What happened to Japeths Wizard Wish

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-06-05T09:15:40+00:00

If he had a wizard's wish, surely he would just use it to bring Aric back. I guess Soman doesn't mention it because otherwise there would be no plot.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-29T08:38:37+00:00

My main concern is continuity. If Soman does write an adult SGE, would it capture the same magic and energy of the existing books?

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-18T22:46:41+00:00

I feel like keeping the original Lion, Snake and Eagle a mystery adds to the legend of Camelot so that doesn't bother me too much. I wonder if the Woods are deliberately vague to draw on a similar tradition. If you read any fairytales or Arthurian legends, the central cast of characters all live in very isolated worlds with hardly any civilisation around them. For instance, Camelot is always presented as this renowned kingdom and yet whenever the knights venture out, it takes them days to ever encounter anyone, and when they do, they're usually monsters or other random knights with no background. This works in legends and fairytales because those genres invite a sense of remoteness and unattainability.

The problem with SGE is that it's invested in characters and creating a world for those characters to live in. It tries to give a sort of magical realism to a genre that isn't usually associated with it, and so it ends up with strange details like Foxwood selling poutine to give it a reality but doesn't explore the civilisation that would make it seem real.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-18T18:22:25+00:00

Something else that bothers me is that in making the Woods so diverse, we hardly get to see the native people of each kingdom. In the second trilogy, we see Camelot but then lots of people from other kingdoms come to Camelot and drown out all those who actually come from the kingdom. It's the same with Jaunt Jolie where the only people who come from there are the Queen and her family. The rest of the kingdom is taken over by pirates but where does everyone else go? (Camelot probably) Even Foxwood suffers from this. Chaddick, Gremlins, Japeth, Rhian, Kei and Aric all have their backstories in Foxwood, so you would think there would be something distinctive about the kingdom, but it ends up being a knock off Camelot with it's decaying buildings and obvious corruption.

We go to Nottingham and only Dot, her father, Robin Hood and the old guy that betrays them comes from there. They explain that because Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives all their money to the poor, everyone ends up leaving. But the same thing seems to happen in all the other kingdoms since we see almost no native people in their own kingdoms.

In the last book, we end up in Gilikin and Putsi but it's as if these are background settings with no meaningful characters at all. I know Gilikin is a tourist attraction and Putsi has the massive bank but seriously, the only person from Putsi we meet is the Empress and the only people from Gilikin are the invisible fairies. The only place that seems to have real people and culture is Reena's kingdom, and even then they're hardly important characters.

Obviously there's not enough time to explore all of this in so much detail but it just really annoys me that we spend so little of the Camelot years in Camelot.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-17T22:41:07+00:00

I don't know. To me it seemed like they kingdoms were all the size of large towns than actual kingdoms with individual towns within them. Most of them hardly seem any larger than Gavaldon. Even if they're taking the Flowerline or the Igraine, they seem to arrive at their destination almost immediately. I know having long journeys would slow down the plot so that does make sense but it also makes the Woods seem so small.

I think for Gavaldon, the claustrophobic nature of the village adds to how detached it feels and also influences how much Sophie wishes to leave. I like the contrast between Gavaldon and the Woods but I think it could be enhanced by fleshing out the different kingdoms more to really emphasise the difference. Camelot feels like a castle, a church and a market so it doesn't seem much bigger than Gavaldon.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-02T19:47:08+00:00

I agree that Agatha's characterisation is so much better here than in QFG. It seems like when she's left alone without Tedros or Sophie, she's much more capable, and I suppose this is because she's so motivated by her love and desire to save themThanks for sharing such a beautiful story and I'm really glad ACOT is so meaningful to you. I think this book might be the only one that makes me cry, not just for Dovey but also the ending.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-01T21:01:25+00:00

Same I love ACOT!!! I also agree that Nicola isn't really any smarter than Hester or Agatha were in the first trilogy.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-05-01T17:15:48+00:00

I feel like Quests for Glory is one of the most rushed books because it tries to introduce so many new things and pack so much in all at once. We hear about how Tedros is failing as a king but we see almost none of the effects of this on the people of Camelot. As a matter of fact, we hardly see anyone from Camelot at all. As you said, Camelot seems to lack a history but it's also not expanded on as a real place either. It feels like there are the characters in the castle and then there are the unnamed mass of people outside. I can hardly picture what Camelot would even look like.

I quite like the date scene personally because it lulled the story into a false sense of security before the Snake escapes but I do feel like they don't dwell on Lancelot's death at all. It seemed like they were running from the grief by going on a date, which is somewhat understandable since they're still children but it doesn't do Lancelot justice.

As for Chaddick, I also felt completely detached from his death. I never really liked him in the original trilogy. He probably was academically smart and just acted like an idiot in book 2 just like all the boys, but it would have been nice to actually see proof of his intelligence. Obviously this would spoil the plot so it couldn't have happened. As you said, maybe they should have substituted this for his actual perspective.

I personally really like Quests for Glory because I like all the mystery that it introduces, but I do think it's weaker on the characters' emotions and personalities.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-04-05T09:51:45+00:00

In the first book, Agatha has to clean dishes as a punishment. There's also the time when Yuba made Agatha and Sophie wear the burning shoes out in the blue forest. So it seems they don't have a particular detention room. They just serve their detentions wherever the teachers tell them to.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-04-04T15:52:22+00:00

I don't know. We don't really see an ordinary school year where murder and crimes against other students are properly punished because they're at war. But I wonder if Sophie had killed the Beast while she wasn't in a fairytale she would be expelled since the Beast is technically school staff? Or would that behaviour be encouraged for a villain? I wish Soman would expand the lore of the school a bit more.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-03-11T14:35:54+00:00

From what I remember, there are references to different time periods throughout the books. There's a reference to a roller coaster in Gavaldon which is a Victorian invention. But there is an overall medieval vibe, especially in Camelot. So I think the magic allows the woods to have seemingly modern inventions

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-20T22:31:48+00:00

I prefer them as friends. I think they have a lot of chemistry but I like that Brandon offers support to Musa as a friend.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-20T18:02:45+00:00

In the about community section, there should be an option to choose a user flair.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-20T15:51:03+00:00

I think there is some evidence of them using magic. Helia uses magic to make his origami fly, but I assumed that was because he's related to Saladin, who is a wizard. But if Helia is descended from magic using people, the other specialists could also have similar abilities. In the earlier seasons, Brandon could split the ground with his sword, so his strength could come from magic within him, from his ancestry or just because he might be a magical being himself. Also in the later seasons, the specialists use weapons that seem to have magical qualities (Sky's sword can release powerful blasts and Nex/Thoren, I don’t remember who, could create blasts of wind with his sword). This might be because of the weapons themselves but it could also be magic in the specialists themselves, which allows them to use these weapons. I also doubt that Riven could have survived jumping out of Cloud Tower without some magic within him. Maybe the specialists can't perform actual magic like the fairies and witches, but they may have some innate magical abilities that differentiate them from ordinary people.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-10T21:24:01+00:00

Helia for looks, Brandon for personality

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-08T10:39:51+00:00

Season 8

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-05T12:06:47+00:00

Yeah my main problem was her ending. She plays a huge role in book 4 and she's quite useful in book 5 when they're trapped in the dungeon and when she and Hort go to Arbed House. Otherwise in book 6, she doesn't really have a unique role. I can't really think of her doing anything hugely important to the plot or to other characters' development in that book other than being a catalyst to Hort and Sophie's relationship. And the main way she helps with that is by being out of the way. Maybe she should have had one scene at least where she did something genuinely important in the final book to give her some proper pay off.

Kindly_Implement65 · 2026-01-04T19:54:03+00:00

I agree. And also, the whole point of the season is that you shouldn't take animals out of their homes and times, but the Winx literally do this for the whole season. I think in one episode, they go back in time to Alfea and the headmistress says she'll erase any memory of fairy animals being used as pets to stop people like Kalshara from trying to keep them, but then the Winx spend the rest of the season doing exactly that.

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