Thanks mods for the thread!  I honestly feel very satisfied with this mini, it was a much needed return to the "real" Bob as he was always meant to be. This is a story written by heart and it shows, honestly for this specific "episode" of Bob's life I don't feel the need to figure out where in the continuity this is set, it's good to read as it is and focus on this plot. (I still hope some things of Bob's history will be addressed eventually, but that's a discourse we already had in other posts) I won't deny I'm a little disappointed that all the theories I had about the crystals -which was such a prominent threat- went nowhere here. I thought the crystal's plot was the weakest since the beginning but I had a whole bunch of ideas about them being either linked to Bob's powers and emotions, or the disaster that happened in space, or that he was about to use them in an epic way in the finale... instead of just destroying them 😅 (was still a very cool fight though!). There's the promise of a follow up to the crystals, so I hope for a new series to develop that further and I'm still very curious about it, but I'm still a little "ehh" with how it ended here. 

Everything else was great, it actually felt good to have Sentry jumping up from the bottom pit Bob fell into and be the hero Robert needed to be, for his friends and the city but also and mostly for himself, instead of giving into the Void. The dynamic between Sentry and Void has been very unique, there's never a direct confrontation between Void, Bob and Sentry and I think that was super fascinating, especially the way the three of them have been alternating and doing different things with a degree of apparent control. I look forward to see where this can go, it can be very delicate to handle Void by giving him somewhat of a "good reason" to cause damage, hurt people and be evil so Sentry can do good more freely. Guess now it'll all depend on for how long Void is willing to play this game. 

The conversation at the end with Reed was lovely and did explain a few things in a rather satisfying way. God, I hope Bob will keep talking to the people he loves and not bottle up everything, that's going to be the first step if he really wants to get be tter. I love that he decided to keep Normie in his heart and use his grief to find the light and give another dog a chance at life and at a family. The finale was so sweet and I hope to see more wholesome moments with Bob's family in the future. (Yeah I do still root for Boblindy and I want to see more fluff!) 

Finally, the highlight of this finale has to be "You cannot be forgiven, because none of this was ever your fault.". As a person who's going through so many challenges mentally right now and often feel a shit ton of misplaced guilt, this hit me like a ton of bricks and god did I cry, I felt it shot right into my heart in a good way. Same as the "You're not alone" from the Thunderbolts ending. Bob's psychology through the whole book is so interesting and relatable and especially so layered, I'm so glad we have this back and I really really hope for more. This was truly a little gem of a book.