Qualice

Qualice is the het ship between Quentin Coldwater and Alice Quinn from The Magicians fandom.

Season 1
UNAUTHORIZED MAGIC

Quentin is in his first lecture, when a woman named Alice is called to the front of the class. She stands at the front desk in front of a marble and turns it into a horse as Quentin watches. She awkwardly makes her way back to her desk as the room claps.

Quentin is in the school cafe when he sees Alice alone at a table. He says hi, and tries to explain Margo and Eliot, but she doesn't care. He says sorry, then sits down across from her. He says it was his fault that they said that, because they saw how jealous he was of her, and how easy magic is for her. She says that she studies. Quentin says that she does but she also gets it. He’s terrified of getting kicked out and never had anyone to help him with magic before. She says that her parents were useless crazy people who never taught her magic, so it never gave her an advantage. She asks if there’s anything else she can do to make him feel better or if he was good.

Quentin waits finds Alice after class and asks about the symbol on the page she was looking at the other day, but she tells him to go away. He shows her the symbol that Jane Chatwin left on his hand, shocking her. She asks how he got it, but he’ll only tell her if she tells him what it means. She pulls him aside and tells him to meet her at the Admin Building at 10. He asks her what it means, and she tells him “Contact the other side”. He asks if she means seance stuff, and she clarifies it more of a summoning. He sarcastically says that he likes to summon the dead anyway, and she says that’s the plan. She just needs a book that got pulled off the shelves and is now in the dean’s office. He asks if that means it needs to be stolen and she nods her head yes. Quentin tells her that he doesn’t want to get kicked out. She asks if he wants her to pass his tests, because she can do that, but he has to help her. He’s involved for some reason, and she stomps away.

Quentin hands Alice the book and she starts to go through it as he takes off the bandage on his hand, the mark gone sarcastically saying that makes him less nervous. Alice tells him to nut up, and there’s no such thing as safe magic. Quentin asks who they’re trying to contact since they need a name for the spell. Alice says Charlie, her brother. Quentin asks how he died, and Alice presumes it was horribly since no one will tell her what happened, just that it happened at Brakebills. She asks if Quentin actually thought she came her because she loves magic, she only came to find out what happened and tells him to hurry up since they need to be done with the spell by midnight. Quentin tries to say sorry about her brother, when she finds something wrong with the spell. He asks what it is and she’s about to explain when Penny and Kady come in. Alice says that the spell requires four people, asking Kady and Penny to join them. They perform the spell, but nothing happens. Kady and Penny leave and after an awkward pause, Quentin tells Alice that he’ll start cleaning up.

THE SOURCE OF MAGIC

Quentin runs up to Alice after the attack, but she just tells him don’t. Quentin says that they did that spell, so she doesn’t get to say that, and if they find out they’ll be kicked out but are interrupted by Margo and Eliot.

Quentin is in the cafe reading Fillory, when Alice comes up behind him. He says that he was researching, but Alice points out that it’s a kids book. He asks what she wants, they screwed up that spell so bad and can’t take it back. She also doesn’t like him, and she counters that she doesn’t even know him. He says he doesn’t know her either except that they summoned a killer mothman, which she agrees. She sits down and says that he should hate her since she dragged him into this but he showed up with the sigil, and she thought it meant that her brother was getting him to help her contact him. Quentin says that he’s not sure that that’s what happened. He tells her that it appeared while he was dreaming of Fillory and was given to him by Jane. She’s confused and he says Jane Chatwin, from the books. She tells him that growing up the last thing she wanted to do was read fantasy. He hypothetically asks what if Fillory is real, and he knows she thinks it’s just about Charlie, but it’s possibly bigger given what came through the mirror. Alice says that’s a leap, despite there being other worlds, Fillory is fiction. Quentin tells her that the Chatwins were a real family living next to the Plovers, but she’s still confused. He asks if there’s a place where they can watch a video and she takes him there.

They watch a video explaining the disappearance of the Chatwin children, and Quentin explaining that it’s part of the reason that people are obsessed with the books. Alice asks if he thinks that Charlie vanished, but Quentin isn’t sure, just that they called someting from another world. Alice asks what they should do, but really all they need to do is not get caught. Alice tells him that they need to hide the evidence, which Quentin agrees to.

Season 1
Unauthorized Magic
 * Quentin tells Margo he has no idea how Alice does magic.
 * Margo explains to Quentin that Alice comes from a whole family of magicians.
 * Quentin occasionally glances over at Alice during class.

The Source of Magic
 * Alice and Quentin look at each other while being looked over by the paramedics.
 * Alice watches the watch in Quentin’s hand turn to sand.
 * Quentin stands behind Alice as Sutherland explains the Beast.
 * Alice looks back at Quentin as Margo pulls her away.
 * Alice asks Quentin what he said, but Quentin says nothing.
 * Quentin and Alice interrupt Kady and Penny.
 * Quentin sits next to Alice.
 * Alice and Quentin look to Kady to see if she sold them out.
 * Quentin asks Alice what Penny means and looks at her.
 * Alice looks back at Quentin as she leaves Sutherlands office.

Fanon
On AO3, Qualice is the most written relationship for Alice and the second most written for Quentin. It's also the fifth most written relationship in The Magicians (TV) tag, and the second most written in The Magicians - Lev Grossman tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION