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Ali Darling
He ponders kissing her when they are drunk on the wine that Islington gives them which made me wonder the same thing, as in the following chapter Hunter describes her as "the child door". Richard is meant to be around thirty I believe, and guesses her age to be around fifteen when he meets her. Gives me the ick that he then thinks about kissing her before her age is confirmed.
Natalie
Unfortunately you're not missing any details. I'm shocked more people aren't talking about this. Even if Door is 'actually older' or some kind of ageless being, at no point in time between the beginning of the story and the 'almost kiss' is it ever indicated to Richard that she may be older than she looks. On top of that, she looks much like a 15 year old (he self described her as 15-16), so even if she is centuries old...she /looks/ 15, and his attraction is a major ick. I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan and I have to admit I was super disappointed to see how we ever let this fly.
Jack
I'm not sure why this is even in question. But okay.
The Lady Door might look young, and I don't have my copy of the novel close to hand, but the novel and television series were written in conjunction with one another. The actress cast for the series, Laura Fraser, was 31 at the time. She played the character as a fully competent adult.
The BBC Radio adaptation was done in 2013 and featured Natalie Dormer as the Lady Door. she was also in her early 30s at the time and plays the character again as a fully competent and in charge adult, not a teen or child.
A lot of the characters in London Below speak in stylized courtly fashion. So yes, Hunter refers to her as the "the child Door". Because she is the recently orphaned child of her parents and in Hunter's protection, not because she's physically a child.
I believe the Marquis de Carrabas has a few instances of such language as well. As does Mr. Croup when he lies and calls her "our sister" (himself and Mr. Vandemar).
The Lady Door might look young, and I don't have my copy of the novel close to hand, but the novel and television series were written in conjunction with one another. The actress cast for the series, Laura Fraser, was 31 at the time. She played the character as a fully competent adult.
The BBC Radio adaptation was done in 2013 and featured Natalie Dormer as the Lady Door. she was also in her early 30s at the time and plays the character again as a fully competent and in charge adult, not a teen or child.
A lot of the characters in London Below speak in stylized courtly fashion. So yes, Hunter refers to her as the "the child Door". Because she is the recently orphaned child of her parents and in Hunter's protection, not because she's physically a child.
I believe the Marquis de Carrabas has a few instances of such language as well. As does Mr. Croup when he lies and calls her "our sister" (himself and Mr. Vandemar).
Erin
I haven't read the sequels so I'm answering just based on Neverwhere, but I don't think there's any attraction like that between Richard and Door. At the end, when he ends things with Jessica and she asks if there is someone else, he says no, not in the way that she's thinking. I think there was a genuine fondness between him and Door but I never got sexual vibes or anything.
Ashley
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