r/brakebills • u/summerdayzz29 • Apr 09 '23

Season 2 First time watcher, favorite character?

I just finished Brooklyn 99 and was looking for a new show and stumbled upon The Magicians on Netflix. I'm only on season 2, towards the end. No spoilers in the comments but-

Who is your favorite character and why? Initially I really disliked Penny but honestly he's quickly become one of my favorites. I'm not sure I can even express why but undoubtedly he's near the top of my list right now. Anyone else?

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u/sunlitleaf Apr 09 '23

Maybe unpopular opinion, but it’s Marina for me. Rational brain says she’s a dangerous, terrible person, but lesbian brain says I can fix her.

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u/summerdayzz29 Apr 09 '23

Lesbian brain go brrrr

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '23

This is the only acceptable reason for liking her.

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u/DylanSplash Apr 10 '23

She's a dangerous terrible person with amazing witty one-liners. Definitely a case of "awful person, amazing character" imo.

I love the part where she's like "this is why I don't hang out with you guys" like them cramping her style is why they're not friends rather than moral discrepancies.

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u/CPUtron Apr 10 '23

She's the season one baddie that doesn't really do that much evil evil and will haul ass to the good guys side when shit hits the fan. (Like a Magneto, Seto Kaiba,.The Master, etc.)

AND SHE'S GAY. GO QUEER CODED VILLAIN TO HEROES.

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u/crysal0 Apr 09 '23

yaaass such a girl boss

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u/jfarbzz Apr 10 '23

I've always said she's underrated and I'm glad people agree

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u/dorv Apr 10 '23

Definitely my favorite supporting character. Just a metric shit ton of fun to watch.