#kilorn

[lucy-the-cat]

The Red Queen Midnights Collection (Newblood Queen's Version) Plans

Mostly canon divergences, occasional AU with the same worldbuilding. Read the original here!

Lazender Haze - Arranged Marriage AU

Maroon - Smutty AU where Mare and Maven are both Reds in the Stilts

Anti-Hero - Maven growing up in the Stilts without ever pickpocketing Mare

Snow On the Beach - Mareven fluff

You're On You Own, Kid - Elane bonding with Maven

Midnight Rain - Irisare AU

Question . . . ? - Maven, still a palace servant, never falls into the grid

Vigilante Shit - Farley POV of Mare interactions

Bejewled - Sees Elizabeth flirt with Maven to get under her skin, assumed he reciprocated (Mareven jealousy basically)

Labyrinth - Maven has nightmares, hurt/comfort

Karma - Elizabeth spreads gossip about Mare

Sweet Nothing - Queen!Mare makes Maven her consort

Mastermind - blood swap au where Mare is never adopted by Ada and Nix and is instead raised by Nora Nolle and Ethan Titanos

The Great War - maybe a marecal au I don't know

Paris - Maven and Mare read about history before the Calamities

Bigger Than the Whole Sky - Cal mourns Maven in an au where he is caught and executed by someone dunno who yet

High Infidelity - SPOILER but it involves Maven, Mare, and Iris

Glitch - Prequel where Evangeline convince Elane to move to The Lakelands with her

Would've, Could've, Should've - something about Maven and Elara idk

Dear Reader - Maven loses Mare to the arena

Hits Different - Maven is executed by the Scarlet Guard, Mare mourns

You're Losing Me - Cal and Maven rise to the throne together, but still become estranged

[dimst4r]

Okay I don't know about yall but kilorn x Cameron was definitely NOT the couple I expected and then we had gisa suddenly turning out lesbian like gurl what 💀

[carmilllaofstyria]

if only the authors got over themselves and let the characters be queer in peace ... or violence. whatever they're into.

[kracenstar]

Controversial take here but: the horrible and horrific things Maven had done wouldn’t have been overlooked or forgiven by the fandom if Maven wasn’t attractive.

[shadowqueenjude]

Doomed to fall for sarcastic side characters with daddy issues.

[ball-of-butter]

rating twerkability of red queen characters bcuz im unemployed:

mare: 2/10 she has some ass she just has no idea what she’s doing with it

cal: 6/10 he also has no idea what hes doing but his glutes are so phat that 6 is quite literally the lowest he can score

maven: this one is really difficult bcuz at first thought i thought he’s too skinny and a flop to shake ass but then i thought about it more and how he’s definitely bottomed out and so…. what? i guess a 7/10? maybe controversial but hes got to be better than cal at something and that’s definitely not being king

diana: deadass 1/10

kilorn: 9/10 he says he’s a natural but he actually practised

shade: 10/10 an actual natural

iris: 4/10 she just doesn’t want to learn how or even attempt but 4 points for potential

evangeline: 6/10 she’s good at everything except maybe this

elane: 9/10 twerk master

ptolemus: 8/10 he learned for his wife

cameron: 1/10 somebody help herrrr omg

wren: 7/10 she’s too polite with it someone get this woman a drink

thomas: 9/10 was the village whore walking around like that

[king-spite]

so it seems the poppy war has become my absolute favorite series so ofc i'm losing my mind comparing every scene with my other favorite series (red queen) and making an unfathomable amount of headcanons

[imjulia-andilikecats]

I just finished reading @hrizantemy Mare Barrow's Critic Post, and here are my thoughts. I'm a die-hard Mare Barrow fan and will be touching on other topics/events that happened in Glass Sword, so please read with caution.

TW: Branding, Dead Baby

As someone who actually started caring for Mare during her corruption/fall arc in Glass Sword. It's no surprise to me that a lot of people would dislike her but it doesn't mean I'll ever get used to it.

Your criticism is mostly focused on the pivotal moment when Mare captured Cameron, which highlights her hypocrisy and her mental/moral decline at the end of the book.

However, you dismissed A LOT of events that led to Mare becoming this.

To start, Mare didn't become this hypocrite overnight:

Glass Sword began fresh after Maven's betrayal, with Mare still suffering from PTSD and guilt for what she did to Cal (and other characters, such as Lucas and her three handmaids).

For the majority of the book, Mare and her companions are in a bloody race to get to the Newbloods before Maven gets to them first while also being hunted down and killed themselves.

With their first encounter with dead Newlood, they quickly got ambushed, and Maven branded her.

Imagine the physical and mental tools that Mare suffered whenever they found a dead Newblood and a bloody letter. Maven hunting her down and mentally taunting/threatening her with his letters.

I would be, pardon my language, tweaking too, if my enemy leaves a message on a dead baby.

Mare has a lot of unaddressed trauma with problems that keep piling up on her that she doesn't have the resources or skill to fix. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't have access to a therapist; she is far away from her family. She never had a healthy way of coping with her trauma. Cause she is too desperate to save a Newblood and survive the day. She never gets to breathe in this book.

Also, the reason Mare broke protocol was when they encountered Jon The Seer, and he told her that the person they would meet would be their chance to infiltrate Corros Prison, and that unfortunate person was Cameron.

Mare, desperate, had Shade capture her. To save Julian, Sara, Newbloods, and even Silver elites being held captive by Elara.

Everyone did not approve of her decisions and often called her out:

Cal and Farley are very vocal about Mare's plans and choice of action.

With most of her plans being shut down and her behavior getting checked when she oversteps.

They don't see her as a leader even if Mare acts like one.

A good example is when Mare discussed the plan to infiltrate Corros Prison, and only a few of the Newblood recruits wanted to join. Mare even noted that they were either scared of her or they didn't know her.

Only when Kilorn, who spent time with them, spoke up about their need to save the others where they were more persuaded to join.

During the attack in Corros Prison when Mare called for Cal to help her. He ignored her because she killed guards who were begging her for mercy.

Later, when Shade died, Mare was not comforted or pitied. Farley slapped her for being dense and insensitive. Cal pushed her into a different room to tell her off, asking what was wrong with her, why was she reading Maven's letters, and even questioning if she was even capable of love.

Mare faced the consequences of her actions:

After Mare and the colonel broadcasted Elara's head. Barely anyone was talking to Mare.

On their way to their mission, they were quickly captured by an angry, grieving Maven. Mare offered herself to spare the others. Maven wanted justice for his mother, so he accepted.

He put a collar on her, dressed her in rags, and paraded her before a crowd of angry Silvers who wanted nothing more than her dead and commanded her to kneel. This happened on her 18th birthday. She is just a kid.

Mare made mistakes. She was not only called out for it. She suffered the consequences and wholeheartedly apologized to Cameron for what she did. Even offering to fight anyone who tried to question Cameron.

I know my response will be dismissed as a Mare stan. But you got to give credit to Aveyard. She created a flawed FMC with ACTUAL flaws that aren't just relatable but realistic, and she actually faces the consequences of her actions and is not being glorified by the characters or the narrative.

[redqueenincorrectquotes]

Kilorn: Hey, I got home safe.

Mare: I know. I walked you.

[lilo-jacos]

Red Queen Couple Headcanons!!

- Farley and Shade gossip about everyone they have ever come across. Or they'll say they're going to work but really they're leaving the room to talk trash.

- Mare and Cal play Animal Crossing together, sometimes making fun obstacle courses in the game plus seeing who can make the best villages.

- Elane turned Evangeline into a swiftie (mainly Reputation and TTPD, a bit of 1989)

- If Maven and Iris had a daughter her name would be Ava, if they had a son his name would be Ivan.

- Kilorn and Cameron both listen to Katy Perry (Cam isn't a big pop person but Katy is an exception... Is this because I'm listening to Dark Horse right now and I can picture Cameron humming to it and Kilorn screaming the lyrics? Maybe)

[lucy-the-cat]

Rq flash fic Fridays

Prequel to this.

I stare at my stomach, at what Sara healer's hands had revealed a few days ago. At what burns me from the inside out, even as I huddle beneath my thin blankets.

Soft footsteps approach my cot, Kilorn peering at me between the blankets. "What's wrong?"

"Go away."

He bites his lip, reaching to cup my cheek. "Please don't hide from me."

I curl further into the blankets, long breaths that waver for far too long. "I'm pregnant."

He sours. "Can you please be serious?"

"Ask Sara. She found out when I did."

Kilorn stills. "You're--"

"Not lying." I throw the blankets off, teeth gnashing as I comb through my memories again.

His face falls. "It's Cal's, isn't it?"

"Worse." My head is heavy. "Maven's."

His eyes go wide, a whisper in the dark. "When."

“The boat.”  I swallow.  “I–He was so kind.  So sweet.  I didn’t think anything of it, I just–”  My eyes squeeze shut.  “Why him?”

“We don’t choose who we love.  I wish, more than anything, that we could.”

We sit there in silence, until he finally leaves. I know he won't tell, no matter how deeply he should. A silent code between best friends, unbroken even now.

@drewtanakagf @nortaeventcouncil

[thatpeculiargremlin]

rq incorrect quotes 👍

Mare: How do tall people possibly sleep at night when the blanket can't possibly cover you? 

Cal: Mare, it's four o'clock in the morning. 

Mare: So, you can't sleep, huh? Is it because of the blanket?

***

Cal: If you got arrested what would be the charges? 

Mare: Theft. 

Farley: Disturbing the peace. 

Cameron: Aggravated assault. 

Shade: Arson. 

Maven: All of the above. In that order, probably.

***

Mare : Maven has no survival skills, his need to win has replaced them. 

Evangeline : That can't be true.

Mare : Watch this. 

Mare : Hey Maven, race you to the bottom of the stairs! 

Maven: *Throws himself out a window*

***

Kilorn : I can be your partner for the next race.

Mare : Sorry, Kilorn. It's a sibling race.

Gisa : Maybe there's a contest for lonely children after this.

Mare : It's only children, Gisa. A lonely child is what you're gonna be when I sell you!

[silkpages]

some people hate mare for how she acted in glass sword, but rereading it, i honestly get why she was pissed off half the time and ngl my own anger's been flaring up because what do you mean she's just been betrayed and everyone's mad she doesn't immediately trust them when they don't even trust her?? or that nobody (ahem kilorn. love you but-) even denies it when she comments that the colonel sees her as a ticking time bomb?? or idk when they trick her (king's cage tears in advance 🥲) into a silent stone cell?? these are all within the first ten chapters, mind you. and i get that these do get resolved later, and mare is definitely not flawless herself, but you can't blame her for being paranoid and angry about being kept in the dark. justice for my girl!

[kracenstar]

It have just found out the red queen universe is set in the future of our world and that they are in a post apocalyptic version of our world and that the time period before their apocalypse was the year 2025.

THIS MEANS THAT TIKTOK EXISTED IN THE RED QUEEN UNIVERSE AND BEYONCÉ SONGS ARE CONSIDERED CLASSICS