Favourite headcanons pt. 2
Schmendrick being bi and not shy about it. One of his biggest heartbreaks was caused by another wizard he fell head over heels for. Said wizard was emotionally manipulative and made game of Schmendrick’s efforts to become a real magician, constantly reminding him how he could have chosen a more fitting companion for himself instead of Schmendrick. Took Schmendrick a while to recognize the pattern of abusive behaviour, not wanting to admit to himself that his partner did not respect him as a person. The last straw: when Schmendrick was asked to pretend to not know him while at a gathering of wizards, so he would “have not embarrassed him”.
Lìr being secretly aware that Haggard would not have kept close anything that did not make him happy and this, deep down, makes him hope that Haggard cares at least a little about his adopted son. Too bad Haggard hasn’t gotten rid of him simply because he is curious to see if Lìr is really the one who is going to take down his castle, according to the prophecy.
Up to the moment he had reached for his full power, Schmendrick had carried a pouch of gunpowder around his neck. What for? To quickly blow up in the unfortunate case he would have been sentenced to the stake for sorcery in unwelcoming regions and cities while he was still powerless and unable to free himself by magic, instead of slowly burning.
Mabruk being the one who had taught Haggard how to “train” the Red Bull to do what he wants. He knows about the unicorns being kept captive into the sea but doesn’t lift a finger. When he is let go, he does not talk out of pure spite.
Schmendrick being mildly claustrophobic due to have been sealed in a barrel by other apprentices for almost an entire day and dared to get out of it, in a mockery of his skills and of him coming from a family of coopers. Nothing paralyzing, but he would start to be very uncomfortable and fidgety in constrictive spaces.
Molly and Cully first met while he was trying to steal hens from her family’s chicken coop and she threatened to beat him up with a log, scaring him away. They started to regularly meet at dusk since then, before they eloped after Molly had become known as “the bandit’s wife” around her small village and everyone was afraid to talk to her in fear of repercussions.
Lìr has almost gotten engaged to the princess in distress sent to him by Schmendrick at the end of the book – feeling it was his “duty” to. She was the one to realize they could never be happy together because he was in love with someone else. She becomes a great friend and a loyal counsellor, one of the few with whom Lìr feels comfortable to confide. When she dies after a horse ride incident, Lìr’s mind begins to go adrift.
Schmendrick and Molly never using pet names between them and very seldom saying they love each other out loud. When they do, it means that the situation is god-awful. Lìr knows that when Schmendrick calls Molly “beloved” it is time to seriously worry.
Sometimes Molly feels the need to be alone for a while. She had been surrounded by people all her life and rarely had the opportunity to go on her own adventures. Every now and then she would announce Schmendrick that she would leave for - dunno, a couple of weeks or a month? - and he would just be like “’kay bye, travel safe and please let me know when you are coming back. Have fun!” because they both trust each other so much.
