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[you-know-i-get-itt]

I've missed you too!! TRC kinda put me in a reading slump.

And oh thank you!! Being thought of as Matt makes me happy

- trc anon

ahh that’s fair 😔 perhaps the dreamer trilogy could pull you out of it?

[steggymus]

I was wondering if you could give us some more Gansey fanart?? Love your style xx

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[squash1]

An essay on what makes Gansey, Gansey.

Go.

okay. strap in.

in this essay i will examine how, ultimately, what makes gansey, gansey is his experience with death at an early age and how that is fundamentally about a loss of childhood.

to understand what makes gansey, gansey you have to look at gansey’s two lives. gansey was born into a wealthy family — the kind of family that passes down names father to son and has buildings then built in that name. until gansey was 10, we can assume he fit into this affluent world without issue. little gansey was most likely a spoiled little rich kid — not a bad person but inherently out of touch because of the reality he was born into. when gansey dies the first time, it changes his perception of reality — he has an understanding of time and mortality that most adults don’t have never mind ten year olds. this first death is a representation of an early end to gansey’s childhood. he no longer easily fits into the wealthy, laid back world he was born into. we have to assume that until gansey went to stay with mallory, he was in DC with his parents trying to fit into their world but instead feeling intensely isolated and lonely. because even though gansey changed, his parents didn’t.

mallory is an important figure because of the time he represents in gansey’s life. we know from mallory that at 14 gansey struggled intensely with anxiety, that he hadn’t yet learned to present only his shiny gansey mask to the world. but instead of being dismissive, mallory showed gansey kindness and empathy — he was perhaps gansey’s first friend because sometimes delightfully weird old british men are exactly what a teenager needs. mallory helped gansey in his quest, but he also helped him to discover this new version of himself by making him feel not only safe but like there were other people beyond his parent’s world that would understand this pull and fascination he had.

understanding this backstory is key to understanding what makes gansey, gansey, because an intimate knowledge of death is what has produced this gansey that we meet in the raven boys. the gansey we meet is silly and strange and charming. he uses phrases like “hey, tiger” and drinks organic apple juice from the bottle, he has a favorite yellow sweater and is vocal about his love for it. and that’s just gansey, those are ganseyisms as i like to say. gansey has chosen to live his life with childlike wonder and whimsy because he lost that at an early age but doesn’t want to loose it forever. he has decided to embrace the weird, unknown parts of life. he is essentially reclaiming his time. he’s saying yes i know that there is death and darkness in the world, yes i have seen it first hand, yes i still feel it sometimes but i am going to live my life hopefully. gansey has carved out a life for himself in henrietta — a town that in and of itself makes him feel known, but also contains a piece of his old world in aglionby — and has slowly found people who fit, who feel right, who are 1,000 years old just like him. gansey has been lonely for a lot of his life but he found people who were lonely like he was lonely, that were looking for the something more just like he was looking for the something more. he is a compelling leader not because of money or status, but because his hope and quest and belief are real and made real because of gansey’s relationship to mortality. he has made it his mission to build a life he wants, even if it’s short, even if he’s scared. what makes gansey, gansey is his ability to choose hope anyway, to choose to live anyway.

if you made it this far, i love u

[cabeswaterdrowned]

I love the Raven Cycle! All four books are so good. Blueadansey Toxic Thruple, Adansey Divorce, Lesbian Bluesey & Weirdest Polycule Ever Formed!

this is the most accurate summary anyone has attempted for trc. To Me.

[adamprrishcycle]

first anon here, I just looked up hugh laughton scott and I agree with you he is very adam.

the adam I have in my head is mike faist but specifically from the 2015/16 short film he was in where he played a mechanic. imo he is the perfect amount of strange/eloquent/pretty looks-wise lol

WAIT you’re not the same anon??? How were you both so in sync with your asks? magic?? sorcery??? I just googled Mike faist in the short film (yellow?) and I get it

[jeanmoreaux]

I’m not a TRC reader but I’m familiar with it and damn that recent post of yours re Adam studying Gansey like whut

whut indeed. like, some things about this series just hit, y’know. very much a reason why i became obsessed with it as a teen. at that age a person cannot be expected to read passages like this and be normal about it. i certainly wasn’t (and still aren’t).

[parcai]

I feel like I have a very specific trc/tdt problem where its like... do I think pynch are the most interesting part of the books and most worth discussing? NO! but do I also think that ronan and adam are bad together or that they should've broken up at the end of greywaren? also no.... and the blogs that DO like them together seem to only talk about the series in passing or not in a way I enjoy and the ones that DO talk about the books in a way I enjoy absolute hate them together djcjsjcdsjcj its rough out here

that's so bizarre to me bc those who like them 2gether seem to ONLY talk abt them 😭😭😭 (+ often explicitly 🤧) i also don't wish they broke up or anything but i agree that they should not b the most discussed!!

i am anti FANON pynch not anti pynch :) hope that clarifies things

[raedas]

scared anon here. woagh,,, i am a cam and pal lover. they r my darlings forever and always. i have been up late studying for Physics even though it is the peak of spring break ;-; tho reading trc on time off has been fun!!!!!! how has your week been so far?

THATS SO REAL I LOVEEEE CAMILLA AND PALAMEDES. they’re so. ouagh. worlds most codependent cousins….

NOT THE PHYSICS…. im taking ap physics 1 and we had our last unit test monday.. now it’s just. Ap Review Season… weary thumbs up. TRC BALLS SO HARD THOUGH i’ve been WANTING to reread it so badly but alas. i need to read new books :(

[aaronstveit]

i would loooove to hear more of your director's commentary about deep end! <3 not sure how much you can say without spoiling but did you make a lot of changes from the original draft? and are there any scene that didn't make it into the final fic? thank youuu <3

omg hi anon this question made my entire day <3333 gonna answer beneath a read more as always because when talking about deep end i am this trc meme

okay so firstly! i wrote deep end 3 times. the original draft had a final wordcount of 126,978 words. the middle draft had a final wordcount of 175,065 words. the final draft's wordcount is not finalized yet because i am still editing & still adding one scene to the epilogue, but obviously we've already surpassed the first draft's wordcount, so that's fun.

as you can see, about 50k words were added in the middle draft! there are a lot of reasons for this. chapters 8 & 9, as well as about half of chapter 10, did not exist in the original draft. i added them during rewriting because i felt we hadn't spent enough time with enjolras & cosette.

combeferre and éponine were almost nonexistent in the original draft. not just as a couple, but individually as well. every single grantaire & éponine scene was added in the middle draft, and most of enjolras & combeferre's scenes as well.

i actually didn't cut any full scenes out! there were quite a few though where i started writing a scene, realized it was wrong, and erased what i had written and started over. for instance, this bit in chapter 18:

in the original draft, i tried writing enjolras turning to grantaire at this point and saying, "I think I'm in love with you," before cosette answered the door. obviously, i ended up deciding against this, mostly because i decided the kiss scene would pack more of a punch if enjolras realizes he's in love with grantaire right when he's in the middle of their argument.

i also deleted soooooooooo many arguments. this is probably surprising considering how often they argue in this fic, but at least once a chapter i really had to stop myself and say, okay no this is getting unhealthy. i enjoy writing arguments too much apparently - which is good for writing exr, but only to a certain extent.

originally, grantaire was not going to have a sister. it genuinely did not even occur to me until chapter 11 (which was chapter 8 at the time), but once it did occur to me, i couldn't not do it. his grief plotline became way too dear to me way too quickly.

the biggest changes i made during writing all had to do with reordering events!! originally, karaoke happened somewhere around chapter 8. i ended up moving it wayyyyyyyyy back because i felt like their flirting was out of place so early in the story.

i also moved enjolras' arguments with cosette and grantaire to an earlier point than i originally intended. at first, i thought they were going to happen around the second-to-last chapter, but i moved them forward a lot earlier because i thought more work needed to be done with enjolras.

the chapter that underwent the most changes from the middle draft to the finished draft is chapter 24. obviously i can't say just yet what those changes are, but i'm really really happy with how that chapter turned out and i hope you all will be as well <3

several of my personal favorite scenes in this fic are actually cannibalized from something i tried writing and gave up on a few months ago. marius getting mugged in chapter 4, the hamlet conversation in chapter 7, and enjolras tending to grantaire's broken nose in chapter 14 were all taken from the same abandoned wip.

as for some more random tidbits that i find fun:

a fun fact for everyone is that cosette did not pull the phrase "who has a flag where he should have a heart" out of thin air! she takes this from courfeyrac in chapter 13:

which is why courfeyrac winces when enjolras says it in chapter 19:

also in chapter 19, enjolras means to say that Train to Busan is his favorite horror movie ending. i didn't just choose that because i love that movie (although i really really do) but because. well. i'm not going to spoil the ending for you if you haven't seen it, but... it was very deliberate is all i'm saying.

i really cannot overstate how much of this fic only exists because of cossette notebookmusical. for starters, i only even attempted writing it because she said "jamie if you don't write this." she also got to spend months listening to me bitch about it and receiving so many horrible snippets from the original draft so coco, if you're reading this, thank you from the very bottom of my heart 🫶🏻

more specifically, the entire beginning sequence of chapter 17 with grantaire staying the night at enjolras' apartment was inspired by cossette! i was asking her for situations to put the blond man in and one of her ideas was that he loses his keys. so everyone say thank you cossette!

also the bit in chapter 19 where enjolras thinks about combeferre a psychology minor is the worst thing to ever happen to you was added after i said something to cossette and she said something along the lines of, "would you like to elaborate on that?"

the ending bit of chapter 23 is also inspired by and written for cossette. you'll see what i mean in a few weeks.

there are a lot more bits and pieces inspired by things that cossette has said and done, or added just to make her laugh, but if i listed all of them i would be here forever. just know that this entire fic is cocoservice and it is only because of cossette that it exists at all <333333

there is also a collection of scenes i'm considering writing as "bonus content" for when the fic is fully posted - mostly scenes that already exist, but from another point of view, and a few that are only mentioned in passing.

okay i'm cutting myself off now because this is a lot of yapping even for me but you may always ask more if you're so inclined <3333 thank you sm for asking i had so much fun answering this! i really can't tell you how much it means to me not only that you're not only reading but also enjoying it so much that you're asking about it like... this is literally a fic writer's DREAM. thank you so so so much <3333

[magpiefngrl]

Can I ask your top 10 fav fics ever (from any fandom, if you don't mind)?

Also, just curious, is there a story behind your name "magpiefngrl"?

Hey, anon!

Oh fave fics! I love talking about fics and books, though I feel I talk about fics everyone knows and have nothing new to offer, esp since I've not read much in the last 2-3 years. Still, narrowing it down to 10 is super hard, so I've looked at my bookmarks and chose the ten fics that I've reread the most.

1. Bound Skerry by Frayach (drarry, M, 2.3k)

I've read this a hundred times and I'll keep coming back to it. Possibly my most read fic. The reason it's one of my Forever Fics is the prose. Absolutely stunning writing.

2. House Proud by astolat (drarry, M, 23k)

The original House Magic fic and the best one. I particularly love the hints of dark faerie magic, the horror elements and the brilliant worldbuilding. Astolat's prose is super readable and the pacing is excellent.

3. with exactness grinds he all by thistle_verse (drarry, M, 6k)

An aching fic with beautiful, lyrical writing. I've reread this so many times.

4. Art in Life by northofallmusic (tofsla) (wangxian, T, 2k)

I feel I'm repeating myself but this has excellent prose and it's aching and tender and made me feel all the feels.

5. Out of the Dead Land by orphan account (stucky, M, 63k)

OK so this hasn't stood the test of time because I finished it a few days ago, but WOW. Absolutely brilliant. I'm not even a stucky fan or anything. But I kept thinking about it when I was doing other stuff and I set aside the books I was reading so as to finish this. Now it's days later and it's still on my mind. I can't remember the last time I had a book/fic hangover. A very angsty fic and a fantastic exploration of Bucky's trauma. This is by one of my top authors of all time, who's now orphaned everything.

6. Mr Webster's Wager by Fahye + orphan author (same one as above) (Ash/Webster, E, 27k)

Now we're getting into the horny fics. This one is based on a KJ Charles short story which is the best romance short story ever written in my not so humble opinion. This takes the original story and the horniness of that scene and expands it into many horny scenes. It's masterful, very very hot, and just a fantastic fic.

7. Unhook the Stars by jad (drarry, E, 70k)

One of the first drarry fics I read and one that made a huge impression on me. Super kinky, lots of sex scenes, I've reread this a LOT.

8. IDK My BFF Hermione? by lettered (drarry, E, 19k)

Extraordinary. Phenomenal. It will always have a place in my Top 10. Also, very filthy, which is a huge plus in my book.

9. a better happier st sebastian by halsinator (Jonathan Strange, E, 6k)

Another one I reread a million times. Stunning prose and vibes and beautiful yearning. I keep coming back to it.

10. live from new york by varnes (wangxian, E, 87k)

A masterpiece, a classic of wangxian, this is a Saturday Night Live AU, which is such a bizarre choice for an AU--and yet it works. I don't live in US, I have never watched SNL, but I adored the fic.

I've left out a ton of favourite works and authors I adore, but for more of my faves, my AO3 Bookmarks is the place to go.

I have to say, this exercise has been quite illuminating: I don't think I've ever had such a clear glimpse of what makes me tick. In short, sublime prose, an aching, yearning mood and/or filthy porn.

*****

As for my username, here's the story: I joined tumblr a gazillion years ago (way before I got into fandom) and my first blog (still exists: @magpie-x ) was mostly what you'd call an aesthetic blog. I'd reblog cool pics and quotes and occasionally post a personal post about my life. I named it magpie because it was a place where I collected everything shiny, like a magpie. I rarely used it after a while tbh. Years later I read The Raven Cycle and fell heads over heel with pynch and knew that the only place I'd find fans was tumblr. I got into the nascent TRC fandom and soon I needed a space exclusively for fannish posts. I created a sideblog called magpiefangirling and when I later got an AO3 account I shortened the name. Years later I got into drarry, I became very active on tumblr again, and the sideblog wasn't enough so I deleted it and created a brand new blog with my AO3 name.

In short, magpiefngrl, means magpie being a fangirl. It was a random decision but it has now shaped me and I think of myself as Magpie in fandom spaces, and even chose that as my pen name for my future original romance books.

[you-know-i-get-itt]

I know I said everyone but Ronan yesterday but after getting Ronans perspective, he feels something is going to happen to Gansey and he's trying to make something to protect him I'm going to cry before this book is over I can feel it. Also he accidentally brought out the orphan girl

Also exciting things are happening in Cabeswater a tree is dying and Noah showed Blue what he truly is

It's all very exciting and then we have the newly introduced Laumonier triplets who aren't at all creepy and clearly not one of the villains in the book. Ngl the adding of "new villains" each book only for them to be dealt with in the book is getting a little old at this point but considering this is one of my only complaints so far I'll live with it

This one's getting long but I had thoughts and feelings. Also, am I imagining this or did Maggie Stiefvater up her prose in this book? The writing in the previous books was really good it just seems like this book goes harder, you know what I mean?

- trc anon (I'm glad the staff resolved the issues)

yeahhh the way ronan has a FEELING something’s off but is the only one who isn’t in the know!!!

no i can’t wait for you to finish the book and then get back to your thoughts about laumonier being a villain, i am saving this for future reference :)

she did up her prose!!! the writing in trk is UNPARALLELED

[unganseylike]

btw I’m curious did anyone send you anon hate in the form of calling you biphobic for the Adam cheating poll, I feel like if that poll was made a few years ago that Definitely would have been the response so if not I think that’s a sign fandom is much better now <3

I did not... truly it is a different place than 2010s trc fandom. although it is funny how some people reacted to the original marriage poll with disbelief anyone would doubt pynch marriage, which is a little bit 2016-post-trk-release-pre-dreamer-trilogy of them.

[squash1]

You could stop putting the name of all the trc characters in the tags when you are not talking about all the characters. Anyone looking for the tag of Adam Parish or Blue Sargent or Noah Czerny is looking for content from those characters and not some nonsense about Ronan and Gansey in love. The TRC Fandom isn't just made up of the people who follow you.

hey so you don’t have to be mean on the internet, did you know that??? also sending a mean anon is so cowardly. i’m a real person & i actually don’t enjoy messages like this <3

i’m gonna go ahead and continue to use whatever tags i want because i can run my blog how i want. and if you don’t want to see what i post you can block me, k?

also my tagging is not the reason you can’t find exactly what you’re looking for, tumblr’s algorithm is shit. soz.

next time sign your name!

[cabeswaterdrowned]

When Alice Quinn said “and you’re the standing expert on all things me? based on what our garbage fire of a relationship that ended with Eliot’s dick in your mouth?” and when Blue Sargent said “you wouldn’t go somewhere without Gansey though. You two make a fine couple. Kiss him!” Their slay!! Ik Quentin and Adam were gagged. Also a thoroughly understandable reaction to have to dating then breaking up with a bisexual Cancer man.

[lizpaige]

omg i love your pynch from declan pov fic soo much!! i just read the snippet and it made me even more curious abt the next chapter<3

anon!!! thank you so much! so glad people are liking it. i just LOVE outside pov fics and i love the lynch bros so its a win win. been fun to explore writing declan for a change as well!

anyways i just had a breakthru last night and am furiously writing the next chapter. if you want to know a little more about chapter two, keep reading ⬇️

second chapter will be three stories, all set post greywaren, but pre-epilogue. i have a call down the hawk story that might be an outtake if I ever finish it, but it just didn’t seem to fit well in the whole story. i like chapter 1 being all post-trc canon and chapter 2 being all post-tdt canon.

[jeanmoreaux]

Just saw that the owl crate is doing a ten year anniversary print of The Raven Boys and I was like choked. Like ten?????? Are you sure???? TEN???!!!!! I got that book in high school 😭

no, no, i get it i was just choked, too 😭😭 oh WOW. TEN years. i can still remember how i fell in love with this series as a sixteen year old…. where did time go?!??