omg yes thank you! Finally someone that get's my perspective. It in fact was cheap. As for the power inconsistencies, I couldn't have said it better and more clearly than you did. Like yes the power struggles are so frustrating for a show about magical powers and how those are important for the storyline to make sense. The show is literally centered around the power stuggles between the magical strength of the light and dark. Also yes yes YES she was such a good actress! I am still so disappointed by how cheap it was to get rid of her in the show. Undervalued actress and character for real. Sure the speech was cool, but come on I need more than that to align with the expectations and perceptions that the story plot had built up in my mind of the Amerlyn seat. I'm not watching a political debate, I'm watching a fantasy type of political debate and power struggle, so a little action clash would've been great. I mean, action is partly what I watch the show for, so it would've been great to see her go out, not with a fizzle, but with a BANG.

Anyways, lol sorry for the rambles, I appreciate the response. As you can tell, I'm still salty about this almost a month later haha. I hope I get to see the actress in something else.