AmagqirhaSyfy Le yayiyi-doozy yesiqendu, andithi? Ngokupheliswa kukaThixo, Amagqirha Kubonakala ngathi uzama ukukhupha iziqendu ezibini-in-nye ezinzima. Kwelinye icala, basinike isiqendu sesithathu esiqhelekileyo sexabiso lonyaka: iihijinks kunye nentwana yobundlobongela ngohlobo lwesakhiwo esine-tangent (iitrone eziqalekisiweyo ezijika abalawuli bakaFillory babuyisele umva iinkosi ze-Nanoon-esque paranoid). Kodwa esi siqendu sikwasebenza njengesiphelo sokulibaziseka, sisinika uvuthondaba olwenzeke ekupheleni kwenoveli yokuqala ka-Lev Grossman kwaye mna (kwaye mhlawumbi nabanye abaninzi) ndandiyilindele ekupheleni kwesizini yokuqala.
Siqala nge-Eliot zinger enkulu. Ukuva ukuba igama ledabi lomlo abaza kulisebenzisa ukubulala irhamncwa kuthiwa yiRinamon Ultra, inkosi yethu ebuyisa umva, ivakala njengebhiya engeyiyo enkulu. (Omnye umgca kaEliot owuthandayo? Xa ebuza umdwebi weemaphu malunga nokumthengisela ikrele: Ngokuqinisekileyo umntu uye wangena eofisini yakho waza wagwaza imela emephini ukwenza inqaku, hayi? Ndingenza olu hlaziyo luphela nje yimigca emikhulu ehanjisiweyo nguEliot noMargo.)
Ngapha koko, kwiveki ephelileyo, sifunde ukuba i-Reinamon Ultra yayilupelo uRupert Chatwin awayelusebenzisa ukuphumelela i-Battle of the Bulge, kwaye u-Alice uza kuyisebenzisa ukuze ekugqibeleni oyise irhamncwa, ngoncedo lwee-cacodemon ezifakwe kumqolo wamagorha ethu izakubonelela ngesiphazamiso ngexesha lomlo ngelixa enegunya lokupela.
Inqaku ekuphela kwalo njongo ndiyichazileyo ngasentla (paranoid, abalawuli abaqalekisiweyo bazama ukubulalana) kubonakala ngathi kukuchitha inkunkuma zecacodemons-bobabini uMargo noPenny bakhupha ezabo ngelixa bezama ukwenza uqhushululu ebhotwe (UAlice, ngendlela ethandekayo ka-Alice , ndimkhulule kuba ebengathandi ukuba ibanjiswe phantsi kolusu). Xa abalawuli bethu abane beqalekisiwe kwaye bezama ukubulalana, uPenny ufumana isirinji ene potassium chloride kunye neqela lezirinji ngeadrenaline ukuze akwazi ukubabulala bonke, ngaloo ndlela ezalisekisa isiqalekiso, aze abuyise ubomi. Apho afumana khona iisirinji okanye imixholo yazo yenye yeemfihlakalo zomboniso weTV ekufanele ukuba sihambe nazo, kodwa yabona, icebo liyasebenza kwaye sishiywe zii-brakebill alum ezintlanu kunye necacodemon enye eseleyo, iQuentin's, Siya kuba nakho ukusebenzisa ukulwa neRhamncwa kamva.
Irhamncwa, njengokuba usenokukhumbula, ngoku liqabane lomlingane owayecula nelingumlingani kaJulia kwinjongo yakhe yokubulala uReynard, uthixo oliqhinga owamdlwengula wabulala nabahlobo bakhe. Basebenzisa uMarina, ukumkanikazi u-bitch-bitch, ukunceda ukumbiza.
Lo mbono, uReynard kunye noMarina bebhenda njengoko sibukele ukutshintshwa kwamandla phakathi kwabo, yenye yeentando zam kulo lonke umboniso ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. UMarina, otyhafileyo kunye nokuvumela uloyiko ukuba ludlale ebusweni bakhe, luvele njengolona lupholileyo, kwaye kulihlazo ukuba sikubonile okuncinci kuye. UReynard ejika ikati yakhe ngaphandle (!) Kwaye eluma iminwe yakhe luloyiko olubonakalayo endilahlekile kuMartin Chatwin-eyoyikisayo, engalindelekanga, kumnandi ububi obufunyenwe ngokucacileyo kwincwadi.
Kodwa, kuba kunjalo Amagqirha, xa uJulia kunye neRhamncwa beza kusindisa uMarina kwaye babulale uReynard, uPenny ubonakala nelona xesha libi lokutshabalalisa iRhamncwa noJulia babuyela eFillory. Kutheni le nto yayiliqhinga? Kutheni uPenny ethathe uJulia? Wayekulungele nini ukuhamba nabanye abantu? Kutheni le nto uJulia engazange athi, Hang on, just gonna stab this guy quickly really? Andinalwazi, kodwa ke unayo.
Endaweni yokubiza i-cacodemon yakhe njengoko wayefanele ukuba njalo, uQuentin wenza ngathi sisidenge esikhulu kwaye ukhupha uJulia kwinto acinga ukuba ngumgca womlilo wokupela kuka-Alice ukubulala iRhamncwa, kwaye nangona oku bekufanele ukuba kukupela ubulala wonke umntu okwisithuba semitha engama-20, nangona esi ibisisiqholo esitshintshe ikhondo leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, uAlice uyaphoswa kancinci kwaye iRhamncwa lishiyeke ngengalo etshisiweyo nje kancinci. Njengomntu okhohlakeleyo kumdlalo wevidiyo, uyanyamalala ukuze aphinde avele kamva kwisiqendu somnye umlo.
Lo mfazwe uyenzeka, emva kokuba sifumanise ukuba u-Ember wakhetha ukuthatha indawo yomthombo wobugqi, ebonakala ngathi iza kuba yindawo ecekethekileyo, kunye nendawo entle phakathi kukaQuentin noAlice okhumbuza abaphulaphuli ukuba kutheni Kucingelwa ukuba neengcambu zabo. Ngexesha axelela uQuentin konke malunga ne-ice cream sundae ayifunayo xa konke oku kugqityiwe, abaphulaphuli bayayazi ukuba akayenzi ekhaya. Lowo ngumthetho we-movie yakudala: awungekhe uthethe ngayo nantoni na ophupha ukuyenza emva kwemfazwe ukuba ufuna ukusinda. Azikho izithandwa ofuna ukuzanga, akukho mhlala phantsi ofuna ukuwonwabela, akukho sundaes ze ayisi khrim. Uxolo, Alice.
Kwaye, ewe, akenzi njalo. Okanye, uAlice esaziyo kwaye simthandayo akwenzi njalo. Njengomntakwabo phambi kwakhe, uAlice uya kugcwele uHarry Potter kwinxalenye yesixhenxe-slash-ezisibhozo kunye nee-niffins ngaphandle, emguqula abe yidemon eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yomlingo ococekileyo kunye nokudanyaza kwebhombu eqaqambileyo esidleleni. Uxolo uQuentin: ii-niffins zizinto zemilingo ezikhanyiselweyo kwaye azinasidingo seebhanti ezithambileyo, nokuba ziyathandeka kwaye zikulungele ukuthatha imbumbulu yokutshintshela amagxa.
PHAWULA: Esi siqendu sizisa ukubala malunga nezihlandlo ezili-11 izandla zikaPenny kungenjalo azisebenzi, zaze zasebenza, zaze azaphinda zasebenza.
Isimo sangoku sePenny: Okuqhotyoshelweyo, kodwa kungasebenzi (amatyathanga esilivere omlingo asuswe nguJulia)
