#like why does what tintin experiences make him correctly suspect that the sceptre is going to be stolen

[jimmyandthegiraffes]

King Ottakar's Sceptre (1938-9)

Health

Sleeps - 3

Ow! - 15 (head injuries - 3; hospitalised - 1, with suspected concussion but left before being treated)

Eats - 3 (szlaszjeck and szpradj, unknown meal, and bread)

Unconscious - 2 (both relating to head injury)

Emotions

Cries - 1 (castafiore-related rather than emotion-related)

Angry - 1 (at Snowy for stealing bones from a natural history museum lol)

Afraid - 2 (thought he ate snowy :|; got dropped from an aeroplane)

Crumbs! - 1

Great snakes! - 1

Eureka! - 2

The Law

Arrested - 2

Imprisoned - 2

Activities

Violence - 5

Radio - 1

Reads - 2

Travel

Motorbike - 1 (crashes - 1)

Car - 4 (drives - 1; hit - 1)

Boat - 2

Plane - 4 (pilot - 1; fell/jumped/was dropped out - 2)

Horse and cart - 1

Ambulance - 1

Peril

Shot at - 4 (hit - 1, by anti-aircraft guns while in a plane; uninjured)

Hit by car - 1 (accidental, driven by King Muskar, no serious injuries)

Dropped from a plane - 1 (and jumped once when aircraft was on fire after friendly fire)

Thompsons? - Yes

Thomson spoonerism - 1

Thompson spoonerism - 1

Bianca Castafiore? - yes

Sings - 4

QUIFF DOWN - 0

#found out that the bookshop ottakars was literally named after this book #god i wish that place still existed #i bet THEYD sell french copies of tintin adventures . not that im bitter that i can never find them or anything #i REally love KOS. but also im not going to lie the plot kind of confuses me sometimes lol #i know that possibly bc herge was veiling his references to nazism a bit #but at the same time sometimes it seems a bit thin lol #like why does what tintin experiences make him correctly suspect that the sceptre is going to be stolen #like i know hes a smart intuitive lad but also #i know for sure i wouldnt have got there. its a bit of a reach #theres other stuff but anyway #it doesnt matter i still rly enjoy it #with pleasurski! #i listed szpradj as non alcoholic #bc contextually that seems to make the most sense i think? #like i think it seems unlikely that syldavia Doesnt have a national alcoholic beverage #but at the same time we also know it has quite strict import laws and in the country itself it seems to be p regulated #idk ive always seen syldavia as somewhere where alcohol IS quite heavily regulated #tintin #herge #king ottakar's sceptre #tintin stats