Talk:Book 8: Legacy/@comment-37166538-20190322223342

I just went through something with a friend which makes me realize two things:

1. The underlying reason why I didn't like Flashback

2. How Sophie's friends must have felt during Flashback (espescially Biana, I would think)

Basically, this is it: I had this really good friend (let's call her Marie) who was very supportive of me, and who I was very supportive of. She liked this boy (Let's say Jacob) -- it was a longtime crush, too. And my other friend (We'll call her Ana) and I were (not trying to brag or something) very helpful in getting her together with this boy, who she is now dating.

Only, once Marie started dating Jacob, Ana and I were literally tossed aside like we didn't matter. She only hung out with people who hung out with Jacob. And I get it, they're dating, but I still don't think that justifies ignoring us completely, and barely even looking at us for an entire day. We hadn't done anything to hurt her, she just ignored us. And we had been best friends for so long, it was so unlike her.

Note: It's all been figured out and the friendship has been restored, but let me tell you, it hurt at one point.

Now imagine Biana in this story instead, helping Fitz and Sophie to get together. Then, Sophie spends the rest of the book just with Fitz, pretty much ignoring the others. And even the other friends of Sophie were shoved aside.... where in the world was Dex? He got that one Tinker seen, and then poof, he's gone.

In other words, the reason I didn't like Flashback is because of how truly oblivious Sophie was to the fact that there are other people out there who deserve her love and attention.

'''The point behind this story? Friendship is important. Don't lose sight of that before it's too late.'''