Talk:Tobit: The Champion Rises/@comment-24696015-20170108000252

I'm gonna be 100% honest. Lacy's death being as painless and sympathetically treated as it was *seriously* impacted my enjoyment of this series. Lena's sadness over having to kill her doesn't make me more sympathetic to the sisters of Tobit. It makes me less sympathetic to Lena.

Normally I don't condone the dehumanization of one's enemies, but... I wanted Lacy's death to be as horrifying, humiliating and painful as conceivable - and a horror series is the perfect place to make it happen! There was *nothing* inside of that woman.

I understand the reason for it. Lena being the one to kill her puts her on the path to redemption, and Lena needs to hurt while doing it because we need to see how deep into the mess she is. That was her life, she was still a sister, and that means the shift away from Tobit's rule needs to be difficult for her, but... I'm sorry, I don't think it was handled very well.

Lacy's entire existence is like... a character like that's entire run is a buildup to their inevitable defeat. It's like fasting all day so you can enjoy your first bite of dinner that much more. But with a death like that, it becomes more akin to wearing thumbscrews all day, then taking them off at night. The relief isn't satisfying. It just makes you upset that you had to go through that at all!

I just... I really don't want to devalue the work that went in to crafting this series, especially since this is the first comment I've left on it. I was really enjoying it.

I realize it's not finished yet. I realize there are still plenty of things ahead, and that there many be narrative twists and turns that the author is planning that we're not privvy to yet. There may be a reason for every single creative decision I find questionable. But... goddamn, man! I was waiting for that monster to die for nine chapters now, and I am just... so very unsatisfied!