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* TearJerker: The casual references to Quentin's suicidal tendencies (both past and present) fall into this, along with Julia's slow mental breakdown after her rape by Renard. Fen and Eliot finding out that their daughter was stillborn and they've been lied to also qualifies.
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* TearJerker: The casual references to Quentin's suicidal tendencies (both past and present) fall into this, along with Julia's slow mental breakdown after her rape by Renard.Reynard. Fen and Eliot finding out that their daughter was stillborn and they've been lied to also qualifies.
** [[spoiler: Quentin's death and memorial. Made even more heartbreaking by the fact that, after a whole season of fighting to get him back, Quentin never reunites with Eliot and Eliot never gets to admits his feelings like he had planned to in Escape From The Happy Place.]]
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** Quentin Coldwater was considered somewhat obnoxious by the fanbase, especially after the 'gatekeeping' speech he gave to Julia in Episode 3. All of this antipathy went out the window by Episode 4 where we saw just how deep his self-loathing and depression went. Made worse in season three, where it turns out that he blames himself for what happened to Julia because he wasn't there for her, as well as Alice's death.
** Julia is similar by Episode 5, as she loses her fiancé due to his having his memories wiped of her. Even before then, she is a BrokenBird due to the fact she's dreamed her entire life of magic the same way Quentin has, but covered it up better. Discovering magic is real makes everything else look trivial, but Brakebills doesn't want her and she's driven to increasing extremes to try to find the truth. Then even the hedge witches drop her after she proves more loyal to her friend than them. In the process, she loses her fiance in the worst way (he has his memories of her wiped). Even worse, she watches Kady's mother get murdered by Marina, and has to go to rehab, where she makes some new friends who want to meet a god to help them with their issues. She helps them meet the god, but it turns out to be a trap and all of her friends are killed. Kady is only spared because Julia got her out before she herself was raped. [[spoiler: She is now pregnant with Reynard's baby.]]
** Kady turns out to be the daughter of a hedge witch who traded her to Marina in exchange for covering up one of her messes. She's literally Marina's slave and has been forced to do all manner of despicable things to serve her will.
** Julia is similar by Episode 5, as she loses her fiancé due to his having his memories wiped of her. Even before then, she is a BrokenBird due to the fact she's dreamed her entire life of magic the same way Quentin has, but covered it up better. Discovering magic is real makes everything else look trivial, but Brakebills doesn't want her and she's driven to increasing extremes to try to find the truth. Then even the hedge witches drop her after she proves more loyal to her friend than them. In the process, she loses her fiance in the worst way (he has his memories of her wiped). Even worse, she watches Kady's mother get murdered by Marina, and has to go to rehab, where she makes some new friends who want to meet a god to help them with their issues. She helps them meet the god, but it turns out to be a trap and all of her friends are killed. Kady is only spared because Julia got her out before she herself was raped. [[spoiler: She is now pregnant with Reynard's baby.]]
** Kady turns out to be the daughter of a hedge witch who traded her to Marina in exchange for covering up one of her messes. She's literally Marina's slave and has been forced to do all manner of despicable things to serve her will.
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** Quentin Coldwater was considered somewhat obnoxious by the fanbase, fanbase in season 1, especially after the 'gatekeeping' speech he gave to Julia in Episode 3. All of this antipathy went out the window by Episode 4 where we saw just how deep his self-loathing and depression went. Made worse in season three, where it turns out that he blames himself for what happened to Julia because he wasn't there for her, as well as Alice's death.
death. Then, in season 4, the Monster torments him while he desperately tries to get Eliot (who in episode 5 he's revealed to have romantic feelings for outside of the alternate timeline and was rejected by) back. He's clearly in a bad place and when attacked by the Monster, admits he doesn't care anymore and provokes the Monster to hurt him more.
** Julia is similar by Episode 5, as she loses her fiancé due to his having his memories wiped of her. Even before then, she is a BrokenBird due to the fact she's dreamed her entire life of magic the same way Quentin has, but covered it up better. Discovering magic is real makes everything else look trivial, but Brakebills doesn't want her and she's driven to increasing extremes to try to find the truth. Then even the hedge witches drop her after she proves more loyal to her friend than them. In the process, she loses her fiance in the worst way (he has his memories of her wiped). Even worse, she watches Kady's mother get murdered by Marina, and has to go to rehab, where she makes some new friends who want to meet a god to help them with their issues. She helps them meet the god, but it turns out to be a trap and all of her friends are killed. Kady is only spared because Julia got her out before she herself was raped.[[spoiler: She is now becomes pregnant with Reynard's baby.]]
child, goes through hell to get it aborted and ends up without a soul.
** Kady turns out to be the daughter of a hedge witch who traded her to Marina in exchange for covering up one of her messes. She's literally Marina's slave and has been forced to do all manner of despicable things to serve her will. She witnesses Julia's rape and ends up a junkie. She loses the love of her life Penny and then, upon the arrival of Penny 23, has to deal with seeing an alternate version of him that doesn't love her.
** Julia is similar by Episode 5, as she loses her fiancé due to his having his memories wiped of her. Even before then, she is a BrokenBird due to the fact she's dreamed her entire life of magic the same way Quentin has, but covered it up better. Discovering magic is real makes everything else look trivial, but Brakebills doesn't want her and she's driven to increasing extremes to try to find the truth. Then even the hedge witches drop her after she proves more loyal to her friend than them. In the process, she loses her fiance in the worst way (he has his memories of her wiped). Even worse, she watches Kady's mother get murdered by Marina, and has to go to rehab, where she makes some new friends who want to meet a god to help them with their issues. She helps them meet the god, but it turns out to be a trap and all of her friends are killed. Kady is only spared because Julia got her out before she herself was raped.
** Kady turns out to be the daughter of a hedge witch who traded her to Marina in exchange for covering up one of her messes. She's literally Marina's slave and has been forced to do all manner of despicable things to serve her will. She witnesses Julia's rape and ends up a junkie. She loses the love of her life Penny and then, upon the arrival of Penny 23, has to deal with seeing an alternate version of him that doesn't love her.
** Alice, after coming back from being a Niffin, remembers all the awful things she's done and struggles to adjust to being a human again. In season 4, everyone hates her for betraying the team by trying to get rid of magic and it's clear she hates herself just as much.
** Penny 23, who comes from a timeline where most of the cast, including his 'soulmate' Julia, are dead.
** Penny 23, who comes from a timeline where most of the cast, including his 'soulmate' Julia, are dead.
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** The death of Kira, a black disabled lesbian, in the episode she’s introduced with, didn't sit well with many, especially considering the rate of BuryYourGays controversy at the time it aired in 2016.
** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’s rate and struggling a way to abort it, constantly having her bodily autonomy denied and then losing her soul when she finally does manage to get rid of it was upsetting to many viewers and has a lot of unfortunate implications.
** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’s rate and struggling a way to abort it, constantly having her bodily autonomy denied and then losing her soul when she finally does manage to get rid of it was upsetting to many viewers and has a lot of unfortunate implications.
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** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’srate rape and struggling to find a way to abort it, constantly having her bodily autonomy denied and then losing her soul when she finally does manage to get rid of it it, was upsetting to many viewers and has a lot of unfortunate implications.viewers.
** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’s
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** [[spoiler: The HeroicSacrifice of Quentin, a depressed bisexual man whose suicidal tendencies have been shown throughout the show. After spending most of the season in a downward spiral and losing hope, outright admitting he doesn’t care if he dies and provoking the Monster to hurt him in episode 6, his death could be read as suicide, which Quentin himself acknowledges. The show-runners stated that they killed him off as a subversion of the archetype of a ‘white male hero’ and the fact that character is often the safest, despite the fact Quentin was in many ways a subversion of the typical white male lead, being mentally ill and bisexual. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magicians-season-4-finale-death-explained-jason-ralph-exits-1202736?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social This article]] doesn’t do much to lessen the unfortunate implications, with sentiments such as ‘he did far more good by sacrificing himself than not’ and ‘I'm not sure what we would have done with the character had he lived.’ Not only this, in episode 5 Quentin and Eliot’s relationship became textually romantic, rather than in subtext or in a alternate timeline, garnering the show praise and the fandom hope for a developed relationship, so the season 4 finale has also garnered accusations of BuryYourGays and queerbaiting. [[https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Why-Quentin-Death-Magicians-Wrong-46050057 This article]] sums up the problems many had with it:]]
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** [[spoiler: The HeroicSacrifice of Quentin, a depressed bisexual man whose suicidal tendencies have been shown throughout the show. After spending most of the season in a downward spiral and losing hope, outright admitting he doesn’t care if he dies and provoking the Monster to hurt him in episode 6, his death could be read as suicide, which Quentin himself acknowledges. The show-runners stated that they killed him off as a subversion of the archetype of a ‘white male hero’ and the fact that character is often the safest, despite the fact Quentin was in many ways a subversion of the typical white male lead, being mentally ill and bisexual. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magicians-season-4-finale-death-explained-jason-ralph-exits-1202736?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social This article]] doesn’t do much to lessen the unfortunate implications, with sentiments such as ‘he did far more good by sacrificing himself than not’ and ‘I'm not sure what we would have done with the character had he lived.’ Not only this, in episode 5 Quentin and Eliot’s relationship became textually romantic, rather than in subtext or in a alternate timeline, garnering the show praise and giving the fandom hope for a developed relationship, queer relationship between two leads, so the season 4 finale has also garnered accusations of BuryYourGays and queerbaiting. [[https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Why-Quentin-Death-Magicians-Wrong-46050057 This article]] sums up the problems many had with it:]]
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** The death of Kira, a black disabled lesbian, in the episode she’s introduced with, didn't sit well with many, especially considering the rate of BuryYourGays controversy at the time it aired in 2016.
** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’s rate and struggling a way to abort it, constantly having her bodily autonomy denied and then losing her soul when she finally does manage to get rid of it was upsetting to many viewers and has a lot of unfortunate implications.
** [[spoiler: The HeroicSacrifice of Quentin, a depressed bisexual man whose suicidal tendencies have been shown throughout the show. After spending most of the season in a downward spiral and losing hope, outright admitting he doesn’t care if he dies and provoking the Monster to hurt him in episode 6, his death could be read as suicide, which Quentin himself acknowledges. The show-runners stated that they killed him off as a subversion of the archetype of a ‘white male hero’ and the fact that character is often the safest, despite the fact Quentin was in many ways a subversion of the typical white male lead, being mentally ill and bisexual. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magicians-season-4-finale-death-explained-jason-ralph-exits-1202736?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social This article]] doesn’t do much to lessen the unfortunate implications, with sentiments such as ‘he did far more good by sacrificing himself than not’ and ‘I'm not sure what we would have done with the character had he lived.’ Not only this, in episode 5 Quentin and Eliot’s relationship became textually romantic, rather than in subtext or in a alternate timeline, garnering the show praise and the fandom hope for a developed relationship, so the season 4 finale has also garnered accusations of BuryYourGays and queerbaiting. [[https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Why-Quentin-Death-Magicians-Wrong-46050057 This article]] sums up the problems many had with it:]]
--> [[spoiler: 'To suggest that a kind, gentle, and, yes, depressed man only realizes his life is worthwhile after he dies, or that his journey had nowhere left to go? It's irresponsible and downright chilling.']]
--> [[spoiler: 'To add insult to injury, the death in question is painted as a "white dude hero dies, isn't that innovative?" by many of the creators, but in fact, it falls into a trope that's decidedly not innovative at all: "bury your gays."']]
** The death of Kira, a black disabled lesbian, in the episode she’s introduced with, didn't sit well with many, especially considering the rate of BuryYourGays controversy at the time it aired in 2016.
** The fact that Martin Chatwin and Julia both become villains (or at least morally dubious, in Julia’s case) after being sexually abused. Furthermore, Julia becoming pregnant as the result of Reynard’s rate and struggling a way to abort it, constantly having her bodily autonomy denied and then losing her soul when she finally does manage to get rid of it was upsetting to many viewers and has a lot of unfortunate implications.
** [[spoiler: The HeroicSacrifice of Quentin, a depressed bisexual man whose suicidal tendencies have been shown throughout the show. After spending most of the season in a downward spiral and losing hope, outright admitting he doesn’t care if he dies and provoking the Monster to hurt him in episode 6, his death could be read as suicide, which Quentin himself acknowledges. The show-runners stated that they killed him off as a subversion of the archetype of a ‘white male hero’ and the fact that character is often the safest, despite the fact Quentin was in many ways a subversion of the typical white male lead, being mentally ill and bisexual. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magicians-season-4-finale-death-explained-jason-ralph-exits-1202736?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social This article]] doesn’t do much to lessen the unfortunate implications, with sentiments such as ‘he did far more good by sacrificing himself than not’ and ‘I'm not sure what we would have done with the character had he lived.’ Not only this, in episode 5 Quentin and Eliot’s relationship became textually romantic, rather than in subtext or in a alternate timeline, garnering the show praise and the fandom hope for a developed relationship, so the season 4 finale has also garnered accusations of BuryYourGays and queerbaiting. [[https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Why-Quentin-Death-Magicians-Wrong-46050057 This article]] sums up the problems many had with it:]]
--> [[spoiler: 'To suggest that a kind, gentle, and, yes, depressed man only realizes his life is worthwhile after he dies, or that his journey had nowhere left to go? It's irresponsible and downright chilling.']]
--> [[spoiler: 'To add insult to injury, the death in question is painted as a "white dude hero dies, isn't that innovative?" by many of the creators, but in fact, it falls into a trope that's decidedly not innovative at all: "bury your gays."']]
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** In season 4, the fact that the Monster is inhabiting the body of the man Quentin spent 50 years with in another lifetime, has/had romantic feelings for and was rejected by, is not discussed at all except in episode 5. Not to mention, Quentin's worsening mental state, which isn't commented on even after Julia witnesses him being borderline suicidal and self-destructive when confronting the Monster in episode 6.
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** In "The 4-1-1", Quentin does a timeshare spell that transfers his mind into his past self to talk to his teacher. While there, he runs into past Alice who figures out just who he really is and heartbroken over the pain she sees on his face whenever he looks at her. The saddest part comes when she admits to him that he is the best thing to happen to her. The look on Quentin's face when he hears that is heartbreaking, especially since he knows what their future holds.
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** There's also the fact that while Julia's main motivation is revenge, there is no question that Reynard is also going around murdering lots of innocent people, and Julia fully planned to try and take out the Beast afterward anyway. Both Julia and Quentin's group just thought "their" big bad was the priority.
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** In "All That Hard, Glossy Armor", Margo finally lets out some of her grief for Eliot and herself after [[ItMakesSenseInContext licking her birthright lizard]] causes her to hallucinate him. Words cannot properly describe how well Summer Bishil sells Margo's breakdown.
-->"The only thing I ever did right was to be your best friend...and I can't even do that."
-->"The only thing I ever did right was to be your best friend...and I can't even do that."
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Julia's reaction to being rejected by Brakebills stems from a feeling of entitlement and never being told she wasn't good enough for something. Seeing as how she went to war with Marina, who also rejected her in the end, there may be something to it. Also, she resents that Quentin got in instead of she, possibly due to her belief that she is better than he in general. It may be the real reason she went along with Marina's attack.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Julia's reaction to being rejected by Brakebills stems from a feeling of entitlement and never being told she wasn't good enough for something. Seeing as how she went to war with Marina, who also rejected her in the end, there may be something to it. Also, she resents that Quentin got in instead of she, her, possibly due to her belief that she is better than he in general. It may be the real reason she went along with Marina's attack.
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** When Zelda goes looking for Harriet in the mirror world, she at first thinks she's found her, but then she realizes [[spoiler: the "Harriet" signing back at her is just a mirror image who can only mimic what she's saying and quickly fades away.]] Bad enough, and for the final touch, she doesn't say aloud, [[spoiler: "You're not Harriet"]], she ''signs'' it, [[spoiler: almost like a last desperate wish for this to somehow really be her daughter.]]
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** While Julia was screwing things up for everyone else in the second season by working with the Beast, she was right about Reynard killing people being more important than their grudge against her.
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** [[spoiler: "Escape from the Happy Place" is one giant tearjerker. First, there is everyone dealing with Eliot's apparent death, from Margo fearing that she won't stop crying if she starts, to Fen's breakdown, to Quentin spending the entire episode dealing with the fact that he has to destroy Eliot's body to kill the Monster. Then, there is Eliot's flashbacks, which include him killing someone with magic and betraying his only friend at the time. Also, Alice having to deal with Quentin's anger toward her for her betrayal. The final minutes are really gut-wrenching: Eliot's biggest regret is that he rejected Quentin, and he finally finds the door to contact the others. The look on Quentin's face when he realizes that Eliot's still in there and saves him at the last minute is heart-breaking. Finally, the way Quentin sends Alice away is enough to induce sobs.]]
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** The lines about Quentin not needing his medication and him checking himself into the hospital were already bad, especially Julia's apparent attitude about how he just needs to grow up, but the episode where Quentin's stuck in a mental hospital (even if it's in a dream) and how easily he believes he hallucinated it puts all of it into a much worse light. Especially after "Impractical Applications", where he admits to Alice he's been institutionalized multiple times for his depression and how bad it is for him
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** The lines about Quentin not needing his medication and him checking himself into the hospital were already bad, especially Julia's apparent attitude about how he just needs to grow up, but the episode where Quentin's stuck in a mental hospital (even if it's in a dream) and how easily he believes he hallucinated it puts all of it into a much worse light. Especially after "Impractical Applications", where he admits to Alice he's been institutionalized multiple times for his depression and how bad it is for himhim.
** After the events of "A Life in a Day", Quentin and Eliot don't spend much time together until the third season finale, where [[spoiler: Eliot tries to kill the Monster to save Quentin and ends up possessed instead. "Escape from the Happy Place" puts this into heartbreaking perspective, as Eliot reveals that his biggest regret is rejecting Quentin when he suggests that they actually give it a try and be together.]]
** After the events of "A Life in a Day", Quentin and Eliot don't spend much time together until the third season finale, where [[spoiler: Eliot tries to kill the Monster to save Quentin and ends up possessed instead. "Escape from the Happy Place" puts this into heartbreaking perspective, as Eliot reveals that his biggest regret is rejecting Quentin when he suggests that they actually give it a try and be together.]]
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** The look on Margo's face when [[spoiler: Monster!Eliot]] gently touches her cheek and offers to become her new best friend [[spoiler: while possessing her ''actual'' best friend, whose fate she still doesn't know]] is heartwrenching. She looks like she's about two seconds from a total breakdown before she internally armors up.
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* VanillaProtagonist: Quentin. While he's got his own quirks and flaws, he can come across as relatively generic considering he's surrounded by troubled genius Alice, jerkish traveler Penny, rebellious, tough-talking Kady, larger-than-life partier Margo, campy Eliot, and Julia, who anchors her own storyline throughout season 1.
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** The Beast turning out to be Martin Chatwin, a survivor of sexual assault has also split the base somewhat, with plenty of people upset how it vilifies a survivor of child rape and plenty of others who think it manages to make him a more sympathetic and three-dimensional villain. (The only part of the reveal that's more or less universally accepted is the fact that Martin used age suspension magic to keep [[AssholeVictim Plover alive and torture him for several decades.]])
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** When Ember removes the patch Marina placed on Julia's memories that kept her from remembering being raped, Julia breaks down sobbing and yells at Quentin to get away from her and not touch her. When he asks if he can help, she starts pleading for him to erase her memories, to take them away so she doesn't have to deal with it. Even Quentin sounds devastated when he says he doesn't know how and wishes he could.
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* HeReallyCanAct: All of the actors get their moments to shine, but special mention goes to Stella Maeve's performance as shadeless Julia and, however brief, Jason Ralph as Beast-Quentin from the 23rd timeline.
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* HeReallyCanAct: SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: All of the actors get their moments to shine, but special mention goes to Stella Maeve's performance as shadeless Julia and, however brief, Jason Ralph as Beast-Quentin from the 23rd timeline.
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** In "Plan B", the book Penny's looking for was written by a Polish Jew, so the eugenics books ate it. The librarian "helpfully" informs Penny that the books are now locked up in the restricted section "with the rest of the anti-Semitic texts."
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* NightmareFuel: The ghosts of Eliot and Margo from "Twenty-Three", with the flash of Eliot ''covered'' in blood and grinning maniacally, while Margo appears with half of her face missing, showing the inside of her head.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Notably averted, for the most part, especially with Julia and how she dealt with Reynard, but some things that should otherwise have affect some characters doesn't seem to.
** After the Beast attacks their class in the pilot, aside from being worried about being found out for casting the spell, none of them seem to react any afterwards. Even Quentin, whose face was grabbed by the Beast hard enough to bruise, doesn't seem to have any issues.
** Also for Quentin: aside from further straining his relationship with Julia, Quentin also has no apparent reaction to what happens to him in "The World In The Walls", despite being trapped in a literal nightmare world that had affected him enough inside the dream that he was more or less catatonic until Penny showed up.
** After the Beast attacks their class in the pilot, aside from being worried about being found out for casting the spell, none of them seem to react any afterwards. Even Quentin, whose face was grabbed by the Beast hard enough to bruise, doesn't seem to have any issues.
** Also for Quentin: aside from further straining his relationship with Julia, Quentin also has no apparent reaction to what happens to him in "The World In The Walls", despite being trapped in a literal nightmare world that had affected him enough inside the dream that he was more or less catatonic until Penny showed up.
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** Poppy Kline in season three. She forces the depression key on Quentin (resulting in him nearly attempting suicide), is directly responsible for the fact that it ended up in the Underworld by then stealing it from him and then ditches him in the Library when he won't abandon his friends.
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** Eliot finding out that Mike was possessed the entire time they were together, that he wasn't actually aware for any of it, and that the entire thing was a plot to get close enough to kill Quentin was bad enough. Then Eliot kills him to save the Dean and subsequently has a breakdown that he self-medicates with alcohol and drugs to the point where he almost dies in the Neitherlands because he can't deal with it sober.
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** After months of not wanting to admit how she feels, Kady picks up the unity key and finally says she's in love with Penny, almost breaking down while she says it, only to find out that the key replaced her Penny with Penny 23. Kady doesn't take it very well.
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** That last point is almost worse in full: Eliot was willing to give up any leverage they had over the Fairy Queen to protect Fray, only for him and Fen to be told that she wasn't theirs and theirs had been still-born. Fen's breakdown later about how she feels like a terrible mother for not knowing her real daughter was still-born and how much she tried to push it because she wanted Fray to be theirs is incredibly painful. Fen's so heart-broken that she leaves Fillory and goes back to Earth.
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