#julies kk reread 2018

[juliethebibliophile]

Rereading The Kingdom Keepers- Disney After Dark!

Hello everyone! So once again I’m making the attempt to reread Kingdom Keepers. I have tried this many times in the past, probably once a year honestly, and I’ve never gotten farther than Disney in Shadow. BUT, I am determined this time! The point here is, I’m taking reading notes I go of some little fun facts that I forgot previously, and some passages that are just amazing, that I thought I’d share with you all! So, here are my notes on Disney After Dark!

(Please note, some of these things are from my reread in 2015)

(Also this is gonna get long so there’s a read-more link)

Okay so first of all this is the book from the series that I’ve read the most, but somehow it’s the one I forget the most about

Like there’s just so much happening and without fail I always, always forget all the tiny details of the plot-especially at the end.

This is also the book that seems to present some of the biggest continuity errors that we see later in the series

Maybeck is the computer guy?

Does Finn’s little sister exist here? I don’t know?

Amanda and Jess look like identical twins? But....one of them is white and the other isn’t?

But I digress let’s move on

So the first thing, that you all probably know already, but I just picked up on for the first time in years is that the reason Wayne can’t see the characters and the keepers can is that the keepers are part character because of their DHI status, so they can see other characters

The whole world makes sense now I stg

THIS BOOK IS SO INCREDIBLY DATED AND IT CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME

Like Hollywood Studios is still MGM

So theoretically, if they’re 14 now, in 2005, they should be like almost 30 now(2018)

However, it is definitely 2014 in book 7 when they’re supposed to be 18, because there are mentions of Frozen, which makes them about....22ish now, soooo you know what I’m just gonna go with it

Anyway back to the actual book

Amanda has freckles!

Also she’s wearing hip-huggers and a crop top I am concern RIDLEY SHE’S 14 PLEASE

While things like this exist that they are doing things that are a bit too mature for 14, there are also moments when they are adorably 13(that’s right they’re still technically 13 in this book)

Like when Finn hangs out with Amanda for the first time and makes notes in his head about what to tell Dillard about her

IT’S SO ADORABLE AND I LOVE IT

Oh when Finn goes to Charlene’s school he gets asked if he was on Zoom

Another thing that majorly dates this book

The introductions of the female characters are kinda...those kind of introductions

Ex: “Charlene was the kind of girl you might see on a cereal box.”

OK SO YOU KNOW HOW I SAID AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CONTINUITY ERRORS IN THIS SERIES ARE RAMPANT

WHAT’S CRAZY IS THERE ARE A LOT OF HINTS IN BOOK 1 ABOUT MUCH LATER EVENTS---also leading me to say that I don’t believe this book was actually meant to be a standalone

When Wayne is first telling them the story of the Stonecutter’s Quill, he says “I’ve been waiting a long time to tell you that story”, hinting that he knew it would be coming since he met them in 1955

Also, when Finn asks Maleficent if she is the leader of the Overtakers, she says “I am but a humble servant to she who lives within,”- a possible hint at Tia Dalma

Seriously guys  I am AMAZED

Back to plot details and stuff

WHEN PHILBY, FINN AND CHARLENE CROSS OVER THE FIRST TIME WAYNE BUYS THEM ICECREAM THAT’S SO ADORABLE WHAT THE HELL

Also when Wayne was explaining the Overtakers to them, and he said that they used a hurricane like a charging battery, Finn says its crazy and Philby says “no its not” and THAT’S MY BOI

Charlene didn’t want to do it at first. Willa was kinda reluctant but Charlene was completely against it

They were basically blackmailed into it which I forget every time

When he was 7 Finn walked across a restaurant to ask a smoker to put out their cigarette my precious

“Donnie” is not a nickname, but Maybeck’s stage name

Willa likes swimming!

Amanda is a vegetarian

Everything about chapter 12 is gold please go read it if you wanna have feelings about the beginning of the keepers

Wayne.Wears. Mickey.and. Minnie. Slippers

Finn has a kitty!

Also in that scene Amanda comes over Finn’s house for dinner(which I forgot) to be on VMK with them and then Willa and Philby’s characters appear in Finn’s VMK room at the same time so do with that what you like

I also always forget that Finn and Jez are flirting when they first meet and that’s just so incredibly weird to think about now FINN THAT IS YOUR FUTURE SISTER IN LAW

Willa and Philby work individually together a lot and I love it

Finn’s Dad is in this book a lot more than I thought he was and he kinda sucks just as much as he did in the Syndrome

And his name is Donald by the way

Also Willa and Finn’s friendship is SUPER present in this book

Like she holds his hand in the teepee when she gets scared of Maleficent my precious sibling friends

Charlene is good at Scrabble

“ ‘MEN’ Charlene said. ‘Leave that to you!’ Willa quipped.” IM DEAD

Their Halloween costumes are the cutest things I’ve ever seen and I’ll let you see that for yourself but sneak peek Maybeck was Nelson Mandela

“ ‘This can be dangerous Amanda. You need to know that before you volunteer’(Finn was speaking here) Amanda’s nostrils flared. She looked angry. ‘I can take care of myself,’ Willa and Charlene grinned.”

LOOK AT MY GIRLS BEING A GIRLS TEAM RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING

IM SO PROUD

So that’s all I got for Disney After Dark! Rereading this book was so much fun, and I gobbled it up i like 2 days, because these books have the power to suck me right in every single time. I’ll be back in a little while to recount my findings on Disney At Dawn. See you then Keepers!

[chickawah23]

Kowboy Karlie... what is going on sis? Are you okay? You seemed troubled. The 2018 article about keeping her life private, but 2021 he, the old man you are swindling is all over the place and getting pap'd left and right or posted about every two seconds. Make it make sense. I guess that idea of privacy went out the window.

😂

Kaylor is still MIA though. And for the most part your family is too. Also, I love the dress? You know the same dress Tay wore in 2018 I think it was.

I swear I would believe they weren't together if it weren't for all the chaotic bullshit they both pull. Especially KK.

Yeah I saw this post point out that outfit comparison. Lol

I’m going to use your ask to go on a tangent anon lol sorry in advance

I’m over here laughing because I know where this look is from because I was just rereading the article the other day 😂🤣

It’s the article she did with Pattie Boyd 😂

It’s one my favorites from Taylor because she’s the interviewer and she wanted to talk to someone in the muse’s shoes during the height of Beatlemania. And what it was like being hated by fangirls.

Note: I reblogged this collection of KK’s ig likes to point out that the Pattie Boyd one was the only one that mattered. I did have a whole post on this article but tumblr for some reason doesn’t want to admit it exists. (Also weird that this outfit from this article is like impossible to find tied to HB now).

The HB article was from July 2018. And Karlie’s WMag article (that she referred back to today on ig) was also from July 2018. And she discusses what it’s like being cyberbullied.

Taylor in her interview with Pattie had this exchange (It feels like the article was condensed but I could be wrong):

Coinky dinks

[juliethebibliophile]

Wow They’re Such Children...Rereading Kingdom Keepers: Disney at Dawn

Hello Keepers! Today I'm here discussing my reread of Disney at Dawn! This is my favorite Kingdom Keepers book and I had so much fun reading it again!