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| jane farrar's apperance?; her hair colour more specifacally.... | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 1 2010, 01:29 PM (135 Views) | |
| indie2 | Jun 1 2010, 01:29 PM Post #1 |
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ok, i haven't seen this question asked anywhere so i'll ask it here. did anyone else notice that at the start of the golems eye when we first met jane farrar she's decribed as having light brown hair and green eyes but the next time she's described when she tries to seduce Nat she's described as having black hair. i thought it was just part of the glamour or something but its also mentioned as being that colour in ptolemy's gate. anyone know if she dyed it or if its a mistake in the book or something. it seems an obvious thing to pick up on so it might be just in the british version. |
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Jun 1 2010, 01:34 PM Post #2 |
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I think one could assume it has been dyed. Or it could have been a genuine mistake and the author might ask us to think that she dyed it. Jane Farrar was quite fashionable so it makes more sense than say, Kitty. Anyway, welcome to Bartiforums Indie! |
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| indie2 | Jun 1 2010, 01:42 PM Post #3 |
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thanks, but i've been on the forum for a while as a lurker under another name, don't think i ever post or answered anything.  thanks for answering. i rather liked the idea that jane farrar dyed her hair. it makes a nice, realistic change from everyone in books having natural hair colours. although it is slightly weird that everyone seems to have black hair ;p. |
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Jun 1 2010, 01:48 PM Post #4 |
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I never noticed that. Everyone having black hair, I mean. Yeah, it is weird. |
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| indie2 | Jun 1 2010, 02:04 PM Post #5 |
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yeah, i didn't notice it that much going through the books the first few times. i only really notice the three main characters had it but i've just gone and read them again and theres loads more, most of the main-ish cast. lets see how many i can pick out: barti (but he's dark anyway) Nat Kitty Jane Farrar Jakob hyrnek The mercenary Duvall? anne from the resistance.. ...and one of the other boy's maybe more. |
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| Sentynel | Jun 1 2010, 03:14 PM Post #6 |
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I seem to recall this being mentioned somewhere before, though I can't remember where. I think we can safely assume she dyes it. |
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Jun 1 2010, 04:56 PM Post #7 |
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http://bartiforums.com/topic/2539/12/ |
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| Nero | Jun 1 2010, 09:21 PM Post #8 |
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Even though I doubt this applies to Farrar, but some hair colours look black, but are actually brown in the sunlight. Though it was probably just a small mistake. Or dyed. |
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| rubberchickenben | Jun 2 2010, 02:20 AM Post #9 |
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Their hair is dark because they live in a dark world 
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| Nero | Jun 2 2010, 03:11 AM Post #10 |
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I like that reference to London's weather. ... Oh wait... =P |
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| indie2 | Jun 2 2010, 07:10 PM Post #11 |
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i'd defend my british-ness and moan at stereotyping and americans here but, you know, its true *cries* and the whole books are somewhat stereotypical of 70's/80's britian, probably when jonathan stroud was growing up. the slang people use and the whole way the commoner part of london works just scream's it at me. i actually looked checked when the book was mean't to be set because of this (honorius said gladstone died 110 years ago in GE and check this -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone. Gladstones real!)
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| Sentynel | Jun 2 2010, 07:36 PM Post #12 |
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Of course he is, he made this site. ... Oh, you meant the prime minister? But yes, the historical figures mentioned are usually real people (including Ptolemy). |
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| indie2 | Jun 2 2010, 07:51 PM Post #13 |
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Oh, i knew ptolemy was real before i read the books but with a name like 'Gladstone' and all the other magicians being made up i assumed he was too. But really it was just the name. gladstone sounds made up like mandrake. i thought it sounded too much like the name of a stereotypical strong leader to be anything but. ;p Edited by indie2, Jun 2 2010, 07:52 PM.
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Jun 3 2010, 11:10 AM Post #14 |
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You are British and didn't know Gladstone existed? Weird. But I suppose that can happen. |
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| indie2 | Jun 5 2010, 12:48 PM Post #15 |
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hey, i only got to year 9 history before i quit it for geography. even so i doubt i would've learn't about him. gladstone wasn't a very influencial or great prime minister the oldest PM i remember is Churchill and thats as far as most people go. unlike america we don't learn all about the past prime ministers, probably because there's too many and change too often. i know most of the newer one's. margeret thacher (the milk lady. she was very unpopular), tony blair, gordon brown, david cameron/nick clegg. i probably know more but i can't think of any right now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom ok i only know 2 more of them. Neville Chamberlain and john Mayor. hmm...gladstone was a lib dem. interesting, in the book he was very very conservative. (and he was the PM four different times. thats weird, that his popularity would go up and down like that.) |
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