#kitay

[crowwowo]

“At Sinegard they had been about the same height… But then, at Sinegard they had just been children,”

[silvermarig0lds]

“Fight well. Keep us safe. I love you.” 😭😭😭

These platonic soulmates have my whole heart omg

[wondering-whispers]

One of the many heartbreaking things about tpw triology was that Rin did not have an identity outside of being a soldier. Kitty would have been a scholar. Nezha probably would have succeeded his father. But Rin? What would she have become. The more I think about tpw,the more it hurts

[old-habits-die-screaming]

babel this babel that HAVE YOU GUYS READ THE POPPY WAR??!?!?!?!?!?!

like god DAMN rebecca WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS

no one and i mean NO ONE can make me hate you rin (my queen can do no wrong)

[charasthetics]

Chen Kitay

[rosanqro]

i can’t handle this i’m just sitting here peacefully and then i’m suddenly struck with the thoughts about Rin and Nezha and Kitay and Venka and everything they went through and how they suffered and yet they still had each other but somehow that made it all hurt more but their bonds still kept them connected until their final moments and AHHHHHHHHHH

[favnono]

"Kitay held Rin's shoulders and kissed her on the forehead. That was their way of saying goodbye, their way of expressing everything they never said out loud. Good fight. Keep us safe. Love you."

I love their friendship

(It didn't turn out as expected, but I promise to improve over time.)

// Translation // tradução //

"Kitay segurou os ombros de Rin e a beijou na testa. Essa era a maneira deles de se despedirem, a maneira deles de expressar tudo o que nunca disseram em voz alta. Boa luta. Mantenha-nos seguros. Amo você."

Eu amo a amizade deles

(Não saiu como o esperado, mas prometo melhorar com o tempo.)

[nezhaswhore]

They’re happy, your honor (:

[ganseysmagiciansz]

the fact that kitay has a canonically receding hairline

[lunalovesrants]

“I’d die before I let anyone hurt you, Rin.”

To be fair, TO BE FAIR, he said he’d die before LETTING ANYONE hurt her. Not hurting her himself. So really, did he lie?

….

(Humor me please).

[broimjustagirl]

rip rin you wouldve loved my boy only breaks his favourite toys

[arianwyn-art]

yeah i’m a lesbian but chen kitay

[damagedthingss]

JIANG ZIYA: Master of Lore, The Gatekeeper

[wondering-whispers]

I think about the little montage of Kitay and Rin's day out everytime the happenings of the rest of the series comes to mind

[sunsetschloe]

The Poppy War Series

“How could she compare the lives lost? One genocide against another—how did they balance on the scale of justice? And who was she, to imagine that she could make that comparison?” --R.F Kuang, The Poppy War

I have so much to say about The Poppy War series. No amount of words will describe the feeling it left me when I turned the last page and broke a little inside, but I will try, because that's all I can do the lessen the heartbreak of reading this series:

Rebecca Kuang. No words will describe my adoration for her writing abilities. To be able to incorporate such beauty into such a dark tale is impossibly hard, and no words will describe my absolute respect for her. I absolutely loved her truthful portrayal of war, instead of just romanticizing cruelty, and how utterly blunt she was about the horrors that ordinary people faced during times of chaos.

Rin, Nezha, Kitay, Venka, etc etc. They were just children. That's all I can say. They were children that were no longer innocent because adults shoved swords into their hands, and told them to die for a cause. They were so fucking young when the responsibility of millions of lives was forced upon them, and no person should ever have to make a decision that had such impact, especially not some young people. I loved each and every one of them, and I also loathed the decisions they made, but at the end of the day, they were just children born into a fragile world of cruelty and darkness.

Rin

"Dying was easy. Living was so much harder--that was the most important lesson Altan had ever taught her" --R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

From her choice in choosing to pledge Lore, till the end when she took her own life, I didn't like Rin. I didn't like her decisions, and I didn't respect how she treated her friends, but I did grow so SO attached to her as a character. I hated her for leaving Nezha with a shattered nation, but I also realized how much courage it took for her to take that route. Since she was born, survival mattered the most, always, and the fact that she chose to kill herself, with the interest of her country in mind, deserves so much respect. Yes, you could argue that she realized how hard surviving was, and chose the easy way out, but she was nurtured in a way that forced her to choose survival, to choose life, even if she wasn't truly living. Along with that, she also had Kitay's life bound to hers, so I don't think she made her final decision out of selfishness, but rather a willingness to sacrifice her life so that millions more would keep their own. As long as she was alive, the Hesperians wouldn't leave them alone, so she made her final decision for her country.

Nezha

“He knew exactly what choice she'd made and what she intended. And that made everything- hating her, loving her, surviving her, so much harder.” --R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

I truly believe that Nezha only acted the way he did because he was fucking terrified of everything happening around him. Yes, he was bred for this, but nothing ever prepared him for the shit that was going to come his way. And when Rin was going to kill herself, his composed mask just faded and he revealed the fear he had in him all along. He was another victim of the fragility of society, and I truly hope that no matter what happened after the third book, he found his peace and order.

Venka

After her reappearance (iykyk), I was so terrified that she would die, or go through something just as traumatic again. AND SHE DID. I was trembling when Rin accused her of being a traitor, and the way she threw herself on top of Rin to save her just broke my heart. I refuse to believe that she sold them out and wrote the letters, because how could anyone be a traitor, and still be willing to sacrifice her life for the person accusing them of such things?? Since the truth will never be uncovered, I will live with the hope that she was innocent all along, because she's been through so much, and her legacy should live on clean and untarnished.

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Chen Kitay