Lira

The character foils between Adam Parrish and Kavinsky. Both from abusive households. Both with a history of aggression, one internalized and the other externalized. Both with the impulse for destruction, to which one embraces, (Kavinsky) and the other suppresses (Adam). How both of them are love interests to Ronan. Kavinsky the serpent, Adam the first man. Evil incarnate, and evil inherited. Dear GOD.

“i asked chatgpt” ok well i asked adam parrish and he knew the answer off the top of his head AND he’s going to frame you for crimes you can’t even imagine.

Okay I KNOW Adam’s line about “he was pretty sure he had just been Ronan’s first kiss” is based off of observations about Ronan and his life, but I think it’s really funny to imagine it happening and him going “damn. That was Not Very Good. Must’ve been the first time”

maggie stiefvater was right, a friend offering to teach you to drive manual DOES feel inherently homoerotic

i actually never ever stop thinking about the fact that after the raven boys we're led to believe that Ronan is the snake, the devil in the garden of Eden and then dream thieves comes along and we finally get a chapter from his point of view and it is immediately clear that not only is this sad boy not the snake, he's Eve and he's trying so hard not to eat that gosh darn apple that Kavinsky keeps practically forcing down his throat and in response to his taunts and barbs the only person who could get him to stay calm and back away from the temptation is Adam i-

sometimes i randomly remember how insane maggie stiefvater was for making ronan lynch—a man that can create reality—a man of god, when he himself is a god of a man. then to take this man and have him be not only in love with, but a literal soulmate of a man named adam. parrish. adam parrish. who, mind you, lives above ronan's very own place of worship. and is the namesake of the first of mankind that the bible says god made from the literal dust of the ground (adam parrish: comes from nothing, hair "dusty" in color) and appoints him to care for the garden of eden (adam parrish: sacrifices himself to ronan's sentient forest). then has adam viewing ronan as a god and ronan saying "maybe he dreamt (created)" adam???? like who just fucking writes that and goes about their life?

Pynch is forever S tier because Ronan is like the first time I ever saw him I knew I had to have him, because subconsciously I knew he was the presence I dreamt of all those years ago in my loneliest of times, and I begged God for even the slightest sliver of a chance. And Adam is like the first time I saw him he outperformed me at groceries and that was when I knew I had to sell my soul to become an academic weapon. Also it wasn't him.

remember when ronan lynch was driving down the road with his best friend, saw a boy with a bike, tipped his head back to god and said, "pls lord, can i consumeth that cookie" and god went "yeah bro i gotchu" and invented homosexuality? just for him?

pynch is awesome because adam thinks of ronan as being a bad influence that corrupts his innocent straightlaced nature by getting him to act like a reckless teenage boy instead of being the model scholarship student. its not that there isnt any truth to it. ronan is practically defined by reckless behavior. but the stuff ronan talks adam into doing is like. getting into a shopping cart and rolling across the grocery store parking lot. or dragging each other behind the back of a car on a skateboard. and adam is like ronans dangerous hes a savage hes sharp like a knife hes a dark enigma i dont know why i go along with his antics (he does)....but when its adam convincing ronan to do something its "lets fabricate evidence of our latin teacher abusing and murdering little kids and stand outside in his yard and throw a bag of chopped up body parts at him to run him out of town" girl HUH? and ronan is like yeah i basically view adam as an object of worship. and youre like wait hold on you think of him like hes a saint? and ronans like no. hes going to hellll 😁🩷