The Magicians
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Enzee
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He's as legit dead as anyone in that world, but unless the actor didn't wanna be on the show anymore.. I'm thinking that'll be part of the season's arc, getting him back somehow. Maybe Julia does become a Goddess again, or Alice as head of the Library, and figures out where the underworld metro actually goes. Possibly Our Lady Underground actually died to the monster, and Julia takes over some of her responsibilities, which include power over the underworld.
Actually, fuck.. just as I was writing this, I decided to do some googling, and it appears the actor actually is leaving the show, according to the producers. So.... he really is dead. Damn, that sucks. It made for a great moment, but it doesn't feel right. They got him back together with Alice just to make the finale more gut wrenching? That's so shitty. Really, the finale was kind of weak except for that moment and the ending scene. Granted, they were REALLY good scenes, but it feels like they couldn't come up with a satisfactory resolution, so they decided to just do something drastic. It does explain why they moved towards making everyone else the 'main' characters this season, but still..
Oh, and considering it was brought up recently in this thread, guess we are back to making time move differently in fillory?
Actually, fuck.. just as I was writing this, I decided to do some googling, and it appears the actor actually is leaving the show, according to the producers. So.... he really is dead. Damn, that sucks. It made for a great moment, but it doesn't feel right. They got him back together with Alice just to make the finale more gut wrenching? That's so shitty. Really, the finale was kind of weak except for that moment and the ending scene. Granted, they were REALLY good scenes, but it feels like they couldn't come up with a satisfactory resolution, so they decided to just do something drastic. It does explain why they moved towards making everyone else the 'main' characters this season, but still..
Oh, and considering it was brought up recently in this thread, guess we are back to making time move differently in fillory?
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Cybsled
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The Fillory Time thing could maybe be due to the overabundance of magic? Technically from season 2 to season 4, there had been issues with the magic supply in Fillory, so they could maybe use that to explain why the time dilatation effect was muted during that time.
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that's a fair point
and I'm guessing everett dying unleashed all the magic he had been storing in the reservoir, that he sucked up. That, and I'm also guessing the Library took off their stranglehold on the magic supply with Zelda re-organizing them. That would explain the sudden burst of magic some of them were experiencing. I just hope Elliot and Margo can get back to the other's time period easily, especially Margo and Josh. I'd hate to have them get stranded away from the rest of the group for half the season. I'm liking Josh and Margo's relationship, nice to see Margo be nice at times, and Josh is just goofy and awesome.
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I am actually in the minority on this but
I am not happy that they killed Quentin off, he gets back with Alice then you kill off the main character of the books? WTF. Kill off Eliot or dead Penny whos annoying as hell. Ill give them props for how we went out but thats it. Now all thats left is Julia becoming a god from the books.
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Honestly quins story had come full circle. He started off a self loathing man baby, and over time he lived two lives one full to old age with people he loved and had a child and the other where he finally grew to come to terms with his own failings enough to push past them to still see his love of fillory and alice. At the end when he sacrificed himself it was for the right people and the right reason not because he was self destructive.
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You aren't.
I thought it was a great send off for his character, but I'm not happy he died. I read what the producers said about the decision, and it just seems kind of lazy.. like they wanna distinguish themselves from the book, but doesn't make a ton of sense to kill off the original main character. You can move the show away from his POV without kiling him off, that's basically what they did these last two seasons anyways.
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Ya, there was a def shift in the POV, where it moved from him as a central character to much more ensemble, although even in season 3 he was still the central core of the quest. Season 4 was the first where he didn't really feel like the central character, but then they kind of touched on it during the episode where Penny 40 is talking to the guy he thinks is a noob and chastises him for thinking Quentin is the main character in the story.
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Pretty sure all Mana is stored in the fun bags on that show.
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