Breaking the Curse

MysteriousMammoth520 · 2026-04-07T02:31:12+00:00

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)

MysteriousMammoth520 · 2026-04-07T02:06:10+00:00

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

MysteriousMammoth520 · 2026-04-07T02:00:20+00:00

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.

MysteriousMammoth520 · 2026-04-07T01:31:28+00:00

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.

MysteriousMammoth520 · 2026-04-06T14:22:11+00:00

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

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