#ren💌maven

[planetmaven]

one of my absolute favorite things about the multi povs in King's Cage - War Storm, is the fact that every single person that had a pov chapter (besides Maven) has called or referred to Maven as a child.

I rly wish I had ss for this but I'm too lazy to go through every chapter to find them (💀)

but I remember that the more the story went on, the more the characters began to realize what a child Maven was. which is ironic considering the fact that he turned from a boy prince that no one looked at to the King of Norta who everyone feared.

everyone slowly began to realize what a child Maven Calore truly was. and it's almost haunting. the only person who I feel always knew was Cal.

[planetmaven]

this part literally kills me. but also when he laughs because it's like he's trying to grasp that this is real. he was outsmarted. he was caught. but maybe it brought hope, too? hope that the endless suffering would end for him. i wonder what was going on in his head 😭 VICTORIA WHAT THE HELL

no bc the part in War Storm, right after they capture Maven and they're carrying him away and he's talking to the voice in his head saying, "I did as you said, I did as you said" breaks my heart into a million pieces every single time omg.

[planetmaven]

something in my soul is touched when i reread the scene in war storm where maven goes to mare's stilts home and destroys it

it feels like he was in mourning, you know? because he had lost her. he lost her so so many times, but she was so close to him THIS time and she slipped right between his fingers like cupped water.

and it specifically feels like mourning because maven calore didn't feel love. all he ever felt was loss and the idea of love that was more leaned toward obsession. so instead of mourning in sadness and depression like he did with thomas, he mourned with rage and destruction with mare.

[planetmaven]

I love so much that Victoria always reminds us about how much Maven lies, but one of my favorite lies will be how humble and good he is to his people when his intentions are so ominous and cruel.

in King's Cage, we watch him welcome Newbloods into his army with warm, open arms and dashing white smiles. Not once does he retch or look like he is disgusted with them. His smile and generosity seem so genuine.

Page 195 of King's Cage says, "Maven alone seems unfazed, smiling for the workers and their tattooed necks. He doesn't cover his mouth like Evangeline or retch at the smell like so many others, myself included."

like not even Mare could pretend 😭 but Maven can

Victoria not only tells us that Maven is a good liar, but she's SHOWING us, too. As a writer, I love this scene entirely.

[planetmaven]

i have NEVER seen anyone talk about how good the scene where Nanny reveals herself as a spy in Maven's court is.

This quote specifically KILLS ME EVERYTIME because it dives so deep into the intense contrast of Maven and Mare's characters, regardless of similar they think they are.

Mare asks, "When you are sick, who do you blame? Your body or the disease?" and VICTORIA AVEYARD WRITES "He glares down at me, and I feel hallow." And finally, Maven says, "You blame the cure that didn't work."

THIS IS SOOO DEEP AND NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT?? HELLO????

[planetmaven]

one thing i notice so much about maven is how he's always describing himself as "the shadow of the flame."

maven being the shadow, and cal being the flame.

he's obviously pointing out that Cal has always been more prioritized than him. More seen, more loved.

But the thing about flames is that they don't have shadows.

It's so significant because Maven feels that he doesn't even EXIST when Cal is around.

Like I just let that sink in today and I feel so so much for him. 😭

[planetmaven]

thinking about maven stepping outside when it was storming to miss and remember mare.

the way he pales when the thunder rolls

honestly this scene makes me so sad for what...like truly idky

i wonder if maven ever wonders what could've been if his mother hadn't have done what she did to him

[planetmaven]

hi guys I'd like to show u my fem maven design so far...

i wanted to keep the curly hair. she kinda looks like mare help. UGSHHDHDBDB IDK GUYS lmk what u think and what i can add or change:3

[planetmaven]

thinking about drawing fem maven now that I've been drawing again....

[planetmaven]

this is a scene from kings cage

maven is so sassy bro 😭 there are so many scenes where he's being sassy and snarky and jokey its insane. even when he was held captive in war storm, he always found a way to be a smartass.

[planetmaven]

I just finished my Glass Sword reread. the ending GAGS me everytime.

When Mare sees Maven again for the first time after Elara's death, she says that his mother's death has taken a toll on him already. She says there are bruise like shadows under his eyes.

It's so strange to me that he can mourn her. He lost his mother, the woman who abused him his entire life, and he MOURNED her. I would personally be celebrating like hello...

but Maven and Elara loved one another in their own twisted way. He'd whine and complain to her in Red Queen, and she'd just urge him to suck it up for a few hours. She'd fix his collar and make sure he was nice and presentable. In their own ways, they loved eachother.

It's wild to me that that can happen, you know? Because I would've reacted so differently if it were me in Maven's place.

Idk I just observed that. I kinda feel like I'm just yapping 💀 but Maven mourning his abusers death really kinda showed me how even within a toxic, bruise, and fucked up relationship, love is existent.

[planetmaven]

Dude, I NEED to know your opinion on the scene in War Storm where Maven is captured and in Montfort, and is about to be interrogated and tortured by Tyton. Like. His entire reaction is just so heartbreaking and it lives in my head rent free every day. I mean, who else could have hurt him in that way but his mother?? And then the line, “I try not to think of Maven. His words. What his life was and continues to be.”

LIKE OMFG WHAT. VICTORIA YOURE KILLING ME 😭🤌

And he still loved her and was BURIED NEXT TO HER ??? Ugh. I can’t. My goodness this character is so deliciously tragic and I just want to give him the biggest hug and also the biggest slap in the face 💀

no because the scene where maven is captured MAKES ME INSANE.

the way he literally just starts acting ballistic is wild to me. I mean talking to himself (which clearly looks like he's talking to elara EVEN THOUGH SHES DEAD) the manic smiling??? HELLO

and yes the interrogation scene was so sad

"You think I haven't done it a thousand times?" Makes me wonder what he says to himself. What lies to tells himself. What lies and truths does he mix up. Does he even know his own lies and truths?? It's like he's completely losing his sense of self.

and him wanting to be buried next to his mother is disgusting and beautiful all at once.

that woman was vile and cruel to him, but she was still his mother. and he loved her regardless. because in a way, I can imagine the lies she fed him as a child and how they became his truths.

it's so heartbreaking UGH he makes me sick

[planetmaven]

guys look at what I did

DO YALL FW THE RQ SHRINE ?!?!?

also should I get Kings Cage in red...I lowkey want it it looks so cunty 🙁🙁🙁

[planetmaven]

rip maven calore you would've loved himiko toga

[planetmaven]

red queen fanfic writers hear me out

mareven the little mermaid au

I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT

If mare was from underwater and maven is the prince (or king) with fire abilities, imagine what a story that would unfold.

mare wanting to escape the fate of her future and go into land thinking she would find her freedom

and maven unable to escape the burden of his kingdom and his duties going to the ocean because he has no where else to go (which is severely ironic because of his abilities)

but when they find eachother it's a mix of heaven and hell because they are NOT ONLY from different worlds, but nature goes against them in every way possible.

they think that they are going to save eachother, give eachother the freedom they so desperately want, but they end up drowning in a heap of desperation and obsession.

aAAAGGHHH

[planetmaven]

I'm going to put Maven in a little jar and shake him up until he explodes ♡♡ I love him so bad guys