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yarrowleef-babbles · 2 years ago

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i loved the raven cycle (and TDT by extension) and also i am so infuritated with the raven cycle and a lot of it has to do with the conflict-to-resolution ratio being so very unbalanced

like i think i peaked Fixation Mode between Dream Thieves and Blue Lily, like i was so indescribably hooked on the build up of all this emotional conflict, but what gets me hyped on that stuff is the awaiting of some kind of cathartic resolution to all the interpersonal mess and I was just!! not given it!! the love for each other despite everything and the desire to fix things was clearly there but never properly acted on. because ~they didn't need words~

you know I think maybe you do actually need at least an attempt at words sometimes. i think maybe when your relationships are built on eggshells and the same arguments keep happening over and over, a couple (unrelated to the root of the conflict) grand gestures and knowing looks are actually not a resolution. that's just sweeping the problems under a rug until they inevitably come up again another day when you trip over all that baggage building up underneath

the characters fighting so so much only works if a good amount of time is given later to actually resolving them, otherwise it leaves the whole relationship(s) feeling doomed to fail. which is so frustrating because that's clearly not what its supposed to be about. i'm in agonies

#like i know a lot of people just dont have the vocabulary for perfectly healthy communication #i have also seen a lot of new artists trying to avoid this problem by having everyone talk so so carefully--#--like they are trying to get a good grade im therapy and i agree that sounds very unnatural #but like!! surely there is a middle ground!!#surely at some point after all the build up of conflict someone would attempt at least a different way to tackle their problem!!#that wasnt 'lets not talk about this anymore bc its making me sad' until it inevitably comes up again bc it wasnt fixed #this is largely about gansey and adam #but also gansey and ronan #and adam and blue to an extent #and adam and ronan #but like #those two cheated #by having any need for words replaced by Dream Mind Melding #or whatever tf happened on greywaren #cheating. unfair. maggie why wont you let anyone attempt words WHERE I CAN SEE THEM #im GNAWING AT THE WALLS IN FRUSTRATION THE BUILD UP WAS SO GOOD AND THE LACK OF REAL CATHARSIS IS EATING MEEEW #yarrow reads trc #the raven cycle #the dreamer trilogy #uuuuuRRGH trc is the closest any series has come to being Exactly What I Want out of friendship stories #soooo clooooose and then there was noo enddd i am so frustrated

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