@TotallyAbsurd yes Killian was flippant from the beginning. But that's because every time he swayed the author would exert more pressure on him to stay in plot so he was being mind controlled. The rest of the chapters are similar/same as in novel except for a few skipped chapters that does not really affect the story much.
But Killian being the one to stop execution had a better affect. And no, he did not change is mind mid action of swinging his sword, as you can see he was desperately searching for her. And he took the role of executioner to prevent the actual murder from happening in the novel. As told earlier, no one at that execution ground was on Ediths side. Reeze was he** bent on having her slayed. So if it wasn't for Killian taking the stand she would have really died then and there marked as a traitor.
And she wasn't half beaten to submit to her demise even in novel. She had made all the plans to run off. But she took good 3-5 days to think things through before returning to the dukedom. If the plot was strong and she had no other place left to run off to what can a person do? She's been fighting against plots after plots and there's always a limit on how much a person can tolerate. So if her ending was to die as a villainess anyway, she chose that to happen at the hands of the character she genuinely fell in love with.
But Killian being the one to stop execution had a better affect. And no, he did not change is mind mid action of swinging his sword, as you can see he was desperately searching for her. And he took the role of executioner to prevent the actual murder from happening in the novel. As told earlier, no one at that execution ground was on Ediths side. Reeze was he** bent on having her slayed. So if it wasn't for Killian taking the stand she would have really died then and there marked as a traitor.
And she wasn't half beaten to submit to her demise even in novel. She had made all the plans to run off. But she took good 3-5 days to think things through before returning to the dukedom. If the plot was strong and she had no other place left to run off to what can a person do? She's been fighting against plots after plots and there's always a limit on how much a person can tolerate. So if her ending was to die as a villainess anyway, she chose that to happen at the hands of the character she genuinely fell in love with.