#farid inkheart

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the cuties

[swugflower]

The difference between Inkheart and Inkdeath are literally insane.

The bad guy in Inkheart is like… a local mafia boss and his handful of cronies. Oh no, he put us in the animal stables and people talk about that he enjoys killing but we don’t ever see it and the worst thing he does is giving Mo a cut on the face and putting people in cages I guess.

The bad guys in Inkdeath, however, are the ruler of the land but also Death herself and we desperately fight against destiny. Every other chapter there’s a fight and people get brutally killed. We are about to scatter Mos fucking kneecaps. Mind torture while experiencing actual torture in the underwater dungeon. Everything is out to kill you but with everything going on death is kinda the least of our worries??

Like boi… that’s full a 180,,,,

[maandarinee]

he's Concerned about the wrong thing :)

[kitkam7]

This post has an INK HEART SAGA SPOILER, please don't read if you hadn't finished the series!

Have you ever read a book that made you feel so much stuff in so little time that you end up writing the author? Well, that was me a year ago when I finished reading the third and last book of the Ink Heart saga, and I was so disappointed and heartbroken that (SPOILERS) Meggie and Farid didn't end up together that I SENT A DM TO THE AUTHOR and worst part is she ANSWERED BACK

She saw my distress and not only she didn't address it, she ONLY replied to the last part of my text 🤣

I mean, WHAT AN ICON, she was like: I'm not going to get into the whole Farid and Meggie but I'll appreciate that you enjoyed my books.

I can't help but stan

[laurikarauchscat]

Family

The characters I cared about most in the Inkheart Trilogy

Brianna was treated unfairly by all characters except her parents, and I really wand to fight people on her behalf.

I don't actually care about Farid anymore - he's just here to honor my 14 year old self.

Jehan Jr was cute, and I hope Dustfinger manages to become the father he deserves

Roxane - forest witch in Training

Dustfinger is one of my OG blorbo's. Gwin, of course, is where he belongs.

Nettle - elder forest witch

[nejackdaw]

One of my favorite things about the Inkheart books is how Farid will say some unhinged shit sometimes and Dustfinger just stands there like "is that. Is that real? Are you trying to psych me out or are you for real?" And then when Dustfinger's caught in the Mill Farid just hangs off the window thinking about carving the Miller's lips off for looking so satisfied about lying to them. Like yeah. He's fr. He's just like that man

Dustfinger: I know nothing of killing

Farid: well I do, move!

[heloss423]

my mans>>>

(this trend is perfect for them)

[painted-fanbird]

Please consider: chronic father-figure Dustfinger

He just can’t stop being a dad to every unattended child he finds, especially young girls (because he has daughters), and it’s a problem. He’s returning to the strolling players camp with this third teenaged girl of the week and it’s just “what’ve you got there Dustfinger?”

“A smoothie”

[theaskywalker]

Imagine being a Silvertongue and reading Farid out of One Thousand & One Nights

Masterlist

[lostandbackagain]

anyway I think brianna's bravery is wildly underappreciated

[laylanatorseventeen]

Anyway listening to Inkspell audiobook now and between being horrified at Fenoglio's mafioso ass accent I'm remembering inkdeath and tbh? Roxane/Dustfinger/Resa/Mo polycule

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love me a book with some good characters

[if-one-of-us-falls]

the universe is april fools pranking me by making me nostalgic for a middlegrade book i haven't read in 13 years

[maandarinee]

haha don't be silly, Farid,,,,,wouldn't it be absolutely wild if this story had two characters who could feel each other even when separated by walls 🧐

[thelastofthebookworms]

I hesitated before not including Resa/Dustfinger but we don't have explicit confirmation of an affair and I only put canon ships here.

Other polls (Inkheart, art, literature) in my pinned post.

[gentlemanjester]

An apology to the Inkheart movie

For most of my life, I believed the Inkheart movie to be a bad adaptation. I remember loving the book and although I enjoyed the movie, I don't remember it being all that faithful. I recently watched the movie with my wonderful fiance, and decided to re-read the book from my childhood.

I seem to had forgotten most of the book, because it turns out the movie is actually a REALLY good adaptation. Really faithful, with the exception of the comical villains (but I like that Andy Serkis had fun with it). I thought Fenoglio's appearance, the Shadow, the burning of Elinor's books, Resa already being read out of the book, were all just added to the movie. Buy no, they were actually all plot points.

Granted, Meggie didn't have to write on her hand for the climax, and Fenoglio going into the book was entirely accidental instead of what he wanted, and the Shadow was just an ashen dude instead of a giant storm face. But I can't really find fault with anything else.

The changes all made sense for the purpose of a new audience. Mo looking for the book instead of having it already, Dustfinger following them secretly and selling them out instead of tagging along, the removal of Fenoglio's grandchildren, even all the creatures Darius had read out of the books.

And the ending... honestly, one of the safest endings they could've gone for. Dustfinger goes back home, Teresa is back with her family, Farid joins them and obviously has a crush on Meggie (in the book he says her eyes are like shards of the sky settled on lashes), and it's a happy, complete ending. While the book clearly sets up space for a sequel, with Dustfinger still on the real world with the book, Teresa still mute, and them worried about Fenoglio's safety.

So, to the Inkheart movie, I apologise for thinking so badly of you. You are, perhaps, one of the better book adaptations this millennium.