More specifically, Alice’s Niffin was reunited with her shade, which Julie had brought back from the Underworld instead of her own. Because of those two stupid-heads. I love her.

(Now the wait for season 2 begins.) But her opponent is extremely powerful, and the Beast lands a punch on Dragon!Alice so hard she changes back into her human self. And it’s hard to pinpoint why.

So this could either mean that Alice isn't as dead as she appears or there will be some kind of twist involved in how she bounces back from this seemingly fatal altercation with the Beast.

Become a subscriber and support the site! Still-shadeless Julia discovered Reynard was obsessed with Our Lady Underground, a.k.a. I just want to see her kicking ass. Grossman created a kind, fascinating character, and her book 1 story ended showing us exactly who she is: beyond powerful, beyond kind. Follow The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google+. "I'm really lucky on this show, Dudley states, while adding: Thankfully, that won't necessarily be the case. Follow her on twitter and tumblr for more nerding. She slams him to the ground, suffocates him with sand, and throws fireballs at him.

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use and I know vigilantism should be cautioned against, but in this specific case it was the only way justice could be served. Molly Booth is a freelance writer and author of the YA debut, Saving Hamlet, coming from Disney-Hyperion publishing house in 2016. So, John used his powers of persuasion to force Kady to perform a ritual to cultivate his powers into a bullet… brutally killing him in the process. Umber doesn’t really care, because he’s building his own “way cooler world,” but it leaves millions on the brink of annihilation. All right, so I’m a little obsessed with The Magicians. If there’s one theme in this episode, it’s that gods and their families are fucked-up arseholes.

Why couldn’t we have both? We watch through injured Quentin’s eyes as Alice spars with the Beast. She quickly evolves into a central character, for obvious reasons: Alice is smarter than everyone, and by far the most talented of the magicians.

"No, of course it's not the last they're going to see of Alice," Dudley teases.

But in terms of women’s character arcs in TV fantasy, I’d seen way, way worse than Alice’s, and I was only mildly upset about it. Then, Persephone “thanked” Julia by restoring her shade. However, regardless of how Alice will fit into the show from here on out, you better believe Quentin will feel the repercussions of what happened. Then the Beast actually bites into Quentin’s collar bone with huge jaws, rendering him probably mortally wounded and immediately out of action.

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Also, is anyone else curious for an official, So… a Senator of the United States was murdered, and the evidence is literally lining the walls of Brakebills. Yes, I wish to receive exclusive discounts, special offers and competitions from our partners. Have a tip we should know? And while Dudley couldn't go into any specifics, the actress was able to inspire some hope regarding her character's seemingly grim fate.

In the final episode, Quentin realizes that he’s not the chosen one, it’s her! Either way, it's at least reassuring to know that this character won't be completely off of our screens for good. If they all ended up dying, I wouldn’t care one bit.

I hope they find a way to give her what she deserves. Four times. Almost.

That means Reynard was raping and murdering a shit-ton of people because he had fucking mummy issues, and she was totally cool with ignoring it… at least until he faced actual consequences. Dumbfounded, I put down my book.

Who knew hardcore drugs were the one thing that could unite and save Fillory, Penny’s teenage librarian supervisor left as quickly as she came — so much for that whole “you make your own destiny” thing. She writes books about Shakespeare and feelings. I think that was a great narrative choice.

This is all seriously fucked up, and it’s a terrible way to end an emotionally traumatic storyline that’s spanned over half of the series so far.

The penultimate episode of the second season, “Ramifications,” achieved the seemingly impossible: Alice is back from the dead.

I liked and sympathized with the main character, Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph), but found myself falling head over heels for one of the female leads, Alice Quinn (played by Olivia Taylor Dudley).


I am curious to see how this brotherly battle of the gods plays out — although it’s going to be hard to care about any of these gods after that whole “Reynard is her son” bullshit. Can’t she go all out, risking her life, kill the Beast, but live to kick ass another day? You know, Fillory’s other goat god, the one we never saw before because he was supposedly killed by the Beast? Our heroes are trapped with the Beast, and people get badly injured. By now, many of you are probably freaking out over the possibility that Alice is dead on The Magicians.

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I’m not sure how much magic can get rid of. But I’m getting the sinking feeling that her story arc came at the expense of Alice’s. When I first finished the TV show, I checked out The Magicians subreddit, and found a complaint that the finale didn’t do Alice justice.

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Umber, the voice of reason, was the yin to Ember’s yang, the (Law &) Order to Ember’s chaos. Fortunately, Romper was able to interview Olivia Taylor Dudley (who plays Alice) and Jason Ralph (who plays Quentin), prior to the episode's release to discuss Alice's future on the show moving forward. Persephone, so she devised a plan to lure Reynard out with a little trickery and kill him… using his senator son’s demi-god magic.

The penultimate episode of the second season, “Ramifications,” achieved the seemingly impossible: Alice is back from the dead.

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"The love of his life dies and they both hurt each other and they really never got to say I'm sorry, so it's just unresolved," Ralph reveals. The Beast casts some type of horrible spell on her, blood starts gushing out of her nose, and she collapses, presumably dead. She makes a deal with the Beast, motivated by her quest for vengeance against the fox God who raped her and killed her friends.

I think it would’ve felt very different to come away from a finale that had included Alice’s epic slaying of the Beast. So… not a great ending for her. When I read the first installment of the series, I dug book Alice even more—and realized that TV show Alice didn’t get the ending she deserved. So, at Persephone’s behest, Julia let Reynard go — royally pissing off Kady in the process. "I don't really want to reveal in what [capacity]." The Beast agrees, and the two disappear. Despite her natural abilities, Alice had to fight her way into Brakebills.

One of my siblings told me to watch the SyFy show, and I did, finishing season 1 in maybe 3 days.

Julia and Kady succeeded in luring out the Fox by faking a storm, and had him at their fingertips. She also stands up for herself and dumps her boyfriend when he cheats on her.

When they do actually confront the Beast though, everything goes wrong immediately—the Beast begins to choke Quentin, and Alice goes to stab the monster, but realizes her sword has disappeared. Whenever magic is involved, the sky is the limit. Julia’s storyline is originally told in book 2, so I understand that since Syfy moved her up to season 1 of the show, they had to incorporate her into the end. By comparison, in TV Fillory, Julia (played by Stella Maeve) steps in with the blade Alice was supposed to wield. When she’s out of bullets, the Beast turns to face her, and what follows is maybe one of the most epic showdowns I’ve ever read in a fantasy novel. There, they learned that Ember is the one behind all the chaos in Fillory, like turning half the court into rats, since the two brothers originally created the magical realm. Maybe slaying him with Julia’s help?

But Alice’s trajectory is actually very similar—she begins as a fellow student in Quentin’s class, ends as a central character, and undoubtedly is the hero of the story. to Turn Away His Unauthorized "Army" of "Poll Watchers", Eddie Redmayne's Comments on J.K. Rowling Prove (Again) the Issue With Cis Actors Who Profit From Trans Roles, Astronomers Find Potential Hidden Lakes on Mars (and, One Week Later, Republicans’ Silence on Allegations of Forced Sterilizations by ICE Is Telling, Black Girl Magic Comes to Life in These 10 Enthralling Fantasy Novels.

Whatever the case may be, Dudley is thrilled about where her character arc is going and so thankful for being part of something so magical. Persephone isn’t going to fix Reynard, and she has no incentive to. Gee thanks, give her the one thing that will make her feel the pain of your son’s rape again. It’s clear the original version of Alice is gone, and she’ll probably never come back.
Niffin!Alice descends upon the Beast, he tries to bolt, but she grabs his hair and rips his head off.

In the book, the final battle starts out similar to the show.

Umm, YES. When the group finally journeyed to Fillory, Penny helped guide them through the fountains until Josh Hoberman found them and joined their quest. Those who’ve read the books knew Alice’s resurrection was coming, or at least a version of it, but for everyone else it was definitely a surprise. Niffin Alice is not happy being stuck on the mortal coil again. She begged Julia not to kill Reynard, because, get this, Reynard was her son. So that sounds ominous and terrifying.

Just as Julia was about to pull the trigger… in popped none other than Our Lady Underground herself. Or maybe from now on we'll only see her in flashback form, which is what many other shows have done in the past.

I’ll give you a hint: The exact same fucking thing.

She uses battle magic to speed her movement. The other magicians pitch in, offering back-up with lightning and hails of rocks. Before returning to Earth, Penny battled with the locals of the Neitherlands before Alice and Quentin used a ritual to help him return.