Green Riders

A blog dedicated to the Green Rider series by the fabulous Kristen Britain

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// miscarriage

As morbid as it sounds, I can’t wait for Karigan to find out that she got pregnant in the future and lost the baby on the way back. I feel like it’s an aspect of her personal storyline which is never spoken about, despite its potential implications on Karigan’s psyche. I just think it’s absolutely tragic that the girl who has lost so much has lost something else as well, and doesn’t even know that she has. Plus, Karigan seems quite ambivalent towards children in the book, so it would be interesting to see how she reacts to the news that she might have been a mother. I have no idea if Britain will mention this child ever again, especially considering her history of brushing over very important emotional plot points (cough cough the whole of Zachary’s marriage to Estora), but if she does, I’d love to see it.

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I absolutely love how Karigan is the epitome of the reluctant hero. This happens throughout the series, but is especially prevalent in the first book. I mean, think about her introduction to the story- a young woman is walking home by herself because she got kicked out of school, when suddenly, out of nowhere, a messenger of the king, bleeding out from multiple arrow wounds, bursts out of the forest and tells her that she has to deliver his message to the king as a matter of life or death, and then LITERALLY DIES ON HER. I feel like it’s hard to convey just how insane that is until you write it out. It’s crazy to think about how much Karigan’s life was changed just because she was in a bad mood and made a rash decision.

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I love the headcannon where Zachary is an absolute lightweight who can’t even manage more than one drink without getting tipsy, whereas Karigan can drink a sailor under a table and still look sober afterwards. Just picture it: Zachary and Karigan out on a date, Zachary drinks a little bit too much on accident and turns into a giggling, gushing mess over Karigan. And Karigan is just stood there like. What is going on. Because her usually stoic king is /blushing/ and he hasn’t let go of her hand in almost an hour and she would be embarrassed he’s acting like this in front of the other weapons but she’s too busy being endeared over her beautiful lightweight king who she’s so in love with (and is somehow even more in love with her).

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// mild winterlight spoilers

I know it makes absolutely 0 sense in the series but I would kill for evil Karigan to take over temporarily, have an ‘if I can’t have love, I want power’ moment (which is such a powerful quote btw), and go absolutely ballistic. This woman would probably be unstoppable if she just went for it and I just think that’s so beautiful. Yes, a large part of her character is that she puts up with all sorts so she can do the right thing and she doesn’t want power or glory or whatever, BUT SHE DESERVES IT AND THAT’S WHAT MATTERS.

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The balance between Winterlight and Firebrand is so beautiful… Zachary and Karigan really are destined for eachother.

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HOLY FUCK I JUST FINISHED WINTERLIGHT AND IT WAS AMAZING

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Now I’m not saying this devastated me but I’m not saying it didn’t

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If the Eletians come from a place to the North of Sacarodia, and Sacarodia is based on medieval England, then is it safe to assume that they come from ‘Scotland’ and therefore speak in really thick Scottish accents? Because personally I think that would be absolutely hilarious.