Fact time!! About Life Before Death! ((spoilers for the final chapter))
So, the last chapter was hard to come up with ideas for. I generally knew how to end things and where to leave the story, but the specifics I needed to figure out. Like, I needed an ending for Tord. And Edd. I couldn't just leave it at, "Also, Edd, you're GreenBird lol" then the end! No, I just couldn't.
Plus I needed to end it a different way from Feathers and Scales. Sure, there's parallels but it's still different.
Tord ended up disappearing because he was trying to protect Edd. GreenBird ended up turning into a demon because of Tord's mistake.
I went through some ideas like, "What if Tord turns into a half angel half demon?" but I realized that wouldn't make much sense. Because, he has killed people before. In my eyes, that's unforgivable.
So that's why the book ended the way it did. For Edd, I gave him an ending that could be left to the imagination. Like, it's possible he could end up with Matt at the end. Or maybe just stay by himself.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading my thought process. I didn't want to make it too long so I'll leave it at that.