@Mike wrote:
In An Apple Red as Blood, August showed Henry his left arm was made of wood, but he was able to move the fingers on his left hand (which was covered with a glove), and he is able to walk (with wooden legs). Does this mean that his left hand is still human, or that he is capable of moving wooden body parts? I understand for cost reasons it was easier to keep his glove on, as opposed to creating a wooden hand, but if he can move his body parts (legs, fingers) even though they’ve become wood, what makes August think he wouldn’t be able to function once completely wood (magical enchanted wood)? So does he really need magic, or does he only need to be brave, truthful, and unselfish.
I’m thinking he’s gradually turning into regular old wood, not enchanted wood, (because we don’t have enchanted wood in our world). He didn’t move his fingers much, in fact it kinda looked like he was trying to move them just so he could see if he still can. He moved awkwardly when he got down on his knee and said that it’s hard to walk, and ride the bike, and soon it’ll be hard to breathe too. Once his torso turns to wood and he no longer has functioning lungs, that’ll make the whole living thing hard to do. Will spoiler tag this just in case people are avoiding the promo for the finale, he's bed ridden in the clip we see of him, so I think that once parts of him have turned completely wooden, he's kinda screwed.
@Mike wrote:
Also, August needs to realize that by wanting to only spend time with his father he is still being selfish. He still needs to be brave and get back to helping Emma, at all costs.
He just wants to spend what little time he has left with his father. Considering his situation, I can’t fault him for that and can’t blame him for having given up hope.