#thank u for giving us arguably the greatest description of d*rian ever

[bitchryver]

Part 1: This is long ask anon here to complain because I just... i can’t deal with how this fandom portrays dorian havilliard and i need to let it out once in a while. This is probably gonna be a long word vomit and first i want to say that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and interpretation and this whole thing might be a bit subjective but i feel like people either ignore canon or take what’s canon and than twist it up so so much that shsssjsjk

Pt 2: Anyway Fandom Dorian Havilliard is a Woke Sensitive Sexy Sad Boi who everyone feels sorry for and deserves happiness because Aelin chose Chaol instead of him and then treated him Badly (and because Sorscha died and he possessed by a valg prince and those are valid reasons but here is my wild take: Dorian didn’t suffer more than Aelin or Elide or Lysandra or even Manon who was after all emotionally and physically abused by her grandmother for over 100 years. People love saying there are a 

Pt 3: lot of parallels between manon and dorian so that manorian would make sense yet I don’t see anybody crying about the fact that manon didn’t have any real agency her entire life. I mean sure she could make battles plans and go out flying but she had no real control over anything. Even her view of the world was her grandmother’s Their entire nation was basically brainwashed. And Aelin, an 8 year-old kid under Arobynn? Yeah, not exactly in control of her own destiny. Not to mention endovier 

Pt 4: Elide and Lysandra? The cadre under the blood oath? My point is nobody in this series had it easy. I know it’s not the same thing as being possessed by a valg but still. There’s this constant bias Also how is Dorian the kindest and most compassionate and sensitive character in tog? Let me remind everyone of the first book when dorian was spending time with his pure-blooded puppies yet he had no trouble killing the mutt who wouldn’t listen to anyone. And it was AELIN who stepped in and 

Pt 5: asked him to save fleetfoot. Aelin who freed those slaves. Aelin who saved Yrene. Aelin who saved Manon, her enemy because she was moved by Asterin’s scream. Speaking of which does anyone remember when Manon saved Petrah, who she considered a rival, for a similar reason even if she had always been punished for any display of mercy or compassion. Or when Manon chose Abraxos, a small and damaged bait beast to be her mount. Or when Manon saved Elide. Yeah,good times.Lysandra taking Evangeline 

Pt 6: under her protection. None of them had anything to gain through their action but they still did it. That’s what an empathetic person does. And dorian…let me think of one moment when dorian was kind for any other reason than trying to Get The Girl. Dorian wouldn’t have done shit about fleetfoot if Aelin wasn’t his love interest and he wouldn’t have tried to free manon on that ship if he didn’t want to get in her pants. So i present to you canon Dorian Havilliard:

Pt 7: The Mary Sue of Magic (yeah, that was me), a Privileged White Boi used to getting what he wants all the time who had one bad thing happen to him and now he is Depressed (which he is entitled to of course) That doesn’t mean Manon should be making a trip to rifthold every friday to keep dorian happy. Sidenote: had anyone noticed how manon seems to be more actively involved in their relationship? She gets angry cause she’s worried, she walks into his tent and asks him for advice, she tries to

Pt 8: keep him safe and Privileged Boi Dorian expects her to do all that while he acts cold whenever he feels he isn’t getting his way. I still don’t get their relationship, nor do I feel any chemistry but once again Canon Manorian is not the same as Fandom Manorian. In fact anything involving Dorian is slightly distorted in the fandom This is the longest thing I’ve ever written but i was so Done and angry. And this time i made screenshots of everything cause i just know tumblr will eat my asks

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