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I just wish it was less romance and love triangle focused. I get that that is what was popular those days, but it so often reduced characters to awful and shallow people. And just... very creepy situations.

Even when I was reading them as a teen, I just wasn't into the romance that much (mainly just the whump and worldbuilding lol). It's also why book 4 is my fav. The adventuring party is so much fun. Everyone's interactions with the Wolf are just amazing, and unique per character.

I think it did get a lot better in the spin off with Ethan, I don't remember them very well, but I remember actually liking the romance, and Kenzie is awesome.

Honestly, the urge to write fanfic is getting stronger each day haha

Thinking about angsty the iron bug plotline is.

Like, obviously it's horrible for Ash. But also from Puck's pov? The realisation that he has to kill him? And not just to protect himself and Meghan, but also as a mercy kill.

He obviously still cares for Ash, a lot.

And it has to be him, too. Because it sure as hell wasn't gonna be Meghan who would do it.

Just the thoughts he must've sat with. One, horrible fate that is terrible and terrifying. Two, if he fails Meghan might die. Three, if he doesn't fail, Ash dies. By his hand.

Ouch

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Oof, yeah. Ash was definitely in a 'throw myself at danger and I don't care if I die' for a long time.

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Fear was the knowledge of pain, the awareness that you could be hurt, that you could die. That was all it came down to. I knew pain. Intimately. I'd welcomed it at times, because it meant I could stil feel, that I wasn't completely frozen. What more could anything do to my body that I hadn't already lived through?

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And Puck must have been, too. And then there's this;

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If Puck was dead, my world would become as cold and lifeless as the darkest night in the Winter Court.

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If he had killed Puck, he would not have survived. Or go down the road of 'never feel anything ever again and just become some dark void'. At least with Puck still alive, he never fully went down that dark path.

I swearrr they were carrying the books from the start. They just have the most interesting story. And no hate to Meghan but the whole 'omg this 16 year old girl is so not like the other girls I will change my whole personality for her' is just... it goes from so complicated to so shallow lol.

Seriously, we didn't need another spin off sequel, but a prequel of Puck and Ash <3 (and later Ariella)

Thinking about angsty the iron bug plotline is.

Like, obviously it's horrible for Ash. But also from Puck's pov? The realisation that he has to kill him? And not just to protect himself and Meghan, but also as a mercy kill.

He obviously still cares for Ash, a lot.

And it has to be him, too. Because it sure as hell wasn't gonna be Meghan who would do it.

Just the thoughts he must've sat with. One, horrible fate that is terrible and terrifying. Two, if he fails Meghan might die. Three, if he doesn't fail, Ash dies. By his hand.

Ouch

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Right?? (time to write fanfic lol)

But there are so many lines in the stories from their pov that are just so amazing and show how much they know each other and care for each other. Like

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The relief of not having to kill Puck, being free from an oath I never wanted, was too great.

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That I had ever made that vow to kill my closest friend.

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We'd known each other a long time, both as friends and rivals, and he knew me better than anyone, sometimes better than I knew myself.

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He shook his head. “I’ve fought Ash before, but not like this. Whenever we dueled, there was always a small part of him, deep down, that wasn’t serious. I know his royal iciness, and I knew he really didn’t want to kill me, no matter how much he boasted otherwise. That’s why our little feud has lasted so long.”

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You lost Ariella, but I lost you both! Believe it or not, I was kind of a mess, too, Ash. It got to a point where I actually looked forward to our random duels, because that was the only time I could talk to you. When you were freaking trying to kill me!”

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Gosj the feelings of them finally having an actual real friend who fully knows them and cares about them, especially in the world of the fae, only to then lose each other but still being around each other... and Ash not wanting to kill Puck but having to, and keep giving into that anger because if he doesn't it all becomes worse-

There is just so much angstttt

I also love how things weren't instantly fixed when Ariella was found. Ash was right, a lot did happen between them and it wouldn't suddenly be alright. And that also makes the ending where they are alright again just so much better.

Thinking about angsty the iron bug plotline is.

Like, obviously it's horrible for Ash. But also from Puck's pov? The realisation that he has to kill him? And not just to protect himself and Meghan, but also as a mercy kill.

He obviously still cares for Ash, a lot.

And it has to be him, too. Because it sure as hell wasn't gonna be Meghan who would do it.

Just the thoughts he must've sat with. One, horrible fate that is terrible and terrifying. Two, if he fails Meghan might die. Three, if he doesn't fail, Ash dies. By his hand.

Ouch

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“What about Virus?” I pressed, unwilling to give up. “She’s the one controlling the bugs. If we take her out, maybe her hold on him will—”

“Even if that were the case,” Puck interrupted, “the bug would still be inside him. And with no way to get it out, he’ll either go mad, or be in so much torment that he would be better off dead.

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These lines from the Iron Daughter makes me want a fic where they do take down Virus first.

The angst. The whump.

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This is why I'm so done with the romance in these books. She even instantly accuses Puck of not caring for him and being jealous. It's not all about you! I mean, it is, and that's kinda sad.

I do love the little moments we get, like how it's described how Puck stabs him, it's so painful. But man, do I wish they had more time that wasn't constantly 'oh but Meghan-'

Even when they finally talk about Ariella (right before they find her). Puck actually goes yup I experienced the same because Meghan chose you.

Really? Really?? In all your long life *that's* what you compare it to?

But yeah, I wish they had more scenes from Puck's pov. I wonder what he said to Ash when Meghan went to Ethan.

Thinking about angsty the iron bug plotline is.

Like, obviously it's horrible for Ash. But also from Puck's pov? The realisation that he has to kill him? And not just to protect himself and Meghan, but also as a mercy kill.

He obviously still cares for Ash, a lot.

And it has to be him, too. Because it sure as hell wasn't gonna be Meghan who would do it.

Just the thoughts he must've sat with. One, horrible fate that is terrible and terrifying. Two, if he fails Meghan might die. Three, if he doesn't fail, Ash dies. By his hand.

Ouch

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Thinking about angsty the iron bug plotline is.

Like, obviously it's horrible for Ash. But also from Puck's pov? The realisation that he has to kill him? And not just to protect himself and Meghan, but also as a mercy kill.

He obviously still cares for Ash, a lot.

And it has to be him, too. Because it sure as hell wasn't gonna be Meghan who would do it.

Just the thoughts he must've sat with. One, horrible fate that is terrible and terrifying. Two, if he fails Meghan might die. Three, if he doesn't fail, Ash dies. By his hand.

Ouch

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Incorrect quotes because I'm bored

https://incorrect-quotes-generator.neocities.org/

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Puck: So are we flirting right now?

Ash: I AM LITERALLY STABBING YOU

Puck: That doesn’t answer my question

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Ash: Can you please be serious for five minutes?

Puck: My record is four, but I think I can do it.

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Puck: Okay. I get it. You've had a really hard time lately, you're stressed out, seven people died-

Ash: Twelve, actually.

Puck: Not the point. Look, they're dead now and really whose fault is that?

Ash: Yours!

Puck: That's right: no one's.

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Puck: How did none of you hear what I just said?

Ash: I’ve been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.

Meghan: I got distracted about halfway through.

Grim: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.

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Meghan: Let me show you a picture from last night that really upset me

Puck: Okay, but in my defense, Ash bet me 50 cents I couldn’t drink all that shampoo.

Meghan: That’s not what I wanted to- you drank SHAMPOO?

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The letter design of the titles are so cool

All the swirls connecting them is so cool. The details 😍

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Ash and Puck's dynamic is just so good and works so well😭 I am just in love with them

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Do you ship...

Note in the ask: yeah i was that teenager who instinctively never shipped the endgame couple of a love triangle

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Puck: gets shot by a bullet

Story: we gotta put him in a magical sleep in a tree because there's iron in him!

Ash: gets an iron bug stuck in him for days

Story: high school party, that'll do

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Yes! They all got so injured, and especially the wounds by iron.

Oh, and the scars from their stupid shit...

"This one I got from fighting the iron king. And this one from his lieutenants. This one from saving a friend."

"And that one?"

"... I was dared to ride a kelpie."

Anyone else think Ash should've had scars on his wrists after being in the iron realm?

Like, his wrists were bound in iron shackles for a long time, just constantly burning him. And since the wounds were inflicted by iron, they wouldn't heal as easily.

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Anyone else think Ash should've had scars on his wrists after being in the iron realm?

Like, his wrists were bound in iron shackles for a long time, just constantly burning him. And since the wounds were inflicted by iron, they wouldn't heal as easily.

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So

I don't really like the Iron Raven and that whole trilogy.

But it did give us the meeting between Ash and Puck and it's perfect, so for that reason alone that whole series is worth it

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Puck met Nyx because she is working for Kierran. (I don't remember this very clearly but-), I believe they randomly met, and then teamed up because they had to get to Meghan and Puck knows how to get there.

Puck instantly went 'omg she's not like the other girls' and they fell in love, thought their relationship took a bit longer to develop after that.

Ash is kinda just a fey now that can touch iron. That's about it, he doesn't age or anything. I believe it was sort of uncertain in the Iron Knight, but it was never mentioned again so we just assume he's fine.

Reading iron vow without the other extra books is actually going fine 😭 -spoilers-

Sure puck is suddenly in a relationship but i can follow along you knowww its fine

Can someone explain tho if they wanna how puck met nyx and what has been mentioned on ash's human/fey state and like... The aging? Cause idk how long that man has left 👽

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Oh the need for more content yet the fandom that is dead

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