yes, this strengthens the bagginshield canon evidence tenfold to what it already is in tDoS.
but.
but i wish i'd never found these gifs and i wish i'd never seen the appendices clip where it plays this scene and i'd never heard the frantic panic in thorin's voice because if id never seen any of that then i wouldn't be sour that it was left out.
#why the fuck did they LEAVE THIS SCENE OUT
edit: this also isn't in the extended edition, as much as i wish it was, and it's not in any deleted scene montages i can find. here it is in the appendices video i saw if anyone wants it!
#just look at thorin #richard knew what he was doing #THE WAY HE SCREAMS it and just cannot focus on his company who are practically drowning bc his burglar is missing #fucking hell thorin
I think about Fenrys a lot because he is one of my absolute favorite characters.
One of the things that bothers me the most is that he just doesn’t get the attention he deserves. He’s always portrayed in the fandom as the dumbass who waters an fake plant for three months (just like Cassian, but I’ve already written a post about him). Somewhere it is true. Fenrys is a pretty funny guy who sometimes doesn’t take himself too seriously, but there’s so much more to him than most want to admit or portray.
Obviously spoilers to the “Throne of Glass” series follow:
1. blood oath
Fenrys has bound himself to a queen he hated with all his heart and that to protect his brother. He rejected the blood oath at first because he didn’t want to get so attached to Maeve and then changed his mind when he heard what Connall had to do for her.
Maeve committed him to her bed and against his free will. I can’t imagine Fenrys having sex with her entirely of his own free will if he doesn’t like her at all. He did it because Maeve either forced him to through the blood oath or because he wanted to save Connall from it.
Fenrys is the only known Fae who has managed to destroy the blood oath on his own. Rowan, Gavriel, and Lorcan themselves have said that it is nearly impossible to break a blood oath, and yet Fenrys has done it through sheer will.
He paid with his life, but thanks to Aelin and the new blood oath he was able to stay alive.
2. powers
Fenrys and Connall both have magical abilities that are not really widespread even among Faes. They can overcome short distances just like the Faes from ACOTAR.
This makes them both incredibly strong warriors. Also, it was said in ToG that they are both quite young compared to Maeve’s other Bloodsworn, and Maeve only offered the blood oath to the strongest warriors.
3. Maeve
This is also a bit related to the blood oath, which is why I won’t go into it quite as much here.
Fenrys, just like Aelin, was tortured by Maeve for over two months. His torture looked different than Aelin’s, and I don’t want to minimize Aelin’s torture.
Fenrys had to watch for two months how a person who is important to him was tortured in the worst way. He was not allowed to choose for himself in which form he had to watch the whole thing. He was not allowed to decide for himself when he relieved himself or when he was allowed to drink/eat.
He had to watch his twin brother, the most important person in his life, his flesh and blood, ram a knife into his heart in front of his eyes.
Maeve tortured him with it just as Aelin did. Fenry’s torture was more psychological.
Fenrys broke the blood oath for Aelin and almost paid for it with his life.
After he and Aelin got free, he didn’t change into his faeform for a very long time, but stayed in his wolf form. It took him a long time to even speak again, let alone make jokes or use his magical abilities.
Fenrys was also the one who put a sword through Maeve’s heart. He helped make sure she died.
After the war, he kept the scars he received in the war. Aelin mentioned that he could actually heal them himself or Yrene would help him, but he kept them, as a reminder and a bit of a trophy.
This is just a brief overview of the reasons why I believe Fenrys should get the recognition he deserves. He is a strong warrior who has endured psychological torture for years. He lost his twin brother and almost paid with his life.
Fenrys is much more than just a fun side character who provides a little fun.