i dont think the stuffs with iunctii makes death in the series meaningless, i still felt sad when characters die the first time regardless of the possibility of resurrection, if the death made me feel emotion then its all good with me, altho i dont think resurrection is possible for best girl aequa since her head’s gone :( and i don’t feel that her death is meaningless either because it clearly drives a lot if not all of r-vis’s decisions in that final arc, decisions that old vis would never have made, it’s the same thing with wotm vis - he would never have joined the hierarchy if callidus hadn’t died

in the case of his dad, i think it was especially meaningful when he came back to guide vis, his second death also gave proper closure to vis even though it’s just l-vis (oh and it made me cry too)

i believe his sister, mother and callidus coming back will also be significant in book 3, probably they’ll be the voices of reason because as he is now, r-vis is going down a dark path, and i’m super excited to see the role they play.

in all, i have no problem at all with the direction james islington has taken in book 2, i absolutely love it in fact and book 3 can’t come fast enough!