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Thr33Littl3Monk3ys t1_j9pxkqc wrote

Wow. Just wow.

Poor René. And poor Anne-Marie.

Beating that witch is going to take everything you have.

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BalphezarWrites t1_j9qlnd6 wrote

I have my doubts such a person can be beaten. Perhaps, despite the contortions of magic that have twisted her into the vessel she is now, there may yet be some way to be rid of her; but defeated in any finality of the term? Unlikely.

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Thr33Littl3Monk3ys t1_j9rr3nx wrote

Nothing is unbeatable. Everything has some weakness...

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BalphezarWrites t1_j9rsvnj wrote

Come now, good guy beats bad guy then lives happily ever after is just a storybook trope. We have to be realistic and think of our friend Nora here; the best we might be able to hope for are bargains or dispersions.

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Thr33Littl3Monk3ys t1_j9s4qyl wrote

I didn't suggest an easy fix or even a completely happily ever after. But...who knows. I mean...the Forest Bride just bested the literal devil. So anything's possible.

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Its_panda_paradox t1_j9x0crb wrote

This!! Fiona beat the devil, but she had to literally allow an eldritch to share her body with her—after being psychologically toyed with and frightened by the devil, watching him mutilate Jacek, and Casimir is still dying. The devil is still doing his thing; he’s just leaving Fiona and the Darkwoods alone, for now. Hopefully, Aleksei will keep the woods in order, and Fi will be ok! The witch can be beaten—at this moment—but likely not without damage, and a lot of sacrifice. OP, take her ass out, and watch your back.

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Thr33Littl3Monk3ys t1_j9xi9es wrote

Exactly! It wasn't easy...but Fi's resilient.

And so is Nora, from the sounds of it. But Fi wasn't alone, she had her family (both natural and supernatural!) Nora will need to find or make a family of her own to beat the witch.

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BalphezarWrites t1_j9u9b0x wrote

A measured, rather than hopeful approach, is often the road better traveled in the end.

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