Plot & Subplot Resolution
Scene Purpose:
Loose ends are tied up. Characters start to get on with their lives, now that order has been restored.
Kō ends up with Aroha, and hopfully the blessing of her iwi.
Main Character: Issue — Approach
Main Character: Problem — Reconsider
Kō fiercely believes in love, but she must reconsider her quest when she realizes what Tāwhiri is trying to do, and is deciding to stop him, she must reconsider her position on love.
Main Character: Solution — Consider
She must consider that the context of love really is important, not just love itself.
Main vs. Impact: Issue — Closure
Kō wants a final judgement from Mōhio either way. Mōhio withholds because he thinks Kō will come to her own conclusions, and that his blessing will become irrelevent.
Overall: Signpost 4 — How Things are Changing
Main Character: Signpost 4 — Gathering Information
Main vs. Impact: Signpost 4 — Innermost Desires
Main vs. Impact: Conflict
For there to be any closure on the issue of love, Kō has to reconcile her desires with he sense of duty, and has to make that determination for herself, without Mōhio’s input. Mōhio must gain enough respect for Kō to allow her to do so without interference. That can only happen if Kō stops denying her love/duty, and Mōhio realizes the depth of her love.
Impact Character: Approach
Kō has to do things to stop the world from ending. Mōhio can’t do anything, he can only talk and think, because he’s dead (or maybe just incapacitated).
Trees are put back in place to hold the sky.
Kotiro kills herself to be with Aroha.
FIN
About Pete
Plucky polymath, software engineer by day, dreamer of dreams by night. Longing to behold and beget beauty and love, Kōtiro is an expression of my passion for the magic of the world in which we find ourselves.