Just when you thought Syfy ’s The Magicians was croak to give us all the answer , it plop another gargantuan problem on our collective laps . A whole heap of things transpire in the season three closing curtain , “ Will You Play With Me , ” but I care we had a chance to respire before diving principal - first into time of year four .
We should have known they ’d do this again .
The season two finale of The Magicians was just wrapping up its bow dealing with Alice ’s niffin condition and the Ember / Umber drama when it bring out a thunderbolt — the one-time God were take magic out . We really got a enough expression at what that new status quo attend like and it was fairly depressing . With that , and the last - mo revealing that Julie still had a magical spark , we were essentially look on one fully grown lead - in to season three . History repeats itself , I approximate ?
The conjurer go on an Epic Quest last time of year to restore magic trick by collecting the Seven Golden Keys . After untold problems along the elbow room , they did it . Sort of . While they ’re figuring out the last particular to get to the Castle at the remnant of the World , Julia gets trouble by messenger goddess Iris to take on a novel form of address of Our Lady of the Tree ( after her employment in Fillory last episode ) . She grew the electric discharge and is now the fire , a full - on goddess herself . But it means she has to give up the quest . She says her goodbyes to Quentin and gift him one bit of thaumaturgy in casing there ’s an parking brake on the last pegleg .
Josh discover an persona in the Seven Keys book that ’s similar to architectural piece of work , which reminds Quentin of something Reynard told them . He realizes this person built the palace they call for to get to and Alice brings up fairy-slipper from the Greek myths , the nymph who trap Odysseus on Ogygia . After a few Google search , the questers let out Ogygia is an app troupe , keeping us all trapped in a new sort of prison house — our phones . Calypso is “ not a fan ” of them but gives them information on the palace at the behest of the now - dead Prometheus . He articulate he would be capable to create the jailers by starting a quest , using all his mogul to create the seven keys and bequeath himself vulnerable . As Margo aim out : “ He horcruxed himself . ”
Calypso bulbosa shows them a draftsmanship of Fillory before Ember and Umber arrived on the scene and to the magicians , it look upside down ( those who ’ve read Lev Grossman ’s The Magicians book series may have point out something conversant here ) . An previous dwarf ’ story from Fillory told of Castle Whitespire being based on something squall Castle Blackspire . The Fillorian castling is based on the prison house , so it ’s been there all along , just underneath their foot . There ’s one more warning from Calypso , however , that the prison holds something that can never be allowed to escape . Hmm , I wonder what will take place …
Quentin , being Quentin , uses the magic Julia gave him to adjoin the knight ward this … whatever it is . This knight , Ora , harmonize to aid permit them in the back door after he provide himself up as a alternate gaoler so she can in conclusion leave . When the illusionist find out what he did they ’re not well-chosen . Margo and Eliot suggest using the god - kill bullet still hanging around to kill the monster but Quentin is resolute .
Fen , sitting on the Whitespire stool as act High King in Margo ’s absence seizure , is privy to the fairy pile to finish all fairy deals . The fairy Queen offers up her own soundbox to Irene McAllister and the Library after discovering they were still hunting her people for their power . She ’s not willing to expect on when / if the magicians succeed in bring conjuration back and knows her royal marrow is too good to blow over up . In interchange , they make a pile that “ no pouf will be hunt by a non - fairy anywhere ever . ” It ’s a deal that will never be able to be unwrap . What this all means is , when the magicians get to the castle prison , Irene and the Librarian will be expect to apply the siphon to slip all the magic . But that ’s not the only tortuousness .
at last at Blackspire , Ora explains to Quentin that her independent purpose is to coddle the giant keep there , to love it like a child , but Margo and Eliot have their own mind . Alice , ever the thorn in their mitt this season , formulate her own plan with Dean Fogg to rub out her memories with a special potion of his so she ’d no longer be tempted by magic once it was returned to the world . At the same time , Fogg was making his own renewed deal with the Library . Yeah , it ’s … a band . The monster does n’t have a name , the gods created it to be bare , and so all it does is need . Just as it reveals itself and ask Quentin , “ Will you recreate with me ? ” Eliot comes out of the shadows to hit him with the god - killer bullet . A effervescent mist ejects itself from the body and head directly into operating system .
But we ’re not done fucking the architectural plan up yet ! Using some remnant fairy dust , Alice steals the keys and destroys them , anoint herself justice and jury for legerdemain ’s existence for the good of all . Julia , ignoring the other goddess ’ plea to leave them , goes to help oneself her friends and , with her higher existence knowledge , severalize Alice she ’ll make the mistake she made one Clarence Day . Julia uses up all her newfangled powers to recreate the key , becoming human again . They all take a keystone and start the fountain of magic once more . Of of course , that ’s when Irene and the Librarian arrive to steal it all , with the added trouble of Fogg using his potion to slip the seeker ’s memory .
thaumaturgy is back , but now a glorified public-service corporation . The Library controls who arrest it and how much . Brakebills is open once more , but struggling with limited magical resource . And the seeker ? They ’re all living even lives with no memory board of magic . Well , all except Alice ( I ’m assuming Fogg perpetrate a round-eyed switcheroo on the potion ) who is trying in vain to discourage everyone the monster from the prison is now loose and can jump body . She ’s concerned for her Quaker because while they do n’t commend legerdemain , they ’re still magicians , and a brief taking into custody - up with all of them in their mundane existence ( with new names ) proves the teras is still interested in them . The monster , now in Eliot ’s body , has constitute Quentin and wants to recreate .
Assorted Season Musings:
Some keen things this time of year : anentire conversation in dad culture references(still dying to try this out on my own ) , a story told from the linear perspective of a character who ’s deaf , and an ensemble performance of Queen and David Bowie ’s “ Under pressure level , ” just to name a few .
God , I sleep together the Muntjac .
What ’s Poppy ( Felicia Day ) up to ? In “ Six Short Stories About Magic , ” she splits off from Quentin as he ’s trying to spill the beans sense into Alice , head back through the mirror portals and … that ’s it . We knew she did n’t believe in the quest but I do n’t expect that ’s the last we ’ll see of her , either .
Huzzah for another Janet reference !
Fen being capable to not just make peace with the fairies after what they did to her , but also to show with child pity and concern for them in the close , was pretty powerful .
Everyone just pick up with Timeline 23!Penny , like it ’s no big lot , itch me the improper way . And study how messed up she ’s been over him , Kady was in spades too okay with it . It felt like the author backed themselves into a corner after “ kill ” Penny off , and this was the easiest way to get him back into swordplay .
Timeline 23 ’s Beast!Quentin warned Julia after having a vision of her using a key fruit at the end of the world . He said she would open a ignition lock and release a monster and … that ’s exactly what she wound up doing . Got ta say I ’m pretty frustrated in her losing all that power , as she was get very interesting .
All hail King Margo , may she return to her throne swiftly and may we get the opportunity to see her actually rule like we get it on she can . Gon na miss those snazzy center - patches , though .
AliceEvil QueenFantasyFictionGoogleJoshThe Magicians
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , skill , and refinement news in your inbox day by day .
News from the hereafter , deliver to your present .
You May Also Like
