EMBARASSING.
There's a play on at the Sparrow Scouts hall, and David can sing like an angel. But since he's so nervous and cursed with bad luck, he always finds a way to mess up his performances. So Hilda sets out to help her talented timid friend.
Hilda enters the library, finds a hidden room, and encounters the mysterious, purple and black haired librarian. She finds a magical book, copies only one page to perform a spell that grants people good luck. She also visits her mum, who's struggling with her graphic design passion and has to work at a grocery store (oh god, the relatability!). Hilda performs the enchantment and receives a mouse that brings good fortune to David as he reauditions for the play. With that success, Hilda gives one to her mum as well, who suddenly finds herself drowning in the work she loves--every creative's dream.
It's all fine for a while before the side-effects start to kick in, and Alfur, Hilda and Frida venture to the hidden library room, read the missing footnote and discover that,
>Frida: "You're stealing their souls!"
That's not good. Hilda has to shout some magical words during her and David's performance to break the spell, which is less cringe-inducing than I expected. Things escalate, Hilda begins to drain David and Johanna's souls, before crashing the car at the enchantment site. They break the spell, Hilda doesn't suffer any consequences, and they call it a night.
A thrilling episode about the methods in which you enact your good intentions and to learn to READ THE FOOTNOTES!
TECHNICAL SCORE: 7/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 8/10
Shout by Clobby ClobstersBlockedParentSpoilers2020-07-27T06:25:33Z
I know Hilda meant well, but she should've read the footnote. There was no reason for her to be in a rush!
I like this episode, it's good, but it has so much potential and could've used a few tweaks to improve it. For one, foreshadowing for the footnote would've been useful. There is no indication that there would be side-effects or that Hilda should've read some footnote. And two, that enchantment is kind of useless. It gives them good luck for thirty days but then steals their souls. What's the point of that enchantment? And what do you do with your friends' souls, anyway? Also, that autotune on David was a bit weird.
But I like what they tried to explore in this episode. Alfur is fantastic and helpful, as always. And they gave Frida a reason to be there, which is nice. It was such a simple story, but it works.
7/10