Aug 1, 2024
I love Beyonders as much as the next Beyonders fan, but can we acknowledge the fact that the ‘heroic’ ending for the characters who were dealing with suicidal tendencies… was for them to sacrifice their lives? To choose to die? That was pretty messed up, right?
#Tark and Nedwin are the guys I’m talking about#who for a lot of the series struggle w self-destruction and trauma.#Tark in a ‘I don’t have dedication or follow through and ergo have no value’ way#and Nedwin in a ‘my past is so horrific I can’t see a future in which I’m ever at peace’ way#and I get what mull was trying to do with their arcs but with the way their deaths and choice to die were framed as positive and conclusive#with this stuff stemming from trauma it’s almost like saying ‘there isn’t a way to recover from this. not really.’#even slight changes to the context and framing in their deaths would have made it better#a want to live at the very end. looking to the future and lamenting what they won’t get to see. some motivation to live!#like this is my favorite of his series and the emotional beats hit with their deaths but that’s… a pretty messed up message#Beyonders#Beyonders book series#Beyonders series#Brandon mull#Beyonders book#Beyonders books#my post#Beyonders: a world without heroes#beyonders trilogy