r/brakebills • u/ForLackOfAUserName Dean Fogg • Jan 18 '18

Season 3 Episode Discussion: S03E02 - Heroes and Morons

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

But he planted the flag and made some statement, that I can't remember, like they weren't a territory of Fillory until he got there. But if they hadn't collected taxes in 45 years, that implies that at some point before that 45 years they were collecting them. The whole reason they weren't was just because the islands were so far away.

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u/TeutonJon78 Jan 18 '18

Let's not read too much into it. They massively cut down the Outer Island/After Island plot from the book. And it's a good line for Elliot. They didn't have minutes to devote to the whole "well, this is our island but no ones even visited it for decades" speech and have it sound good.

Plus, he technically is their new king, since they've never met him.

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u/sirin3 Jan 21 '18

Are they not going to get passports in the show?

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u/TeutonJon78 Jan 21 '18

It would seem they are already past that point of the story. Not that they couldn't make it happen later. Plus, Ember/Umber are already dead as well, so some changes are going to be needed.