Carly and Dauma's Relationship
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Re: Carly and Dauma's Relationship
And while I also, as an adult and parent, would have preferred to see Dauma remain and fight alongside her daughter, one of the standard tropes of young adult novels is that the adults are too oblivious, incompetent, or evil to help. Dauma was a caring and competent adult who could see the issues as plainly as the kids. For this to continue as a young adult novel, she could not continue as she was in the story. So for the purpose of the book, she had to go. This is why so many "heros" in young adult novels are orphans. Loving, caring adults don't make for a drama where the kids have to save the world.
This way, Carly has access to her mother's centuries of wisdom, but the fight is still going to be fought exclusively by the teenagers.
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Yeah, she could not handle the grief of her husband passing away. She already lost all hope at the fight but was revived by Carly so she fused with her.
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That's really good point... The negatives of combining souls are never discussed!ciecheesemeister wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020, 11:25 In a way, it can be interpreted that now Carly has access to Dauma's powers as well as her own. While I would sacrifice myself for my son without a second thought, I kind of wonder about placing my soul inside another person's. I think of it this way. My son already has his own ration of stuff to deal with, and I've certainly dealt with a lot of things in my life. I wouldn't want to put that on him. Advice from a helpful spirit is one thing. Having them become part of your own psyche is another.
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I had some weird feelings about this also... There was a big part of me that felt it was a little cheesy and maybe a wee bit "offended" (For lack of a better word). I guess I just felt like the author created this super powerful and wise female character who decides life isn't worth living because of her husband dying. Don't get me wrong, I can only imagine the type of pain that would cause someone... but Dauma had so much more to live for... Carly, getting some revenge... Why create such a bad-a$$ character just to have her fold?
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True passing your knowledge to your kids is cool. But complete merging seems unnerving.Nym182 wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020, 12:40That's really good point... The negatives of combining souls are never discussed!ciecheesemeister wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020, 11:25 In a way, it can be interpreted that now Carly has access to Dauma's powers as well as her own. While I would sacrifice myself for my son without a second thought, I kind of wonder about placing my soul inside another person's. I think of it this way. My son already has his own ration of stuff to deal with, and I've certainly dealt with a lot of things in my life. I wouldn't want to put that on him. Advice from a helpful spirit is one thing. Having them become part of your own psyche is another.
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Yes, her dying due to the emotional pain of losing her husband left too much responsibility on Carly.Nym182 wrote: ↑12 Feb 2020, 14:45I had some weird feelings about this also... There was a big part of me that felt it was a little cheesy and maybe a wee bit "offended" (For lack of a better word). I guess I just felt like the author created this super powerful and wise female character who decides life isn't worth living because of her husband dying. Don't get me wrong, I can only imagine the type of pain that would cause someone... but Dauma had so much more to live for... Carly, getting some revenge... Why create such a bad-a$$ character just to have her fold?