#rhiansge

ok guys, hot take but there so many plotholes in the Fall and the Rise?? like as much as i love the series, i feel as if Soman could’ve found a way to cover these up. 

first of all, on the cover art of the Rise, rhian has blue eyes and rafal has green eyes, for whatever reason. in the first book, the school master is said to have blue eyes, and in the third book, the school master introduces himself as Rafal.

okay, makes sense so far, but when the Rise starts is when it gets confusing. in the Rise, Rafal has green eyes and Rhian has blue?? okay, cus in Fall, Rhian kills Rafal, all that stuff, turns into him, and takes his place, right? but if Rhian has blue eyes and Rafal has green, then shouldn’t one of the staff members recognize that Rhian was the one who killed Rafal and not the other way around?

but this is even more confusing in the Fall, bc on its cover, their eye colors switch and Rhian has green and Rafal has blue, like literally everyone thought. was this intentional? or was it just a print mistake, which I think is unlikely.

so is Soman trying to confuse us, or???

and the whole figuring out each others true aliance was like a low budget gender reveal, cus like? why did Rhian switch up on his brother so fast? like you’re telling me you spent centuries convincing yourself that you were Good, but the moment you fall for someone and kidnap them, you find out you’re Evil?? like woah buddy, calm down. Rafal was honestly so valid for wanting to kill Rhian cus I would pissed too.

also Rafal finding out he was Good was completely spontaneous too! he literally spent centuries, TORTURING his students for breaking the rules, and wow, he does a single good deed and poof he’s a good guy now? i love the prequel series, but i feel like they could’ve been better explained, not saying that I could do better, but still, the character arcs seemed to fast and rushed.

also, Rafal’s death didn’t really impact me like it did with Merlin’s. it was fast, sudden, and not really heartfelt. sure, it was sad to see the two brothers make up and finally get along before the bitch-ass pen comes and changes everything, but Rhian suddenly stabbing Rafal like that was very expected, especially since we were nearing teh end of the book and needed to see the death of one of the twins soon, sooo.