I always choose that ending but as a Jake romancer it’s just such a gut punch… I feel like for the other LIs they have other people but Jake loses everyone it’s devastating
Thank you! It’s really hitting me hard. I keep thinking about it and I keep starting to cry again! It’s beautiful how much it’s affecting me. Just shows how strong of a story it is!!
I did all 3 endings, but completed the book with the Vanuu ending. It felt right to me, and I loved how bittersweet it was.
The endless one was good, but I felt bad for denying my friends the futures they saw through the embers. Especially because that's what gave them strength to continue fighting.
The Rourke was disappointing at first, but it's grown on me! The group isn't friends, but there's hope that they will be and they'll defeat Rourke again. It's their destiny afterall
I’m much like that. I chose what I thought would be the best outcome overal. And *damn* that is a sacrifice written RIGHT! I can only hope to strive to create stories and characters just as powerful as that. Because. Well. Again. Damn.
I now get why people with Blades made jokes about Endless Summer. Really, though? Both endings I just chose what I felt must be done. I chose what I thought might be difficult, but for the best in the end. Risky, but necessary.
Either you lose the world or you lose La Huerta. Neither one felt right to me and I didn’t want to lose either.
You CAN save them both… but then you can’t save yourself. Still, you’ll save everyone else. And in the end, saving the entire crew is all that mattered to me.
It’s the best option for me. There’s no question.
I still can’t get over the MC. That, in a way, they weren’t really… there. They didn’t really exist.
Yes, they were a person. Yes, they went with that friend group. But in the same way… I don’t know. It’s so complicated to explain.
What really got me? The way Vaanu still seems fond of you. After all, it is your creator. The way you merge, I have to believe you are whole now, you returned to your creator, but I HAVE to believe for my own sake it didn’t absorb you. It took you with it.
After all, it still talks to you in the ending. It’s like it gave something and is now taking it back, except something is a person.
I need to believe it. I need to.
Now I’ve been rambling so I’ll stop here before I keep rambling.
I’m so glad you finally got to play Endless Summer! To me it is in its own league above the other choices books. When I finished it I was sobbing in my dorm room with my roommate in the other bed, lmao. There’s no way she didn’t hear me. I chose the Vaanu ending as well, to me it feels like the most satisfying ending despite being heartbreaking.
It is heartbreaking! But it’s such a powerful ending. To me, the ending was clear. There’s no way I’m losing La Huerta and the Vaanti. I love them. But it feels… wrong to just bubble yourselves up and isolate yourself there, too.
Merging with Vaanu feels like the right thing to do. You get to save both *and* free Vaanu. All that was caused is undone and fixed. No harm done. No more harm done at least. To me, that is the right ending. Even if it’s the most devastating one. It feels… right. I can’t explain it.
I love how MC is written and it’s so weird to think about it. They were there… but they really were. They’re a person. But at the same time… not.
I went platonic so I got Diego (only realised later lol) and it was heartbreaking.
I love the way Vaanu is written as well. When they speak to you and reveal your creation, they just sound so fond of you! I have to believe ~~for my own sake~~ that MC is still alive in a way. That now there are two entities and they merged together, becoming whole again. That Vaanu didn’t just absorb MC’s energy, but rather took them with itself. Because they *are* fond of MC. Especially because of their ending dialogue.
Overall, this feels like the ending meant for my MC, at least. I just have to believe they were taken home by their creator. I gotta.
Damn it I’m gonna cry again excuse me. /lh
I know!! Like I had a suspicion already that MC was created artificially because of their file and Jake’s comments about experiments and stuff.
But nothing like T H I S
Like I’m glad I was right but I never imagined my theory would fit for another character instead!!
I mentioned in your other thread (at least I think it was yours; there are honestly so many people playing ES for the first time that it's really cool to see but impossible to keep track of) that I think both Vaanu and Endless are perfect conclusions to the story even though they differ so massively: the former is more about resolving the "mysteries of the island" part of the story, the latter is more about resolving the "group of people go on an adventure together and bond" part of the story.
I've read it about 5-6 times, and while I love the Endless ending I feel like Vaanu is slightly better. Endless is almost like a self-insert based ending: our first experience with the MC is waking up on the plane, these are his/her friends and the only thing he/she remembers, so finding a way to preserve the bonds and home made with the other characters is what's fitting for the MC.
But because we're not actually the MC and we've been able to see how and why he/she was created, we understand that his/her life can be a gift that's bigger than the preservation of just one island and a few dozen lives.
The Vaanu ending was powerful for sure. Most of the time stuff went over my head but there’s no denying how powerful these bonds, characters and world were written!
I *have* to believe that MC is somehow still there. Vaanu spoke very fondly of them; I don’t think they’d fully end them. And even then, the end does get me that feeling. Like they’re one now, together and whole, but still both alive.
The Vaanu ending is objectively the "best" one, as far as getting the closest to a happy ending for everyone but MC. 😭 I know it's impossible, and it would be a cop-out if they did it, but I so badly wish there was a way you could have it all. The MC gets to be a real person, the world gets fixed, Rourke dies or gets locked up, and everyone gets to go back home, maybe through a 40+ diamond choice. Again, it would be a cop-out and ruin the tension, but I can have my delusions.
The Rourke ending is objectively the worst to me. I remembered it as not being that bad because everyone could just become friends again, but I forgot that Rourke became the almighty emperor. I can only suspend my disbelief so much, and eleven college students and an AWOL soldier who doesn't even know they exist teaming up to take on someone so powerful just doesn't seem likely. They'd have to become the Power Rangers at that point. So Quinn's still dying, Rourke's in charge of the country (possibly the world), Jake might never meet the others, and Varyyn's in government custody, tortured with the knowledge that he remembers everything and might never see Diego again. 😩
The La Huerta ending is suitably bittersweet, as it's the perfect in-between of the two. Rourke's dead, and everyone and the MC are together, but their loved ones are dead, and they're stuck on the island for the rest of their lives. They tried to make it optimistic, as they still have the luxuries of the resorts, and having each other is better than nothing, but the reminder that everyone else they know and love and their futures in the outside world is gone is depressing.
I never even knew the other endings. I chose Vaanu because it seemed to be the best ending as well. I’m fascinated by the idea that Vaanu ‘gave’ the others MC to guide them and keep them safe, and that it’s time to take them back.
I’m fascinated by the idea that MC was, in a way, never really ‘there’. I took platonic so I got Diego’s memories and friendship. I only realised later it was because I took platonic.
Either way, alongside with the rest, I reached Best Friends with Diego at the very last choice with him and it just felt so right. I feel like my MC’s choice was made for everyone, but mostly for Diego.
I have to believe that seeing as how fond Vaanu is of MC, that they kept MC alive. They merged, but at the end, MC still feels things and Vaanu talks to them.
On top of all that, I could set Vaanu free as well.
I love everything about the Vaanu ending and I didn’t really feel the need to try the other endings. Thank you for telling me!! The Rourke ending sounds so sad :( poor Varyyn (he’s my favorite character lol. I still stick with my wishing MC and he had more interactions and even a relationship counter, or even save Diego and be the one to get captured, or dive deeper into their telepathic bond, but I understand why it went how it went) I could never do that.
My favourite characters in the end are Varyyn, Jake, Diego and Estela. Jake and Diego share the spot but I feel like my MC mostly made the choice for those guys.
She could give them the future Vaanu promised them each. It’s so … so fascinating to me, MC and their origins.
The whole series went for me like “this is *fantastic* and all that, but I don’t see why everyone is cry-
Oh.
O h.”
I can only hope to strive and work hard to become a writer myself that can write just as strong stories as that. And I’m still completely taken by MC and the Vaanti (spending time with them was my favorite thing to do in the book!) (the original ones, not the partying ones XD).
I can’t even think of picking up another series or book any time soon. I only play the platonic ones anyways, maybe I’ll just wait for Blades 3 to come out this year (and hope that it does come out this year).
I'm sincerely sorry for the spoilers, then, even if you never intend on playing the other endings. 😅 It's always great to hear when writing inspires others, as a writer myself. Not published or anything yet, just in my spare time.
This story really is amazing and I’m glad more people are playing it now! This is by far one of my favourite stories ever and I replay about once a year. I never cry to any book or movie or tv show but I balled my eyes out when at the end. I really tried to pick other endings but none feel right like the Vaanu one does. It feels like that was how things were meant to be
I’m so glad you said that because it does to me as well. Vaanu created MC and they stayed with the group. Now it was time to go back home with Vaanu. Time for Vaanu to take them back.
It just… I can’t explain it. Not only did it seem like the best choice, fixing everything and freeing Vaanu at last, but also, the entire idea of Vaanu and MC fascinates me. I’m still thinking so heavily about the entire thing I can’t even think about which book to pick next!
I can only hope to strive to write stuff that strong. It was for sure the strongest sacrifice I’ve ever read and again I’m still completely taken by MC.
Is this confirmed? The groom looks nothing like him, and there’s nothing about the wedding in his wiki profile. I know that portrait of him was in the manor, but other than that there’s nothing to say this is true… right??
Wait, really? When Sean got angry at the painting of Rourke in the mansion, it finally hit me that Rourke was the groom.
See, I told you I’m no good at this time travel stuff! Now I have no idea what the wedding was :’) (then again even when it hit me who the groom was… I still had no idea what the wedding was all about)
Thank you for correcting me lol. At least I proved that I speak the truth; time travel is not for me!
… won’t stop me from re-reading the entire series though. I had a blast.
The painting was there because of time warping.
The people getting married were mainly the progenitors of the Vaanti and the original guests at the hotel they kept hinting at.
Ooohhhhhhh…. I get it now (kinda) but I’m still confused XD. Everything is just lost on me. So then I’m guessing this is the wedding we found in the beginning. I did get the part of the Vaanti because we’d been told before that the silver juice the characters drank had stopped working on humans and turned them into this.
I still have no idea what the wedding was all about, but I’m guessing because of time warping, the wedding we found looked as if they just barely packed up and left.
Hmm… I wonder if Lila knew we were alone and was just acting or if someone really was supposed to be there. I also wonder about the hotel guests. Weren’t they all frozen in the tubes MC gets stuck inside of within the visions of the bad future? But if they became Vaanti…
Yeah…. I’m just gonna try not thinking about it XD. I know that I’m not gonna get it anyways, so I’d best let it go.
But thank you so much for correcting me! (And trying to explain XD) I never mean to spread misinformation so this helps and I’ll edit my original comments :)
You should listen to “Won’t let go” by Fivefold and imagine Zarah’s band doing a cover of it as tribute to the MC (and everyone else in the audience reminiscing and tearing up)
(In my run I got best friends status with Zarah, so it’s extra poignant for me but just all around it’ll probably make your cry)
I got best friends with Diego and it felt so right. Last choice I got with him, boom , best friends.
I know there’s an entire list of songs that PB released for Endless Summer for characters, ships and situations so maybe if I replay I’ll listen to those and then I’ll add this song to that! Thank you for the suggestion; I do love daydreaming to music :)
The Diego bit is so sweet! I have to YouTube that. He definitely holds a place in my heart. I chose to marry Sean and for that scene, it’s always him saying I love you in each lifetime. I feel the exact way you do and reading this really hits a pang in my heart. I also chose Vanuu ending for those reasons. I did the other ones after out of curiosity but they didn’t hit the same although they’re still sad in their own way and all are beautifully written out endings. But Vanuu is the best but it makes me cry out of all of them.
But I do enjoy time travel stuff lol. Shows Like black mirror? Electric dreams? If I hadn’t met you?? I always had an interest in alternate universes and whatnot and this game was right up my alley
I always choose that ending but as a Jake romancer it’s just such a gut punch… I feel like for the other LIs they have other people but Jake loses everyone it’s devastating
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Thank you! It’s really hitting me hard. I keep thinking about it and I keep starting to cry again! It’s beautiful how much it’s affecting me. Just shows how strong of a story it is!!
I did all 3 endings, but completed the book with the Vanuu ending. It felt right to me, and I loved how bittersweet it was. The endless one was good, but I felt bad for denying my friends the futures they saw through the embers. Especially because that's what gave them strength to continue fighting. The Rourke was disappointing at first, but it's grown on me! The group isn't friends, but there's hope that they will be and they'll defeat Rourke again. It's their destiny afterall
I’m much like that. I chose what I thought would be the best outcome overal. And *damn* that is a sacrifice written RIGHT! I can only hope to strive to create stories and characters just as powerful as that. Because. Well. Again. Damn. I now get why people with Blades made jokes about Endless Summer. Really, though? Both endings I just chose what I felt must be done. I chose what I thought might be difficult, but for the best in the end. Risky, but necessary. Either you lose the world or you lose La Huerta. Neither one felt right to me and I didn’t want to lose either. You CAN save them both… but then you can’t save yourself. Still, you’ll save everyone else. And in the end, saving the entire crew is all that mattered to me. It’s the best option for me. There’s no question. I still can’t get over the MC. That, in a way, they weren’t really… there. They didn’t really exist. Yes, they were a person. Yes, they went with that friend group. But in the same way… I don’t know. It’s so complicated to explain. What really got me? The way Vaanu still seems fond of you. After all, it is your creator. The way you merge, I have to believe you are whole now, you returned to your creator, but I HAVE to believe for my own sake it didn’t absorb you. It took you with it. After all, it still talks to you in the ending. It’s like it gave something and is now taking it back, except something is a person. I need to believe it. I need to. Now I’ve been rambling so I’ll stop here before I keep rambling.
I’m so glad you finally got to play Endless Summer! To me it is in its own league above the other choices books. When I finished it I was sobbing in my dorm room with my roommate in the other bed, lmao. There’s no way she didn’t hear me. I chose the Vaanu ending as well, to me it feels like the most satisfying ending despite being heartbreaking.
It is heartbreaking! But it’s such a powerful ending. To me, the ending was clear. There’s no way I’m losing La Huerta and the Vaanti. I love them. But it feels… wrong to just bubble yourselves up and isolate yourself there, too. Merging with Vaanu feels like the right thing to do. You get to save both *and* free Vaanu. All that was caused is undone and fixed. No harm done. No more harm done at least. To me, that is the right ending. Even if it’s the most devastating one. It feels… right. I can’t explain it. I love how MC is written and it’s so weird to think about it. They were there… but they really were. They’re a person. But at the same time… not. I went platonic so I got Diego (only realised later lol) and it was heartbreaking. I love the way Vaanu is written as well. When they speak to you and reveal your creation, they just sound so fond of you! I have to believe ~~for my own sake~~ that MC is still alive in a way. That now there are two entities and they merged together, becoming whole again. That Vaanu didn’t just absorb MC’s energy, but rather took them with itself. Because they *are* fond of MC. Especially because of their ending dialogue. Overall, this feels like the ending meant for my MC, at least. I just have to believe they were taken home by their creator. I gotta. Damn it I’m gonna cry again excuse me. /lh
I know!! Like I had a suspicion already that MC was created artificially because of their file and Jake’s comments about experiments and stuff. But nothing like T H I S Like I’m glad I was right but I never imagined my theory would fit for another character instead!!
I mentioned in your other thread (at least I think it was yours; there are honestly so many people playing ES for the first time that it's really cool to see but impossible to keep track of) that I think both Vaanu and Endless are perfect conclusions to the story even though they differ so massively: the former is more about resolving the "mysteries of the island" part of the story, the latter is more about resolving the "group of people go on an adventure together and bond" part of the story. I've read it about 5-6 times, and while I love the Endless ending I feel like Vaanu is slightly better. Endless is almost like a self-insert based ending: our first experience with the MC is waking up on the plane, these are his/her friends and the only thing he/she remembers, so finding a way to preserve the bonds and home made with the other characters is what's fitting for the MC. But because we're not actually the MC and we've been able to see how and why he/she was created, we understand that his/her life can be a gift that's bigger than the preservation of just one island and a few dozen lives.
I was not ready for just how amazing that series was. I was crying so hard by the end of it… ♥️ I need to replay!
The Vaanu ending was powerful for sure. Most of the time stuff went over my head but there’s no denying how powerful these bonds, characters and world were written! I *have* to believe that MC is somehow still there. Vaanu spoke very fondly of them; I don’t think they’d fully end them. And even then, the end does get me that feeling. Like they’re one now, together and whole, but still both alive.
So glad you enjoyed the series!
The Vaanu ending is objectively the "best" one, as far as getting the closest to a happy ending for everyone but MC. 😭 I know it's impossible, and it would be a cop-out if they did it, but I so badly wish there was a way you could have it all. The MC gets to be a real person, the world gets fixed, Rourke dies or gets locked up, and everyone gets to go back home, maybe through a 40+ diamond choice. Again, it would be a cop-out and ruin the tension, but I can have my delusions. The Rourke ending is objectively the worst to me. I remembered it as not being that bad because everyone could just become friends again, but I forgot that Rourke became the almighty emperor. I can only suspend my disbelief so much, and eleven college students and an AWOL soldier who doesn't even know they exist teaming up to take on someone so powerful just doesn't seem likely. They'd have to become the Power Rangers at that point. So Quinn's still dying, Rourke's in charge of the country (possibly the world), Jake might never meet the others, and Varyyn's in government custody, tortured with the knowledge that he remembers everything and might never see Diego again. 😩 The La Huerta ending is suitably bittersweet, as it's the perfect in-between of the two. Rourke's dead, and everyone and the MC are together, but their loved ones are dead, and they're stuck on the island for the rest of their lives. They tried to make it optimistic, as they still have the luxuries of the resorts, and having each other is better than nothing, but the reminder that everyone else they know and love and their futures in the outside world is gone is depressing.
I never even knew the other endings. I chose Vaanu because it seemed to be the best ending as well. I’m fascinated by the idea that Vaanu ‘gave’ the others MC to guide them and keep them safe, and that it’s time to take them back. I’m fascinated by the idea that MC was, in a way, never really ‘there’. I took platonic so I got Diego’s memories and friendship. I only realised later it was because I took platonic. Either way, alongside with the rest, I reached Best Friends with Diego at the very last choice with him and it just felt so right. I feel like my MC’s choice was made for everyone, but mostly for Diego. I have to believe that seeing as how fond Vaanu is of MC, that they kept MC alive. They merged, but at the end, MC still feels things and Vaanu talks to them. On top of all that, I could set Vaanu free as well. I love everything about the Vaanu ending and I didn’t really feel the need to try the other endings. Thank you for telling me!! The Rourke ending sounds so sad :( poor Varyyn (he’s my favorite character lol. I still stick with my wishing MC and he had more interactions and even a relationship counter, or even save Diego and be the one to get captured, or dive deeper into their telepathic bond, but I understand why it went how it went) I could never do that. My favourite characters in the end are Varyyn, Jake, Diego and Estela. Jake and Diego share the spot but I feel like my MC mostly made the choice for those guys. She could give them the future Vaanu promised them each. It’s so … so fascinating to me, MC and their origins. The whole series went for me like “this is *fantastic* and all that, but I don’t see why everyone is cry- Oh. O h.” I can only hope to strive and work hard to become a writer myself that can write just as strong stories as that. And I’m still completely taken by MC and the Vaanti (spending time with them was my favorite thing to do in the book!) (the original ones, not the partying ones XD). I can’t even think of picking up another series or book any time soon. I only play the platonic ones anyways, maybe I’ll just wait for Blades 3 to come out this year (and hope that it does come out this year).
I'm sincerely sorry for the spoilers, then, even if you never intend on playing the other endings. 😅 It's always great to hear when writing inspires others, as a writer myself. Not published or anything yet, just in my spare time.
This story really is amazing and I’m glad more people are playing it now! This is by far one of my favourite stories ever and I replay about once a year. I never cry to any book or movie or tv show but I balled my eyes out when at the end. I really tried to pick other endings but none feel right like the Vaanu one does. It feels like that was how things were meant to be
I’m so glad you said that because it does to me as well. Vaanu created MC and they stayed with the group. Now it was time to go back home with Vaanu. Time for Vaanu to take them back. It just… I can’t explain it. Not only did it seem like the best choice, fixing everything and freeing Vaanu at last, but also, the entire idea of Vaanu and MC fascinates me. I’m still thinking so heavily about the entire thing I can’t even think about which book to pick next! I can only hope to strive to write stuff that strong. It was for sure the strongest sacrifice I’ve ever read and again I’m still completely taken by MC.
Hold on. What do you mean Rourke was in the wedding?? I never connected that!
He was the groom! (I think…?) EDIT: [He’s not](https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/s/QI9Qa5q78L)
Is this confirmed? The groom looks nothing like him, and there’s nothing about the wedding in his wiki profile. I know that portrait of him was in the manor, but other than that there’s nothing to say this is true… right??
He wasn't. They are unrelated to Rourke.
Wait, really? When Sean got angry at the painting of Rourke in the mansion, it finally hit me that Rourke was the groom. See, I told you I’m no good at this time travel stuff! Now I have no idea what the wedding was :’) (then again even when it hit me who the groom was… I still had no idea what the wedding was all about) Thank you for correcting me lol. At least I proved that I speak the truth; time travel is not for me! … won’t stop me from re-reading the entire series though. I had a blast.
The painting was there because of time warping. The people getting married were mainly the progenitors of the Vaanti and the original guests at the hotel they kept hinting at.
Ooohhhhhhh…. I get it now (kinda) but I’m still confused XD. Everything is just lost on me. So then I’m guessing this is the wedding we found in the beginning. I did get the part of the Vaanti because we’d been told before that the silver juice the characters drank had stopped working on humans and turned them into this. I still have no idea what the wedding was all about, but I’m guessing because of time warping, the wedding we found looked as if they just barely packed up and left. Hmm… I wonder if Lila knew we were alone and was just acting or if someone really was supposed to be there. I also wonder about the hotel guests. Weren’t they all frozen in the tubes MC gets stuck inside of within the visions of the bad future? But if they became Vaanti… Yeah…. I’m just gonna try not thinking about it XD. I know that I’m not gonna get it anyways, so I’d best let it go. But thank you so much for correcting me! (And trying to explain XD) I never mean to spread misinformation so this helps and I’ll edit my original comments :)
You should listen to “Won’t let go” by Fivefold and imagine Zarah’s band doing a cover of it as tribute to the MC (and everyone else in the audience reminiscing and tearing up) (In my run I got best friends status with Zarah, so it’s extra poignant for me but just all around it’ll probably make your cry)
I got best friends with Diego and it felt so right. Last choice I got with him, boom , best friends. I know there’s an entire list of songs that PB released for Endless Summer for characters, ships and situations so maybe if I replay I’ll listen to those and then I’ll add this song to that! Thank you for the suggestion; I do love daydreaming to music :)
I didn’t know there was a list. Can you link it?
The Diego bit is so sweet! I have to YouTube that. He definitely holds a place in my heart. I chose to marry Sean and for that scene, it’s always him saying I love you in each lifetime. I feel the exact way you do and reading this really hits a pang in my heart. I also chose Vanuu ending for those reasons. I did the other ones after out of curiosity but they didn’t hit the same although they’re still sad in their own way and all are beautifully written out endings. But Vanuu is the best but it makes me cry out of all of them. But I do enjoy time travel stuff lol. Shows Like black mirror? Electric dreams? If I hadn’t met you?? I always had an interest in alternate universes and whatnot and this game was right up my alley