Either I read 21 and 22 back to back or I knew instantly that he wasn't dead, because I have zero memories of being distraught. It was so long ago, I can't remember details. lol.
I know I didn't read them back to back, but I think even then, my knowledge of books/TV shows had developed to where "main characters don't get offhanded deaths like that, it's totally a fake out" and I wasn't that concerned about it.
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Date: 2011-11-11 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-11 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-11 04:12 am (UTC)Aka sorry, we can't kill of Tobias NOW because we need to kill another main character LATER and then Tobias won't be around to be SAD. :P
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Date: 2011-11-11 04:16 am (UTC)Though I do recall being surprised at the '...wait, that was IT?!'-ness of that ending at the time. Nowadays, I can appreciate that style of ending.