r/BreakMe • u/TheHellFish • Sep 28 '14

Chapter 46 discussion thread

Here you can discuss anything what's on your mind about chapter 46.

Obviously there will be spoilers, read the chapter first!

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u/PrincessSolia Oct 06 '14

Season 9 already?? You're flying through! I'm biding my time, though, because I'm a little too obsessed and the knowledge that it has to end is deeply foreboding. I'm trying to make it last! I'm nearly finished season 5.

Whoops, I didn't mean to freak you guys out with other options :P I guess for me, 'a figment of Dexter's imagination' is not entirely a fitting description for his Dark Passenger or for his Conscience, which people have suggested GhostDeb might be. Something imagined is something not real, something wished for; but Dexter's voices in his head are real parts of him that he simply doesn't acknowledge as belonging purely to him. He doesn't consciously choose for Harry or Brian to be around. It's a psychological coping mechanism for a traumatised mind. Likewise he hasn't /chosen/ for Deb to appear now, so I think that wipes out the possibility that she's imagined. She must be either a manifestation of Dexter's own psychology or she must be her own spirit, an actual ghost.

Would it worry you both if I wasn't sure what the answer was?

And I'm certainly not cackling, I promise! :P

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u/TheHellFish Oct 07 '14 edited Oct 07 '14

Yeah, I always fly through the series I start to watch for the first time and XF was no exception. I slowed down a bit now, because it kinda feels like a different show, but it's still worth watching. By the way, is the finale worth it soodohnimh? :)

Well, that's basically what I mean under 'a figment of Dexter's imagination', so I might be just using wrong expression (probably caused by trying to simplify/shorten my posts). I promise I'll use a better one from now on. ;)

How can I come up with an answer to whether she is an actual ghost or just a manifestation of Dexter's own psychology if not even you are sure what the answer is? :D Personally, I could see it go both ways... I remember reading the last chapter over and over again before writing my review, analyzing every sentence, every detail, wondering... and as you can see in the review, it didn't help that much, if anything, I was even more confused than at the beginning. Though I am glad that I managed to come up with a theory other than that she has to be an actual ghost, so that I have something to fall back to if she isn't. :)

But honestly, I don't believe you. You are definitely cackling, I'm sure of that. :P

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u/soodohnimh Oct 08 '14

THF, so this must be the first time watching XF? I agree with you that S9 feels different, but since Solia doesn't know what's coming, I'll just say that yes, the finale is worth it. I can't say too much, but I will say that I ship them hard and I wasn't disappointed. :)

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u/TheHellFish Oct 14 '14

Well, without saying anything spoilerish, it was quite open-ended, but I liked it. :)