I really hope marissa meyer goes somewhere interesting with the parallels Maggie and Max have to Ace Anarchy and Captain Chromium respectively. They also have parallels with Nova and Adrian, and I find that interesting
Ace and Hugh: Polar opposites representing the two sides that are both corrupt in their own ways, yet both have saved and helped people in different ways. Ace helped start change for prodigies, and Hugh (and his friends) allowed Gatlon to have peace
Nova and Adrian: Generation after the first, and have been hurt by both sides in different ways. Both have their lives interconnected when they were six that one night all those years ago. And by the end, they represent a new era of allegedly the two sides joining and having peace, again.
Maggie is so similar to her sister when it comes to her trauma and upbringing. She was an afterthought of the renegades and its clear she's never really had anyone on her side that she connected with. She's been forgotten, similar to her uncle's motivations. She's facing an injustice, and the epilogue implies she's ready to take on the villain mantel. She partially has her uncles powers, and nothing to lose. She's motivated by survival and selfish intentions, the motto and theme of the anarchists. After all, the anarchists started anarchy over injustice, they had to think of themselves after being stepped over for so long
Max has been sheltered his whole life because of his powers. He's strictly been helped by the Renegades and in return, he was used to make a weapon. He's the most selfless character in the series, in contrast to Maggie's selfishness. He doesn't want to hurt others, but in order to not he has to stay sealed away from people. By the end of the trilogy, he almost dies in his most grand selfless act to stop the violence. He ends up with no powers, in return for everyone having powers, and he's honored highly for it. He fits perfectly into the role his father had before him. Hugh had a power that made him almost completely invincible, making him standout from all other prodigies, already a minority of people. Max used to be able to take powers, already unique, but becomes EVEN MORE unique once he's the SOLE person without a power.
It's already implied we're gonna get a romance between the two, given Maggie has a crush on him. They no doubt will have some sort of relationship in the books to come based off of what we've gotten of the two acknowledging each others existence in the Epilogue and Cinder's Adventure:
Cinder's adventure, which take with a grain of salt cuz the specific events aren't canon:
And I didn't even realize until now, quizzical means:
So jkdfsljkdjsfl probably positive
The trilogy is built off of opposites and their attraction or repellation and I really want to see Marissa Meyer DO something with all this. I want to be PICKING UP what she's PUTTING DOWNN
Personally, I think doing another romance would be in character for Marissa Meyer but i hope she doesn't. At least not how she did Nova and Adrian cuz that would be too samey.
I don't expect them to be confirmed as Aromantic/Arospec and become besties in a qpr
I'd also be interested in if they were doomed. If they could be friends, they almost WERE friends, but it wasn't meant to be. I mean, i wouldn't want a romeo and juliet situation but it would be different
Anyway, if we get a romance between the two then I'd still be so happy if their relationship acknowledged all of this. Theres no way it can go EXACTLY the same because Maggie and Max aren't the same as their siblings or their family members, and they have their own traumas. And I'll be looking forward to their characters being explored too. Like, I am very much LOOKING at this part specifically from Maggie's pov
The emphasis on "no one really noticed Max Everhart before" that intriguesssssssss meee
And it better show up in the book(s) to come
And side note, romantic or not I need trinket duo's relationship to highlight the selfish/selfless dynamic they got going on. Maggie makes Max more selfish, Max makes Maggie more selfless. U get it? God, I want that explored there is so much potential
