03rd Feb 08

So that’s how it ends.

Tragic.

Annoying coz there isn’t enough of Zaphod and despite his idiotic selfishness I liked him. He’s mentioned TWICE in book four and five times in the next book. It is really annoying! And I wanted to know what it was that had been locked away in his mind. *sigh* He was vain and arrogant, but he had a right to be. Not enough Zaphod. And I can’t even hope to know what all those still uncovered secrets were/are coz Adams is dead.

Damn it.

Arthur on the other hand, has definitely grown. He’s still lost but takes all of it so much better. Lol. The whole thing kind of revolves around him which is understandable as something from the point of view of an alien wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense, not to mention it would be a million times harder to manage!

Trillian is not my favorite character. She shouldn’t have left. Not him and not like that. *sigh* No details too. Why did she finally leave him? Where is he? Did they do whatever he had to do? Does he still have the improbability drive? Does he know that Ford, Arthur and Trillian are dead? Or about Random?

And Ford, I’d grown to completely adore him. He was the “realest” of the group. Trillian might have been the most intelligent, Arthur the most ‘ordinary’, and Zaphod the most, well, insane (but in a cool way *nods*), but Ford was clever enough, he was normal enough and definitely insane enough. Besides he did things that I can almost call honorable. He didn’t have to take Arthur with him when the earth exploded, he didn’t have to find out what was goin' on with the guide, he could have left… *sigh* The saddest is when Ford finds the matchbox and hands it to Arthur and they both realize that after this they were to die so soon and Arthur looks up and Ford is sitting back and laughing wildly… Kind of just killed me, and I’m not very sure why…

The last book, by itself, is more ominous than the others. It is also sadder and seems to constantly drive home the point that sometimes the saddest things happen for no reason whatsoever and in ways that leave no room for prevention. Fenchurch’s disappearance, the Gleburons(or whatever the Heck they were called!!!) blowing up Earth, Tricia not leaving with Zaphod in this alternate Earth…

The concept of reverse engineering too is eerie. Reminds you of fate and the whole ‘All is written in stone’ thing. Scary to think of something evil getting their hands on whatever it is that actually writes on these stones. Which is what the bird was like. Scary. Deathly actually, because if it decides something is going to happen, no matter what you do to try and stop it from happening, you’ll only be helping the process.

In my mind, I know Zaphod will find a way to bring them back and together they’ll go on another insane adventure and destroy the Vogons, restore the guide and if they want, die in the process, but not like this. Not so mindlessly. There has to be a reason, and more importantly a purpose to their deaths. That’s why I know Zaphod will come back. Besides, he still has the improbability field. And with that ANYTHING’s possible. *nods*

Anyway, I think I’ll be off now. Have 3 more hours before I have to wake up… Hey, maybe I should try stayin up the entire nite today!!! Can sleep after the walk in the morning! Yeah!!! That would work perfectly. I can finish off my age of empires campaign now!!! ^_^

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