It took him a while to find out who he was.Onward · 2020 — 第 3 / 16 章 · 3'07" · B1
Dad Leaves Ian a Wizard Staff, Explained：get by
On Ian's sixteenth birthday, his mom hands him something his father left behind. "It's a gift from your dad," she says, and it turns out to be a wizard staff and a letter with a spell. What starts as a birthday present becomes a chance to bring Wilden back for one day.
あらすじ
Ian is turning sixteen, and his mother gives him a present his late father set aside for him and his brother. Inside are a wizard staff, a letter and a spell. The letter describes a world that once ran on magic and a father who hoped to come back for a single day to see who his boys became.
注目の表現
get byback to lifefind outlong ago
00:00 / 03:07Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
セリフをタップするとそこから再生
このシーンの表現
get by
to manage with what you have, though it is not much
爸爸在信里讲世界放弃魔法之后，改用更省事的方式生活；get by 说的就是人们靠简单办法凑合着把日子过下去。
My salary is small, but we get by.
このシーンの他の表現
- back to life
alive again after being dead, or full of energy again
- find out
to learn or discover something after looking into it
- long ago
a long time in the past, especially in stories
このシーンのメモ一覧
58 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
I wish I'd met him.he fought so hard because he wanted to meet you more than anything.he fought so hard because he wanted to meet you more than anything.I was gonna wait until after cake, but I think you've waited long enough.It's a gift from your dad.No way.It's a wizard staff.I mean, he got interested in a lot of strange things when he got sick, but...Long ago the world was full of wonder.It was adventurous, exciting. It was adventurous, exciting, and best of all, there was magic.And that magic helped all in need.But it wasn't easy to master. And so the world found a simpler way to get by.to manage with what you have, though it is not much
But it wasn't easy to master. And so the world found a simpler way to get by.Over time, magic faded away, but I hope there's a little magic left in you.And so I wrote this spell so I could see for myself who my boys grew up to be.I don't believe this. This spell brings him back. For one whole day, Dad will be back.alive again after being dead, or full of energy again
What? Back? Like back to life?Hold on. Is this dangerous?We're about to find out.「Dad Leaves Ian a Wizard Staff」を読み解く
What's really going on
The gift is doing two things at once. It is a father reaching across his own death, and it is a nudge telling Ian to become someone. The letter admits the world gave up magic for an easier life — "Over time, magic faded away, but I hope there's a little magic left in you" — and that line is really the whole film's thesis in one sentence. On the surface Ian is unwrapping a birthday present; underneath he is being handed a quest and a father's hope that his sons are braver than the world around them. When the reveal shifts from a staff to a real spell, the scene stops being sentimental and becomes a promise the boys have to live up to.
Theme
Family loveA dead father's words reach his sons through a letter, turning a birthday gift into an act of love that outlasts him.
IdentityThe letter urges Ian to find out who he is and hopes some magic remains in him, tying the gift to growing up.
このチャプターで学べること
- Use about to for an imminent action.
- Use more than anything for strongest desire.
- Understand get by as “manage somehow.”
- Use grow up to be for future identity.
- Notice how "find out" changes the exchange.
Over time, magic faded away, but I hope there's a little magic left in you.The letter's closing wish: the world traded wonder for convenience, but the father hopes his son still carries some of it.
he fought so hard because he wanted to meet you more than anything.A line that explains the father's illness and death as a fight to stay alive long enough to see his son — love stated as endurance.
And so I wrote this spell so I could see for myself who my boys grew up to be.The reason the spell exists: not power, but a father's wish to witness his children's lives.
It took him a while to find out who he was.A gentle reassurance that even a confident-sounding dad struggled to figure himself out, so the son does not have to have it all figured out yet.
このシーンについての質問
Why did Wilden leave a visitation spell?
He wanted to see his sons grown up, even for a single day. The spell is his way of being present for a moment he knew he would otherwise miss.
What does 'get by' mean in the letter?
It describes how the world coped once magic got hard: people found simpler ways to get by, meaning to manage or survive without much effort.
Why does Ian want to cast the spell?
Because he never really knew his father, and the spell offers one day with him. It is less about magic than about getting the father he missed.
Is the gift really from Ian's dad?
Yes. His mother had kept it, and the letter and staff were prepared by Wilden before he died, meant for both brothers.
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第 1 章wiggle out ofIan's Sixteenth Birthday Morning
第 2 章was wondering ifIan's Awkward Party Invite
再生中 · 第 3 章get byDad Leaves Ian a Wizard Staff
第 4 章Whatever it takesDad Comes Back as Just Legs
第 5 章followed my gutThe Manticore Refuses to Help
第 6 章took the easy routeBarley Picks the Path of Peril
第 7 章go bonkersLaurel Asks the Manticore for Help
第 8 章wear offThe Growth Spell Backfires
第 9 章not what it used to beThe Manticore Explains the Curse
第 10 章With all due respectIan Talks His Way Past Bronco
第 11 章chin upBarley Trains Ian With the Sword
第 12 章the worst that can happenIan Crosses the Trust Bridge
第 13 章to the count of threeIan Tries the Arcane Lightning Spell
第 14 章don't have a clueIan Blames Barley for the Detour
第 15 章gauntletIan and Barley Take the Wrong Path
第 16 章looked out for meIan Thanks Barley for Everything第 3 / 16 章 · 残り約 72 分