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"He has Kendra," Seth said.

"I'm sorry to hear that," the Sphinx replied. "Ronodin nurtures grudges, and he has a peculiar interest in your sister."

I will be the first to say that the Sphinx was low-key character assassinated in Dragonwatch 5, but this line will never not be funny to me.

The Sphinx has had Kendra kidnapped/captured multiple times, but when it comes to Ronodin, the Sphinx is like "idk Seth, he's kinda weird about it"

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Finally, a good political opinion.

You know who could fix America? Szeth son son vallano.

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I remember being like 11 and realizing that Seth has a different middle name depending on which book you read. Book 1 it's Andrew, 2 and 3 it's Michael.

honestly i love finding MORE plot holes/inconsistencies in fablehaven. brandy mole i know more about your books than you do. hire me.

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It's interesting how in Fablehaven 2, Coulter is introduced as a sexist jerk who Kendra despises, and then in every other book, that's never mentioned again.

Kendra hugs him after being kidnapped in book 4 and she seems to have forgotten everything. Not me—my petty self would have been like "Wow can you believe I managed to get away from the Society without your help?? I'm just a girl, how did I do that??"

"Kendra I just didn't take you on a field trip like six months ago, get over it"

"but I'm just a girl tho???"

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I've seen a lot of people say that Ronodin would listen to super angsty music, and I'm sure he would, but if you think that Ronodin "Prince Doranio" wouldn't also listen to Espresso, I fear you don't understand him

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Post-Dragonwatch

Newel and Doren: "We totally told you guys that the Sphinx was bad news! We told you not to let him become an Eternal!"

Kendra: "You literally only said that to agree with Vanessa."

Vanessa: "YEAH AND YOU SHOULD ALL START DOING THAT."

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Writers often don't write sibling relationships very consistently, but nothing will ever be more real than Kendra Sorenson being like "drink the milk? Sounds gross. Nah, I've got a guy for that" bc seriously what else are little siblings for

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One of my favorite things about the first Fablehaven book is that Seth goes into the forest over and over again, but only when Kendra also goes does Stan do anything about it.

So either a) Seth's camo shirt really was working, or b) Stan legit just didn't pay enough attention to Seth for him to notice him being missing.

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Lena the "housekeeper"

Before Kendra arrives at Fablehaven, we see her internal monologue theorizing that maybe Grandpa Sorenson is secretly divorced and that's why Ruth is never around.

Then Kendra gets to the house and finds out that her grandfather has an unrelated pretty old lady living in the same house as him. I mean, it turned out innocent, but I would have had some *thoughts*

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People don't talk enough about the vocab in the Fablehaven books, and the best part is that it's completely random what words the teenage characters do and don't know. Seth instantly understands "garrote" and doesn't blink an eye at "schizoid," but he's completely lost when he hears "step pyramid." The Sphinx literally has to trace the pattern with his fingers before Seth understands.

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Kendra: having a nervous breakdown, yelling at everyone

Seth: wow this seafood is kinda rubbery

the beginning of MotPI be like:

Kendra: i'm at war with the dragons!! D:

Seth: this butter is really hard to spread

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Kendra: i'm so sad that agad died!! D:

Seth: will this guy think i'm weird cause i make shadow puppets

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Does anyone else find it weird that Kendra says in Dragonwatch 1 that Bracken is "definitely" her "one and only," and she has no qualms about the age gap or species difference

And then Ronodin proposes and she's like "bro I'm sixteen that's pedophilia"

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stay tuned

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When people try to start drama, I'm gonna reply with this.

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Another example of Miles Luna being the king of Rosegarden. He literally was like

"You could go so many different directions with that. LIke, I could see, like... [sighs in frustration and searching for words]... I'm realizing, you know, it's difficult to answer this question without getting, like, too spoilery. But maybe, like, I'm hoping that this is like, illustrated, like there's different ways that you can approach this. There's the way of like, theses are the boxes that we have to check as writers..." [goes on to never finish his thought, instead changing the subject to talk about writing in general.]

I feel like Miles wants so bad to tell us, but he obviously can't.

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I WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT OSCAR IN VOLUME 9.

Firstly I wanna talk about the significance of Oscar in volume 9. He himself was never present, obviously, but Neo using his image was. First in chapter 1, and then chapter 8. The order of both of these instances is important as well as the general implications.

In chapter 1, Oscar is the first image Neo uses to torment Ruby. And not just Oscar, a bloody and bruised Oscar. She knows what Oscar looks like normally. This was deliberate, just to pour salt in the wound.

But like I said, the order this happens in is also important. Oscar is the first illusion in this scene. The first person Neo thought to use to hurt Ruby was Oscar.

Not Penny, not even Yang. It was Oscar. That means something.

Ruby cares about him a lot, and it's obvious enough that Neo noticed in the brief time(s) she saw them interacting. And as we know, she was efficient in her cruelty. She wouldn't have done it unless she knew for certain it would hurt Ruby.

(In a similar fashion, Penny is the last illusion Neo uses in this scene because we, as the viewers, know that Penny is dead at this point, where Ruby does not. She's saved for last in this scene, but because it's more impactful on us. Makes it a real gut punch to the audience.)

And then, in chapter 8, it's in the opposite order. Oscar is the last illusion Neo uses.

Before this, she had fight left in her, and at least a vague sense of self preservation. The whole time she was either trying to fight or run, but she was outnumbered and didn't really stand a chance on her own. But she wasn't about to go down without a fight. She's within reach of Crescent Rose, and she sees her opening and attacks her assailant.

...But then it's Oscar. And he barely has the time to say her name before he's falling lifeless to the floor, dead before he even hits the ground.

And that's when the fight drains out of her, and she drops her weapon. Neo forced Ruby to watch a frighteningly realistic illusion of Oscar die, by her own hand no less.

That's what breaks her.

The first person Neo thinks to hurt Ruby with, the person Neo uses as the final nail in Ruby's coffin.

Oscar's appearances in volume 9, however brief, are undeniably significant. It doesn't matter what you think their relationship is or will be, either way the fact of the matter is that Ruby cares for him deeply. It simply can't be denied at this point.

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When people try to start drama, I'm gonna reply with this.