#because the first few chapters—bless el and her endless inner monologue—are pretty thin in terms of plot

[hanna-writes]

If a Scholomance tv series gets made, I want the first scene to be El on the floor in her room, knife in gut, Jack on top of her with that lovely smear of blood on his mouth, as she’s desperately reaching for the mana crystal just out of reach.

Freeze frame.

“Yup, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.”

#i love the first line of a deadly education as much as the next person #but this would set the tone so perfectly #i also think it would be a good hook/tension builder #because the first few chapters—bless el and her endless inner monologue—are pretty thin in terms of plot #so it would create enough immediate tension to then set up el’s character and the world #partially through copious voiceover and also plenty of flashbacks to el’s pre-scholomance life #so by the end of the episode when we get back to jack’s attack #we understand that el could eviscerate him #and we understand why she won’t #the scholomance #a deadly education