If she had just commanded herself to not take commands from anyone but herself not only could she be free but she could use her power to command herself to do anything possible. We’ve already seen that she can defy the laws of space, time, and physics.
Yeah that’s what i thought as well It truly is a brilliant gift I just can’t understand that’s all it took. Like at no point did her mom or the elf woman ever try commanding her not to tale commands in 18 years. Never tried it
She actually does command herself to do things in the book to some extent. The problem is that the commands could be overwritten by anyone else’s commands. She’d only be free until someone commanded her to obey again.
0:36 - 0:37 - (Ella más joven comiendo su pastel favorito más rápido) - (Otros niños riéndose de ella) - (En inglés) Eliseo Daniel: Hey, hey... Ella, what were you doing?
0:39 - 0:41 - (en inglés) Eliseo Daniel: Ma'am, could you tell your younger daughter to stop eating faster...? - Mamá de Ella: ¿Cariño? ¡Detener! - (La detuvo) - (En inglés) Eliseo Daniel: Look at it, Ella... You're a kind of messy eating very fast.
