Idk

So on pg 131 of Fourth Wing Violet is telling Xaden she is too short to scale the gauntlet and he says "the right way isn't the only way" this reminded me of a moment in the show Once Upon A Time, where Prince Charming, a fairytale character that is depicted as being a hero and a beacon of good says "we have to do this the right way" and another character says "no, we don't. We just have to succeed." They eventually do succeed by breaking the "rules" and working with some villains to defeat the main, worse, villain. (Gryphon riders and Venin maybe?)

I have a feeling that the way the rest of this series goes will follow that quote. The right way isn't the only way.

By the end of fourth wing we learn that the way they are taught is wrong, what they are raised believing is right is really wrong and they are fighting this war for the wrong reasons. The "right way", i.e., the way they are taught isn't the way they are going to succeed in this war.

By the end of Iron Flame Xaden is faced with becoming a villain. He makes a difficult choice and some could argue it was a wrong choice, it wasn't the "right way to do things" he didn't need to draw venin powers and he could've let Violet die but making that "wrong choice" helped them to succeed.

So what if by the end of Onyx storm Xaden is full venin (but not fully evil like he's still in there or whatever) and that somehow leads to them making a breakthrough about defeating venin. The right way would be to not turn venin obviously, but maybe going down that alternative route, making that wrong decision is what eventually leads them to succeed?

And then the next 2 books will be them taking that into action(and healing xaden) and by teaming up with their original villains and then by even becoming another villain is how they succeed in taking down that true main villain. The have to make the seemingly wrong decisions in order to win.

That quote just stuck out to me and I feel like it could have more meaning to it than just getting Violet over the gauntlet. I'm also sure I'm forgetting things like maybe there are more instances this quote could apply to so far. I really need to finish my reread and keep an eye on this.