#i swore i'd never reread the novel but here i am

[katnissdoesnotfollowback]

Reading List Game

I was tagged by @thelettersfromnoone. Thanks for the tag, friend!❤️ So here we go.

What are your recent, current, and future reads?

Recent:

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (reread) + the graphic novel version which I had not read before

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Once Upon a December by Amy E. Reichert

Game of Thrones by George RR Martin

The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison

The Professor's Secret by mrspeetamellark

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too by c-r-roberts (reread)

Forbidden Love by mega-aulover

A Blind Date with Santa by MTK4FUN

Current:

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

The Islands by Dionne Irving

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through edited by Joy Harjo

The Chance You Didn't Take by ronja

Enthralled by damndonnergirls

THG Season of Hope 2023 entries by various

Future:

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Clash of Kings by George RR Martin

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (reread) and the graphic novel version which, as with SoM, I haven't yet read

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Be That Way by Hope Larson

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen because I have somehow never read this one???? I swore I'd read all of hers but apparently not???? #Travesty #For SHAME kdnfb

A House United by shesasurvivor

The Firebird by merciki

Behind Blue Eyes by maxwellandlovelace

The Odds by mollywog

EDIT I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT THIS ONE! MORE FOR SHAME ON KDNFB.... ahem Hunger Games par Suzanne Collins (l'édition française)

The first three of the future fanfictions on my list are all ones that I've started reading and then, for one reason or another that has nothing to do with the stories or writers themselves, I got pulled away from finishing them. So I am determined. They're getting read this year.

Tagging to play if you want to! : @pookieh, @awhiskeyriver, @bellairestrella, @distractionsfromthefood, @pitualba2015, @mega-aulover, @jroseley and anyone else who would like to play!

[esta-elavaris]

Bestie are you writing a Boromir fic? 👀 Like Catch the Wind?

I AM! Right up until last year I swore up and down I'd never inflict that task on myself, but people on here talked me into it and I'll never forgive any of them 🥲 it's a long way off yet because I want to finish writing my current draft of my original novel before I start any new big-scale fics, but I did answer this anon ages ago talking about my initial ideas if hearing about those interests you. It's not going to be another modern!OC, though, because I don't want it to just be a complete repeat of CTW, which would bore everybody involved.

And since then it has gained a title, a much more fleshed out OC, and a handful of very promising scenes are floating around in my mind for it so I'm very excited (and very scared). Currently rereading the books to gather more sand for this big ass sandcastle.

[marshmallord]

The KinnPorsche Novel Ending

I started this out with the goal of summarizing the final chapter of the novel (Chapter 44) and the special ending, but while rereading, I remembered that it's terrible and jampacked with information. So, instead, this is a collection of important moments and information from the novel that may or may not become relevant in the series finale. I wish I could include pictures/gifs, but as this is speculating what will happen in an unreleased episode, I can't. Beware of clicking Keep reading--MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.

Final Chapter

Chapter 44 is a MESS. It's the final showdown and then some, interspersed with way too many confusing flashbacks. I could not recommend reading it less. Please remember that the novel is quite different from the series, so I cannot guarantee how much of this will actually show up in the series. I've split this into two parts--things that may or may not stay in the series, and things that I think probably will.

Some quick info--Porsche's parents are named Honey (Namphueng, his mother) and Phat (his father). I'll be spelling Vegas' dad's name as Kan. Korn and Kan's father is named Agong.

Parts that may or may not be relevant in the series (in chronological order of mention):

Kinn reveals to Porsche that Vegas is the one that drugged him.

Honey's final wish was that Athi raise Porsche and Chay away from the mafia.

Kinn did not kill Athi.

For the final showdown, the main family planned to surprise the second family and take them down once and for all, but the second family caught wind of the plan and launched an attack instead.

When Kinn is about to kill Vegas during the showdown, Pete tackles Vegas out of the way and begins to punch him nonstop, and Vegas does not fight back (I want this part to stay lol).

Honey's corpse is perfectly preserved in a greenhouse on Agong's property.

Korn kills Kan and promises to look after Vegas and Macau (putting this in the may not category because I hope Vegas kills Kan sdfkjshks).

Vegas flees after his father dies, and is involved in a car crash. He enters a coma for about a month, during which Pete stays by his hospital bed and cares for Macau.

Major facts/moments that I predict will remain in the series:

Honey was ADOPTED. Agong and his wife wanted a girl, so they adopted her. Porsche and Chay are not biologically related to the Theerapanyakuls. Honey was very different from her brothers.

Porsche's father was murdered during a spat over Honey cutting ties with the Theerapanyakuls.

Kan was secretly in love with Honey. Korn may or may not have also been in love with her--it's unclear.

Korn and Kan both accuse each other of killing Porsche's father. The final verdict is that Kan pulled the trigger.

A week or so after Phat's death, Kan raped Honey. Soon after, she killed herself via pills.

After Vegas runs away, Pete removes his bodyguard pin and gives it to Korn, resigning from the main family. He then runs after Vegas.

The very end of the novel depicts Korn and Chan sitting in Korn's room. Korn mentions that Agong taught him that "love doesn't measure up to strength". Chan points out that Kinn is still strong. Korn tells him that Kim is the strongest.

A quick bit of bonus information: Korn, Kan, and Honey had another brother (another biological son). He's never mentioned until Chapter 43. He may or may not be dead? Or in Switzerland. If he's mentioned in the series as alive, he'll likely have more prominence in the second season.

Special Ending

There are two endings for KinnPorsche. Why? I have no idea!! I'm like 93% sure that the special ending is also canon, so I'm including it in this post. There's some pretty major stuff here. This won't be split into two categories because all of it confuses the hell out of me.

Vegas signs away several businesses and casinos from the second family. It is tradition that when conflict arises within the Theerapanyakul family, the winning side will take whatever they want from the losing side.

Pete reestablishes that he has chosen Vegas.

Korn reminisces about Honey with Tankhun, Kinn, and Porsche. He reveals that she named Tankhun, and that Kinn and Porsche used to play together. Korn gives Kinn the ring of the head of the main family, and Porsche the ring of the head of the second family.

Korn brings Kim to a warehouse that houses the headquarters for a secret organization the Korn established to counterbalance the Theerapanyakuls and their competitors to ensure that he could maintain control. He institutes Kim as the leader and wonders who will come out stronger--Kinn with the main family or Kim with the secret organization (because Korn is an asshole that pits his kids against each other just like Agong did).

The end of the special ending is especially confusing. Vegas and Porsche sit together on an abandoned port and Vegas assures Porsche that whatever they're doing (it's unclear) is not going to hurt/betray Kinn. Porsche voices his distrust in Korn. They encounter several former subordinates of the minor family, who pledge their loyalty to Vegas. Porsche says that they now "have more manpower". My main theory is that they're working together to take down/unmask Korn? But idk for sure.

Moral of the story is that Korn is a lying piece of shit and I trust him about as far as I can throw him. And if you're even more confused after reading all this... me too. Please don't hesitate to share your thoughts in comments/asks. I'll try to answer the questions I can, but these endings are REALLY confusing.