Status Updates From Silver On the Tree

And so I have finished the Sequence once more; review to come, as it’s a bittersweet feeling.

As a child, a lot of the real-world implications of the plot flew over my head—but as an adult, I am saddened at the flattened presentation of real-world issues. If they were to adapt this into a TV series now, no doubt they’d make a certain character vote for Brexit just to hammer it in even more…

The White Rider’s true identity actually has me seething…

Not just because of the obvious point about political extremism, but also because it reveals this character had YEARS to prep and still couldn’t think of a good way to stop the Chosen One. What’s the point of having such an intricate disguise if you do literally nothing with it?

I am still angry at how much Robert Graves poisoned the well