#this ones really incomphresensible lol
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it is literally 4 in the morning and I can't fully articulate this but like. I spent a whole lot of time trying to work out who the "third" in Rise + Fall is (given the 'two works well, three complicates things' rule in Fall) mostly because its the sort of thing that works really well for parallels (example: my insane Hook theory). Obviously there has to be a Third for the Prequels twins (since Soman wouldn't've made it that big of a deal if there wasn't), just as there is a third for the TSY and TCY twins: Tedros is the Third in TSY, and the Complicator Of Things himself - Aric - is the Third in TCY, but there's a lot more candidates for Prequels: you could make cases for Hook, the Pirate Captain, Pan, and Vulcan, from my memory. But none of them really stay around long enough for them to be the third, so I was struggling to pick one out that worked well.
Based on how the Rule Of Three is described, the Third has to be someone that gets in the way of two others, who are going to be the twins, and needs to do a significant amount of Complication. Aric is literally the blueprint for this (potentially also Evelyn, but also not Evelyn, for Reasons). So anyway looking back on it the Third in Rise and Fall is SO OBVIOUSLY the Storian itself and im mad I didn't clock this earlier
It's present through both prequels, where most of the other candidates aren't. It DEFINITELY gets in the way and DEFINITELY does some significant Complication, looking at the end of Fall. If I were to reach slightly, the first image we see in Rise and Fall is of the Storian physically between the brothers, mirroring how it ends up coming between them emotionally, and I like to think that's intentional (Book 2's cover does this as well).
More importantly, there's another part to the Rule Of Three pattern with the sets of twins that isn't explicitly stated, but is consistent between all three: the Third always replaces one twin to form the Two with the other. in TSY, this happens with Tedros and Agatha (predominantly). In TCY, this happens with Aric and Japeth - this is why Evelyn can't be the TCY third in my opinion, since she doesn't replace either twin, and breaks this pattern. in Rise and Fall, this happens with the Storian and Rafal. There isn't really a pattern to whether the Good/Evil twin gets replaced, unless you want to go into some very very very bit leaps ive thought about regarding the whole "was Rhian II evil or good before becoming Rafal, and does that also affect Japeth doing the same thing" thingy but I could not fully explain that stuff ever. There is probably so much more nuance I could add to this if only I reread TSY but that will happen Some Other Time
#it is so obvious whenever I post something comparing all three parts of the series that TCY is my favourite#but anyway I firmly believe Soman DEFINITELY wrote the Rule Of Three around Aric in TCY. it works far far far too well#the joys of SGE theorising is that Soman intended none of this but goddamn is it here anyway#this is probably one of those things that I think is a major revelation but everyone else has already twigged#one day I can explain the “was japeth ever good/evil” insane theory it'll happen one of these days#god do I have some insane evidence for it#I think part of the reason I tend to talk about TSY less when theorising#- and why it generally fits every pattern a little more loosely -#is because Soman (probably) really started planning for Prequels around TCY#so they're much more connected#yeah I don't know how comprehensive this will be I'm really bad at fully writing explained theory posts#japethposting#havent japethposted in a while actually#disappointed in myself#sge#tsfgae#school for good and evil#the school for good and evil#sfgae#fotsge#rotsge#the school of good and evil#this ones really incomphresensible lol
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