I can see this argument. I mean, for me, the ending works, and so many things in the show were building up to it. Yet, especially in a discussion like this, my writerly brain turns on and I can't help but see the authorial fiat in that.
Do I think it would take some work to make a happier ending jive? Yes. Yet, there are undefined plot elements that, depending on how you interpret them, could help with some of the heavy lifting. The twins' powers, the powers of the Hallows, how the Hallows responded to ZYL, and how they were changing ZYL, are just a few factors I can think of that could have changed how the ending went down (even if it still ended with all three dying, how that happened could have been radically different). I could even see how, if other conditions were still met (light and resources to Dixing, SW's energy fundamentally changed, for example), ZYL and SW living (and possibly a neutralized Ye Zun) might work with earlier plot threads. I think it would take some careful writing, but I think the potential is there.
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Date: 2019-03-31 02:53 am (UTC)Do I think it would take some work to make a happier ending jive? Yes. Yet, there are undefined plot elements that, depending on how you interpret them, could help with some of the heavy lifting. The twins' powers, the powers of the Hallows, how the Hallows responded to ZYL, and how they were changing ZYL, are just a few factors I can think of that could have changed how the ending went down (even if it still ended with all three dying, how that happened could have been radically different). I could even see how, if other conditions were still met (light and resources to Dixing, SW's energy fundamentally changed, for example), ZYL and SW living (and possibly a neutralized Ye Zun) might work with earlier plot threads. I think it would take some careful writing, but I think the potential is there.