So let's talk about the series as a whole. How did you like the story? What were your favorite and least favorite parts? Was the ending satisfying? Who is your favorite character? Who is your least favorite? General thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Good point about Frieda and her benefactor. I don’t remember, was he ever named?

I had the same thought after I wrote that and looked him up on the wiki: Lord Henrik. What's even easier to forget? He is Damuel's older brother. I remembered that Freida had a cameo when characters received blessings at the end of Part 2, but completely forgot Damuel was in the same building for it! asdfasdfgdfsg

It just goes to show you just how far Freida's circumstances get swept under the rug. She's the consort of Damuel's brother, and we're rarely ever given opportunities for it to register.

(Edit: Going by the wiki Henrik was born 12-13 years before Myne, and Freida was born 1 year before Myne. Freida was 6 when she met Myne and already promised to be the concubine of a low ranking laynoble who was 17-18. Yurgenschmidt eugenics continue to provide for the creepiest things that happen in the series.)

I am internally fighting with me because [...]

You've pretty much encapsulated the dilemma. Most of us want the characters to be individually happy, but it feels off. We can visualize perspectives for Ferdinand and Myne that would help rationalize it, but we don't have them. It needed more time.