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intense-brainrot

this book series has completely consumed my heart and soul 😭

dangerandbeauty

The Society: Darrow is an abomination, a demon, don’t fight him alone. A god of war, killer of men

Darrow: I like strawberries and singing and dancing, and I really want a baby. Also I cry a lot, sorry

darrowfortnite

you are the life i needed all along

darrovv

In the institute one of the biggest lessons Darrow learned was how to get the respect of others, and how to get them to let him lead them. When to offer praise and when to take responsibility for his own failings in public and dramatic ways. He learned when he needed to make concessions he didn’t want to.

Lysander never learned these lessons. He believes himself a peerless scar from battle but he never learned the real lessons the institute taught regarding leadership. And it led to his biggest mistake.

Killing Cassius. He went into great detail about the respect and power Julia au Bellona had. Darrow let Tacitus live in the institute because he needed Tactus’s allies. Lysander killed Cassius and is going to lose his own.

primusofminerva

i wanna add one thing, even before attending the institute, darrow had leadership qualities. he was the helldiver, he was the most important person of his clan that kids looked up to. and even at 16 he was thinking about feeding the people of his clan, how he can improve their lives, taking on that responsibility. institute helped him learn the rules and ways of gaining power among golds. he built himself from the ground with his own skill and wit.

while the only reason lysander is viewed as a leader or potential ruler is his last name, his heritage. the masses viewed him as "silenius' heir" the moment he was revealed. he rides the wave of his ancestors. he does not have the skill or wisdom, never gained it, can't even duel people with his razor. his main reason to strive for power is not to help people. he is just so lonely and empty inside, he tries to fill it by restoring himself to his grandmother's throne. he does not value the people around him. this is why he will never win.

elizxbaeth

exactly!! like many people think darrow only gained leadership qualities and man of those virtues that are common in iron golds after being carved into a gold but it's very obvious from the beginning that without knowing about these virtues or iron golds he embodies many of these typical gold virtues and skills

like the carving didn't make darrow special he was just BORN special, he's just different

darrow doesn't chase after virtues or pretense he just IS and that's the core difference between him and any other gold because darrow embodies what they're supposed to be and what they want to be but almost NONE of them are

lysander obviously tries to replicate some of darrow's victories and tactics so he seems more like darrow but he just isn't to the core, lysander is build on lies he feeds himself and others

Red Rising - Darrow/Eo - Quotes

„ Without me, she would not eat. Without her, I would not live.“