#your theory is basically just bc people who write slash were easily attracted to canon mlm i think. but that checks out

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LMAO sorry i didn’t actually search your blog (for trc) idk why i just assumed you definitely read it 😭 there’s a vibe among some People on Social Media that i follow and i guess the only thing i have to say is there is a surprising overlap between people who enjoy writing anime slash and people who had a significant obsession to trc at one point in their lives. im not sure if you were as big a fan of it so i can’t properly say you fall into the second category but i guess your vibes do 😭 are you caught up with the dreamer trilogy? planning to read the new book that comes out? would love to have any lingering thoughts you have about it if you have any !

loll i mean i am not especially into anime and while i enjoyed trc i wasn’t obsessed but i like the amateur sleuthing hahaha

i am not sure if i’m caught up w the books- i read the original TRC books in quick succession in high school but never read anything else, and i’m not planning to read the new book (i wasn’t aware there was one). nothing against trc- it was a good read, but i’ve sort of outgrown the genre, i think. and i thought the last book tied up everything satisfyingly enough that i don’t have any real urge to continue.

i don’t know that i have that many lingering thoughts- it’s been a while since i read the books! i enjoyed the magical realism a lot, and i really enjoyed the friendships at large in the group for how individualised they were. ronan and blue’s increasingly friendly enmity, blue and adam’s ex energy, ronan and gansey’s casually intense boy and his attack dog dynamic, etc… also i think the last book was a really successful example of introducing a new character at the last minute bc i loved henry. adam and ronan was very good bc i love  relationships grounded in mutual respect despite potential friction & i enjoy reserved assholes in love. i also liked blue’s clan of family witches (+ orla) & in general the tapestry of complicated relationships that spun across the series (inc. blue’s ex-hitman stepdad and kandinsky or whatever he was called haha) it just fleshed out the story satisfyingly. i did think in some ways the ‘main’ plot was to me the least interesting aspect of the books tho lol (sorry gansey i love ya but your dead king nonsense did not compel me very much).