Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fiery James" data-source="post: 1822750" data-attributes="member: 625">Just finished Book 7 myself, about 15 minutes ago.  Don't know what it says about me that my first thought was, "Now I can go read that spoiler thread on ENWorld!"  (Sad, but true!)Here are some possible explanations:1) It's all true.  He says, "Don't blame me, I just wrote it down!" and that's exactly what happened.  Can't be angry at the story, just like you can't be angry when it rains -- that's just life.2) The universe does or doesn't reset, and it doesn't matter, 'cause the entire thing is a story and those realities only exist in King's head.  I don't mean this in a nyah-nyah cynical Comic Book online fan who always responds, "Of course Collosus wasn't dead -- it's a comic book!  They're not real people!" kind of way -- those guys are @$$holes.  I mean it in a deeper way, where countless realities actually exist -- in our minds -- and the story we just read is the reality of King's mind, so there's no real universe to reset.And playing on that angle -- of course things can work out differently... after all, the Gunslinger I read earlier this year was different from the one that a friend read a decade ago... It was actually changed by the continuing story (the revised edition, which was re-written to bring it into line with the later books.I have no problem, really, with the Roland ending.  I mean, really, I don't know any possible reveal for the top room of the Dark Tower that could have had the impact I'd built up -- unless, of course, Roland opened my bedroom door as I read that last page (man, wouldn't that be wild!!)I do agree that the journey was more important than the story, in this case.  I'll give the series this -- it makes me want to play D&D -- and not just a few adventures, but a campaign that has meaning and some giant payoff.  Can you imagine the sheer emotion of running a campaign like the Dark Tower for years, and having that last character marching into the tower, finally?  That would be awesome.  I want to do that.  And, I guess that's why I'm ok with the ending -- the Tower is back and healthy, and new universes are being generated by my imagination. Of course, now that I'm finally finished, I can get on to all those other things that need to be done, like cleaning up my office, some layout stuff, and writing adventures that are epic in nature!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />You do know that sharing all of these thoughts makes us ka-tet, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My 2 cents. - JB</blockquote>

Verification