i love magic sm: the beginning of this had me metaphorically kicking my legs with glee.
i do wonder how this would read without prior knowledge of the film – they are different enough that this is still interesting and keeps you on your toes, but it also feels sillier and less efficient in comparison.

i think this does a better job of the horror of bordens’ situation – i think that’s its entire point, everything is just a way of exploring the twin thing – but the film does more with making the angier stuff horrible in a more human cruelty sort of way.

the novel does add some good character stuff, i particularly liked the detail that angier is essentially a bit of a useless magician, and needs support

except this is actually a clue, of course: it’s not that borden just is better, it’s that there’s two of them, the support’s built in

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i’d really like to see what this looks like on the page, whether it does anything with font or even spacing.
ultimately i think every story should be about magicians.