#WHO LOVED RONAN

[moonsnqil]

'their magic. their quest. their awfulness and strangeness'

[likeasecondself]

no one has mentioned how ronan got confirmation that adam too wants a wedding someday, and on that same night he proposed. he wasted no time. he either snuck away and dreamt a ring in the middle of declan’s wedding celebration or already had it dreamt from before (he probably has a drawer full of rings already; adam has woken up to see said rings and pretended to be asleep so as not to embarrass ronan and for it to come from ronan when he's ready). the desperation is COMICAL to have adam locked down and made his. like ronan was taking no chances whatsoever. “oh, adam wants to get married one day too? let me make sure the wheels are turning for the wedding day from this minute forward. ” he’s such a lover boy, so pathetically in love with adam

[itsnotmika]

[coveredinbutterflydust]

i'm being so serious when i say that this book warped my perception of what any sort of relationship should look like. is it healthy to want to exclusively feel soul-crushing love for the friends you choose or to know you would absolutely give up every single piece of yourself to them if they asked? probably not, but nothing else feels worth any effort and maggie stiefvater is to blame for that.

[forgetriestowrite]

The Raven Cycle is great because you go into it thinking it's another weird YA romance and then you get thrown into four (or seven if you read the sequel trilogy) books of batshit insane magic and then at the end of it you find out it really was a love story the whole time

[effemar]

MY BLOOD WAS FULL OF GAGS AND OTHER PEOPLE'S DISEASES. MY MONSTROUS LITTLE MEMORY HAD SWALLOWED ME WHOLE. IT WAS THE YEAR I OFFICIALLY BECAME THE BRIDE OF JESUS.

[adamprrishcycle]

saw this and realised it applies to basically every character in the raven cycle

[kazbiter]

the fact that adam is the one who tells us "[Ronan's] code of honor left no room for infidelity, for casual relationships. it wasn't that he didn't condone them; he couldn't understand them." will forever get me like adam is always reiterating ronan's capacity for love and intense devotion without even knowing that he PRAYED FOR HIM ON FIRST SIGHT.... & then he takes the time to completely process that before allowing himself to be with ronan (this didn't feel like a game and ASKING GANSEY ABT LOVE AFTER THEIR FIRST KISS) knowing how badly he wanted to accept it but wanting to be sure that he could return it. he approaches it differently but every bit as seriously as ronan does. bc it means so much to both of them, it isn't a game, they both know what this will be if they let it. who has he ever had to love him ever adam parrish is loved by someone that he himself has described multiple times as being intensely and singularly dedicated to what he loves, and expressing that love without restraint on a level adam marvels at. it is literally like nothing adam has ever known and every ounce of it is directed right at him.

[vebokki]

days in henrietta

[floreatfoxes]

my favourite trope will always be when someone believes they're hard to love because they have scars and are so human that it feels unreal and someone who loves them like it's breathing, natural, easily, devoted and just. it's lovely. they're just too consumed with love and don't want to stop being half of the other's soul.

[squash1]

choose your fighter:

gansey — strengths: crafts, being bossy in a cool way, 9 lives like a cat, ability to morph to fit any situation. weaknesses: crippling anxiety, has melt downs like a toddler.

adam parrish — strengths: pretty much good at everything, would rather die than do something imperfectly, part magical forest. weaknesses: pride, part magical forest.

ronan lynch — strengths: diffuses tension easily, loyal, can literally dream shit into being. weaknesses: creates tension easily, a lack on impulse control, depression <3

blue sargent — strengths: sensible, can make an outfit out of anything, good in a crisis, living breathing battery. weaknesses: pride, can’t kiss people, five feet of stubbornness.

henry cheng — strengths: can throw one hell of a party, can rally a team & talk anyone into anyone. weaknesses: talking about emotions.

noah czerny — strengths: currently unkillable, creative thinker, loyal. weaknesses: is dead, easy to possess.

[pixiishi]

home is where you are 🌾❤️

ID in ALT text ll flat colors under cut :3

[deargravity]

so thankful for all the readers who can express their thoughts and theories coherently so that i can nod vigorously, say “exactly” and reblog. because unfortunately, as articulate as i wish to be, if i think about adam parrish for too long i’ll aaaaaeddddcfnffjfkd[[[[[[[[[[____]_]]]

[starsstardust]

I think I've seen this film before...

[duawheat]

my two kinds of characters that i love are either gay sad and autistic or the smartest sacrificial lamb in the building and that’s it

[wander-wren]

i’ve talked about this before but does anyone else ever think about the little hints of who ronan was before niall’s death—friendlier, gentler, better-behaved—and how, from his perspective, everyone who knew him is disappointed with the ronan they have now. they want the old him back. they would never say it in those words, but they do. even gansey, in a way.

i can’t even….articulate it better than that. there’s a whole essay here, probably. it just breaks my heart