During my raven boys reread I’m noticing all of the parallels drawn between the three main women of fox way and Gansey Ronan and Adam.
Calla is obviously Ronan’s equivalent, being dark and brooding and mean but also loving and fiercely protective. Calla has the gift of psychometry, a rare magical talent, while Ronan is obviously the greywarren and a dreamer, also a rare gift. During the first reading, Calla says “A secret killed your father and you know what it is” even though the other women are insisting they don’t give specifics, showing that Calla, like Ronan, is no BS, and prefers telling the truth over all else, no matter the consequences.
Adam and Persephone mirror each other, which we see a lot more of in bllb, but in trb the most fascinating parallel I think is the way Persephone can be very withdrawn, being described as quiet and messy, but she clearly has a very active mental life. She has her thesis, all of the sewing projects in her room, baking pies, etc, whereas Adam has fixing cars, studying, the quest, etc. All things that keep their minds busy but keep themselves away from others, unknowable in a way.
And this leaves Maura and Gansey, which is a parallel so hilarious and so true that I lose it just thinking about it. They both are the unofficial leaders of their groups, not just in the way that they guide the other less streamlined members who get distracted by their big thoughts or their spite, but also in the way that they relentlessly take care of their groups. They are who the others would choose to lead them into battle. And although Maura hates Gansey in the beginning, I think she understands him far more than she lets on