favorite âcars are a metaphor for homoeroticism/sexâ moment/line/scene in The Raven Cycle (feat. one addition from The Dreamer Trilogy)
Ronan constantly dreaming of riding in the Camaro
Kavinskyâs Mitsubishis âsexy messy stylishâ slide during his race with Ronan
Adam and Ganseyâs roadside meet cute that changed the course of Adamâs life
Ronan and Gansey in the car after Kavinskyâs party
Gansey wishing he looked more like the Camaro, which was to say, more like Adam
Ronan and Kavinsky dreaming up the cars together till they get it right
Ronan teaching Adam to drive stick
Bluesey secret midnight rendezvous where sheâs allowed to drive the Camaro
In indiget homo battery
Adam driving Ronanâs BMW by the end of the series
Adam and Ronanâs Camaro thefts
Jordan and Hennessyâs break up in MI with the cars / âthey used to raceâ
honorable mentions:
Ronan being senselessly turned on by Adam on a motorcycle in Call Down The Hawk, eliminated for not technically being a car but still impressive
Jordan stealing Declanâs car and in doing so feeling closer to Hennessy while also closer to Declan.
Adam teaching Gansey about fixing cars.
The picture in Adamâs glove rendezvous has a the man (who looks like Greenmantle, which is to say like a combination of Ronan and Gansey, which is to say he looks like Declan but I digress) standing next to a German made car.
I could have sworn in addition to the Gansey comparing Adam to the Pig scene there was a scene where Ronan did as well but I looked up every time the word âCamaroâ is mentioned in the Dream Thieves + The Raven King (only books with Ronan pov chapters) and did not find this so I wonder if I made it up, or saw someone else misremember and then adopted it in my memory. Someone enlighten me if not. There are certainly others but I either couldnât remember them or couldnât find text evidence to confirm they were real. Of course, you might say that some of these were likely more intentional from a doylist pov than others, however the text is the text and motifs are motifs. I am simply an academic presenting my findings to you all.
Also the Latin line is said twice once when the Camaro breaks down Ronan says it jokingly to Gansey in the scene where he also puts a leg over Adamâs, then Adam remembers it after a breakdown in TDT as applying to how heâs a âtrainwreckâ right before finding himself in Ronanâs dream. Feel the others are self explanatory enough but thought this one merited explanation if you havenât reread recently.
