sometimes i randomly remember how insane maggie stiefvater was for making ronan lynch—a man that can create reality—a man of god, when he himself is a god of a man. then to take this man and have him be not only in love with, but a literal soulmate of a man named adam. parrish. adam parrish. who, mind you, lives above ronan's very own place of worship. and is the namesake of the first of mankind that the bible says god made from the literal dust of the ground (adam parrish: comes from nothing, hair "dusty" in color) and appoints him to care for the garden of eden (adam parrish: sacrifices himself to ronan's sentient forest). then has adam viewing ronan as a god and ronan saying "maybe he dreamt (created)" adam???? like who just fucking writes that and goes about their life?
I still think Liam Stewart might be one of the greenish flag fictional dystopian book men ever exists..
my man has no socially violent personality, has charisma, thoughtful, kind -even though he experienced too many traumatic things himself as well- and still acts so innocent and good! to everyone! and open to talking things through rather than ignoring..
-it's been a while since I read the books so I may have forgotten some events/plots but I feel like the hype on him is not enough on "green flag book mens"-
(and I really loved watching Harris Dickinson in the movie as him!)
I'm having my yearly crash out over Cole Stewart's death being somewhat unnecessary and absolutely devestating because we missed out on so much of what his story could have been.
We could've gotten him and Lucas bonding over being reds, and cole finally coming to peace with himself. Knowing and believing that he wasn't a monster.
Him and Liam finally talking things out and repatching their relationship, and eventually, with time, cole stops feeling so out of place in his own family.
COLE AND RUBY my sweethearts I wish we got to see their friendship continue to grow and bloom. To see cole side with ruby through everything, partly to annoy Liam but mostly becuase that's his gem, the person who was always there for him (platonically).
This line specifically really hit me, I lost a family member recently and the hardest part has been talking about him in the past tense because I just momentarily forget he is not longer alive. It takes time for that to fully set in, for it to become normal
• SLOW BURNNN no but i have a feeling he would fight his feelings for her until he's practically in love
• that oh hell moment when he realises he likes her
• no but we have already established that his love language is acts of service SO he would go out of his way to do things for her instead of just confessing it?
• literally burn the world down if anyone hurt her
• imagining cole with someone who's not afraid to call him out and roll her eyes at him because we know how this boy can get sometimes
• at the same time she complements him so well? sees his kindness, bravery and reminds him that he's not the monster he thinks he is
• this is getting emo SO holy hell they're so competitive? put them in a basketball court and just sit back and watch. it's life or death. it's a battlefield. it's win or die.
• ALSO OFF TOPIC but the basketball lovers have claimed cole he played basketball in high school and would've played in college
• i have a theory that cole is a leo and leos usually are very competitive so that would work
• lots and lots of hand holding
• gf always taking over his sweatshirts and jackets because surprisingly she's always cold
• not a touchy person BUT loves cuddling with his gf who like i said is always cold and his power is fire so why not
• they love going camping because cole does seem like an outdoor person to me and she just loves being in nature in general
• bonus he hates the color red until he meets her. context: her hair are red
i have so many more ideas but this is getting long so peace out friends
Cardan molded himself after Balekin in fashion and debauchery in order to survive but in reality he was just an emo bookworm who felt too deep and had a penchant for being dramatic.
Makes sense! When he was little, Cardan would act mean and silly so that his mom would look his way (since that type of behaviour amused her and made her laugh.) Then when Balekin gave him a chance and took Cardan under him, Cardan started doing the same with him, trying to "copy" him to please him.
Which is also why he fumbled so hard at the end of TWK, he wanted to please Jude by doing the same as she always does: tricking and scheming... because so far he only ever got approval when he acted like the people he admires.
Honestly I feel like it’s a mirror of Jude’s “If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse” mentality. I waxed poetic in my tags awhile ago about (this quote) and how it pertains to Cardan.
Cardan had to bend himself into a mini-Balekin to survive, not even to be accepted because I doubt he felt much acceptance among his family or among Balekin.
I'm having my yearly crash out over Cole Stewart's death being somewhat unnecessary and absolutely devestating because we missed out on so much of what his story could have been.
We could've gotten him and Lucas bonding over being reds, and cole finally coming to peace with himself. Knowing and believing that he wasn't a monster.
Him and Liam finally talking things out and repatching their relationship, and eventually, with time, cole stops feeling so out of place in his own family.
COLE AND RUBY my sweethearts I wish we got to see their friendship continue to grow and bloom. To see cole side with ruby through everything, partly to annoy Liam but mostly becuase that's his gem, the person who was always there for him (platonically).
do y'all ever think about the day cole discovered his powers?
it's the week of your twelfth birthday and you're not very fond of birthdays because of how your birth father reacted when your mom tried to do something special for you. anyway, the day arrives and you wake up feeling like hell, everything seems brighter and you're in a bad mood and maybe you snap at your mom once when she's just asking a simple question.
school is a nightmare but you somehow survive and you come home feeling guilty and put on a smile for your little sister's sake because she loves birthdays and cake.
you go through the birthday routine, and go to your room. your little brother slips in and asks if he can play with your new car but you say no but he touches it anyway because he's just 9 and he's excited and sometimes you do let him play with your stuff but this time you get mad and yell at him and he storms away.
you sit on your bed, it's night, it's so dark outside, you pick up the car and you stare at the bright yellow, shiny thing, it reminds you of how your brother reacted which makes you hate yourself even more, your hand starts to shake and next thing you know the car is on fire, it's burning up and your blood runs cold, you jump and start panicking, your mind freezes, you don't know where it came from, you try to snuff it out, you throw your glass of water but it's not enough and you don't know how it goes but it goes away, leaving nothing behind.
your hand touched the fire but it's unhurt, it's so hot, almost like an iron but it's fine. why is your hand fine? how did the fire just go out?
your start shaking, you think there's someone in the room but there's no one. the room smells like fire and ash, you open your windows and let the smell out. you're confused, lost and scared.
the next morning, you don't want to go to school, you're buried in your covers so your mom sends your brother to wake you up. he doesn't knock like you told him to, he just comes inside, saying your name. his eyes fall on the car or what's remaining of it and he yells in surprise.
he asks you what happened because he knows that you won't do that on purpose. you still have the little get well soon card he made for you when he was 5. he found it when going through your drawer.
but you tell him to get out of your room, he asks again so you tell him to stop being so annoying. he's about to call your mom but you pick up the car and you trash it even more so she won't know that it was burned. how would you explain the fire when you barely understand it?
your brother's expression kills you, he looks heartbroken, tears begin to slip out of his eyes.
you are so torn up inside by horror and shock, that you sit silent. your mother rushes into the room and when she glances between the two of you and runs to your brother who's clutching the bits of the car, she asks what happened, astounded and confused.
liam is crying too much to speak so she looks at you, her heart racing and you ignore your brother, and you say that you did it. your voice becomes flat and you say that cars are a stupid gift. you're not 7 anymore.
liam cries harder. that's the car he helped your mom pick for you, your sister chose the color but you don't know that.
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