El Goonish Shive III - Totally Adorkable!

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Counter Argument: Ellen grew up with Tedd as a best friend and grew up again in a world where aliens and magic were normal.

She still reads her spell book and Elliot's.

My point is that him not reading his spell book is a bad habit that I find annoying, regardless of how Gray Wolf interpreted my statement.

Counter counter argument: Ellen is more impulsive than Elliot. Elliot, being much more passive in nature in general, is probably gonna lead to him just going on with life as it was before he got his spellbook. That's not to say you can't find it annoying or anything, just other people aren't going to agree for various other reasons.

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Narratively I'd say it's 50/50 that Elliot was routinely reading his spellbook. Not reading his spellbook would be a decent catalyst for character growth, on the other hand it'd be funny having him reading his spellbook only for it to be completely ineffectual.

I'd find it being ineffectual amusing, at least for a bit.