Let's make this a fight worthy of a song

Aelin: ugh Rowan will never like me, he isn’t like other men- a body is a body to him.

Aelin: *Tells him she’s not wearing any underwear*

because I’m seeing a lot of Lorcan hate and I don’t understand it because in my eyes Lorcan is one of the most tragic characters in the entire books.

So a lot of the hate is based on the fact that he is responsible for Aelin’s capture/calling Maeve and everyone (fandom & characters in the book) blame him for it. I understand it, however, think about it.

Fenrys says at one point that what fae males are meant to do is “[…]protect, serve, cherish.” At one point Aelin orders Rowan do get her a glass of water, because he told her that fae males need to feel useful, even if that is achieved by stupid/ridiculous tasks. 

“The girl had no idea that for the past five centuries, promises were the only currency he really traded in”. Basically Lorcan has done a lot of horrible stuff. He knows it, Rowan knows it, everyone knows it. He has nothing but promises left and he knows it. He knows that if he breaks that promise there’ll be nothing left of him. In fact, that one last moral is more important to him than the blood oath, the only thing he ever wanted. 

The tragic part is that the promise he made Elide was so important to him that he betrayed the blood oath and the Queen he’s been sworn to for centuries.

I don’t think he really did it for Elide (I mean he did, but not completely). He did it for himself. Because he knew that if he broke that promise, there’d be nothing left of him. That after all the horrible things he has done, there was still promises, something to keep him human. But if he broke that promise, there was nothing left for him/of him. 

Sidenote: Lorcan considered Rowan a friend. A friend he got whipped for. A friend that simply left him, even though they were “bound” by the blood oath. Rowan found a way out and was gone, while Lorcan had risked everything to come to Rowan’s rescue and then later payed for it. So maybe he also did not want to loose someone else he cared about. 

Rowan: b positive, why

everyone: …

aelin: resurfacing in a foreign country 10 years later with a new name is okay. it’s called self care

Alright, I love books, but I usually don’t talk about them much. But for whatever reason I just wanna bring this one up because it’s underrated and most people haven’t even heard of it.

Essentially the premise is a thief who auditions to become a royal assasin so that they can infiltrate the court and get back at upper-class nobles. It has a hunger games vibe, but it’s uniquely written and has a bit more Magic And Mystery™, which makes it more interesting.

One of the main things I like about it is how LGBT+ characters are portrayed. The main character is genderfluid, and another character is pansexual (there might be other lgbt+ characters, but I haven’t finished the sequel yet so I can’t be sure) But the thing is, the book isn’t about them being lgbt+. Some points about it are brought up a few times, but it’s written as just another part of their character, not as if it’s one of their defining traits.

Aelin: ugh Rowan will never like me, he isn’t like other men- a body is a body to him.

Dorian tricking Maeve

Lord Lorcan Lochan (it will never not be funny)

The King being named Dorian

Evangeline melting Darrow’s heart

All the AedionxLysandra drama. That was intense

Aelin being more okay than she was at the end of CoM

ABRAXOS ALMOST DIED

THE THIRTEEN DIED (I wasn’t surprised. I knew someone would do the Yielding, but like, all 13? Sarah, you’re killing me)

THE APPEARANCE OF RHYS AND FEYRE AS AELIN FELL THROUGH THE REALMS.

FEYRE IS PREGNANT.

AELIN WAS A STAR ON STARFALL

lorcan: *looks at elide*

elide: *nods*