I have limited connectivity at the moment, so I haven't read all of the comments yet, but here goes...
My coping method: I wrote The Disappearing Ground. I started less than 24 hours after the finale aired, and pretty much wrote it all in one fell swoop. However, I wasn't exactly angry at the time. I liked the finale. I still like most of it. Just, you know, there are a few bits towards the end there I could have done without. But anyway, my intention in writing The Disappearing Ground had been to explore a very persistent what-if scenario. What if Lee had reached for Kara in that damn field? And my reasoning was because he wouldn't have been able to let go. And for whatever reason, my brain decided this would have been a bad thing, and set about writing a story about how things could have been so much worse.
I was a little surprised by the reactions to the story (understatement). And as time passed, I left behind my initial shock and started to think critically about the finale and other issues with the series. But I somehow circumvented the 'anger' stage and just went straight to acceptance or whatever.
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My coping method: I wrote The Disappearing Ground. I started less than 24 hours after the finale aired, and pretty much wrote it all in one fell swoop. However, I wasn't exactly angry at the time. I liked the finale. I still like most of it. Just, you know, there are a few bits towards the end there I could have done without. But anyway, my intention in writing The Disappearing Ground had been to explore a very persistent what-if scenario. What if Lee had reached for Kara in that damn field? And my reasoning was because he wouldn't have been able to let go. And for whatever reason, my brain decided this would have been a bad thing, and set about writing a story about how things could have been so much worse.
I was a little surprised by the reactions to the story (understatement). And as time passed, I left behind my initial shock and started to think critically about the finale and other issues with the series. But I somehow circumvented the 'anger' stage and just went straight to acceptance or whatever.