curious, as a tinkerence shipper do you consider quest for the wand non canon to tales of pixie hollow? i always considered the first three books (mostly the first one) only partially canon to the book series, especially because Rani bat is never brought up again and Terence is sort of... creepy, even if he was affected by "wand madness". They also retcon a lot of things like Moth being Fira's nickname. Also Terence for some reason has brown hair and a green outfit in the Fairy Dust trilogy...
I consider the events canon to the chapter books (maybe besides some of the wand madness) but the characterizations to be different
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WHAT THE FUCK I DIDNT SEE THIS NOOOOO IM SO SORRY THIS IS SO LATE
This is the topic I dread the most 💔 So to start I absolutely HATEEEE HATEEE this arc. Why did the author write him this way 💔💔💔 I don’t like a lot of things that happens in the trilogy tbh a lot of it is so weird.. (AND SOME OF IT MAKES NO SENSE?? WYDM ADULTS CANT SEE FAIRIES. WDYM CAPTAIN HOOK CAN’T SEE FAIRIES YES HE CAN??? HE TALKS TO TINKER BELL IN THE PETER PAN MOVIE AND SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY SMEE??) Anyways back on track!!
I prefer to twist his wand arc differently. So from what I can remember off the top of my head Tinker Bell acts VERY cold towards him in the trilogy. That makes him sad. That makes ME sad. Since I’m connecting the two generations of lore together.. to put into perspective makes it so tragic. That was his best friend :((. She left to go be with Peter Pan and now that she’s back she acts way different. He thinks she doesn’t like him anymore.
So in MY version when he gets the wand and is under the madness, he wishes for Tink to like him again. As in friendship. His wish in the book is literally “Make Tink like me.” EDIT: i remembered this part wrong. In the book he says “Make Tink like me romantically” FUCK DUDE I HATE THIS SO SO MUCH.
In the book once the wish is made he DOES regret it and immediately wants it reversed because his dumbass realized that she’s not herself. The wand madness was actually crazy though. Wdym Queen Clarion wanted to enslave fairies of other races and become empress. HELLO?? I NEVER see anyone talk about that. That’s how crazy the wand makes you because as we all know our Queen Ree would NEVER. Back to Terence.
In MY version, the wand hears his wish, (as in it JUST being “make Tink like me” but senses the love in his heart and twists the wish because the wand (who for some reason has a conscience), likes to misbehave. The wand takes his wish of wanting Tink to like him as a friend again and makes it so that she likes him back ROMANTICALLY. This is very much following the “be careful what you wish for “ logic. Like for example Rani wishes for wings that can be in air and water but when she gets them they’re described as super ugly 💀💀💀 Because the wand is evil and it sucks.
So once the wish is made and Tinker Bell starts acting way more friendly he thinks he has his friend back. But then realizes “oh no this isn’t Tink at all” because she starts doing more romantic gestures (I remember in the book she wouldn’t leave his side and also started tugging on his ear?? For some reason? It’s an odd habit to me but I would find it super cute if it wasn’t under. Um. Those circumstances. yeah.)
Terence is thinking “woah wait a minute this is wrong.” While yes, it would be a dream come true if Tink DID like him back the same way he likes her (cause who doesn’t wish for their crush to like them back), this isn’t Tink by her own accord. So like in canon, wants the wish reversed IMMEDIATELY. He’s weirded out and deeply regrets making the wish. He wanted his best friend to like him again not whatever is possessing Tink rn 😿
The wishes gets reversed at the end of the book yaddy yaddy yadda. Then they’re never brought up again?? What?? I think I’ll have to rework that part too. Either they all got their memories of the wishes erased or there’s gonna have to be some deep conversations…
That’s all I have for this topic!! I’m so so sorry I didn’t see this earlier please forgive me 💔 And thank you so much, I really appreciate it ❤️
BIG FAT EDIT: I forgot the wand being asleep during this arc means it can’t do anything other than what it’s told. I’m a big phony. I need to gather notes and analyze the books from page to page because I HATEEEE how Terence is written. I’ll be back with more thinking soon AUHGGHHHH 😭😭😭😭