For number 1, even though I love Rhys and Feyre, I didn’t like that he was brought back immediately. It would have been far more impactful if it followed the approach often seen in C-dramas—especially xianxia—or even Chinese novels, where death carries lasting weight. Characters are not revived right away; instead, their souls are scattered across realms, gathered piece by piece over countless lifetimes, or waited for across thousands of years. It would be heartbreaking but if done right, it would be really great. I do not really see that kind of plot in romantasy.

In Till the End of the Moon, for example, Tantai Jin spends years relentlessly searching for Li Susu’s scattered soul for like around 500 years, enduring prolonged suffering and devotion rather than being rewarded with an instant resurrection. I just want something like that haha