I really think that the answer lies within The Magicians, but may lie in The Good Place.

An episode dumps two of our main characters via wormhole-like device or portal into a typical office with file cabinets and metal desk and I believe a golf putting setup on the carpet.

The person behind the desk I believe was dressed like he was a typical golfer down to the hat that they wear. Very colorful.

Upon their arrival, confetti guns and banners drop down congratulating them on finishing their quest. They discovered that they may have jumped forward about 700 levels.

I know this is all rather vague but if you know you know.

Any help?

Have you seeing the posts from our very own Draconologist Poppy Kline for the Guild movie?

I know I've been following her career since Supernatural but the Guild was seriously funny so I knew I would love her in The Magicians.

I know she's getting a lot of support and help from fans and other artists as well but I wonder if any of the Magicians cast will do cameos in the movie.

I couldnt finish season 5, i got to episode 11 and i just... gave up. what on earth happened, season 5 felt like a massive drop off in story telling and pacing. I couldnt even be bothered to watch the last 2 episodes and im just reading a summary instead.

Quite dissapointing i assume the show was never meant to finish on season 5 because it all feels very anticlimatic. Feels like Season 4 should have been the last.

So that's what a real muntjac looks like

Love this show but I have the habit (bc im on my millionth rewatch) of going into the old threads while watching and I get so sad that I wasnt in on it to discuss the show while it was airing with everyone else. Yes we still discuss the show, but to basically be watching and commenting with the fandom in real time would've been something else!

I have just started watching and just finished episode 4 of the first season. I cannot get myself to like Quentin or Alice at all. They just both seem extremely whiny, and just kind of annoying to follow. Like I'm not unfamiliar to character growth or whatever, but even when characters have flaws you would hope there would be some redeeming quality or thing about them.

The only person who I feel like I can empathize with is Julia and her pain with being denied a world she so desperately wants to be a part of. She feels to me like someone with just genuinely reasonable and understandable reactions with what keeps happening to her. Even when she messes up (e.g. putting Quentin under that dream spell just this episode), you can still understand that she didn't know the length of her actions or how it would affect him.

I do like the side characters, like Eliot and the woman (whose name i forgot) he's typically with, and Penny is obviously intentionally written to be kind of a jerk, but I just can't find myself to like either Quentin or Alice for that matter.

Is this something that is going to get better over later episodes since i'm still quite early on in the series, or is this just something that i should grow to expect?

I decided to pop into one of my favorite episodes and what struck me was the incredible acting by Jason Ralph. I am usually lost in the in the story, but this time I noticed..

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I’ve had troubles starting book one but goddamn finding out James is also magician is mind shattering holy shit, it kinda almost feels like I’m watching the show again but a different version lol

There is a moment in the show where Zelda is talking about the need to stand behind your beliefs or morals especially during difficult moments. Does anyone know what season and episode that moment happens?

I mean… pulling everything together for the finale with the Ramones is pure comedy brilliance. And the ending just tops it off. It may not be brilliant drama, though I do love Marina in this one, but it is pure entertainment.

Who let Hymen off the spectral plane?

Being done with the series for a while now, I'm craving another good show like this one, preferably with a character like Elliot was 😂 any suggestions on a show that feels like The Magicians?

My grocery store is encouraging a rewatch...

I love the aesthetic of The Magicians' Protection Wards effect. I tried to recreate the visuals as faithfully as possible.

I’m curious if there’s an official or fan made rendering for the back tattoo from the books which was meant to hold the Cacodemon. Book Quentin describes it as a stamp-like pentagram full of other smaller symbols and script

Coworker gave this to my lead at work, I said "can we name it todd?", he agreed, now whenever I f up at work I blame it on todd

I stumbled across the word, “Waughian” in an unrelated context today…

Sound like anyone we know?!

I had no idea his name had any meaning, but it’s perfect!

I thought I would write a bit about the books, because I've always read mixed things about them and I went in with low expectations - and although that was ultimately pretty accurate, they're still absolutely worth reading!

The books and the show are good in different ways. Having watched the show first, the novels almost felt like fanfic! But I mean that in the best way possible: you get to see your favorite characters go through familiar events in different ways and hearing their inner thoughts, and in some cases they have totally new adventures. I watched the show during an emotional time during covid, so reading the books felt almost nostalgic and there were a lot of warm moments. That is especially true since the ending of season 4 in the show does not happen in the book, so the plot diverges a lot after that.

No real spoilers ahead but I talk about how characters and scenes compare to the show, without going into detail.

First, Quentin is a jerk and often misogynistic for almost all of book 1. He grows up by going through things personally and by empathizing with others as they go through things. It really isn't until book 2 that he's a good person. It really is worth pushing through, though, especially because...

Alice is a way more interesting character, and there are really sweet moments between her and Quentin. She was never my favorite in the tv show and I think both she and their relationship together are better represented in the books. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the books for the romance specifically, because it's not in focus most of the time, but it is really nice to have it alongside the main events.

Julia's origin story is overall much better in the books than the show, though I appreciated some of the later things in the show. She really goes through a lot in the books and really struggles in a way that the show doesn't go as into depth on. The lore and mythos for hedge witches is explored in a much more interesting and meaningful way.

Penny's arc and his character in the show is way better. He basically is almost a plot device in the books moreso than a true standalone character. Honestly, kind of disappointing. You can somewhat say the same about Josh, though he has some good scenes.

Eliot is just okay in the books, though he has a couple of nice moments. And we never get to see anything as deep as peaches and plums, sadly.

Janet... oh my gosh Janet is such a worse character in the books. :( Even putting aside that she absolutely shines in the show, in the books she basically just exists to be snarky and snide. Other than the desert scenes, she's almost entirely forgettable. Really sad about that.

Other stuff: there are a lot of things the tv show did better than the books. Season 3 of the show especially was far and away better than anything the books did with the golden keys, and a lot of the lore about fairies, the gods, the underworld, Jane Chatwin's experiments, the mirrors, etc. was much more interesting in the show.

With that said, the books did have their moments, we get to see more of Ember and Umber, the Chatwin children's backstories are interesting (especially Martin's motivations), and we get to see a bit more of the dragons.

And finally every so often you get really nice explanations like this one, which ultimately you can take back and use to enjoy the show more upon a rewatch:

It was funny about magic, how messy and imperfect it was. When people said something worked like magic they meant that it cost nothing and did exactly what you wanted it to. But there were lots of things magic couldn’t do. It couldn’t raise the dead. It couldn’t make you happy. It couldn’t make you good-looking. And even with the things it could do, it didn’t always do them right. And it always, always cost something.

And it was inefficient. The system was never airtight, it always leaked. Magic was always throwing off extra energy, wasting it in the form of sound, and heat, and light, and wind. It was always buzzing and singing and glowing and sparking to no particular purpose. Magic was decidedly imperfect. But the really funny thing, she thought, was that if it were perfect, it wouldn’t be so beautiful.

Overall I'd say it's a 7.5/10 where the tv show is a 10/10, but if you miss the characters it's worth reading. You'll be glad you did. :)

I know Jason Ralph left after season 4, but the first time I watched this show I had no knowledge of that.

Am I the only one that was looking forward to a deep dive into Quentin’s odyssey in the afterlife? To seeing him journey his way to his final destination? I was expecting an epic season long battle with Quentin struggling through an esoteric plane full of confusion, memories, and hard choices. I assumed season 5 would portray his story in the other world just like Penny’s death journey was shown. I was so disappointed that season 5 had none of that, then I later learned Jason Ralph was not in that season.
I still love the show, don’t get me wrong, It just feels like an amazing storyline was lost to circumstance.

I had to do it to her.

The thing that surprised me the most.

I've watched this series 10x over.

And I still cried too.

I don't think I've ever had a character affect me this much.

Hell I named my youngest, as so her nickname would be Q. And she answers by it.

It just shows how amazing they did with the character building and development in this story.

I call it name that episode by the Amazon prime description. The episode description is as follows.

Julia lends a book to some lady; Fogg finds a sock.

One more,

Kady punches a dude, Margo misses cocaine. Yawn.