Things I cried about in tog and need to confirm it wasn't just me: spoilers ahead ofc
(this list is making me realise i cried way too much)
"It was all borrowed time" "Tell rowan it was borrowed time" NO BECAUSE. THIS WAS JUST. DOWNRIGHT AWFUL.
The last half of assassin's blade....do i need any FURTHER ELABORATION??
Rowan and Aelin meeting in Rifthold GODD I SCREAMEDD IN HAPPINESS AND CRIED WITH JOY
Dorian and the collar around his neck :(
CHAOL SACRIFICING HIMSELF i fr thought he died and sobbed until i found it he survived with an injury (i found out recently people hate chaol like...why guys 😭🙏🏼)
THE THIRTEEN. THAT WAS JUST. NO WORDS. NONE.
"Live Manon.....live"
"WHAT IS YOUR VOTE AELIN." "IT DOESN'T MATTER" . IT DOES MATTER AELIN IT DOES MY POOR BABY
Don't get me started on Aelins two months, 3 days and 7 hours. that was downright awful and i could barely read that without SOBBING
"You do not yield"
Abraxos almost dying because of that stupid iskra and then watching his mate die
Fenrys after the two months, 3 days and 7 hours, he was just empty. 😔 he deserves sm AND WATCHING HIS TWIN DIE??
"close the gate, aedion" I WAS FINISHED. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE HE'S GONE
"my boy" ......................im just an empty shell CAUSE WDYM he remembered his name the first time he looked at dorian 🙏🏼😭
Aelin thinking rowan was no longer coming for her 😔
Aelin, chaol and dorians last hug in KOA. UGHH MY HEART.
The whole of Asterins story. I love her
I thought sartaq died and cried when he was stuck between the rocks makes me realise i should read on a little
Lorcan thinking no one would care if he didn't step off the battle field. UHM. I CARE.
KALTAINS SACRIFICE. NDLKSNKJDNNSD.
Dorians father telling aelin that her parents loved her very much while they forged the lock :(
AND WHEN aelin swung around the canon or wtv it was and rowan was like that's what sam did and maybe he would be smiling down LIKE NDFKGKJDNFDN UGHHHHHHH
Aelin giving the blood oath to gavriel. I wanted him to have it so bad and a few chapters later she did it and i was LIKE GOD YESS.
"In a land long since burned to ash there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom very much" UGHH. esp in koa when this was mentioned
Nehemia my poor girl
actually just finishing the whole series. made me wonder what to do with life now
guys i fear i'm never getting over this. close the gates keeps coming to haunt me. i'll probably keep adding to this because i've forgotten half the things i cried about after spamming people
Warnings: mentions of protests, mention of danger at pride, mentions of violence, mentions of being arrested, mentions of absent/neglectful parents, nsfw, smut, semi-public sex, finger sucking, male masturbation, food, periods, teasing, overstimulation
he likes all music. like ALL music. if you’re roadtripping it, he’ll go from sabrina carpenter to metallica to 2000s r&b to dierks bentley in one playlist and he will know every single word
had a bit of a ho phase before you so whenever you go anywhere, you almost always run into an ex-hookup of his. but you’re so not threatened bc aedion makes it obvious he only has eyes for you. if anything, you tease him about it
yall go to pride every year and Aedion is that person who’s on high alert and making sure everyone is safe, especially you. no taking drinks from randos, no getting too close to really rowdy crowds or lame ass protestors
he loves watching contact sports, not for the athleticism so much but for the rush he gets when two people collide. he’s a war general at heart in every universe so he wants to see someone get the beat down!
he would be ex military, probably coast guard and then work as a rescue EMT for people who get lost in mountains and snowstorms
his love language is quality time and physical touch but he loves to spoil🤭 but it won’t be assorted chocolates or flowers. He’ll buy you a whole ass new mattress or a 6-month SoulCycle membership. He doesn’t really give a shit about little things and he’d rather express his love to you by taking care of big expenses (try to stop him from buying you a car, I dare you)
loves a good old fashioned make out sesh
lets you play with his hair anytime you want. he has done heatless curls, curl creams, he even let you dye it aqua blue to match his eyes. Aedion is the definition of a down ass bitch and he will try literally anything, especially if it makes you happy. the fact that he gets to sit and have you play with his hair and touch his neck for an hour straight is just a bonus!
has a slight temu addiction
if you don’t have good parental figures, best BELIEVE he will let gavriel know and that man will treat you like his own flesh and blood. offering you advice, fixing your car, helping you move in/out of places, he will come over and barbecue steaks for you and aedion without even asking and he always always always makes sure you’re taken care of and that you feel loved. you get presents on your birthday, valentine’s day, christmas, but super dad gav takes it a step farther and gives you presents for EVERY holiday. sometimes it’s a stuffie and a card from “your father-in-law” even if you and Aedion aren’t married yet and sometimes it’s a $200 gift card to a nice restaurant so you and aedion can have a night out. gav will even walk you down the aisle if you don’t have someone to do that
Even if you do have good parental figures around, Aedion still wants Gavriel to be a part of your life. He’s just so obsessed with you and wants you immersed in his family as much as possible. The three of you even have a group chat where he wishes yall a good morning/night ever single day 🥹. Aedion is very much Gav’s little lion cub and a daddy’s boy at heart. The two of them spend lots of quality time together so naturally, you become a part of that too.
he has inattentive adhd and cannot stay still for the life of him. he’s always walking around, forgetting stuff, and struggles with stationary hobbies. if you’re a reader, good luck trying to get him into whatever you’re reading. he’ll try for you but he would rather be snowboarding or jumping rope or making dinner, something with his hands and body
he LOVES food trucks
if you’re a swiftie, he absolutely attended eras with you. he is in his red era but his favorite albums are fearless and tortured poets. he goes crazy for “fearless” and “the black dog” (likes songs he can scream to)
he’s definitely been arrested at a protest and for getting in bar fights defending your or Aelin
fav disney movie is tarzan but if he’s in his feels, then it’s lion king (reminds him of gavriel)
cannot sing. thinks he can. ruins karaoke night for everyone
keeps a picture of you in his locker at the EMT station. if anyone teases him for it, he cusses them out
posts lots of pictures on instagram of his family, views from the mountains where he lives and works, and you. once you two start dating, his feed is 90% you
not picky with food at all. going out to eat with him is the easiest thing ever and he always lets you pick but if you’re not up to it, he’ll choose for you (he somehow always manages to pick the best place)
the first time you got your period while you two were together, he had a minor freak out because he wasn’t prepared. from that point on, he always kept extra pads and tampons at his place
holds you so close when you’re in public areas. if you go to a concert or music festival, he’ll hold you with your back to his chest and his arm slung around your chest to make sure you’re safe and secure with him
he prefers fun, activity based dates to quiet dinners but if you have a preference for them, he will of course honor that. whatever makes you happy is enough for him
if you want to paint your house, he is on it. you don’t even have to ask. you’ll text him at 10pm “the feminine urge to paint my walls ballerina pink” and he’ll show up at your house at 6am the next morning with paint, primer, rollers, and a tarp.
loves taking couple pictures with you. he’ll spend an entire hour after dinner in the parking lot doing whatever poses you want and he’ll let you fuss as much as you want. whatever makes his girl happy.
NEVER forgets to post you for national girlfriends day or international women’s day/month
if there’s a concert you really wanna go to, he’ll stay in digital queues to help you double your chances at getting tickets
always loses the idgaf war. he gives a fuck so hard all the time about everything
loves to kiss you by holding your chin in between his forefinger and thumb. it always makes you melt and he can practically see your toes curl when he does it and he loves getting reactions like that out of you.
he likes salt and vinegar chips. always fighting for his life at aelin’s house when he opens up a bag of them because everyone rags on him for it
at first he was annoyed that people compared him to thor but when you ran your fingers through his hair and said it was hot, he changed his tune like *that* (you two went as thor and jane for halloween that year)
loves it when you play with his muscles, especially at the gym. he gets flirted with a lot at the gym and he loves it when you go with him so he can keep his hands on your hips and while you fix his headphones for him or take cute pictures in front of the mirrors and spot him when he’s lifting weights
favorite shows are That 70s Show, Game of Thrones, and Family Guy but he’s also a hardcore disney girlie when he wants something low-stress to watch and he is NOT shy about it
NSFW
he likes to fuck sitting up with you leaning against the headboard and him facing you and then slowly lower you onto his back so he can hit deeper 🙂↕️
fell to his knees when you gifted him a boudoir photoshoot
he will fuck you anytime, anywhere. If you come visit him at work, he’ll fuck you in the closet and stick his fingers in your mouth so you don’t scream his name and get caught
not opposed to toys but he really does prefer to be a one-man show. he knows how to please you and is convinced his fingers, tongue, and cock are better than any toy on the market
He may not like toys but he loves lube and massage oils. You two don’t necessarily need it because Aedion is a hardcore ‘your pleasure > mine’ kinda guy. He gets off on getting you off and you’re always sufficiently wet before slips goes inside you. That being said, he just likes to play with the lube, experiment with different flavors and textures, etc. If they have ones that heat up. GOOD FUCKING BYE. he will torture you with that shit and tbh, you’re better off calling in sick to work the next day bc you won’t be able to walk anyway.🙂↔️🙂↔️
jacks off to voice notes of you touching yourself whenever he’s away and then sends you pics of the aftermath 😔 “look what you made me do, babe…”
really into biting. he doesn’t pinch your skin or leave teeth indents (unless you ask him to) but he loves to nip and nibble, it’s something primal within him
if you ever try that tiktok trend of walking into a room naked and casually asking him a question, expect to have his dick inside you within 3 seconds and to be fucked until you’re shaking and overstimulated and can’t remember your own name 🤷🏻♀️
he can be a little cocky/arrogant if he’s ever in a dominant mood. Not mean necessarily but he will taunt you. “Oh, sweetheart, I think you brought this on yourself. Teasing me all day, tsk tsk tsk. I don’t think you deserve to cum yet.”
Follows you around like a pathetic puppy in Victoria’s Secret. If you try and tease him by skipping the lingerie and going straight to the body spray, he will pout at you like “where’s my treat, baby?🥺” until you laugh and give in. Then he buys you the skimpiest sets they have.
you always send him nsfw tiktoks. Sometimes it’s things you wanna try, stuff that turns you on, and sometimes it’s edits if your celebrity crushes because you know talking about it bugs Aedion and gets him all riled up and in the mood to give you a proper fucking when he gets home. “Henry Cavill can’t fuck you like this, my love.”
doesn’t like to fuck you in his car. he’s an artist, he needs room to do his thing. he will, however, tease you in his car. hand on your thigh, drawing little circles on your inner thigh. reaching over to fasten your seatbelt and “accidentally” grazing your tits.
oh speaking of tits
one handful at all times. he is always touching you. if you’re cuddling on the couch, his hand is def up your shirt. it’s not always in a sexual way, he just loves to touch ‘em! when you show him your outfits, he’ll run a finger down your sternum and over the curve of the top of your breast (especially if it’s something low cut)
always lets you set the pace. he can be more dominant if that’s what you like but no matter what, he always lets you decide how far you go and what you do and what things you try out
the only hard no’s for him are degradation, impact play, anything involving weapons, (he would NEVER be able to hurt you, even if it was for kink) and also nothing involving multiple partners. he likes all his attention to be on just you.
he likes to cockwarm after you’ve finished. he loves the feeling of collapsing onto your chest and cuddling for a bit and just keeping himself sheathed in you. it relaxes him
always puts a hand on your back or your ass when he’s passing by you, especially if you two are in the kitchen cooking together or something. most of the time, he just leaves his hand there. “Aedion, your hand is on my butt.” “It was an accident.” “It’s still on my butt.” “It’s still an accident.”
he’ll make out with you in public, he doesn’t care. A little PDA never hurt nobody 🙂↔️
loves to have you leaning against his chest with two fingers inside you, edging and teasing you for hours
He. Loves. Morning. Sex. It is his absolute favorite. There is nothing this man loves more than waking up and pressing kisses to your neck and jaw until you’re awake and ready for him. Lazy sundays where you two get to sleep in and slowly make love for hours are his favorite. He doesn’t care about morning breath or bed head or anything, he’s just obsessed with having you in his bed and being able to sink inside you with a happy sigh first thing in the morning.
Aedion's wife is Lysandra who is dating Aelin who is married to Rowan who is dating Lorcan who is married to Elide who is dating Manon who is dating Dorian who is in love with Chaol who is married to Yrene.
Y'all...I finally finished Kingdom of Ash and even now as I think of the book and the series entirely, I almost can't put into words how truly enamored I was by that series. The characters, the storylines merging together, the adventures. I will never be able to stop thinking about it. 8 books later and it still feels like I could've continued reading about Aelin as queen, Dorian and Manon figuring out their relationship, Aedion and Lysandra finally being together and Chaol and Yrene and their baby!! I'm just so glad to have been on that journey with them...my heart is so so full despite the heartbreak throughout and I feel like that's exactly how each of those characters felt at the end
**Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't read all of Throne of Glass, Acotar, or Crescent City!!**
I love bouncing theories around. I truly do!
I thought of it the first time reading but then thought about it AGAIN recently.
Why don't we know Tamlin or Rhysand's last names? (Why don't we know a lot of last names, actually??)
We know Lucien's. Feyre's. Why do we only know 1 High Lord last name? (Vanserra)
I've been theorizing for a while that I believe Tamlin comes from the long line of "Whitethorn Galathynius" (blonde hair, green eyes (with gold from Ashryver), shifter). But then I thought about it again this morning.
What if he comes from Aedion and Lysandra?? Shifter, golden blonde hair, green eyes, gold flecks from Ashryver (I know Ashryver is a gold ring, but maybe that's why it's flecks for him?). So his last name could be Ashryver or COME from Ashryver down the way!
Rhysand I'm wondering if he was maybe down the Havilliard line... Dorian has raven black hair. I can't think of any other characters (other than Ruhn, but I think he's ACTUALLY directly related to Rhys somehow... like through his sister. I dont think his sister died)
I dunno! We know people descend from others in Throne of Glass (Lydia with Aelin, I certainly believe Ruhn is related to Rhys via his sister...), so I wonder if a lot of people are related to more people than we think! Which is so very possible!
Listen, if you think Aedion was in the wrong for his attitude towards Lysandra in the beginning of KOA then perhaps you need to rethink about what happened.
Without his consent, a plan was made for him to sire children he could never claim as his own. Without. His. Consent.
That is grounds to be considered SA.
Aedion is not in the wrong for how he treated Lysandra for this. He should not have been in the dark about this plan. Aelin and Lysandra are very, very, very wrong for having made this plan without him.
