GRADUAL INTERVIEW SPOILER WARNING!   ..........   Spoilers - Fatal Revenant Wynand Dednam:  Hi Mr Donaldson, I would just like to say that I think Linden is a marvellous character, I love the ability she has to look into the injuries and hurts of others/the land and appreciate depths of suffering none of the other characters can. It makes her uniquely suited to aid in the salvation of the land as she did in TSCOTC. Now, onto my question (I searched the GI and couldn't find a similar question so I hope I am not repeating one): Linden's reasons for giving in to her selfdoubt at the end of FR by bringing TC back to life seem quite obvious to me: Selfdoubt is one of her greatest weaknesses. She really misses TC and doesn't feel up to the task: she believes only he could save the land as he has done twice before. But I can't help being very shocked by the irresponsibility of what she did. I feel like I'm missing something. Could you please "fill" in any gaps I might have missed? Thank you for this wonderful story and I eagerly await the next instalment. Hmm. "Irresponsibility." Are you sure that's the right word for what Linden does? She *thinks* she's bringing back the Land's best hope for survival--as well as her own and Jeremiah's, of course. And she has precedent on her side. Covenant's previous victory was made possible by Hollian's resurrection (breaking the Law of Life, which--combined with the earlier damage to the Law of Death--enabled Covenant's spirit to remain intact, conscious, and potent after LF killed him). So how is her gamble at the end of "Fatal Revenant" irresponsible? (03/26/2008)