Actually, I don’t care about that. I mean, the cards are very interesting and I don’t want to discount what you do. But I didn’t really come here to have my future told to me. I’m quite okay with finding that out myself.
It is time for some fandom positivity! And so I want to list a few things I was really thankful for in The Raven Cycle:
Their character flaws. Each one of the main cast was a flawed human being (Noah being somewhat of a special case due to his deathness). But they never felt like a character with a character sheet full of attributes and disadvantages ticked off. They feel three-dimensional. That`s why this fandom got so relatively big for a book fandom.
Adams flaw is his pride, but it is also what made him move on and out. Gansey is oblivious and privileged, but this is also what made it possible for him to achieve his quest. Blue is stubborn and contradictory, but that is also what fuels her feminism and her will to act. Ronan is elusive and living on the edge, but that is what makes him breath.
They are complex and interesting and sometimes contradictory. But that is what makes them great and real and lovable.
Just Adams story line and journey through the books. I think I don`t have to say too much about it since other creators wrote essays that explain this so much better. But you know… Adam Parrishs character development.
Everything about status and privilege and the fact that it never goes away. Like, there is conflict about money between Gansey and Ronan on one side, and Adam and Blue on the other side fore the whole duration of the books. Adam and Blue are constantly reminded about their status while going on adventures. It is never played down. And this beautiful sentence is uttered: You don`t have to think of money, Gansey, unless you have none of it.
I just… love this series. And these are a few of the reasons why!
“want and need were words that got eaten smaller and smaller: freedom, autonomy, a perennial bank balance, a stainless-steel condo in a dustless city, a silky black car, to make out with blue, eight hours of sleep, a cell phone, a bed, to kiss blue just once, a blister-less heel, bacon for breakfast, to hold blue’s hand, one hour of sleep, toilet paper, deodorant, a soda, a minute to close his eyes.”
DO A CLIP. omg. omg. people need to hear the kavinsky voice its some of the best/worst/narm charmiest voice acting ive ever experienced and i used to watch 90s anime dubs
please listen to this awfulness
#vague drug reference
O H M Y G O D
its an…an opus…constructed entirely of ham and questionable accent choices…….
bullshit central 