okay I just finished Golden Son, the second book in the red rising trilogy and wanted ask if anyone else was a confused by Mustangs presence in Darrow’s room post the Iron Rain ???
Like why is she there? Isn’t she supposed to be giving him the cold shoulder? Wasn’t that what she was doing pre-iron rain? Because Darrow wasn’t opening up to her, after repeated tries. Like what all were all those exchanges of him reaching out and her given him cold responses, huh? You know, the long pause and extended ring of her radio before responding to him. Huh, is this not a sign of her distancing herself? Did anyone interpret it this way?
Because if that’s true, then she shouldn’t have been in the room with Darrow after woke up, because at that point they were being cold to one another, he wasn’t opening up and she was having enough, as far as I could tell, and this something they both seem to suddenly forget about in The Sea. I don’t get it.
Why the 180 switch? Because he fell out of the sky? Almost died? like, okay girl, I know you care about him, you’ve made that clear, and I know you may have almost lost him, but like this makes you want to climb into bed with him and accidentally fall asleep still after he’s kept you at arms length, keeping a secret from you? I thought you were setting a boundary, wasn’t that what you meant when Darrow tried to apologize to you, after he shut you out. I’m confused ???
Does anyone feel like this doesn’t make sense?
Because I was if I were in her shoes, the most I would do is maybe check up on him briefly but I wouldn’t accidentally fall asleep next to the guy who has been keeping me at arms length the entire book! I wouldn’t be in the room when he woke ups that makes more sense to me. At least to keep consistent with how things were between us pre iron rain. Ya know.
I would have him seek me out. If anything.
And that’s how I feel should have happened instead, the more I think about it.
Darrow should have taken smaller steps to reconcile with Mustang after he woke instead of him straight up pulling her into bed with him.
I’m sorry, I feel like too much strain has already happened in their relationship at this point of the story to have them, suddenly forget all of it, and make love for the first time.
To me it feels cheap. I don’t feel Darrow deserves to get “that” after how he’s treated her throughout the book. But don’t get me wrong, I adore Darrow as a character. He’s got a great moral compass, he’s a great respectful man…literally that scene of him returning home, visiting the site of where he last laid with his wife Eo, to ask her permission…mwah. One of the most beautiful scene of the book! I can’t get over it! I know he had his reasons fears for not telling her obviously, and I GET IT!
BUT, a conversation initiated from Darrow would’ve been better, maybe? I don’t think them sharing a moment like that, fits. To be honest, it would have been better if it never happened at all.
But as a disclaimer: I didn’t feel this way when I originally read the chapter. I was glad they made up. But the more I think about it, the more I find it odd.
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