#roland havillard

[queen-of-lightning-and-fire]

Aelin and the Valg (maybe) Inside Her

Power doesn't mean survival. We are all scared of Aelin being implanted with a Valg. And a lot of people have taken comfort in the hopes that because Aelin is powerful, she will survive. But I like to put forth Dorian. He is arguably as powerful if not maybe even stronger than Aelin. He has raw magic, it can be wielded in any way shape or form. And yet when he had the collar, and the valg was inside of him, he had no control. 

So maybe power doesn’t equate safety.

Perhaps, inner strength does. I mean just look at Kaltain. The King. Roland. They each had the valg in them. And each, in varying degrees, was able to fight the valg. The King kept his family and (very misguided and very problematic) the kingdom ‘safe’. Roland was able to go to the witches and ask to be killed. He seemed to have enough control to talk as himself. And Kaltain totally decimated that valg. 

Each in some way had an inner strength. A mission to safe guide other people or themselves. And while Dorian did show himself in glimpses.He never had the control that the others seemed to wield. 

And Kaltain, Roland, and the King were never even close to how powerful Dorian and Aelin are. 

So maybe the secret to Aelin defeating a valg if one is put inside of her is her embracing the darkness yet again. It might be finding her inner light. Her inner fire. And letting that burn until it consumes her. 

[bohemian-marina]

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED WITH ROLAND IN QUEEN OF SHADOWS. 

[longsightmyth]

So basically... Roland Havillard out-eviled and/or out-willed a demon? That's terrifying. And metal. I dig it.

I described it to @polysorscha as a ‘no, you’re locked in here with me’ situation.

Basically, I wanted the demons to exist for that mythical aspect but didn’t want to dehumanize a murderous conquering dictator. 

And I don’t mean humanize as in ‘feel sorry for’ I mean humanize as in ‘no humans can be The Worst’.

...that’s a discussion later. Here, have a prototype of the two conversations involved:

“You want a reason for him to be terrible,” Celaena said, practically spitting the words. “Well, I have news, Lillian. Sometimes people are just terrible. There’s no rhyme or reason. Sometimes they just are, and there isn’t anything you can do about it.”

It took a long moment for Lillian to rein in the hurt and instinctive flinch from being snapped at, but finally she asked, “Are you one of those people?”

Celaena, for the first time Lillian could recall, smiled. Lillian wished she hadn’t: it didn’t reach her eyes, and it showed too much teeth. Her canines were definitely sharper than other people’s: this time Lillian had no doubt.

“Yes,” Celaena said.

*MUCH LATER*

“I told you people were terrible sometimes,” Celaena said. “No rhyme or reason. It’s still true.”

“Thanks,” Lillian said. “I don’t actually want another ‘the world is awful, stop trying’ talk. I’m having a bad day.”

Celaena said, “People are terrible. But sometimes people are just good, too. No rhyme or reason.”

Lillian opened her mouth. No sound came out. It would, as soon as she got over the astonishment.

Celaena didn’t wait. “But you and Nehemia just prove my point. Look at what you’ve gone through, and all it did was make you nicer. There isn’t any excuse for people to be as terrible as the king, or as terrible as me. Sometimes, people are just awful. But sometimes they’re just good, too. So maybe you shouldn’t stop trying.”

[thehighqueenofhiraeth]

spoiler warning again

THE DEMON KING DUDE WAS IN ROLAND HAVILLARD’S BODY?? SOMEONE SAVE DORIAN RIGHT FRICKEN NOW PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Queen of Shadows Thoughts

Spoilers for Queen of Shadows

So the Valg King that Aelin read about in the temple of confessions down in the catacombs... he’s in the mountains with the Ironteeth?? They’ve mentioned a dude matching the description before and thats kinda a yikes moment tbh. I have a very bad feeling about this

[emilyspanicroom]

I HAVE A LIST.

Connal and Vaughan - generally the whole cadre

Nox!

Mort!

Holland

Even more Dorian Havillard

Gallan Ashryver

Roland Havillard

GENERALLY EVERYBODY.

My loves, what’s one secondary/background character in Throne of Glass or ACOTAR that you wish was developed more throughout the series or you wish they are perhaps going to be developed more in future instalments?