Another favorite Magicians book bit

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A little while back I posted scans of some of the bits I found charming from the Magicians books, and I just ran across this one that I also scanned. (Spoilery scene from near the end of The Magician's Land that really doesn't mean a whole lot out of context.)



There is a whole lot of that book I love, honestly - other parts are more sublime or evocative or thoughtful, but this just really gets to me.



I cut it off before Alice straight-up punching him in the face because there's a page or so of intermediate stuff and I didn't want to put the entire thing here, but that's my other favorite part of this scene.

I love it especially because it's not actually something life-threatening; Penny's not trying to kill him, and it hits harder because of that. I love that they're just all FUCK OFF, LEAVE QUENTIN ALONE without even having to think about it, even Plum. And I love that over the course of three books he's become a person who inspires that reaction in his friends. Book 3 Quentin is such a sweetheart.

And also I love Plum and Alice so hard. And Eliot. This scene is just full of my faves being faves.

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Yessss. I'm such a sucker for that kind of thing - characters coming together to protect one of their own.