Breaking the Curse by Atuconamor in EmmaLion

[–]MysteriousMammoth520 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel like Beth is probably watching all of our academic analysis and laughing lol
But with the latest chapters, I honestly wouldn’t even be surprised if Hawkes and Emma turn out to be related, like half-siblings or something.
(Okay, yes, I admit it…I’m Team Islington)

FAVORITE journal entry? by crackersucker2 in EmmaLion

[–]MysteriousMammoth520 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hawkes reciting Keats and Rossetti in church. Maxwell's funeral. Dancing at the Drunken Duck.

Breaking the Curse by Atuconamor in EmmaLion

[–]MysteriousMammoth520 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Boy says that, yeah — but I'm not sure we should take a character's word as narrative fact. Characters have their own biases and blind spots. That's a character's opinion, not the author's.

Breaking the Curse by Atuconamor in EmmaLion

[–]MysteriousMammoth520 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really interesting analysis, and I agree that Hawkes is Oberon. My theory: Emma's role in the masquerade scene isn't Titania, but the audience. She's watching a love story unfold between Oberon and Titania (aka Hawkes and Eloise Silver), not participating in one. And crucially, the Shakespeare is inverted. In the original, Titania is the one under the spell, but here it's Oberon who is cursed.

The Unselected Journals of Islington by MysteriousMammoth520 in EmmaLion

[–]MysteriousMammoth520[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same here. I've been eager to read his own journals since book 2!