#say what you will about arc 3 but I think tui got significantly better at incorporating romance into the series

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What am I thinking about? Oh nothing much. Just about arc 3 of Wings of Fire, and how Cricket had to hide something different about herself from her piers her whole childhood in fear of being outcast or having terrible things be done to her. How this caused her to think differently than the other HiveWings, and is potentially the sole reason she realized anything was wrong with their society to begin with.

I'm also thinking about how Blue tried his very best to integrate and conform into society since he was a kid, only for something deeply intrinsic to him and out of his control to start to make itself known. Being the catalyst for his life being entirely uprooted when he would've initially preferred for things to stay the same. But again, it was the push he needed to realize that things were wrong.

Just thinking about how Blue and Cricket first met each other while hiding from hoards of mind controlled HiveWings due to these circumstances. How they found solace and acceptance in each other during this time. Both of them being outcasts for reasons they had no control in. Both of them being fugitives simply for being different. Two teenagers now facing their society in opposition together. Because now they realize complacency won't fix anything, but that things need to change.

..... Anyway, "Blicket is boring and rushed," MY ASS. Did we even READ the same damn books????