§ Rose §

"Yes, Violence?"

"Ravi?"

"Yes, Sarge?"

"Alex?"

"Yes, Sunshine?"

"Rhys?"

"Yes, Princess?"

"Josh?"

"Yes, Red?"

"Christian?"

"Yes, Butterfly?"

"Zade?"

"Yes, Little Mouse?"

"Aaron?"

"Yes, love?"

"Annabeth?"

"Yes, Seaweed Brain?"

"Percy?"

"Yes, Wise Girl?"

"Julian?"

"Yes, Crimson?"

"Jacks?"

"Yes, Little Fox?"

"Kai?"

"Yes, darling Gray?"

"Cardan?"

"Yes, my sweet nemesis?"

"Jameson?"

"Yes, Heiress?"

And, of course...

"Lyra?"

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

First of all, the biggest Onyx Storm theory right now is that one of Violet's exes show up and Xaden gets jealous. Now let's take it a step further.

So Andarna's basically a full grown dragon, right? Meaning she can "legally" bond, and with that, I would assume mate.

Xaden is connected to Violet because their dragons, Sgaeyl and Tairn, are mated. However, Violet has Andarna, who is unmated.

What if for some reason one of Violet's exes —doesn't even have to be an ex, just anybody in general— came to visit or negotiate or something, and his dragon meets Andarna, and then they mate.

I would assume that now —let's call him mystery rider— MR and Violet have the same bond that she has with Xaden. And with Xaden turned venin, their relationship is already pretty strained. Now, what Xaden and Violet share isn't as important anymore, and obviously, Xaden will be jealous as hell, Violet will be very confused and trying to sort things out.

I feel like Sgaeyl and Violet may become closer, as Sgaeyl feels betrayed by Xaden's decision, and Violet may also feel betrayed by both Xaden and Andarna. Then Sgaeyl and Tairn basically parent Violet and give her advice and stuff.

Now either two things will happen: confused, Violet distances herself from everybody, including mystery rider. Or, feeling abandoned by everyone else, Violet finds comfort in mystery rider, and they grow closer.

Totally forgot I even wrote this lol

Well first of all, this was one hell of a theory and still something I wouldn't put past RY. . .there's still that one unmentioned ex. . .

This was very thought out though, and I'm kinda sad that it didn't happen, but I guess it'd be a little too complex to fit into the plot :(

Cat deserves her redemption. Like , I know most people remember her as the I'm-better-than-you you-don't-deserve-Xaden girl, and I do get it. She was really bitchy at the beginning, especially with the mind manipulation and such.

HOWEVER. At the end, she did seem to become kinder, or at least more amicable, and formed a camaraderie with Violet. I believe they definitely have potential to become friends, or at least friendly.

Like, Violet even made a cringy scribe joke and Cat immediately (jokingly) told her to shut up. Isn't that literally what friends do?

They would be amazing friends, and Cat deserves her redemption arc.

To be honest, there was significantly less Cat than I expected, and I feel like that was a character arc missed opportunity.

Fun fact: in Romeo and Juliet (the play), we never got to see the wedding scene.

Another fun fact: Romeo had two best friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, who didn't ever know about Juliet until they were both dead.

This is going well! :D

NEVERMIND

ABORT ABORT

THIS IS NOT GOING WELL

They only spoke three times over a phone, with each time being very short. Then they finally met in person and on that very same day Grayson goes from being professional to telling her his past experiences as a child and then going as far as to call her “sweetheart” IN. ONE. DAY. Yeah, this isn’t even unrealistic to his character alone, this is just unrealistic in general.

THIS IS WHAT I MEANT PEOPLE. I DON'T HATE LYRASON I HATE THE EXECUTION.

She doesn’t blink. Instead, her fingers curl around the box of chocolates between them, and she smiles. "Okay.But if I take this box of chocolates, poison one in front of you, shake the box, and offer you one"She raises an eyebrow. "would you take it?"

The chocolate in his mouth suddenly feels too thick, too sweet. A disbelieving laugh escapes him. "Good lord, you are crazy."

"Oh no no ,Im not crazy,"she says trying to fight the smirk at his reaction . "I'm just working with the numbers. When one in four is poisoned, you check every piece."