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Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:30:03 +0000

Hello again,
Yeah I agree with Belle, Daphne is probably trying to act grown up, but in vain.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Belle

Belle — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:11:23 +0000

Mayb she is trying to act grown-up, but in vain

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Christina

Christina — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:45 +0000

I found it funny that Nikki says “My thoughts in a nutshell.” That was no nutshell! That was three whole coconut shells! But back to the topic, I really cannot argue with any of what Nikki said about Daphne. I absolutely agree. As I can’t disagree, I have additional, well, complaints, so to speak (although if we keep hating on the characters, I don’t think Michael Buckley would be too happy!). Yes, Daphne is pretty much Sabrina’s world, and that’s always nice; sisterly love. But Sabrina doesn’t get much in return. Remember in book six, Daphne kept trying to act grown up, wore Sabrina’s clothing, made snotty remarks and gestures? And yes, I lost where a person commented, you would think that Daphne is blinded by her thoughts and actions because she is young. But that can’t be it, right? Buckley makes Daphne seem like a smart cookie. Way smart of a cookie for her age: Seven. In Magic and other Misdemeanors, when in Charmings limosuine, Daphne claimed, “It doesn’t take a genius to know…”, giving us the impression she is smart for her age. So how, may I ask, can we think that her age and incompetance blinds her? You might say she copied Sabrina and was a snob just because she’s young and wants to be like her big sister, but that’s not it. Her age and anything relative to it has nothing to do with any of it? So why is she a smart-aleck a lot of the time? Why is she “ungrateful” to her sister? My answer is: that’s just the way she is. Hmmph.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:54:07 +0000

Nice to meet you Marilyn! Well, I finally sent Mr. Buckley an email and I told him about this site so maybe (hopefully!) he’ll come and visit it some time! Of course, he might not pay much attention to my email considering the loads of fanmail he must get all the time, but then again maybe he will. Hi, Carly! I know I write a lot sometimes. I just usually end up writing a lot more than I expected to. I’m glad you don’t think it’s a bad thing! And I’m pretty sure there will be at least 9 books. At least I hope there will be 9 or more. Hi, Lily! Hi, Belle! And, Belle, I did think it might just be Daphne’s character: that maybe it’s just because she’s young and blind to most of her own faults and feels like she owns the world. Maybe that was it but then I feel like everyone is always talking about how sweet and wise and understanding she is and she’s really not, so I don’t know. Maybe Mr. Buckley meant for her character to be sweet and accidentally ended up with something different. (Another thing I thought of was: I think Daphne yelled a Sabrina at some point for putting people in danger or something or that was implied or something. But when Puck is all mad and is trying to dunk the sisters in the river and runs into the barrier he put them all in danger but Daphne never said anything to him.) But, ya know, at the same time, these books are great! And I don’t want Mr. Buckey to get all caught up in making messages and characters consistent and end up making the books tedious or boring. I would rather have a fantastic book with a few contradictions than a boring book where every detail is thought out to a fault. But, still, I suppose it would be best if you could have an exciting book where it’s all thought out, right. Maybe if Mr. Buckley just gave it a bit more thought the books would be better than ever!

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Belle

Belle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:46:17 +0000

why should she be able to use magic and not sabrina?!

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Lily

Lily — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:48:04 +0000

AAAHH! Puck and Red- that is one SCARY thought. And Nikki, you’re right, if Daphne is going to yell at Sabrina for using magic, she shouldn’t be using any magic at all.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Belle

Belle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:21:56 +0000

yeah but its a kiss from a person that loves u. hi, merilyn! but anyway, if they did wake up, it wouldn’t be as interesting. and nikki- i kinda agree! i mean i know daphne is younger and all and doesn’t have as much patience or anything, but she coculd cool it and stop pressuring sabrina. how do u think red would contribute 2 the 7th book? it would b horrible if puck started liking red! even though that isn’t likely. but most of all, i think she would b a pain. i mean, hello!- she tried 2 kill them. wat if this is part of her evil plot?! u think she’d b friends with daphne? that would b good 4 daphne! i’m full of questions, today.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Carly

Carly — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:51 +0000

guess what!? im back!!! sorry i havent written lately,ive been,ya know,BUSY.sooo…i just reread book 3 and found a lot of stuff i had missed before. its really smart to reread because u forget things in the story. so, anyway,welcome merilyn! kool to talk to ya! and nikki,WOW. u really have a lot to say! not that its a bad thing. (hee hee) oh! BTW,i totally think that there will be an 8th book,cause if goldilocks wakes them up right away the 7th book will be short and boring. plus,how can her kiss work?! i mean, henry loves veronica,not her.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:24:31 +0000

I’m gonna go ahead and quickly write my thoughts on Daphne’s character. I never considered her all that prominent in the stories but still some things about her bug me. I don’t want to make anyone who likes her mad (just as I don’t ever want to offend anyone who likes Puck or Granny Relda, for that matter), but I’m going to try to be as honest as I can. One instance that comes readily to mind is when Sabrina, Uncle Jake and Daphne get captured by merpeople. In the dungeon Daphne immediately gets mad at Sabrina and says something like “you HAD to use magic.” This was all annoying because, I mean, what did she think? They were gonna row out into a river, jump in, swim to the bottom, get to the Little Mermaid, get her to listen to them and somehow convince her (without being able to talk) to give them her piece of the Vorpal Blade all without using magic? I don’t think that sounds very possible. Plus while they were in the boat and Jake caught the fish and Sabrina was about to make her wish Daphne didn’t do a thing to stop either of them. That fact just makes it seem like she was just waiting for things to go wrong so she could yell at Sabrina. I think Mr. Buckley had her say that thing about magic to restate the moral of that book and have Daphne be a sort of conscience for Sabrina. But instead it makes her look like a self righteous, judgemental character who’s is always ready and maybe even eager to criticize her sister. I mean, didn’t Daphne use magic in NYC to make a magic carriage when she could have called a cab? And then she’s yelling at Sabrina in book three for using magic when their options at that moment were much more limited? I mean, maybe Sabrina’s wish wasn’t completely thought out and she could have worded it better but Daphne was upset with her for using magic not for being slightly brash. And even if Daphne’s reason for being upset was more logical it still wouldn’t be fair. It’s not like Daphne never makes mistakes (like when she got herself and her uncle and sister thrown to a giant crab), and when she does Sabrina doesn’t get angry at her, infact she’s still supportive of her, I think. And that’s just the thing: when your family, people you’re supposed to love, make mistakes you’re supposed to be supportive, not throw it in their face. And when Sabrina decides to stop be a detective Daphne yells at her again. She can probably see how hard it’s been on Sabrina and probably knows she doesn’t like it and it IS entirely Sabrina’s choice, so what right does Daphne have to yell at her? It’s like she just wants to be angry at Sabrina at every turn. Sabrina mostly kept Daphne safe for two years yet Daphne never seems very grateful. It’s hard enough, what Sabrina has to go thru or put up with but when her own sister always sides agianst her, never really tries to comfort her and constantly criticizes her it makes everything much harder and sadder. It wouldn’t be such a big deal except that it really affects Sabrina. Considering the points at which it happens it’s almost sort of like pressuring her to not act on her own which is one of the great things about Sabrina. In the crazy world she lives in the only judgement she can really trust is her own. She has to think, consider and act on her own judgment which in many ways is harder than doing what you’re told. She’s strong enough to just do what she thinks is best and suffer the consequences. But at the same time she’s not mean or blunt or anything. Like Lily was saying up there: she cared if Puck got hurt. I don’t attribute this to her being inlove with him, though, because she also really cared when she thought she hurt Mr. Canis. Part of why she wanted to stop being a detective was because she thought people got hurt because of her. She tries to comfort Mirror at the end of #5. All this shows that she’s strong but also sympathetic and caring and sensitive. This makes her 3-dimensional and it’s part of why she rocks out loud! So there you go. My thoughts in a nutshell.

Comment on The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, The Unusual Suspects, The Problem Child, and Once Upon a Crime by Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:35:50 +0000

My favorite book is probably the 6th book. I wish Michael Buckley would keep writing Sisters Grimm books, well at least more than 10. I love them sooooo much. Anyway, since nobody else is on ,guess I’ll go. Bye!