#playchoice rod

[the-unconquered-queen]

Just remembering how the Girlies were Going Through It™ when Ride or Die was releasing. Scandalized by Logan using MC for intel and jumping ship for Colt only for him to get revealed as a kidnapper and would-be-murderer within like one chapter.

Ride or Die, you crazy bitch, no one was doing it like you ❤️

[niaerinisms]

Choice male character who ‘face systemic oppression due to their disadvantaged background’ and how this shapes them as a character on a scale of ‘wanting to create a better world for those like them and change the system’ to ‘leads them to becoming more self-serving and engaging in illegal activities either because they desire the power which was not granted to them or because their upbringing as shaped them to believe they can only look out for themselves’

It is a very confusing scale but you see the vision….

Struggled slightly between Jack and Jax but decided that Jax never actually goes too far, while Jack is a terrorist does

Mal is right in the middle as at the start he is a thief who only looks out for himself. But I’d still say he’s morally good and has never actually toed that line. He’s not a revolutionary per se, though as he doesn’t challenge or reshape the system as himself, though of course follows and works with those who do and does smaller but no less significant actions like running the orphanage to keep the children from being taken in by the Thieves’ Guild like he was (and of course he is critical of the system since the start having been a victim of it like the other characters)

Main struggle was between Logan and Colt. Desperately need to replay RoD too, but Logan is more self-serving, believing he can only look out for himself instead of putting trust in others (until MC although they both go off on their own ways anyway by the end).

Colt is…. Colt. He’s desperate to prove himself and we see his ruthlessness, drive and hunger for power more and more as the book progresses. And from what we know of the scrapped RoD sequel, he’s well on his way of achieving his goals if he hasn’t already

I decided Colt won though

[sharpstake]

rod makes me so so insane even all these years later. logan who believes the lie that he’s more cutthroat than he is, lying to himself that he’d cut and run when it was time, only to cling to scraps of affection. mona who doesnt carry the same defensiveness about trust that colt and logan do, who refused to let herself be tied down, taking the fall for a pretty girl once more, finally finding someone worth trusting. colt watching his father burn up and wish only that his son escapes a life he never knew any differently from, only for his death to solidify colt’s reclamation of it.

[missameliep]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Ride or Die (Visual Novel) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Colt Kaneko/Main Character (Ride or Die) Characters: Main Character (Ride or Die), Colt Kaneko, Ximena (Ride or Die), Mona (Ride or Die), oc (Warren) Additional Tags: Lost Love, Revenge, Racism, Character Death, Fake Character Death Series: Part 1 of The One Who Got Away Summary: Eleanor Wheeler dreamed of greatness, of finally starting her life in college, far away from LA and her overprotective father. Twelve years after joinning the MPC, meeting the criminal who would become the love of her life and losing him, she comes to a point in her life when she questions if the sacrifices are worth. A ghost from her past will be the catalyst for change.

Once upon a time in what seems like another life, no one would spare a second glance at the shy teenager with untamed curly hair and oversized sweatshirts walking down the fancy prep school’s hallways with the nose stuck in a book. Back then she was just Ellie, the sheltered daughter of an LAPD detective with a single goal in life: get into Langston.

But then a bad boy – that was not so bad after all – waltzed into her life and introduced her to a forbidden world of illegal races, crime and betrayal. A world she was not supposed to know about, let alone desire to take part in...  

Then love was added to the equation.  

She fell in love, but not with this bad boy.

[roseythorne]

i love you, colt kaneko <3

[where-the-wind-travels]

WHO TF TOLD PB?????

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘There are some older books that would probs be single LI books if they were released now. The ones I immediately thought of were ROD with a GOC Logan, TRR/H/F with a GOC Liam, and OH with a GOC Ethan.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

[coltkaneko]

okay here's the thing i'm even more ??? that rod 2 didn't happen now. bc that plot makes a lot of sense and it doesn't sound like it would have gotten a third book or like it would have needed one based on the description.

i think that the logan and mona romances are pretty linear here and make the most sense with the story, but that's what i've always found so interesting about colt is that he's the outlier. i've always been torn on if he'd take his dad's sacrifice in vain or not and go legit or not. on one hand, i feel like he'd want to avenge his dad, on the other when that anger subsided i feel like he'd be smart and do the right thing. i saw a lot of people in the comments on the reddit post where i took the screenshot from talking about how they were disappointed in what the colt/mc storyline would be and how it felt like character regression for him and the mc. and my response to that as the self proclaimed #1 colt kaneko stan is yes and no? i mean yes, it is character regression, but that is also kinda the whole point of rod and colt and mc always brought out the worst in each other in that sense.

mc is the 'good girl' but she doesn't bring out the good in colt the way that she does in logan. out of the three main lis, logan is the only one i would call a good person, colt and mona are both morally gray. mona's mindset is about survival while colt's is selfish. he does what he wants to get what he wants. whereas i would say that the mc has a positive affect on mona and logan, i would say that colt has a negative affect on the mc. she chooses to love him despite what he does and the lack of remorse that he shows. while andrew says that what colt does is mostly on the books, i have a hard time believing that that isn't mostly out of self interest in some way. i guess what i'm saying is i doubt how much he's truly changed. and i'm sure that the engagement is tied to that because as an industry leader, there must be benefits to be being engaged to the mayor's daughter. and i'm not saying that he doesn't love her, but it does seem like a strategic choice to get close to her.

my guess for why colt would join the old crew other than any lingering feelings for mc would be out of allegiance or vengeance for his father. and then when bringing back the point of character regression, this would be colt's choice and much as it is the mc's choice to be returning to this life in the first place. might it feel shitty for some people to see a recent college grad and a 25ish year old who recently turned his life around giving it up for a life a crime and an old relationship? sure. is it toxic and co-dependent? yeah. but idk colt and mc were always this way and the inherent struggle of colt's character has always been colt's idea of making his dad proud versus the life his dad actually wanted for him. they were like this in book 1 and i personally really really wish i could read book 2

[rosesnink]

TOP 10 FAVOURITE LIs OF ALL TIME

POV: We're all basically women here! And uh... Sinclaire!

Honourable mentions: Annelyse Adair, Shreya Mistry, Kamilah Sayeed, Quinn Kelly, Dakota Winchester, Vera Reinmonenq, Stacy Green, Ava Cunningham, Gabriela Adalhard, Cassie Harlow, Princess Valax, Hana Lee, Sonia Alves, Danni Asturias

[2008yottsumehalberdierevx]

The ROD book 2 plot reveal on StoryLoom is FINALLY out and it sounds so good?????

**Small Spoilers for book 1 below**

SO glad that Mona broke out of prison but super disappointed in MC for not having a part in it. What was the point of telling her that we would get her out some day at the hospital if she was left to do it alone???????

I hope MC at least tried but was too late or something but there’s no way of knowing because the book was cancelled. I like that we get to be with the LI of our choice in the end though.

Also Colt being engaged was not something I expected to happen in a 5 year time skip lol

[am-i-invisible777]

Drew a lil bc I miss him

[the-unconquered-queen]

Anyway since I guess I'm in a Ride or Die mood today, I can't believe I'm not gonna get a second book in which I get to see Colt and my MC's relationship develop after she told him he doesn't really love her. Like wdym I don't get to see them fall in love proper 😠

[sapphoschoices]

HELLO??? Holy shit what a woman...

[sharpstake]

never gonna get over the drama of Colt throwing Logan directly under the bus for entrapment (THAT HE ALSO NEVER TOLD ELLIE ABOUT) to stop the whole premeditated manslaughter plot from getting aired

[harbingerofdespair]

Bring ride or die back, mona didn't deserve that

[where-the-wind-travels]

top row — amethyst grimes & euphemia labelle (ilw) ✦ middle row — moi kujaku (es) & elias bellamy (ds) ✦ bottom row — raida pearce (bb) & maya minobe (rod)

inspired by @choicesmc ♡