Yeah, people are pretty upset about the way Bonden is offed - so random, which kinda makes sense, because it was just a bit earlier that I had been thinking about how none of the repeating characters get killed off, just new ones, and that's not how it would go in RL, esp for a gunner like Bonden - and then Whoops! there he goes D: Just when we were getting to know him too (the whole boxing thing, and the head injury).
But what upsets people is how he is barely mourned. Jack gives him a fleeting thought later and then that's it.
Diana gets mourned by Stephen for pretty much an entire book.
Yeah, I got spoilt for Diana's death early on too - like FoW. All I heard was something about a carriage, so every time she went traveling I went yay this is it we don't have to deal with her anymore! Only to be disappointed. I hate that POB offed her just when she was finally getting fun to have around :P :P :P
Doing it between books like that was cheap too. But POB lost his own beloved wife about the same time; I think that was part of the reason Diana died. POB himself felt a lot like Stephen did; prolly easier to write that way.
You asked about Killick - Shall I spoil you for future deaths? . . . . . . . . . . . spoiler: there aren't any. of anyone we know & love. there's an admiral that dies but we didn't love him and anyway i think you got to that part already.
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Date: 2013-06-29 02:25 am (UTC)But what upsets people is how he is barely mourned. Jack gives him a fleeting thought later and then that's it.
Diana gets mourned by Stephen for pretty much an entire book.
Yeah, I got spoilt for Diana's death early on too - like FoW. All I heard was something about a carriage, so every time she went traveling I went yay this is it we don't have to deal with her anymore! Only to be disappointed. I hate that POB offed her just when she was finally getting fun to have around :P :P :P
Doing it between books like that was cheap too. But POB lost his own beloved wife about the same time; I think that was part of the reason Diana died. POB himself felt a lot like Stephen did; prolly easier to write that way.
You asked about Killick - Shall I spoil you for future deaths?
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spoiler: there aren't any. of anyone we know & love. there's an admiral that dies but we didn't love him and anyway i think you got to that part already.