#I agree with you about Bangel bestie

[thequeenofsastiel]

Am I the only one who doesn't ship Bangel, and in fact hardcore judges Angel for hooking up with an underage girl, yet still somehow loves him?

[bookofmirth]

I know you talk a lot about acotar, but I was wondering what you thought of the tog series?? Do you think one series was better written than the other? Do you prefer the ships in acotar over tog (or vice versa)?

Personally, I liked the way romance was written in tog more because it felt like it was integrated better into the plot and was more of a slow burn - understandable since it’s a longer series, but it’s why I can’t really connect as well with the acotar ships. But idk if this might be more of a personal genre preference than a writing issue since tog is YA fantasy and acotar is an adult romance.

One of the few things that bothered me with tog romance, though, was how everyone in that version of “the inner circle” was so neatly paired off by the end of the series (I wasn’t a fan of manorian or lysadeion). I think sjm probably will end with everyone coupled up in acotar, but one of the main reasons I’m rooting for elucien and gwynriel and emorie is so we have romance with characters outside of just the inner circle (e//riel would just be too ‘neat’ if you know what I mean).

Also random opinion: I wish Amren would have stayed single. There seems to be zero point to having Varian just be lurking in the background in some scenes. Amren not having a love interest would make more sense considering she’s been around thousands of years and was a mythical creature. It just seems so ooc for her to settle down. Not every character has to have a love interest, sigh. (personally I hc her as aroace)

I love Throne of Glass! I am in the middle of a reread now, I only have KoA left and I'm scared. I still haven't reread it but I wanted to by the end of this month. I think ToG was better written overall. It's not even about YA versus adult, ToG is just more cohesive and well thought-out. There is a big difference between "hm, I would like to know more about X because it's interesting" (ToG) and "hm, I would like to know more about X because it doesn't fucking make sense" (acotar).

One of the only fanfics that I ever finished was an elorcan coffee shop au, so I'm quite proud of the fact that I finished it. I also have a rowaelin college au that's long and... probably never going to be finished lol

I agree with literally all of your opinions in this ask! I am glad that manorian went their separate ways because I definitely couldn't see her committing to anyone longterm, especially when she just got the witch lands back and lost her entire family in the process. And lysaedion, UGH.

Rowaelin, along with bangel (Buffy and Angel) is probably my OTP, but I'm not sure if I'd say I like the ships in ToG more. I personally prefer them not being the emphasis the way that they are in acotar. Which is another way of saying yeah, the ships in ToG felt more natural in a way, because they were occurring while all of this other stuff was going on. We didn't need some extreme circumstances that came out of nowhere and then were tossed aside once the ship started banging (I am vaguing Nesta and alcohol right now).

I agree with you about elucien/gwynriel/emorie also. Not everyone needs to be related to or directly in power, or to stay in the Night Court. There is an entire world out there. And that's how she ended ToG, anyway! The besties went their own directions. (Speaking of, that harkens to the end of Buffy, which I know is an influence.) I'm assuming that she will make as many neat pairs as she can by the end of the book (I guess that means we could include jurassa), like she did in ToG. I don't mind that in acotar because it feels like an underlying assumption that it's way more romance-focused. But it did feel a bit forced in ToG, especially with lysaedion.

AMREN SHOULD BE ACE. It was a pretty common headcanon that she was aro/ace before acowar came out, and I know lots of people didn't like that she and Varian became a thing. I still just... can't see it.