many years because I am an English Teacher (Head of Department) in a UK state school and know that I will have little time to contribute. However, I have been a huge Fan of REF’s work since the age of about 14 and felt like I needed somewhere to release some of the emotions that I have in relation to the end of the cycle. When I finished reading ‘ADaS’ for the first time, I was a highly strung teenager with all of the emotional baggage that that entails. At the time, it was the last book in the trilogy and I had no idea that more would be forthcoming. I can distinctly remember being distraught beyond reason and quite depressed for a day or two because I had come to the end of the story. I felt the same way after watching ‘Return of the Jedi’ for the first time. Of course, since then, there have been 27 more books to keep me going. Being an English teacher, I am well aware that there is more great fiction out there than I could ever get through in a life time. REF himself, has written ‘Faerie Tale’ and I know he intends to write more fiction. It was not the void (that could easily be filled with other works) left behind that troubled me; it was simply the loss felt at coming to an ending. Twenty odd years of life experience have now awarded me with a different perspective. I understand that, just because REF has finished the cycle, it doesn’t mean that the story just ends. Indeed, he has left a number of open threads that (although they may never be taken up and woven into words on a page - but I sincerely hope some do) can be woven through our own imagination. I believe this was done deliberately to show that life still continues on Midkemia. Nevertheless, I was still left with a nagging depression when I finished ‘MAG END’ and it took a day or two to figure out what was bothering me... I put off reading ‘MAG END’ until the school holidays because I wanted to savour it with as little distraction as possible (no easy task when you have a 5 year old daughter). I was enjoying two fabulous weeks on the Greek Island of Zakynthos when I hit this shallow depression and found it impossible to pick up another book or even enjoy dips in the pool or the fantastic Greek cuisine. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book - especially the cosmo/theological discussion - and thought that the ending was perfect. So why did I feel like something was missing? I felt Pug’s storyline was brilliantly done; as was that of the conDoins and the Jamiesons. Neither were tied off completely but both had their conclusions explained in the epilogue. After some time, I realised that what was bothering me more than anything else was Tomas’ storyline. I understand that the main character has always been Pug but, for me, Tomas came a close second. Pug got his moment with Lims-Kragma. I was desperate to know what Tomas’ reward would be. I also needed to know how Calin, Calis and Aglaranna dealt with his passing. Similarly, another storyline that I would love to read more about is the emerging relationship between all the different, elven races and how this develops in the new era. This is just curiosity, however. The plight of Tomas fills me with a much deeper need. I hope this wasn’t too long. I tend to get a bit carried away with myself sometimes. Kind regards and a big thanks to anyone that reads this. Terry
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