In regards to Book 7, does everyone want it to conclude already? Since in your Book 8 speculation video, a lot of people are “checked out” of Book 7, which I’m guessing means burnt out…
I don't know if it's EVERYONE, but I think a lot of people are, myself included. I want the chapter to have a nice conclusion, but a lot of people are just tired at this point.
While I think how long this has been going on is a big factor, imo there's other factors that are causing the fatigue.
The pacing is just bleh at this point. I don't post my notes, but when I do my TwstNotes videos, I read and keep notes. And when I write the final script, there's been a lot of times that I've' either summarized an entire part with one sentence or just not talked about it. A lot of chapter 7 at this point feels like filler and bloating. If the pacing was tighter I wouldn't mind as much, but some of these chapters feel like fluff.
And although I really do love Sebek and Silver, I want to see more Malleus and Lilia. Lilia's dream was so nice, but it's kind of wild that so much of Diasomnia's chapter isn't focused on them and it kind of sucks. I don't actually mind the concept of going through people's dreams, but I wish this chapter had a different storyline and this dream stuff was reserved for later in the game in a different book. And some of these dreams feel like they could have been an email, you feel? Like I don't think buff Epel was necessary. I don't think Floyd's (or Jade's tbh) dreams were necessary. I don't think Deuce's dream was necessary. So many of these dreams just felt unnecessary.
Especially since although every dream is different, everything is following the same formula more or less and so it feels like it's the same thing over and over again.
On one hand, I don't want chapter 7 to have a bad, rushed ending. I feel like that would be just. Not Great for so many reasons. But on the other hand, I'm ready to move onto something new. I'm EXTREMELY ready for something new.