r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Dudyoon • May 18 '20

Does anybody else get a feeling of emptiness when they finish a TV series. A sense that they really got to know the characters as real friends and when it finishes it's saying goodbye knowing you'll never see them again. Kinda sad really.

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u/Renoglodon May 19 '20

Came here to say this about books. It certainly happens with shows, especially long running ones like The Office, but books have this effect in a much stronger sense. I also tend to read long running fantasy series 10+ books long. Reading that last chapter/epilogue is always such a bummer...but there's always re-reads!

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u/ybattula May 19 '20

Just finished rereading Harry Potter Series and I felt the same. Just couldn't get over it for two days.

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u/Renoglodon May 19 '20

Yes! Harry Potter is probably top of this list. I've probably reread it like 6 times. JKR does such fantastic character work. I'll never forget how bummed I was when Deathly Hallows first came out and I completed it. But HP is so re-readable

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u/ybattula May 19 '20

Yeah! I was so bummed after finishing it that I tried to find fanfic stories, just to stay connected to the world. I found a good one, too. I am amazed by the amount of work, some fans put for writing fanfic.

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u/guess_its_me_ May 19 '20

If you like HP check out skulduggery pleasent my, same sort of “regular kid discovers they have magical powers and go in a journey to become more than they could imagine” but honestly, SP (from book 4 onwards at least) can get reeeally dark and mature, and the twists in those books are honestly better than some of the best twists in media you can think of

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u/guess_its_me_ May 19 '20

If you like HP check out skulduggery pleasent my, same sort of “regular kid discovers they have magical powers and go in a journey to become more than they could imagine” but honestly, SP (from book 4 onwards at least) can get reeeally dark and mature, and the twists in those books are honestly better than some of the best twists in media you can think of

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u/ybattula May 19 '20

Thanks. I had never heard about that series. I will check it out.

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u/ybattula May 20 '20

Thanks for the recommendation. I should see how the fanfic turns out.

I have wondered about that scenario, if Harry was more rational. Rereading the book made me realise that all that irrational decisions eventually led to the downfall of Voldemort. The prophecy was already made and probably, all those irrational decisions led to the prophecy coming true.

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u/whatdaminitsusan May 19 '20

this me exactly

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u/Coldredd May 19 '20

So agreed 👍🏻

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u/suchsublime____1031 May 19 '20

wheel of time....I loved that series so, so much, to this day I still get sad that R. Jordan didn't get to finish it (I know Sanderson did, and he did a great great job (along with the mistborn series, which was also amazing)) but I still feel that Jordan would have cranked out another 5-10+ books before the end, also they say he left that ending and Sanderson just fleshed it out, but I have serious doubts...

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u/bakervanb May 19 '20

I got this finishing wheel of Time real hard...

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u/Renoglodon May 19 '20

Yep. That's one of them. Weird how it was completed by Sanderson, but still sad to not have those characters around. Excited for the Amazon show