#dream thieves spoilers

[pixiesnooze]

“Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn’t come with agony.”

[dregsbrekker]

listen. ive been thinking very much about the gray man ok

this guy survived years of intense childhood trauma from his older brother and had no real emotional connections we know of until he met maura sargent and then risked his life to safe a bunch of kids he didnt know. he could have easily turned either ronan or kavinsky over to greenmantle and been on with his life.

the thing about mr gray that really interests me is his connection to colin greenmantle. like. he tells maura he’s a hitman, but it seems as if his main job is looking for magical artifacts for greenmantle. im pretty sure it mentions that mr. gray either works for greenmantle specifically or works with him often, and greenmantle knows about the gray man’s brother. so like. how the fuck did they start working together??

i imagine that greenmantle probably offered him protection from his family in exchange for doing his dirty work, cause that seems the most likely explanation. like i dont think they ever really mention greenmantle paying mr gray so maybe he was being paid in protection and thats why as soon as mr gray stepped out of line, greenmantle sicced his brother on him? for those who like sad headcanons, what if they started out as close friends and then when things got bad colin helped mr. gray and used his contacts to get him a new identity and disappear and mr. gray viewed him as the caring brother he never had? and then colin slowly got more and more greedy for the artifacts and sending mr. gray and more and more dangerous missions until it put a group of kids’ lives in danger and he had enough? furthermore i want to know how much mr. gray knew about niall... like did he know niall was a dreamer?? god i need to reread the dream thieves and when i do ill probably update this. but. christ.

also can we talk about how he literally gets to shoot his abuser in the face?? like holy shit. the POWER. goals tbh.

on top of that i get really emotional imagining someday when blue and gansey have kids (adopted, blue would probably be adamant about that like “gansey you are literally a billionaire we are adopting children) and he gets to be a grandpa? like he reads the kids bedtime stories in old welsh and teaches them how to defend themselves and makes sure they know theyre safe and loved because he knows what its like to have a family that hates you and he wants the complete opposite for those kids??

this man makes me so emotional. i really hope we get to learn more about him either in the dreamer trilogy or in another piece of media in the raven cycle universe, id be content even with just a short story. or just maggie talking about him. i have so many questions i love him so much. TLDR: the gray man is one of the best, most complex characters in the raven cycle and im very emotional about him

[the-potatoe-queen]

Ronan @ Kavinsky when he kidnapped Matthew

[monsternobility]

trk countdown day 5: otp day

maura and mr. grey

he brought her two things: a daisy-chain crown, which he somberly placed on her head, and a pink switchblade, which he handed to her.

[alwaysalreadyangry]

so i’m reading the dream thieves but i genuinely haven’t been able to pick it up for hours because the pig* just got hurt by ronan’s nightmare and i’m SCARED

*not actually a pig. it is a car.

[lumensuperbis]

you know everyone kept saying ‘the dream thieves was wild’ and i guess i didn’t really believe it fully like people on tumblr exaggerate a lot but ...oh my god. it was literally like ...gay dirtbag teenage junkie drag racing dream thieves and when ronan friendzoned kavinsky he literally tried to kill his brother to get back at him/get him to love him or something. that’s literally what happened. the actual plot of a legitimately published fairly popular book i just read. i cannot even handle this.

[improperthieves]

Concerning the Raven Cycle

Rarely have I ever found a set of books more intriguing to me than the Raven Cycle; the constant wonder and mystery of the fantastical situations (hello Ronan I-Can-Take-Things-Out-Of-My-Dreams Lynch), as well as the sheer beauty and complexity of the well-developed yet still developing characters always leave me filled with awe and an insatiable desire to know more about them and their individual plights, and how each of those affect the group as a whole.

Also, Noah glitter-loving Czerny makes me squeal every time I read these books, so there's that.

[sarahbatistapereira]

pledgeallegiancetothestruggle replied to your post: schroedingerscas replied to your post:...

Yea I saw this more as just illustrating that Ronan is pretty intense in his relationships, he doesn’t do casual in any sense. Also his mockingly blowing kisses at Gansey had really killed any suspicion for me anyway.

Also Ronan's extreme amusement over Gansey wanting to know whether he was in Ronan's dreams. I agree though. I think Ronan just loves completely and totally, the few people he's allowed to get that far. Which is what would make him both a promising and horrifying prospect to Adam.

[ghostmaggie]

"I'd ask you out, if I was alive."

"I'd say okay."

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaishipitsomuchhelphahahahahahahaha

[ameliasangel]

Wow Niall Lynch really wanted his dream girl didn't he?

[kerahlynch]

"Ed, you had to live with Kavinsky for fourteen months. There aren't enough ponies for that." (from the dream thieves' acknowledgements)

I bet frickin' not.

[californiageorgia]

But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.

Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

[audubonbirdclock]

i wanted him to have a crush on noah i like that better buT NOOOOO NOAH IS GONE (and not gay) AND IM SAD AND NERVOUS :(((((((

[sarahbatistapereira]

pledgeallegiancetothestruggle replied to your post “pledgeallegiancetothestruggle replied to your post “I deeply apologize...”

I don't know how much trolling she typically does so this makes me feel much better. I feel like you never know how a fandom will react, I mean I still can't get over the fact that people insisting Rona's straight exist

She definitely enjoys her fair sure of trolling, but in that she enjoys playing with us. Not toying with us. And it's actually not new really. She's expressed before DT that she won't spoil the outcome but that she is pleased that people like them. (Funny story is that I remember reading that and being boggled by it--how things change.) 

People who insist Ronan is straight also totally need a reality check, so I am game for stuff like this and her "Ronan is straight in RBIII" lie. I can get the need to safeguard against spoilers, but come on.

[kkazbreker]

Alright Adam you and I are done. 

You may go find a cliff to jump off. 

[thelibrarina]

The Dream Thieves, a Summary

Ronan: I'm gonna do the thing!

Gansey: Don't do the thing.

Adam: Don't do the thing.

Noah: I'm dead, and I STILL say don't do the thing.

Declan: Dad's will says not to do the thing.

House full of psychics: The cards say don't do the thing.

Blue: What the fuck is wrong with you don't do the thing.

Ronan: I did the thing!!

Everyone: FUCK.