THE Illya moment from Foxes and Hounds

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

For me, this is the moment.  When the magician points the mind reading machine at Illya, the response from the secretive Russian is "That's enough!".  It immediately points us in the direction of a mystery, or a tragedy of some sort.  Why is it enough?  This is definitely one of my favorite pictures of Illya from the entire series, because it carries with it the questions that are never answered.

thanks to Lisa's for the photo

Tomorrow: Napoleon

Comments

[kitty4940.livejournal.com]

I've thought about the "... young boy in Kiev ...," bit.

There are a lot of possibilities - war, illness, or the loss of a loved one, but Illya doesn't look as though he had a troubling thought.

My theory is his thoughts are his own business, and Merlin had done enough to prove it worked.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I agree that his privacy is uppermost in his mind here. It does seem as though there is some little bit of annoyance in the furrowed expression, something slightly troubling in the realization that, were he to probe long enough, Merlin might uncover something Illya has kept for years as his own, very private memory.
He's also just drop dead gorgeous in this shot ;)

[kitty4940.livejournal.com]

By the way, he does look gorgeous in that shot. :)