I have a confession to make.....😔
I stopped reading Beyonders for two weeks straight....
remember when I said I stop reading/watching when I suspect my fave character is gonna die and I haven't drawn them yet? And if I don't draw then before they die I feel guilty or smth?..... owwww welp that just happened....
HE TOOK THE SWORD MEANT FOR JASON FROM THE LURKER. HES NOT MAKING IT OUT. ITS A LURKER ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!?? GALLORAN ISNT EVEN HERE TO HELP OOOOOHH MY DAYS.
YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE ONLY PERSON IN HISTORY THAT SURVIVED A LURKER WAS THE BEST SWORD FIGHTER IN LYRIN AND STILL ALMOST LOST? AND HES NOT EVEN W THE GROUP. AND DRAKE ONLY HAS ONE LIFE LEFT AND HES NOT THE BEST SWORD FIGHTER INT HE WORLD??
oh haha, wait he can make it! The lurker just so happens to be Lurkey! Lurkey and Jason are friends, totally! Ya! All Jason has to do is ask Lurkey to leave them alone right?
Yaaaah Lurky and Jason don't have the BEST relationship BUT IT CAN WORK!
OOOH GOD NOOOO! LURKY IS NEVER GONNA COME TO IT'S SENSES. IT HAD A SWORD. MALDOR SENT IT TO KILL JASON! HES NOT A GOOD LURKER!
wait! Maybe it IS a good lurker! Lurkers get set free when they complete their job right? Lurkey did it's job, he messed with Jason, made him sleep deprived, made him have nightmares, killed innocent people in that one town. It did its job right? So maybe Lurkey is here to give Jason another sword to get ready for the war, ya! That's it! (lowkey delusional)
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! I GOT AN IDEA!
it's not likkke.... morally correct but I'm desperate.
DRINLINGS! THROW AS MANY DRINLING AS YOU CAN ON THE LURKER. THEY ARE PROBABLY GONNA GET CUT DOWN AND ALL DIE BUT ITS WORTH A TRY!
DRINLINGS ALSO ARE OBSESSED WITH SACRIFICING THEMSELVES TO HELP OTHERS! IF JUST LIKE, 40 DRINLINGS JUMP AT THE LURKER MAYYYYBEE JUUUST MAYYYBEEE THEY COULD KILL IT AND MAYYYBE DRAKE COULD LIVE!
NO BUT THEY CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DRINLINGS. GAAAAAH!!! AND THEY LITERALLY NEED AS MANY DRINLINGS AS THEY CAN GET FOR THE WAR
WAIT. ITS ACTUALLY OVER FOR DRAKE.
Brandon Mull set up EVERYTHING so beautifully for Drake's story to come full circle and die, he gave us (me) hope with this:
giving us just one more sweat interaction before things go so horribly down hill. And the fact that after this chapter, the next chapter is when Drake might die...
It really fits Drake's character though. Despite Drake, Jasher, Farfelee and the others agreeing that who ever the lurker picks would just have to try to survive on their own, Drake would of course intervene for Jason. Of course, Drake, the one with one life left, the one determined to end his life in a way that would help others, the one who only ever left Harthenham to improve himself because of Jason, who got a new purpose BECAUSE of Jason, would take the sword for him...
sorry for cutting mid fight, I'm not allowing myself to read any further, I stopped right there cuz I'm too scared to read. So I could basically be ranting and freaking out over nothing, I don't know if Drake is gonna die in this chapter, not yet at least :(
OH SHOOT! NOOO NO NO O NONNO NOOOOO. I ACCIDENTALLY READ SOMETHING I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO. WHY DIDN'T I JUST CLOSE THE BOOK GOD DAMN.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "Drake coughed wetly" ???? IS HE COUGHING OUT BLOOD??? DID HE JUST GET STABBED??? OOOOH MY GOOOODDD NOOOOOO!!!!!
WAIT WAIT WAIT!! DID THE LURKER THOW HIM OVER THE SHIP INTO THE WATER??? ok lemme think.
if Drake got thrown over board, it's literally over. the waves of the ocean at Drake's disadvantage, and the lurker able to walk on water could easily spear Drake with his sword through the water and kill him.
But what if the lurker threw Drake over board to get to Jason again, what if it's getting rid of interference? Jasher also intervened, if the lurker killed Jasher, would he crush the amar so he can't grow back? If an Amar Kabal is a target for a lurker, would the lurker keep coming back every time the seedman grows back? Is there this kind of ping that keep the lurker on the seedman until they use all their lives?
Did Maldor put in a special request to not bother with anyone who's not the original target? Is Jason going to have to face the lurker despite Drake and Jasher's attempt to help? Is Drake gonna keep throwing himself on the lurker to save Jason? Is he going to get more desperate every time the lurker ignores him? Is the lurker gonna keep pushing past them to get to Jason?
I'M OVERTHINKING THIS. NOTHING EVEN HAPPENED YET.
I also wanted to mention:
Brandon Mull really knows how to write his characters, I know it's his job, but Brandon Mull writes child character so well.
Jason is always trying to do his best and help his team in dangerous situations even in spite of fear; but at the end of the day, Jason is still a kid, he's still 13, how much more could he possibly take? He's seen people die in front of him, some friends, some innocent strangers, he's been tortured, isolated, and nearly killed himself. He is not getting out of this without any lingering traumas and issues, it's to late now to not be effected by any of this. He is still a kid, he still gets scared.
But now that I've drawn Drake, there is no getting around it..... I've been ignorant for too long now, tonight..... I will finish the chapter....
its not like I have a choice cuz my friend will literally kill me if I stall any longer......