#trc thoughts

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If you don’t love Adam Parrish in The Dream Thieves, you don’t deserve him in The Raven King

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Gangsey as things Kids at my school have said/done:

Gansey: *whispers frantically at 15 open tabs on computer* Wiki don’t fail me now.

Blue: *in response to a question asked about her report of feminism* I think the real difference between men and women is- I don’t give a shit. That is it. The difference is me. And my lack of shits to give. You’re welcome. *continues with report*

Adam: I honestly can’t remember the last time I slept. *sips ice coffee loudly and stares blankly at his straw*

Ronan: I have this song stuck in my head, wanna hear it? *starts singing* Show me your genitals.

Noah: *hands me an entire thing of gold stars* If I look sad in English this week, put these on my face and tell me I am a star.

Henry: *thows himself into a desk dramatically* I wasn’t born for this bullshit. *literally does all the work anyway*

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uhhh the gangsey may not be the hippest bunch but you bet your britches they’ve all seen princess bride. so there’s no way in heck you can convince me Adam doesn’t pull the “farmboy--fetch me that pitcher of water” line and when he does, Ronan is so annoyed but so pleased.

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Ronan @ Kavinsky

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I’d like to thank CDTH for validating the love and sympathy I had for Declan since TRC. I love Ronan, but he is extremely biased and unfair when it comes to Declan, so it’s nice to get Declan’s perspective on things.

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Thoughts while reading CDTH

Really just what it says on the tin. Some of the thoughts I had while reading CDTH under the cut.

Poor Declan being described as dull. He never struck me as dull, just secretive and trying to hide all those secrets with a facade of normality. His POVs aren’t dull either, so check and mate, Prologue.

Even though the sampler ended on a cliffhanger, I knew that Ronan wouldn’t be able to stay in Cambridge. Still hurts though. And he’s stagnating so badly.

Side note: I wish Ronan would just dream something that would make visiting Adam easier, like a door that opened to whatever room Adam was in or something. But I know, I know, that wouldn’t solve the problem of Ronan stagnating. Still, I’m sure he’d feel a little better if he could visit his bf whenever he wanted while he’s trying to find purpose or whatever.

Even though I want to see more Adam and have him be involved in the plot somehow, that would mean shit going down and disrupting his Harvard life. And I don’t want that bc he’s worked so hard for it and deserves all the happiness. So at the same time, I want Adam to have nothing to do with the plot lol

Love that Declan thinks about Adam as a positive influence and admires his calculating, ambitious nature. Slytherin Adam all the way.

Also, I’m glad Declan’s POV shows he isn’t homophobic when it comes to Adam and Ronan, just worried about what it could mean for Ronan and their family. Just like I thought way back in TDT when he narrowed his eyes at Ronan throwing his legs over Adam in the backseat of the Pig. Feels so good to be validated when others just thought he was a homophobe. 

Jordan’s a dream. Interesting POV. I thought she might be a Visionary so that we have a dreamer, a hunter, and a Visionary as main characters, but I like having a dream as a POV character too. But now, I’m worried about Adam as a Visionary again.

Still big mad at how Niall treated Declan. Ronan too, for that matter. Why didn’t he teach Ronan anything about dreaming?!

Ooh I’ve always kinda wondered since TRC if Aurora was based off a real person and it looks like that might be the case

I’m enjoying the Gansey and Blue cameos. Ronan is finally using his phone properly bc he has to to keep in touch with his friends.

Ronan is such an unreliable narrator. Yeah, maybe Declan is disappointed in you about the nightwash. Or maybe he’s WORRIED ABOUT YOU

Oh shit. Is that a dream!Ronan?!?! Did Niall dream him? Or Ronan when he was younger and doesn’t remember? Or maybe Not!Aurora did?

Is it weird that I like Jordan more than Hennessy? Since they started as the same person. Or, I mean, that’s the point—that Jordan is distinctly her own person and deserves to live her life as such.

Adam says I love you. Out loud. To Ronan. Take that, haters who said Adam doesn’t love Ronan as much as Ronan loves him.

The Tamquam alter idem thing is so sweet. I love it and it fits them perfectly.

So, the other Ronan isn’t a Ronan at all but a Niall. Or another kid of Niall’s. There’s too many people running around looking or acting similar to Niall.

I didn’t expect the Jordan/Declan romance going into this book, but I like it.

The more that’s revealed about Visionaries, the more I really hope Adam doesn’t become one.

Adam is driving the motorcycle Ronan dreamed for him!! He came home to surprise Ronan!! To spend time with him for his birthday and help him with Bryde!!!!

I’m glad new readers are gonna see Adam work his magic. Also, Adam and Ronan have intentionally met in dreamspace multiple times. Amazing

I hope that’s the infamous “Adam began to scream” line bc it looked different when MS posted it on Twitter and I don’t want to have to go through this again.

Adam and Ronan are so soft for each other. I love it.

I’m having such Declan feels. He’s had to watch over his brothers since he was a kid himself and he still has to take care of them now and he’s under all this stress, so much so that he dreams of disappearing :(

I like that we get Ronan’s thoughts on events from TRC that were in another person’s POV, like Ronan punching Adam’s father or Ronan dreaming up the stuff to frame Colin Greenmantle.

Declan taking Chainsaw with him to make sure she’d be ok bc he knew Ronan would be sad if anything happened to her is so sweet. See, Ronan, Declan cares about you and is just trying his best.

Ooh Declan finally gets a car scene with his love interest like Ronan/Adam and Gansey/Blue did in TRC lol

I hope part of dreams living without their dreamers doesn’t involve the dreamer dying. I’m getting very suspicious of Bryde.

So that random girl accidentally killing people with sound is a Visionary. I feel like this makes Adam less likely to become a Visionary since we now have her and idk if there can be two newer Visionaries operating in the same-ish area at the same time. Whew

One of my theories while reading TRC for why Declan was the odd brother out was that he had a different mother and it looks like I was right. But poor Declan, feeling like he’s a fake Lynch brother.

So did Not!Aurora dream a dream!Niall?

Lol Ronan’s contact for Adam is Management

Do I sense something going on between Carmen and Liliana? At least in Carmen’s future and Liliana’s past. So confusing. 

Why isn’t Adam answering his phone?!?!

Noooo!! The book ends with Adam still not answering his phone and Ronan going on the run, so we might not see Adam for a long time. I know a lot of other things are happening, but I just want more Adam. Yes, Adam is one of my favorite characters of all time. How could you tell? Lol            

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Could one of the reasons (besides Adam being smart and organized and able to get Ronan to do his bidding) that Ronan picked MANAGEMENT as Adam’s contact is because it sounds somewhat similar to magician?

Also, since TRC, the Magician is portrayed as a bit like management since, as Persephone says, the Magician “sees what is out there and finds connections.” The Magician sees the big picture and knows how to tweak things to make them magic.

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I feel sad that I can’t get onboard the tomato feeding hype train but I hate tomatoes and just can’t find them sexy

rip to ronan but I’m different