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MAKING TWO GUYS WHO HAVE A PLATONIC RELATIONSHIP STILL BE VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THEIR LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR THE OTHER PERSON IS A RARITY WITHOUT THEM BEING CONSIDERED “WEAK MEN” AND I LOVE HOW NATURAL IT IS FOR THEM TO BE SO OPEN ABOUT IT TO EACH OTHER

Dorian and Chaol through the years!

Chaol trying to teach Dorian how to duel with Dorian trying to multitask with his book.

as someone with a disability, i think i saw myself so much in chaol. i loved him and his story and his growth. and just the overall hope that it gave me. so seeing people literally tear him apart for not being the nicest or being a dick because he was working through his emotions and hurt and inner turmoil (as well as literally trying to walk again), it really hurts me because at the end of the day.. he’s just human. he’s not magical, he can’t heal himself like fae, he is mortal. and so am i. i can’t fix my problems and it would definitely hurt to see others with that amazing ability while knowing you will never be capable of that power. and then, him feeling almost helpless, i feel that on a daily basis. so yeah, im not nice all the time, i snap at people, i lash out because i feel vulnerable or “abnormal”.

Aelin popped in with "Where's Dorian?" And when Chaol answered that question....the accusations came pouring in. She started screaming like "You left him! You left him with that man. I would never have left him!" A really shitty thing to say Aelin, Chaol barely got out alive.

Then Chaol is still trying to salvage the situation.

Chaol: Well, that's why you're here now, so we can go save Dorian.

Aelin: There is no saving Dorian.

Chaol: What do you mean by that?

Aelin: You've destroyed him Chaol. By leaving him with that man there's going to be nothing left. Dorian is gone Chaol. He's dead! Dorian is dead because of you!

(I don't care how levelheaded or calm you are as a person, if you hear someone tell you that you've killed your best friend, you're going to lose it. And that's what Chaol did.)

mild trauma

yrene: you THINK???

nesryn: MIGHT have???

Chaol: Okay.

Later

Chaol: gives Elide flowers

Elide: ???

Celaena: Dude,imagine stabbing someone with that.

Dorian: Well if it was that hot it would instantly cauterize the wound, so it wouldn’t be very effective.

Celaena: It’s effective if you want information.

…no he didn’t? Did we read the same books? Chaol didn’t talk to Dorian for almost the entirety of Heir of Fire because he didn’t know how to feel about Dorian having magic. Chaol says to Dorian that he wishes things where different and Dorian didn’t have magic in the first place. Chaol was not instantly in favor of Dorians magic and opposed to Aelins. And he comes to accept both of them having magic, but of course hes going to accept his lifelong friend who helped him escape his abusive household sooner them hes going to accept his ex-lover who tried to kill him and who hes seen enjoy taking a life.

Throne of Glass gets my Mermay treatment!

Chaol: Tails