You know, the Blackgaard books are really good, and I love all the details and bits of the plan behind the plan, and Iām always excited for the next one... but I was a teensy bit disappointed with the fifth one.
Oh, they had plenty of additional details, and a few descriptions I was curious about, but when it came to the actual story ofĀ āWaylaidā, it was pretty much just telling the story exactly as it was in the episode. No unique perspectives, just the events as they happened in the script.
I for one would have wanted to have Chapter Seventeen from Blackgaardās perspective, so we could see what was going through his head with a gun pointed at it, sort of the process of breaking down slowly. That sounds horrible, but itās just that heās so often in control, or acts like he is: I just think it would be interesting to see how that image began to crack.
Itās actually a pretty good revenge on Richardās part. Now Blackgaard has to live with the knowledge that he was humiliated and forced to beg and plead over a childās toy, and that his great nemesis, and a girl who was just terrified of him, and the smug Richard himself all saw it. Heās gotta live with that now, and thatās, I think, a way worse vengeance to suffer for someone like Blackgaard than just getting shot and having it over with.
(also, CLAIM, because Iāve been writing that, so donāt touch it, itās mine)
