Post by sadeyedlady on May 18, 2017 0:10:50 GMT
“But Eliot missed Quentin. He wanted Quentin by his side. For all his faults Quentin had been his best friend here, and really he’d just been coming into his own. That last adventure had been good for him. It had worn away at the last of his adolescent self-consciousness, letting his better nature- his curiosity, his inteligence, his fanatical loyalty, his wounded hear- show through”
“The truth was that in Quentin’s absence Janet had become his principal confidante.”
ok so like, I have a shit ton of emotions about Eliot’s first POV chapter. My initial response was mostly “well fuck Eliot is actually a little in love with Q isn’t he?” Part of me is sad that I don’t think either of them are actually going to realise that but also, I just, adore their relationship. I guess my main feeling is, godbless this book for confirming Queliot is real.
Another thing I always find really interesting is other peoples perceptions of Quentin, because frankly, as a reader your perception of Quentin is warped because Quentin’s perception of Quentin is warped so getting a glimpse of how Eliot see’s him was interesting (although that ties back into point one a lot.)
BUT the thing I find most interesting (or that I’m going to talk about here) is the contrast between the way Eliot’s relationship with Quentin and Janet is described because….. I think I… Underestimated how much Q means to Eliot, and I didn’t even really realised until now because Eliot describes Q as his best friend. And, okay it would not be surprising for Eliot to consider Q one of his best friends (although it still would’ve been just as touching to hear him say it) but he doesn’t say that, he says that Quentin was his best friend in Fillory, singular. And then he says that only now Quentin’s gone is he closer to Janet which… I mean the only real interpretation I can draw from that is that Eliot was closer to Quentin that he was Janet.
And, that I find interesting, especially as a fan of the show because, while show!Eliot loves Q him and Margo have all this history and if you asked me to name the one person in the world that show!Eliot was closest to it would definetly have to be Margo so… yeah I found that interesting.
Also, I can’t quite figure out why I missed that, did I let my interpretations of the show cloud my interpretations of the books? Did I just plain miss something, or did Q just fucking not notice?
Frankly I’m leaning towards the latter, one of the things I’ve always noted about the books vs the show is the difference in El and Q’s relationship (which is not to say that I think their relationship in the show is less than in the books just that, the books take place over thirteen years and the show’s been like, what two tops? I’m sure the show will get there it just, hasn’t had time to develop their relationship to the same point yet) and Q certainly has a tendency to underestimate his impact on others.
“The truth was that in Quentin’s absence Janet had become his principal confidante.”
ok so like, I have a shit ton of emotions about Eliot’s first POV chapter. My initial response was mostly “well fuck Eliot is actually a little in love with Q isn’t he?” Part of me is sad that I don’t think either of them are actually going to realise that but also, I just, adore their relationship. I guess my main feeling is, godbless this book for confirming Queliot is real.
Another thing I always find really interesting is other peoples perceptions of Quentin, because frankly, as a reader your perception of Quentin is warped because Quentin’s perception of Quentin is warped so getting a glimpse of how Eliot see’s him was interesting (although that ties back into point one a lot.)
BUT the thing I find most interesting (or that I’m going to talk about here) is the contrast between the way Eliot’s relationship with Quentin and Janet is described because….. I think I… Underestimated how much Q means to Eliot, and I didn’t even really realised until now because Eliot describes Q as his best friend. And, okay it would not be surprising for Eliot to consider Q one of his best friends (although it still would’ve been just as touching to hear him say it) but he doesn’t say that, he says that Quentin was his best friend in Fillory, singular. And then he says that only now Quentin’s gone is he closer to Janet which… I mean the only real interpretation I can draw from that is that Eliot was closer to Quentin that he was Janet.
And, that I find interesting, especially as a fan of the show because, while show!Eliot loves Q him and Margo have all this history and if you asked me to name the one person in the world that show!Eliot was closest to it would definetly have to be Margo so… yeah I found that interesting.
Also, I can’t quite figure out why I missed that, did I let my interpretations of the show cloud my interpretations of the books? Did I just plain miss something, or did Q just fucking not notice?
Frankly I’m leaning towards the latter, one of the things I’ve always noted about the books vs the show is the difference in El and Q’s relationship (which is not to say that I think their relationship in the show is less than in the books just that, the books take place over thirteen years and the show’s been like, what two tops? I’m sure the show will get there it just, hasn’t had time to develop their relationship to the same point yet) and Q certainly has a tendency to underestimate his impact on others.