Hey, I think I’m one of the very few people who noticed this, but in The Last Ever After, there’s a giant plot hole concerning Hester and her mother’s nemesis, Hansel and Gretel.
They are depicted as an old couple, and Hester should be the same age as her classmates (unless I missed/forgot some information about her actually being older and not aging).
The thing is, Hansel and Gretel were CHILDREN in their story. And even if they were young adults (after graduating SGE) in Soman’s universe, HOW on Earth would they be so old during that book? Even if they were in their early twenties, and Hester is 15 (as she was apparently 4 when her mother died) they would be at MAXIMUM in their early 40s.
I’ve seen this discussion on Amino and some people tried to use an “explanation” of how the Candy Witch used dark magic to have Hester at an old age, and then I saw this claim pushed in one of the following books (not sure which one now). The thing is, this doesn’t explain HOW HANSEL AND GRETEL AGED SO MUCH.
People also claimed that maybe the Witch did not die during the story and escaped to have Hester several years later, however, this makes zero sense since the latter herself is upset that she has to be in one group with the people who killed her mother.
Few explanations I can think about arethat Hester is actually way older than her classmates, but doesn’t age, or that she was frozen for several years and then unfroze when her mother’s nemesis were old. Or that H&G were in their fifties during their fairytale, or that the gingerbread they ate made them age quickly. 🙄
Please tell me if I’m completely dense and if there is some explanation I missed. I mean, the handbook still hasn’t come out in my country.
