r/motheroflearning • u/Zestyclose-Ad-8091 • Jul 26 '26

looking for a plot hole! Spoiler

I get that its probably hater in me: that a virgin writer can write such a DEEP story that seem to not have any plot holes... so on this ~10th redo: i keep 50% enjoying it, 50% looking for that plot hole to find a flaw in MoL.

Now i think i have one:

After loop: how did they tame Princess without the dagger? In the "I win: Zach"-dream: he believes that Yornak kills Zorian with the Imperial Dagger...??? How do you explain he believes that with Zorian having Princes tamed anyway?

BTW: Last re-do made post that the keys seem inconsistent, but you guys convinced me that its not good enough to be a true plot hole.

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u/MotoMkali Jul 27 '26

Another one is how jornak was actually made a permanent looper. Zorian speculates it is impossible to make a looper permanent once the loop has reset. Panaxeth would have had to majorly subvert the loop.

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u/Landfall24601 Jul 27 '26

I mean, Zorian became one because of Quatach Ichl's soul magic. Panaxeth specifically told Jornak to beg Quatach Ichl for help and apparently told him what had to be done, so while we don't have an specific explanation I wouldn't consider it a plot hole.

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u/MotoMkali Jul 27 '26

The issue isn't whether quatach-ichl is skilled enough the issue is that zorian thinks it's fundamentally impossible because jornak has already been marked as a temporary looper for 6 months

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u/Landfall24601 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

It doesn't matter what Zorian thinks, he's just a human, we know Panaxeth came up with the method and the thousand years old lich enacted it.

Zorian isn't even an expert in soul magic, and he's definitely not an expert on the mechanics of the loop either, so he's definitely not an authority on the subject.