It's pretty much an impossibility to have set thoughts on something that has just began. It's like judging an entire race just on the first few seconds from the peel off. Anything can change in the dynamic of what you're observing - and that includes your opinion and perception of said observation.
With that being said, I'm sitting here asking myself what on the world of two moons am I typing about? But I do have some thoughts on what I've read so far.
Initially when I first heard about the release of The Final Quest I was so excited and relieved. Our favorite characters were coming back, surrounded by new journeys and perhaps new loves. To glimpse the new artwork and be teased with questions and possible plot twists made me as giddy as a child on Christmas morning. But the longer I sifted through the reality that my childhood was reawakening then the more...afraid I got. And when you worry about things like this, you tend to worry HARD. Would there be fights? Breakups? Would Winnowill somehow return in a dangerous mean even more deadly than before? What of the humans? What fate did the five fingers bring? But more importantly was the ultimate fan fear: Would one of my favorite characters die?
Now this question actually turned out to be a bit more complex than I would have thought it to be. Favorite? I don't know if I was concerned about favorite characters dying. After all, in some form, shape, or manner - most EQ fans find something relatable in all the elves we meet. And even in the event a character arose that we found incredibly despicable they still attained certain characteristics that we could come to grow rather fond of. So the question then shifted: What if a character died, and I'm not prepared for it?
We all know that the life of our beloved elves has always been far from peaceful. So death is naturally a major part of the timeline - when one dies, another comes to replace it. It's a pretty interesting concept on the circle of life...even if it does appear rather screwed up. Yet it's still pretty difficult (for me at least) to prompt myself to handle a death in the EQ Universe.
That said: I loved the Prologue, and was incredibly depressed once it finally concluded. I'm normally the type of person who will wait months during an on-going comic before starting to dive into it because I'm going to be honest with you: I hate waiting. I have a rather intolerable patience level when it comes to this kind of thing. I found the Prologue to be rather well done. Many fans complained about repeated imaging but in all honesty I was too psyched to notice. The artwork was beautiful - although I was a little taken aback by the bright fluorescent tone of the light surrounding a world that I was so used to being dark, mysterious and yet somehow still incredibly beautiful. But the shades and colorings were so brilliantly done I could forgive!
The actual start of the Final Quest was a good one: despite the loops I found myself being thrown into emotionally. There were a LOT more deaths than I expected in just the first few issues and my brain was literally reeling. I know some of you haven't read the Final Quest so far, so I'm limited in what I can discuss and mention.
My thoughts on the FQ are simple: I am depressed and scared to read and yet I cannot STOP! Why? Because I know something glorious is coming for our beloved elves. I am interested to see what old characters we'll be reunited with, and what possible new ones we will meet and what part will they play in our tale. Anyways, thanks for the read - I just wanted to make a little post to get your thoughts going.
What are YOUR thoughts on EQ:TFQ? First Impressions? Let us know what you think!
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